Falling behind

Right then..... Where to begin! I am now in the middle of show time and barely have time to breath at the moment. Everything is pretty much on course except my exercise regime :-( That said, with my diet changes I am looking better and where possible I exercise on the go. For example- squatting whilst doing my make up, a few sets of lunches whilst getting ready! 

I am also very active with rehearsals so keeping my body active. I have also been to holland and Barrett and stocked up on lots of healthy nibbles eg, nuts, dried fruits etc and I now carry a tub of them everyday to stop those sweet cravings. The good news is, I am now fully stocked with Fiona's Breakfast Mix - something I adore and have become a little addicted too! I am feeling anxious that we have the finale in just 2 weeks and that I am now behind the others because of my lack of time. My second show in Bath starts Next weekend for a week which will mean finishing work at 5pm and heading straight to the theatre and not getting home until 11.30pm. Any suggestions greatly received on how I can fit in some exercise! As soon as I finish writing this I shall do the bikini workout , maybe twice! I saw Helen Watson on Thursday and she is looking fabulous! Well done lovely lady :-) Be back soon, Sam X

Bikini Dream Team Movie Trailer!

The Bikini Dream Team Challenge is now in full flow and a lot of people have wanted to know what the workouts look like.  Check out Sam and Ali completing the phase I part of the process.

You might notice that they are doing slightly different exercises sometimes, that is because after meeting and assessing them I decided to make some of the exercises more personal and specific to their needs.

The Bikini Dream Team Challenge Begins...

In phase II of the programming I have made some additional changes to the programme (making it harder and more demanding) and like phase I have made it more specific after getting feedback on the first phase.

More on phase II next time.....

Week 1 Bikini Dream Team Workout Update

I had the pleasure of putting most of the Bikini Dream Team 'victims' through their paces this week and showed them what was expected of each workout if they wanted to get buns and abs to die for.

Every single one of them hit the session like it was going to be the last they ever did and I have to say that I was so pleased and proud of all their efforts.

I know they worked hard not just because they looked like they were but because I got text messages like this the next day:

"I feel like I've been beaten up today!!!!!"

"I have officially lost the the ability to run! My butt and thighs felt like lead weights for the whole 3 miles....I blame you Mr Poole!"

"Back of my legs are killing today!"

All of which make me smile.....yes yes I'm one of those sick individuals who enjoy it when I get messages like that.

You see these lovely ladies have only 5 weeks to get their bodies in amazing bikini shape, which means they're going to have to work extremely hard for that time and put there bodies through some hard work.

The results will be amazing though and the hard work and pain will pay off. Its no secret that using high intensity interval training is a definitely smart way to get fast and meaningful results and the programme I put together for the Bikini Dream Team followed these type of high intensity protocols.

After meeting with each of them I also started to make some individual adjustments and give them some extra homework!

For instance Amy and Ally are concentrating on some more upper back work to strengthen and change the tone of the muscles that hold the shoulders back, giving that sexy confident upper body pose.

Ally and Helen also needed some changes to their squat patterns so I changed them into a Plié squat to help with range of motion and to preferentially load the abductors in a stretched position. Added to this some of the ladies will spend more time trying to stretch and lengthen their hip flexors and quads.

This will hopefully enable them to get greater Glute firing which means that there bums will look peachy and more toned!

I look forward to seeing Sam and Ali again next week and pushing them even harder!