Ben
Trainer for GoodGym Camden. Love a squidgy, slightly underbaked triple chocolate brownie. Get in touch if you've got questions about Camden!
Camden
Area Activator
Doing good since January 2016
73Good deeds
76runs
560cheers
Camden
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Five Goodgymmers signed up with Mental Health Collective's Kindness by Post initiative which involved spreading positivity by sending cards to strangers.
Jacqui and Sally ran down Holloway road to post their cards and followed this with intervals round the Emirates.
As it was Jacqui's 100th good deed, she enthusiastically donned the celebratory cape and horn, attracting many admiring glances and comments from the people of Holloway.
Kat wrote a letter and card for an isolated elderly person in the local area.
Camden
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Camden
Game, sweat, match!
7 of you GoodGymers rolled out of bed and into our Saturday morning 30 minute core workout today!
It was great to see some tourists joining us Camdeners, the more the merrier.
After a 4 exercise warmup for a few minutes, we got through the 3 sets, three times over.
Here's the exercises we did, in case you want to go through them again:
SET ONE
8 x Plank up/downs
8 x Walkouts/Inchworms
8 x Burpees
SET TWO
8 x Squat w/ knee and alternate elbow (remember to keep your hands on the back of your head)
8 x Plankjacks
24 x Mountain Climbers
SET THREE
8 x Leg raises
8 x Skaters (on each side, so 16 in total)
8 x Side Lunges
*Thanks for joining for my last fitness session as GoodGym Camden's AA. I hope you enjoyed yourselves, I certainly did :) *
Camden
GoodGym Camden celebrates the end of the January Challenge (and goodbye drinks for Trainer Ben leaving)!
So this is it! The end of the January Challenge but also the end of Ben's time as Camden's Trainer/Area Activator!
Come and celebrate finishing the January Challenge off with a drink or two on Saturday night from 8pm with the rest of us
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72225080679?pwd=Z2RvSHFtN1hVdXJwcDQ5eS9yaVY3dz09
It would be lovely to see you there :)
Camden
30 Minute Core Workout with Ben
Join Camden's AA Ben, for what will be his last fitness session before he hands over the reins to the new Camden Area Activator at the end of the month!
There'll be a brief warmup, about 20-25 minutes of work in sets, and then a cooldown afterwards.
Zoom signup link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79613573519?pwd=QTd3UzViOWNxL2VUS2NROG4rNTV4dz09
All you need is yourself, some clothes you don't mind getting sweaty in, an exercise mat and a water bottle.
See you there!
Happy running in the meantime,
Ben
Camden
Core to the floor! 30 minutes of core workout done.
What a way to kickstart the weekend - 30 minutes of core exercises to get the heartrate going.
Thanks to Livvy, CJ and Rashmi for getting themselves up and out of bed to come and workout with me. I hope you enjoyed yourselves - or at least got the heart pumping!
*We did 3 sets of exercises and rotated around them three times, doing 8 reps of each exercise instead of the normal 10 so they were almost over before they even started. *
Mountain climbers, plank walkouts, Russian twists - you name it, we probably did it.
Happy weekend everyone :)
Camden
30 Minute Core Workout with Ben
Join Trainer Ben for what will be one of his last sessions until he hands over the reigns to the new Camden Area Activator at the end of the month (potentially)!
There'll be a brief warmup, about 20-25 minutes of work in sets, and then a cooldown afterwards.
Zoom signup link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71762452009?pwd=NytyZ3ovZkVYSUJWNjlHNkg1NUhzQT09
All you need is yourself, some clothes you don't mind getting sweaty in, an exercise mat and a water bottle.
See you there!
Happy running in the meantime,
Ben
Camden
GoodGym Camden - January Challenge Week 3
We're starting Week 3 of our January Challenge now - you should join in the fun.
You don't have to be in Camden to sign up and play along.
The activities diary is available here!
Keep me updated with your progress and don't forget to link your Strava to your profile so we can get our monthly kilometres run figure up!
Ben
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