More punchbag

Managed to get up to 15 of my intended 30 x 45 second punchbag sets today since starting on Monday... almost there!

It's really really tough. I definitely advise getting yourself a punchbag at home. It's good for stress and a cardio workout.

If you're like me and don't have space to hang one, get yourself a free standing one.

Leg Exercises

When you're working out with weights or doing resistance training, I'd recommend making sure you do some leg workouts rather than focussing on certain muscles.

Leg exercises can be difficult to do, so many people neglect them, but working them out can be hugely effective.

The legs are the biggest muscles in our bodies and working them out requires extra energy and results in more calories used, which is never a bad thing.

Try to incorporate leg exercises into your workout, including squats, lunges and calf raises. You don't have to use weights, just try it with your body weight. They're tough, but rewarding, and also contributes to working your full body out, rather than certain muscles.

New Arms Programme

Started a new weights programme that focuses on the arms yesterday. I'll be doing it three times a week and it's based on two exercises for triceps, two for biceps and six full body exercises, including squats, pull ups etc. To incorporate variety, the number of sets and types of bicep/tricep exercises change every two weeks.

It's an eight week programme and since I started it yesterday, I should have my last session on Christmas Eve (right before the massive Christmas blow out!!!).

I'm still a beginner to weights, so I won't be adding a huge amount of muscle to my arm, but eight weeks should be sufficient to get more strength and to make a slight difference visually.

I managed to get through the whole workout pretty easy yesterday, but that's because I think I set my weights too low. The next session is tomorrow so I'll up the weights to put more stress on myself. As I'm doing the session three times a week, I should be seeing an increase in the weight I'm using regularly too.