Body Rock

So I was going to post a picture of me in a bikini, but that didn't happen.
Instead, here is a picture of me in medium underwear from Marks Work Warehouse which went back due to the Nana effect. We call large underwear in this house 'Nana underwear' due to the unfortunate episode of Luke accidently seeing his Nana in her underwear. Not exactly a highlight in any teen boys life.

Anyways, this was back in March of last year. Was in a bit of a fat patch there for awhile. Not that I am amazingly different now, just a bit slimmer and a bit more toned.... and my lulu tights don't budge anymore.

What happened? Well training for that half ironman burned a few calories. Then in October I was feeling a bit down about lack of fitness goals, coupled with our rainy month, I was ready when a friend suggested The Daily HIIT 30 day Real Time challenge.

Basically, the Bodyrock people put out a video a day for 30 days. Well some were rest days. The host Lisa Marie combined strength training with cardio intervals for 45-75 minutes of sweaty muscle building fun. Prior to this I actually could not do a single push up, nor had I ever done squats. Seriously, I had sports doctors telling me I desperately needed to do core work... and I didn't. It wasn't easy. I lie panting on the floor quite often. I also worked an obscene amount of nights this month, so I did the videos at work at 3am on my breaks. It was so much fun thinking outside the box at work for solutions. I used hip protector mats as floor matts, x-rays sandbags for heavy weights, and the awesome part was it was in physio so I could use parallel bars for an equalizer. If I couldn't do what the host was doing, coming up with something else quick was key as not to miss a minute of the workout.

Seriously, I am changed. I completed the challenge yesterday, and today I just did older videos posted on their Youtube station. I just want to keep on doing the workouts. I feel a need to buy more weights.

The funny thing is, the challenge was issued to several people and I was the only one, including the issuer to complete it.

Anne Wins!!!!!