While I was heavier than I’ve ever been when I started, I’ve been very active over the past 20 years so I knew this runner needed a BIG challenge. After asking a few questions in there, I was encouraged to try both the 12 week challenge and the monthly workout calendar (the monthly calendar is a pdf calendar emailed by Heather every month outlining workouts to do from her collection of YouTube workout videos). I found Heather Robertson’s 12 week Challenge on YouTube, then I found her Facebook group. HIIT workouts generally combine short bursts of intense exercise with periods of rest or lower-intensity exercise, these workouts often mix aerobic and resistance training. These can be 20 seconds of work, followed by 10 seconds of rest, or they can be as long as 45 seconds of work with 15 seconds of rest. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. The programme has a lot of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) exercises incorporated and I find these to be super effective when it comes to burning fat and improving my fitness. Some days focused on full body, others on upper body or lower body and then, there were no-repeat days (my favourite!). I loved that I could do it in the comfort of my bedroom and I loved the variety of the workout program. I loved that it’s completely free and on YouTube. I discovered that the workout was part of a 12 week program, so I thought why not give it a try? The first video I found was a no repeats HIIT video of Heather Robertson’s and I fell in love! It was amazing and exactly the level of difficulty I was looking for! I got the endorphin rush I LOVE and it was not like anything I had ever tried before. Subscribe to Salads for Lunch to get a FREE salad cookbook and new salad recipes delivered straight to your inbox!Īlso stay in touch on: Instagram | TikTok | Pinterest & Facebook. I had purchased a set of dumbbells for my daughter’s weightlifting class she was taking online, so I decided that since I had invested so much in them, I should use them. I decided to find a workout video on YouTube. While I only run outside, and I’ve been running for over 20 years, I just couldn’t motivate myself to do it – the thought of running in the cold made me miserable, and all I wanted was to feel better.ĭuring the days my husband was working from home in his office, and each of the kids were in their rooms attending school online, so I was trapped in my room, grieving with nothing to do. We were in a lockdown, and there was nowhere to go and it was a cold miserable January. I took a week off of work after she passed to help me grieve. When she was diagnosed I went to my parents house and helped my dad out most nights with mom’s care as the cancer had made her bedridden, and the pain medications impaired her thinking. She lived 5km from my house, so I was very close to her. My mom passed away in January after a 4 month battle with cancer.
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