Cambridge Personal Trainer - Matt Parsons

I'm sure my clients would like to thank my wife for the very thoughtful gift. The exercise cards are proving very effective.

A balanced diet is key and red wine, dark chocolate and coffee are ok (phew).

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Just to prove to Luke Gifford that I'm embracing the grind. 100 kettlebell swings and 100 (very unpleasant) shoulder presses this morning.

Workout 2 finished, 100 squats and 100 rows. Similar stuff for the next 3 or 4 weeks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), plus some conditioning work, healthy eating (once I polish off the Christmas chocolate), decent sleep and plenty of water.

First proper workout of 22 done! Low resistance, high reps. 5 mins skipping, mobility, 100 walking lunges and 100 push ups.

At least 50% of the people in this photo really enjoyed today's session.

Early Christmas present for myself and clients. I'm sure everyone will think they're great fun.....

Finally back in the gym!

The below facilities will reopen in England from April 12th:

Indoor gyms
Leisure centres
Swimming pools
Sports courts
Dance studios and fitness centres
Climbing wall centres
The same rules around social distancing will apply, and these facilities must only be visited by people on their own, or with other members of their household. You cannot meet someone who is not in your household for an indoor workout in a gym setting, unless you’re a personal trainer conducting a pre-arranged one-to-one session with a client.

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It's been 4 weeks and I'm pleased to say I've stuck with the fitness plan and am ready to move to the next block tonight.

We're changing from the basic stuff into conditioning. More exercises, less rest and hopefully a bit more heavy breathing and sweat.

Thanks to Neil and Luke who've been joining me online. It's been really nice to have some workout buddies. Any other clients/friends are welcome.

It looks like schools may be back from the 8th of March, so this will hopefully be when I return to work. Can't wait! If anyone needs anything before then, please feel free to let me know.

Week 2, workout 2 (of 3) done. 100 kettlebell swings and 100 push ups dusted. Thanks for keeping me company Luke and Neil. Definitely improving.
Run tomorrow, workout 3 Friday.

A successful first week. I don't worry about the scales too much, but according to Garmin it's a few kg off and a shift from 12.9% body fat to 11.3%.
What I want to see is improvement in the workouts. I'll be repeating the same format for 3 more weeks and trying to do a little better each time (especially in the core session, which was disappointingly hard - the Ab Wheel killed me).
The exercise has been good, I've been diligent with the food (no snacking unless it's around exercise, almost no alcohol and lots of nutritious food - plus one brownie and one fish and chips). Importantly there's also been a lot of general activity. Getting a dog has been a great move, for many reasons, a good walk every day has been very helpful.
So back to workout 1 at 8pm tonight......