Go Hard Or Go Home: What An Intense 12 Week Training Programme Can Do To Your Body
Is 3 months enough time to get in shape for a holiday? Does weight lifting & taking protein make you bulk? What are you supposed to eat whilst training like a beast?
Is 3 months enough time to get in shape for a holiday? Does weight lifting & taking protein make you bulk? What are you supposed to eat whilst training like a beast?
Bikini bodies aren’t made in summer, for summer.. hell, they’re not even made in winter for summer – they take a LOT of time and dedication. It’s a full-time job, without as many holiday days and definitely no days in lieu, and it gets harder as you get older.
For some of us, balancing work, exercise, socialising, eating healthily and sorting general life admin is a struggle, without a legitimate reason for it to be so. Life literally just happens too fast.
For me, I just want to feel comfortable in my own skin. Cry me a river. 3 months away from a trip to Ibiza, I signed up to a 12-week fitness programme at Roar Fitness which consisted of 3 personal training sessions per week, a nutrition plan and regular body measurements. Get me on that abs train!
The sesh: squats, lunges, deadlifts, shoulder press, chest press and rows… you know the drill. I couldn’t move for 2 days, I couldn’t sit on the loo. I thought I’d have to wee standing up for the rest of eternity.
Still hurting by session 2, which consisted of attacking exactly the same muscles, means I now seriously understand the term ‘no pain, no gain’. So. much. pain.
I won’t give all 12 weeks a full rundown but here are a couple of key notes from the programme that might persuade (or dissuade) you from doing one:
People always say that with training it’s 80% food, 20% diet. Abs are made in the kitchen blah blah. That is SO TRUE! Initially, the meal plan hit me like a wet fish in the face – no carbs for 4 weeks (apart from day 15) and the meals were larger with much more protein than I was used to, but it worked! If you can dedicate enough time and stick to a programme for 12 weeks, I'd definitely say it's worth it... & I felt so great on holiday!
I haven’t mentioned weight for a reason and that's because weight means nothing when you’re lifting. I lost 5kg, which doesn’t sound like that much & interestingly between measurements 2 and 3 (the carb weeks, 5-9) although my body fat decreased, my weight increased because muscle weighs more than fat.
Below is a rough guide of what I ate over the 12 weeks but if you want any more details about the programme, leave a comment below and we'll get back to you.
Chloe Palmer, Editor, @chloe.palmer_
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