It was Monday today.

Do you know how I know that?

It was nothing to do with the calendar, or the start of the working week. Oh no. Today was Monday in every sense of the word.

As I reached into my fridge today the hinge broke. No big deal right? Except that the fridge door has to weigh a good 20kg and I was now holding the door in my left hand and my breakfast (blueberries, a yoghurt and the milk for my protein shake) in my right hand.

It's daily I thank weight training for making my life easier ;) (yes, things like this happen on a daily occurance, you get used to it). After juggling the fridge door (which I might add had a further 4 pints of milk, several packets of cheese, some chillis and a litre of apple juice in it) I managed to wiggle it back onto the hinge, all the while desperately trying not to drop my breakfast.

It was a hard decision.....do I drop the breakfast or the door? The counter is too far away for me to put the food down, but oh, the door is balanced just so against my shoulder...I chose to drop neither and did a trick worthy of a master magician.

After I left the fridge alone, very carefully replacing what I hadn't eaten I walked to work. Naturally I was late.

I got an email titled "Your Mother-in-law" which is always cause for concern and was informed by someone else that I'm on a trip next week. Ooops. Had forgotten that.

Of course the wind drove everyone crazy and there were kids running around like feral cats on a full moon, zig-zagging and practically climbing the walls. Just another day.

To top it all off it was "uppers" day. I have to admit at this point I have a varied relationship with uppers. As you're trying to bench those last two reps it's like your head is going to explode. Once you've re-racked you could take on the world!

There were some (what I can only describe as) children doing some sort of bizarre initiation ceremony involving the barbells in several weights and bopping up and down in time with each other. I can only assume they were doing calf raises. What I couldn't work out is how the 15kg barbell came into it.

The gym was packed. There was an amazing looking woman there, who is one of my gym-idols! She just looks great and lifts like a beast. Always motivating :D

We lift like beasts to look like foxes, oooh yea.

Tom also decided that I needed to man up. So I got a honorary penis for the session. I walked with a swagger and made good use of the 17.5kg dumbells. I was happy.

That is, I was happy until we decided to do some HIIT. I thought it would be "fun" to subject Tom to Sophie's HIIT pyramid....

I still ache. And my lungs hurt. Thanks Sophie :p


Anyway, in the shower after the gym I discovered that I've swapped the Zombie shuffle for the Zombie grab. You know the one, where your arms won't come above chest level.

Given I'm still bending like an old lady the zombie grab should be fun instilling "fear" into my class tomorrow. Ha. As if. Apparently the thought of me being scary is funny to them. I'll have to do my Yoda impression. That will get them.

Anyway, short and sweet today. I'm starving. I'll leave you with this though.

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Afternoon all.

Apologies for being absent yesterday - we had a rather jam packed day with a trip out to London and some perfectly bad news to complement the way the rest of this week has been going so far.

There was even a moment I feared for my work laptop's life today. You've all known that moment. It's the one where you've been working on a document for ages, go to print something else and word closes. Ooops. Didn't save it. Crap. Then the printers don't work and chew the paper up, so what you're left with is actually only a ball of inky paper that you've crumpled up and jumped on in frustration and a half a document. Saving work saves lives people!!

But you know how it is, chin up and stay chipper.

I have been looking at our Google Ad-Sense account and then I made a Google Webmaster account. And THEN I made a Google Analytics account and they all have really pretty graphs on them BUT I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT ANY OF IT MEANS!

The graphs are in blue and red. And that's about it. So yeah, any ideas about what it all means are welcomely directed to our comments box below. Remember also to keep clicking and checking out the links around the site! All pennies go into our pot and there are some great offers :)

Anyway, so. Today we're going to talk about pole dancing and utter bliss. If you want to try pole but don't know what to expect check out my resource page by clicking here!

Pole. Ah, my love.

Pole this week was an amazing awakening. I felt strong, I felt sure, I felt reassured that all was right with the world. For those of you who are into a routine with exercise you'll know the feeling - that yearning, the gnawing restlessness in your body before you work out and then that amazing, ecstatic feeling of release when you get the feeling of being completely centered, concentrating not on who said what or what's going to happen tomorrow or when will the funeral be but just on BEING.

There's nothing like it. Even as I write this I'm itching to be there, zoned and completely blissful.

I know that people who don't workout, or who are very new to working out or even those people who are doing something they truely despise won't understand what I'm talking about. I remember people saying that exercise was addictive and that it gave you peace, but I always dismissed it with a wave of my hand and a can of coke.

This week was a perfect example of this phenomena. It could be blowing a gale, or even raining horses and I wouldn't notice so long as I'm in that zone. Perfect. It's like being asleep but you're in control of what's going on. Bliss.

So this week we started as usual and something different happened. I went to invert and my legs just shot up without me even really thinking about what I was doing. All of a sudden, in one smooth movement I was hanging upside down. It surprised me so much I slipped off the pole.

It was the only time that happened - the rest of the evening went as usual, a bit like a monkey gaining purchase - the utter stubbornness to make sure I get upside down (you'll see what I mean when I post the video!).

Then even MORE strange things started happening. All of a sudden my butterfly seemed easy and the gemini didn't seem impossible any more!

Impossible? Try I'm possible.

I have the bruises to show it ;)

Then Karen suggested doing "Geneva". Ah, I looked at her like she'd gone perfectly mad - I'm not ACTUALLY going to let go of the pole with my legs and swing it round so that I'm sitting up.....how on earth am I going to do that?

Then the best thing of all evening occured. I nodded confidently, got up onto the pole and did it. I just did it.

Excuse the monkey imitation at the start. And the cleavage - not much to do about that when you're hanging upside down on a pole by one leg. Jus' sayin'.

The bruises may look like I've been run over by my amazingly fat cat (he really is - but don't worry, he's on a diet....) but they're worth it. I FEEL strong. I feel confident and there is NO-ONE that can take that away from me.

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Time for your lunch time funny :)

This basically sums up for me every new class I've started. Save the KO. Well. Depends on which classes....

Credit to "Almost Cool" for this video - I love them xD

Today I'm going to scoot my food bowl around until you can't bear the sound any more and then I'm going to meow pitifully like I haven't been fed in oh, about 2 hours.

No. Wait. That's my cat Dave.

Dave the cat is on one of my fitness programmes. I've been getting him to jump through hoops to get a treat.....wait, am I missing something here? ;P

j/k

but really.

Thanks to everyone today - we've raised £0.85 from Google Ad-Sense so far TODAY! Whoop, keep those clicks going. Check out the ads, they're all through Google :)

Thanks also to Lesa, who is my ninja inspriation - today I will be trying to make tiny, ninja gerbil bookmarks :D Keep an eye out for them in our store!! Whoop, go ninja gerbils!

Remember, day 1 of this week's challenge starts today - say yes to any opportunity that comes your way!! :D If you want to join us on the challenges all you need to do is let us know that you're playing (pm or the comments box) and then send us proof you did it!!

So today was the day after the biggest training walk so far. Did it hurt? Well, not so much for me, although I got a volley of abusive Whatsapp messages from my dear sister Tasha regarding the blisters she's formed. Hmph.

The worst pain for me was in my burnt shoulders. I'm talking crispy roast Squidgey. Sheesh, who'd have known. Ok, fine. Most of you. But who wants to wear sleeves when it's a million degrees celsuis outside!! ./melodrama

Anyway, I know you're not here for me...you're here for the photos from yesterday.....I'll admit to being the OUTSTANDING photographer here ;) (you can follow our photos/products on squidgeypaws @ Instagram!!)

It was shortly after this that there was a small mutiny regarding the camera and me talking.

Some people.

Evening.

This is going to be a short one. I know, I know, you'll miss me but I'll be right back tomorrow don't worry!

To update you on the Google Ad-Sense fundraising - we're now at £2.00 into the pot via your clicks!! Thank you!! <3 It all adds up! Remember it's completely FREE for you to fundraise this way (unless you find some awesome deal of course!) and you might actually find something you like :)

We have several eBay auctions up at the moment and we have lots of products in our store - so please check these out here (for our store) and here (for eBay).

To take part in our challenges you can sign up here on our Facebook event page - I'm even going to push the boat out and say for EVERY NEW COMBATANT WHO TAKES THE CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK, WE WILL DONATE £1 TO OXFAM.

Remember it's also not too late to submit yourself for the challenge this week and get your face and adventures in our blog!!

Why is tonight's blog so short? Well, Eddie the gecko is finished!! Whoop :D He's up and ready to go to a good home, along with Brenda and Ollie the owls :)

You can find more details and prices here. These little guys are super cute though! And at £2 for Brenda the bookmark owl they'd make someone a nice little (handmade and lovingly crafted) gift!

Anyway, you're here for the dirt on today's challenge right?

Today I did the 30 day ab challenge.