So who am i? My names Jody as you may have figured out! I'm a 29 year old Leicester based blogger that likes to write mostly about fitness and health but i may on occasion add in other things that tickle my pickle.
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My journey through life continues to be full of adventure and discovery. This website is my little space on the internet to write Blog posts and share information of my experiences.
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Everything i have written about comes from not only my own meandering experience but also that of my friends and family. NOT from information i have regurgitated without first experiencing it for myself.
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I hope you like it!
THE BEGINNING
MY STORY SO FAR...
We all have our reasons for wanting to get fit...
Honestly, it needs to be a pretty good reason just to get us into the gym in the first place.
So here is my reason for why i started my journey and as cliche as it may sound. It all started with a break up. Most disappointingly of all, it wasn't even a bad breakup.
I think the main reason was that i felt i had just let myself go a little. Whilst i wasn't overweight i was starting to get a bit ''fluffy''around the edges. I was getting close to 30 and my metabolism had started to drag its feet and eating just became something of a habit when i was bored. I couldn't run for more than a few minutes without being exhausted. Kids birthday parties now tired me out horrendously. Something had to change.
My first bright idea was to become a vegan and as much as i love animals i just couldn't survive without meat products. Mainly because... i am a VERY picky eater. I did pick up some positive changes here though. I still to this day eat a LOT more fruit, veg and Quorn meat etc. Sometimes when i go out for a nice meal.. i even order from the veggie section!
On top of this i also joined a gym but i'm sad to say, my workouts revolved mostly around cardio. Endless sessions on the treadmill and rowing machine. At some point during this time i started to research fitness in general and decided to add a lot more resistance work into my gym time.
Life changing epiphany! Not only did i really enjoy the feeling of being strong. I liked the changes it made to my body. I never got bulky or heavy. My weight has pretty much stayed the same even though now you can see muscle definition and i now have the strength to do pull-ups all by myself like a big girl.
Since making this change gym has also become a very social thing for me since a lot of my friends have jumped on board and we all help push and support each other.
My newest adventure is my foray into power lifting . I hope that i can develop my skills and strength over the next few months so that i can attend a power lifting meet and (fingers crossed) come away with a trophy... since I've always wanted one and what better time than now?
Wish me luck!
My current workout plan is based around strength gains in compound lifts as i aim to compete in powerlifting mid 2017. Ontop if this i follow a pyramid structure for accessory work.
EXERCISE
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I base each of my gym sessions around a compound lift such as deadlift on a 3 week plan based on the 5,3,1 program combined with a GZCL type structure for hypertrophy.
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Ontop of this each week i add in 3 HIIT (High intensity interval) circuits for roughly 20 minutes and 2 LISS (Low intensisty steady state) for anything over 30 minutes. I mix this up with running, rowing, skipping and basically anything that jacks up my heart rate.
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I do have a very high volume approach to training which is why i break down my week. For example, Tuesday is bench/chest day. This helps my recovery whilst allowing me volume without overtraining.
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I also rock climb, snowboard, swim, hike, cycle and play squash ontop of any time at the gym... Purely because its fun and it doesnt feel like work.
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I have recently implemented fasting into my diet combined with consuming 150g avg of protein each day.
When i'm not fasting i do not count calories.
DIET
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I have found that this method of eating had the best results for me. It helped me to drop my body fat down whilst maintaining muscle mass and strength. This was a dream come true for me as it has made my diet manageable as its easy to follow, whilst having many potential health benefits.
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If you would like to know more please check out my fasting article which contains some general information, or my blog posts where you can find out about how i went about experimenting with fasting.
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I do supplement my diet with Whey Isolate, BCAAS, fish oil, multi vits and i cycle creatine monthly.