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Lauren Cochrane  //  I'm a social media and online community management geek girl who lives in Canberra and works for an Australian non-profit organisation. I blog about social media and non-profit technology at Geeking For Good, tweet as @lozz and tumble stuff I like at lozz.org. Here, I write about things too long for Twitter, not quite nptech/social media enough for the blog, or not full of kittens and funny stuff that I like to tumble.

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Jan 21 / 1:01am

First Kettlebell Workout

So today I took delivery of my first kettlebell - a girly pink (urgh) 6kg from Kettlebells.com.au.

To ensure I didn't kill myself in the first workout, I just did some low-rep sets of a few exercises to get a feel for it. I have to say - sweet! Definitely keen to explore this further and push my body. Considering one study reported kettlebell workout could burn 20.2 calorie a minute, this seems like a great strength and calorie burning exercise.

Today's workout

Exercise Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
Two-Handed Swing 20 20 20
One-Handed Swing 12 12 12
High Pull 12 12 10
Bent-Over Row 12 12  
Side Bend 12 12 12

My right quad started burning badly in the second set of High Pulls so I couldn't continue going into a squat position after that. I also found the 6kg to be a bit heavy during the Bent-Over Row - considering I've been using 3kg dumbbells for that particular exercise thus far, I thought I did OK though.

The above exercises took 20 mins to complete. I think my form was pretty good, no strain on my back or shoulders can be felt, although my quads (particularly the right) are a bit sore.

I want to see how many reps I can handle for both the Two-Handed and One-Handed Swings, so I'll give that a crack tomorrow afternoon. I'm estimating maybe 50 for the Two-Handed and 25 for the One-Handed.

Yesterday, I also went for a nice jog around Lake Burley-Griffin on a 5km circuit. After about 2km in, I learnt why you need good running shoes, not $30 Dunlop cross-trainers. Blisters! Ow. Walked the rest of the way. Although I was feeling pretty good, so I could probably handle the full 5km once I get proper shoes.

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Jan 16 / 3:18pm

Fitness Report

This week I was quite slack in terms of exercise - was getting up too late to do cardio in the morning and was too tired after work. Slack, I know. I have made up for up for it a little bit over the weekend:

  • Friday PM: dancing (although beer intake probably offset any effort there)
  • Saturday PM: weights (arms, obliques)
  • Sunday AM: resistance tube session, weights (legs), cardio (stationary bike)

Last Sunday I weighed in at 72.6kg, and today I am down to 71.6kg (lowest weight yesterday of 71.3kg). Now I've achieved my mini-goal of getting to BMI 23. Gold star for Lozz please!

While I bought resistance tubes a few weeks ago, I didn't actually start using them til this morning. Owww. Resistance tubes are deceptive! Looks easy til you try them. Started on medium resistance tube as the light resistance tube felt too easy initially. Possible bad judgement, but I'm feeling good (if a little sore) at the moment, check back with me in a few hours though.

I've been following ChinoZ32's progress with his new kettlebells and decided to give them a go myself. Awaiting delivery of 6kg Female Starter Kit from Kettlebells.com.au.  Also decided to get an ab roller, as I've always found traditional sit ups to be too much of a strain.

My body is starting to look a lot better, flabby jiggly bits are significantly reduced. Looking forward to getting into a solid weights routine to start toning everything up.

I've also been looking at a few fitness blogs, finding Thrive PT Blog, Zen to Fitness, Passionate Fitness and Kettlebell Blogger to be good reads.

You can also follow my progress on DailyBurn.

 

 

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Jan 8 / 12:54am

Phoenix rising

The Phoenix Theory of body transformation involves four key stages:

via tmuscle.com

I found this article in the early stages of #operationawesome and it really resonated with me.

I'm in stage 3 at the moment, and am finding the physical transformation to be a really positive feedback loop:

IN: Good food, good exercise
OUT: Good body

I'm feeling and seeing a positive change every day, which is spurring me on.

If your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, I highly recommend you get yourself a copy of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet (Books 1 and 2), not to mention get off your arse and start moving!

If you want an accountability-buddy, why not tweet me @lozz and join in on #operationawesome? ;)

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