Kickstart One

10kg dumbbell, I went 30 seconds over to get the 9 rounds in.

11 (maybe) losing count ✔️

So, I dropped the weight to 25 pounds, and this workout was STILL more challenging than I remembered!  My hands were absolutely smoked, and I only completed two cycles.  But I showed up, and to me, that counts more than anything.  I’ll drop the weight down to 20 pounds if I have to, but I…

Didn’t fancy this. Did it. Glad I did.  Well done Kirsty. It’s not always easy, but that’s true of anything worth pursuing in life! – Steve, @miniworkoutdad

Always harder doing this at the end of the day rather than the start! reverse cycle feels easier on the grip strength. I’m looking at this 25 x 3 times a week like “tooth brushing” – it’s gotta be done. Just over half way.  Exactly. We clean our teeth because of what we don’t want…

Happy to have maintained good form and kept to the beeps and sweated! Loved it. So simple. So easy to do. So happy to have something to do that so easy to access.

As the routine becomes familiar the fluidity improves. The first cycle feels like the longest but it goes quickly after that – crikey it’s only 25 minutes there’s no excuse. Maintained  34lb but kept weight further away from body. Still struggling on overhead isometric as bag wants to flop on my head and can’t quite…

Crushed it. No skin on knuckles but crushed it. So quick to do. The trick is just doing it. For fragile knees (too much running in the past) this is such a great workout. Minimal space. The one piece of equipment. Simple. 

36lb. 9 rounds. Moves flowing nicely into each other now. Noticing left hand grip strength is … well rubbish (nails need to be short ladies!). Favoured form over increasing weight as advised. Smashed it. 

3 x rounds (9 cycles) Struggled to keep bag in front for  front upper isometric (it became more of an overhead isometric) as my bag is not as turgid as yours (I’ve only 3/4 filled to break myself in) and bag was catching my face/ head. Fixed by tightening up the strap on the Front…