Meet The Buffmaster!

Meet The Buffmaster!

 

You can find this gingernut, beasting people to buffness in Market Harborough. You can find him building bootys at Gym11 or down the wreck on Western Avenue drilling his marines & marinettes at Buffaster Bootcamp. He may even come & kick your ass in your own yard, but be aware he may catch you out when stocking up on your food shop for a sainos selfie! 

Gary, has had over 20 years experience body building, and has been PT-ing for just as long! His bootcamps run on a Monday & Wednesday evenings at 6:15pm or Tuesday & Thursday mornings 6am & Saturdays at 9am at Western Avenue wreck/park in Market Harborough. PT's can be done at Gym 11 or at your home for convenience. He'll provide you with a food plan, & plenty of support for getting buff, as will the buffmaster community!
Buffmaster training is not for the faint hearted, during his years Gary has had 44 people be sick, 7 cry & 4 run off during training never to return.....if you're interested in joining our platoon check out the facebook pages for more info. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Buffmaster-bootcamp/680185175431268?fref=ts or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Buffmaster-Personal-Training/1571871386433461?fref=ts 

Over the last 7 months, I have been developing my body to become more toned, strong & lean and to lose fat mass. As a woman, this can be quite tiresome & a lot of hard work, we can lift heavy weights & burn loads of calories, as we naturally have less testosterone it takes longer for our muscles to grow & fat to burn off, but eventually we do get there. 

I'm so thankful to the Buffmaster for helping me further my fitness journey, at the beginning of the year I was unsure of which route to take to progress myself, but now I feel like I've seen the light.

At the beginning of the year I had my first leg day PT, I could leg press 60Kgs on a 45 degree machine, Gary told me I should be able to leg press my own bodyweight easy; which at that point was about 80Kgs. Fast forward to 7 months later I can now leg press 200Kgs which is 31 stone, I only did one set of 10 reps but I still bloody did it! It just goes to show that you can get stronger, & leaner & prove other women that lifting heavy doesn't make you bulky, it makes you wonder woman; plus its also highly amusing when you can lift more than most blokes & leave them wondering how!

From lifting heavy & a little bit of cardio, I have been able to change my body shape by losing inches of fat, rather than losing my muscle mass that a lot of faddy diets will do! The best part is I can eat lots of lovely healthy foods, and even a few carbs, to help my muscles repair & get stronger whilst melting the fat away, and each time I lose a bit more fat, the more muscle definition I can see, the best part is I can say bye-bye to cellulite!

 

So if you feel like you need a change in your life, or fancy trying something new exercise wise, come & try a bootcamp if you're up for a challenge...you never know you might get lucky & get some free head wear for the winter months! See you soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8 Update

Week 8 Update

Happy Monday! 

It's that time of the week again, so last week when I updated I had been rather ill, so I lost some weight, now that I'm back on track my weight has gone back up to 81.1KG. To be honest I've not been that good this week, I have been having a few too many cups of tea with sugar in 😱.

So, today I've reset myself, & I'm concentrating on sugar reduction this week in my diet, to see if it makes a difference. I may also cut my carbs slightly lower, and up my fats a little, but I haven't yet decided. 

As I've been better this week, I attended all 3 Buffmaster boot camps 💪, my kickboxing class & yoga. 

Over the last few weeks I've been sharing my weight every week and as you can see it's up & down like a yoyo, last week it was down as I had lost my appetite & hadn't done any exercise & this week I'm healthy & I've gained. 

So I think I'm going to just do a monthly report on how I've done, because the scales are useless especially when weightlifting & concentrate on my measurements, hourglass figure here I come... ⌛ 

Oh here's the link to some of my food diary, I did forget to photography most of it, I've also included my weeks total from myfitnesspal. 

http://flipagram.com/f/SpQMT6HOuP

Becoming Dynamic....

Becoming Dynamic

Before I had made the decision to leave Slimming World, the gym that I go to frequently has open days so that members & non-members can come & try various classes etc. I went to an open day at my gym July 2013, to try out a course that I'd seen advertised & one of my friends told me about...I was unsure about the diet that went with this course but it wasn't that bad in the end. On the open day, we met the lovely Chris who runs the Team Dynamix course. He gave us a brief overview of the diet & sorts of food you can eat, then we did a short exercise session, so basically it was a mini class. The next course would start in 2 days time on the Monday...so naturally I signed up straight away as I felt it was time for something new. 

Team Dynamix

Is a 4 week course, 3 nights a week; it's a small class of about 16 people & it runs for about an hour, you have sometime a the beginning & end of class to discuss food etc. 

The exercises are timed, the first week I think is 30 seconds on, 30 seconds recovery, the next week will be 40/20 and so on, as your condition will improve each week.  The circuit is set so you'll have between 4-6 weight resistant stations (depending on how big the class is & what room your in) each of those stations will have a core workout attached, as usually buddy up so whilst one does the weight resistance the other will do core. Now, either before or after the circuit you also have to do your cardio round this can be either shuttle runs with body weight exercises at the cones or a combination of six cardio exercises such as high knees, squats jumps & the dreaded burpees. 

The exercise for this course is all High Intesity Interval Training (HIIT) it works by you working to your maximum throughout the class, resulting in a higher fat burn & faster metabolism. To some people reading this, this course sounds horrendous & people will probably wonder why I did it, Slimming World was a good eating plan to start me off but my weight loss was starting to plateau as after a while your body becomes used to your new lifestyle, therefore it's good to give it a shock every now & then. 

When I started Team Dynamix I was 14 stone 1lb (89.5Kgs/197.4lbs) when I had completed the course I weighed 12 stone 6 (80.5Kgs/177.4lbs) I had lost 9Kgs in four weeks it was amazing, I couldn't remember when I had weighed that amount before. From attending the classes 3 times a week, for four weeks & following the eating plan (I'll do another blog for that) I had lost a lot of weight, I wish I had started Team Dynamix sooner so that I could reach my goals sooner. 

(I'm in the middle at the back)

TD Bootcamp 

A few months after my brilliant Team Dynamix course, Chris had developed the next phase...bootcamp, like Team Dynamix only heavier weights, more stupid cardio exercises (Spartan flips) & more core workouts, same time frame as before 3 nights a week for 4 weeks, same food plan. Since doing Team Dynamix I had kept the same food plan, as I felt healthier & less bloated so sticking to it wasn't a problem, & I had only gained 0.2Kg during the gap between Dynamix & Bootcamp I had regular gym reviews with Chris to develop my gym program.  However, as much as I loved bootcamp the scales didn't really move I lost the 0.2Kg that I had gained but again my body had got used to the healthier eating, & the range of exercise I was doing. 

If any of my lovely readers feel like they want to give Team Dynamix a go, please follow the links for my gyms webpage & the Team Dynamix Facebook page for more information. 

http://www.balancehealthclubs.co.uk & https://www.facebook.com/teamdynamixweightloss?ref=ts&fref=ts

Chris is a fantastic instructor,  I can't recommend him enough; he really gets you motivated in class (He also laughs at you when your in agony) & he's really helped me over the last 18 months with teaching me new techniques & training programmes in the gym, giving me new

food ideas & making me do cardio (which I hate with a passion) & convincing me to try new classes at the gym such as Functional Training (like bootcamp) and Strength & Conditioning (which was good apart from the bloody cardio). 

I've completed Team Dynamix & completed bootcamp twice & completed a 6 week course of PT, along with various gym programmes & classes in between, you can probably tell I'm not a cardio fan, my lungs aren't that stong because I'm an ex-smoker but I make myself do it because I know I have too! Again it's another situation where I'm not sure what I would have done if I hadn't of started with Team Dynamix.