The Katy Hearn Eight Week Health Challenge

On January nineteenth I began an 8 week fitness problem hosted by the superb katy hearn fit gym, katyhearn.pen.io, Hearn. She is an insta-well-known health trainer well recognized for her superb glutes that she constructed on her personal in the gym! I have all the time been relatively slim but thanks to college dwelling and alcohol I put on a stable 30 pounds. Since faculty I have been trying to lose the same 10/15 pounds for what feels like forever. I do know 10 kilos isn’t an enormous number but it does make a drastic difference for somebody my size. I’ve cleaned up my eating over the years but I have not been constant in the gym. Signing up for this problem was exactly what I wanted to get right into a routine at the gym and eventually make a consistent effort.

Winter Challenge Overview:
The problem ran from January nineteenth -March sixteenth and consisted of an 8 week training plan custom-made to either dwelling or gym with e mail and social media assist for your entire 8 weeks. The health plan incorporated weight and power training, cardio, plyometrics and stretching. Her very popular ‘build a booty’ and ‘core sculpting’ programs were incorporated into the scheduled work outs. We additionally received a dietary guide (not a meal plan) that covered calculating and tracking your macros in line with your targets, pre/publish exercise meal examples, food/grocery/complement suggestions as well an in depth FAQ sheet. She additionally had hashtags for simple video reference for every of the workouts in the plan. To enroll in the challenge it price $200.

Every winner received $500 reward cards to the store or company of their choice. She chose 6 first place winners and then stunned us all with a second round of 5 winners who acquired $200 gift cards. All through the challenge weekly prizes have been additionally given out to women who displayed a constructive attitude, help and /or nice progress.

itness Overview:
The program itself consists of a 5 days/week workout regimen along with maintaining a well balanced eating regimen by counting macros. Every day our workouts had been centered on a specific set of muscle mass and on a regular basis you're doing something completely different so it doesn’t get repetitive. We worked legs instances per week and did cardio 2/3 per week. When I first started the challenge I could barely final 5 minutes on the stairmaster at level 3 and now I'm at level 12 like its nothing. It’s amazing how a lot stronger I have gotten and the way much my endurance has picked up. The workouts are intense however manageable for all fitness ranges because you pick and choose your weights/reps etc.


We had been advisable to depend macro-nutrients which is often referred to as flexible dieting. Fats, Carbohydrates and Proteins are what’s known as macro-nutrients (macros for brief). We used a fitness calculator to get our individual daily calorie and macro intake based mostly on our present height, weight, and age. Meal prepping was key for achievement nevertheless I did not meal prep because I have a really versatile schedule that allowed me the freedom not to. I tracked everything I ate with the MyFitnessPal app and was allowed to enjoy one cheat meal each week.

The vitamin aspect was the hardest part for me through the challenge and nonetheless remains a bit of a struggle at this time simply for the fact that I actually need to eat so much more meals that I am used to on a every day basis. I didn’t have to chop out carbs or deprive myself of food to see outcomes with flexible dieting. Its about making smart meals choices and chopping out the garbage. I began the problem eating about 1600 energy a day and by the tip (and at present) I am at 1310 cals a day in an attempt to really lean out.

My outcomes:
Within the 8 weeks throughout the problem I misplaced a total of about 5/6 pounds however as you may see in my photographs I also placed on muscle so my precise fats loss could possibly be better since muscle weighs more than fat. I saw the most important distinction in my higher body with my abdomen shrinking significantly and my arms acquired lean and toned. My power and endurance have elevated significantly. I can squat one hundred thirty five kilos, lift 200 pounds for calf raises and curl 15 pound dumb bells. The routines are inventive and folks will look at you want ‘rattling this woman goes IN and he or she is aware of what she is doing." The gym can be intimidating if you happen to don’t know what you are doing so this problem really gave me the boldness to get in there and provides it 150%.