New glow in the dark kit will help you stand out this winter

The clocks are going back in two weeks and Halloween is on its way -what better to stand out in the park this winter than grabbing some of the new stunning Glow in the Dark Liberte kit?

There's a big range of new items available from the Liberte Land Rover including brilliant Glow in the Dark hoodies and Glow in the Dark long-sleeved grey marl t-shirts.

The back of these items has big bold 'Ever Done It In The Dark' lettering that lights up when you run past a floodlight, lamp post, park light or street light.

There's a navy short-sleeved version too and even a rain jacket with 'Ever Done It In The Rain' on the back.

While that kit is great for training, there's other fab garments to keep you toasty this winter starting with the brilliant white figure-hugging base layer that will show off your abs and keep your body heat close to your chest when you're working out in the chilly winter.

And what better way to show off to your friends that your a committed Liberte Fitness member than sporting a Liberte-branded beanie hat and scarf - you could wear the hat to keep your noggin warm in winter or just keep it for when you're Christmas shopping around town - you're sure to turn a few heads!

Order forms are available from Paps and Gareth in the parks - but the kit is selling fast, so place your order asap to avoid disappointment.

Q&A with the newest Liberte trainer Joe Sadler

The newest trainer on the Liberte Fitness block is 23-year-old Joe Sadler who has been mainly teaching sessions in Newmarket. For those who haven’t had a session under the guidance of Joe yet, you’ve got to see the all-energy bundle of fun in action.
Joe’s full of enthusiasm and great ideas and for those of you who don’t know much about Joe, here’s the lowdown – or should that be the Joedown?

Nick: How long have you been in the fitness industry and how did you start?
Joe: I have been working in the fitness industry for seven years, starting off at Newmarket Leisure Centre where I gained my level 2 fitness instructor course while working as a leisure officer. I went to LA Fitness for nine months working as a membership advisor working at LA Fitness and I really got the fitness bug when a position came available got a transfer to be an instructor. I worked as an instructor for 18 months gaining my aqua fit and spin qualifications as well as my personal trainer qualifications. I’ve been working as a self-employed PT for the last year.

Nick: What attracts you to Liberte and how is it different from working out in a gym?
Joe: I only teach aqua classes on a cover basis now, so I miss working with a group and Liberte allows me to do this, learning new skills with bodyweight and functional exercises. The members are fantastic, it’s a great atmosphere and they’re full of commitment which helps motivate me to deliver new exciting sessions. Outdoor sessions allow more freedom in terms of group/team races and exercises plus they’re a different environment to work in.

Nick: What do you enjoy most about training Liberte members?
Joe: The Liberte members are always looking to get pushed harder than last week and it’s been a great friendly atmosphere from my first day taking part and then teaching sessions. Trying to stop members chatting is always a personal favourite challenge of mine! But, seriously, the members have made a huge commitment to change their lives and I love being able to help them in doing this!

Nick: Your sessions are starting to get a reputation for being tough - why is pushing people so hard beneficial?
Joe: I am still a huge believer that everyone under estimates their bodies’ potential so with a little bit of encouragement members will push their bodies harder than they ever believed possible. Once your body reaches a certain fitness level we hit a plateau, not increasing our fitness levels we always need to push our bodies harder to gain to the next level.

Nick: What's the best bit of training advice you can give someone who has just started doing the Liberte sessions?
Joe: Liberte sessions are for everyone and it doesn’t matter what your fitness levels are, each exercises and session is tailored made so anyone can complete a session. We don’t ask for a certain number of reps, or a certain time it’s how many reps can you do in 10, 20, 30 ,45 ,60 seconds etc.

Nick: What Liberte exercises do you personally find hardest to do?
Joe: Good question, when I first started taking part in Liberte sessions, I found the whole overload leg circuit tough, so squat/lunge pulse, squat jumps, single leg squat thrusts are all very challenging and I still find them tough today – hence I only demonstrate two reps!!

Right, so now we know Joe’s secret! Thanks Joe for sharing some interesting insights into what being a new Liberte Fitness instructor is like and we are looking forward to getting back in the park with you soon.

Liberte session was a piece of cake

Great Liberte session in Bury St Edmunds this morning as the Newmarket and Bury groups came together - my first Saturday session for a couple of weeks and it was full of drama.

Of course the normal session was brilliant, but there was the added highlight of the Tour of Britain going right past Nowton Park as we trained - thanks to Gareth and Paps for stopping the session so we could all see this big sporting event come past.

But that wasn't the real highlight.

Some of us have been on holiday recently and we've been indulging in a little extra food - some sweet treats that have included cherry mojitos for some and cream teas for others.

I was one of the guilty few who nibbled a couple of extra scones over the previous week and boy was I made to pay today.

A routine session of minefield ended with me way out in front of everyone else and the rest of the bunch hanging back. Gareth, who had been calling "Minefield", "Enemy Left" and "Grenade" suddenly announced a new exercise "Artillery".

Muggins here turned around to see a hail of scones coming towards him, fresh from the conniving mitts of the rest of the Liberte bunch.

I ended up on the floor with bits of scone being crumbled in my face - thanks Martina!

It was very funny, but be warned - I'm out for revenge!!

Final 2011 beach weekend is another big hit

SEPTEMBER's gloriously sunny weather was the perfect backdrop for the final Liberte Fitness Beach Weekend of the year at Holkham.
The beach weekends, held at the famous Norfolk beach, have been a real hit with Liberte members who are looking for a monthly summer treat to supplement their weekly park sessions.
The final weekend combined all the best bits of beach events held earlier in the summer - and next year they will be back and bigger than ever with hopefully a second location added.
For those who haven't been to one so far, make it a point of going to one in 2012. To give you a flavour of what they are like, Liberte members Alison Hall and Nikki Wright shared their views.
Alison, who usually works out in Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds said: " The beach weekend was awesome. It was a good mix of training and nutritional advice plus a lot of good advice from Gareth about muscle groups and different types of training.
"Obviously there are some similarities to the park training sessions with regards to some exercises but you could not get a more contrasting landscape! It is an amazing place to train with the sand offering another level to the challenge.
"I loved every element of the weekend and met and made some fab new friends. The team games were brilliant fun and the running, while challening, was exhilarating.
"I couldn't fault the weekend apart from maybe it wasn't long enough and I didn't want it to end! My least favourite part was probably the yoga but only because I get so frustrated at being so inflexible! To sum up it was an awesome weekend spending time with great like minded folk soaking up loads of vitamin D. I left feeling revitalised, de-stressed and with an ache in my side from excessive laughter - I can't wait for 2012."
Nikki Wright, who is a regular at The Severals in Newmarket said: "It was fantastic, even better than before because Ed and I are fitter, our recovery from each section of exercises was much better, but it was good to be able to 'measure' that.
"I love the park sessions, especially at Bury St Edmunds as Newmarket is so flat and not so pretty! But the beach just rocks, especially if the sun is shining. Its good to train on sand, I feel it works you harder as the ground is even more uneven.
"I'm learning all the time from Paps, Gareth and Joe, the beach session just brings it home even more. Ed and I love the team games, but I especially love the yoga part, its very zen and ends the day(s) nicely."
So that's what two dedicated members think - if you 've never experienced the fun of doing Liberte on sand then make a date for 2012.

How Liberte have the edge when it comes to customer service

When Bury Liberatrian Nikki-Bosely Temple slipped and sprained her ankle in July, she couldn't have been in better hands.
A month since the incident in Nowton Park which ended her Saturday morning session after 10 minutes, Nikki is fully recovered, thanks in part to the swift treatment she received from trainer Gareth Thomas.
After the routine warm up, Gareth moved the class to the benches for the start of a gruelling circuit of exercises which involved step-ups on the seat of the picnic benches.
But within seconds Nikki was on the floor in agony after going over on her ankle and flaring up an old injury.
She said: “I’d done the ankle before but as I went to step down from the bench I felt something go. I fell to the floor in pain, but it was fortunate that Papillon and Gareth were on hand to help me.
“Within a minute, Gareth had handed control of the session to Paps and he was comforting me on the bench. He quickly diagnosed the problem and I had a compress on the ankle within a couple of minutes.”
The care didn’t stop there as Nikki was carried to the Liberte Land Rover and driven straight to the casualty ward so the ankle could be checked. Fortunately it was just a sprain and Nikki was back in action within a week.
Liberte Fitness founder Papillon Luck said: “We would never let anyone just go off on their own after being injured like that. Taking Nikki to the hospital was a no-brainer. We want to make sure our members are looked after from the minute they set foot in the car park to the minute they leave the car park."
The Liberte customer service story doesn’t stop there. In the last year there have been numerous times when people have taken knocks and blows and the Liberte first aid kit has been whipped out. Gareth has even gone to the aid of a footballer who broke his leg in Nowton Park.
Papillon said: “Customer service is so important to us and it extends to wanting to socialise with our members. We don’t just want to take their money and give them an hour of our time. In the last year or so I’ve made some great friends through Liberte and we all regularly socialise. It’s one thing to meet all these lovely people, but to now count them as friends perhaps shows just what an impression they have made on me.
If you’ve been impressed by Liberte’s customer service then you can vote for the company to win a Velvet Award this weekend. The company has been nominated in the Fitness category and the Customer Service category.
Click the link here to vote.

Ed and Nikki are feeling oh so Wright - thanks to Liberte Fitness

Liberte Fitness has been up and running in Newmarket for three months this week and everyone who works out at the Severals is getting much fitter.
None more so than Liberte's favorite couple from the far West of Suffolk, Ed and Nikki Wright.
They were there back on May 3 when the Liberte flag was first sunk into the Newmarket turf and in the quarter of a year since, have both seen their health receive a real Liberte-enhanced boost.
Nikki, 40, said that her and Ed, 46, (pictured) have both changed their diets as a result of starting Liberte and are both feeling physcially and mentally happier.
She said: "We found the first session back in May a killer (that's Ed and Nikki working out with Papillon as Gareth watches on in the picture) Ed ached for days afterwards and I was just amazed at how unfit we both were, but we knew we had to carry on to start seeing results
"We love the sessions even more now! They aren't getting any easier as Papillon keeps adding new things to push ourselves even further, but we have noticed we are certainly becoming fitter as our recovery periods are getting quicker."
The pair took their love of training at the Severals up to the North Norfolk coast last month when they both took part in the beach weekend. It proved a valuable lesson in terms of diet and they've used that weekend as the springboard for a new healthier lifestyle.
Nikki said: "Since the Holkham Beach Weekend and Gareth's talk about food and diet and where I was going wrong (eating devil food!) we have changed what we eat and how we eat. We noticed differences within a week to the extent that Ed has had to go to the next notch on his belt to keep his work trousers up! We both feel so much healthier, not just physically, but mentally too."
As well as getting something back from the sessions by losing weight, Nikki loves the fact that Ed and herself can workout together as well as being part of a team.
"They're a good group," she said. "Not just in Newmarket but in Bury too which we've seen from the Saturday morning sessions and it was great to meet some of the Norwich crew and new people on the beach weekend. We all encourge each other and Paps and Gareth are a mine of information, they also make you feel that they are also your friends and that means alot today where customer service just doesn't seem to matter anymore. Although, we don't feel like customers any more, we feel like part of a team., so big, big praise for Liberte."

Tree strike illustrates just why we don’t train in lightning

We’ve trained in the rain, stretched out in the sun and high-kneed in the hail – but there’s one element that we just don’t mess with.
Yes when there’s lightning, we sensibly stay well clear of the park. Most people know that when the skies are thundery the first thing to avoid is open spaces and it doesn’t take a genius to work out that the second thing to avoid is standing under a tree.
Nowton Park in Bury St Edmunds is full of open spaces and trees and on Monday night, our regular session was cancelled due to a shocking lightning storm over the town. It came just hours after a lightning strike in the park split this tree in two in a spectacular electrical explosion that had more power than one of GT’s burpees.
Papillon Luck, Liberte’s founder, surveyed the sight this morning and was pleased that lead personal trainer Gareth Thomas had rightly made the call.
She said: “I was astounded at the damage to the tree in our lovely park – it looked incredibly dramatic. This only reinforces our health and safety policy to keep our members safe and we just don’t train in lightning.
“Even if lightning starts during a session we would act sensibly and protect our members by evacuating the park. Your instructor knows what to do at the first sign of thunder and would ensure you were safe at all times.”
Here’s hoping that we all pile up in the back of the Liberte Landrover and cuddle up together!

Ten tell tale signs that you know you’re becoming addicted to Liberte Fitness

10: Every time the phone rings you secretively hope it’s Adidas on the other end saying their talent scouts have spotted you working out in the park and they want you to trial their new range of outdoor fitness gear.

9: When out shopping you spend more time in the bubble bath and shower gel section than you do in the sweets and biscuits aisles.

8: When you’re in JJB you walk around all the departments looking for their range of hoodies, long-sleeved t-shirts and short-sleeve t-shirts just in case they’ve started stocking the Liberte range.

7: You’ve developed a really snobby attitude to other people’s shopping when you spy their trolley in the supermarket. You’re positively disgusted when you see the amount of dead calories and brightly-coloured food packets in their trolleys and you also realise that all the special offers on the end of each aisle are actually just full of junk.

6: You need to rinse the bath/shower out at least twice after you’ve used it to get rid of all the mud.

5: You used to get through sessions longing for a big glass of wine or a beer as a reward. Now you go home and contemplate eating lean turkey steaks or an egg-white omelette.

4: You’ve started buying foods from parts of the world you’ve never been to and you’re not quite sure how to pronounce them

3: The 2012 Olympics are coming up just a bit too soon, but, hey if you train hard enough, you could scrape in to the 2016 GB team.

2: You care more about your exercise kit than you do about your work clothes – and you’ve probably already got a bag/box/draw dedicated to what you wear to Liberte sessions anyway.

1: Walking past McDonalds and smelling their food makes you want to nothing other than sink to your knees and wretch.

Liberte kit week – you can buy hoodies and t-shirts from Papillon this week!

Entrepreneur, fitness freak and East Anglian eye candy Papillon Luck is many things, but from tomorrow she’ll be donning her flat cap and sheepskin coat as a market trader!
The new range of Liberte kit arrived at Liberte HQ on Friday and from Monday night you’ll be able to pick up your choice of hoodies and t-shirts from the back of the Land Rover before and after each Liberte session.
Yes, kit cat Paps has a wide range of the new Kukri hoodies, unisex t-shirts and ladies’ tees up for grabs, but be warned – stock is limited so it’s first come, first served for this first batch of clothing.
Bring cash to Liberte sessions if you want to make sure you get what you want – the Land Rover will be in Norwich on Monday, Newmarket on Tuesday, Bury St Edmunds on Wednesday, Norwich on Thursday, Bury St Edmunds on Saturday and back in Norwich on Sunday.
The initial batch is expected to sell out this week, but Papillon is taking orders for the second batch of Kukri sportswear will be available in autumn.

Luxurious treatment at Sk Spa in Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds' SK Spa has been winning all kinds of awards over the last three years and rightly so – I thought it was high time I checked it out and was certainly not disappointed.
I'm sure most Liberte members are starting to ache a little and I thought a massage would be the best way to ease the pain of all those burpess and deltoid press ups!
From the minute you step into the former chapel it’s all about relaxation. The inside of the spa is all dark lights, moody music and the staff tread on the plump carpet in bare feet. After filling out a health questionnaire and waiting with a glass of iced lemon water and I was lead into a dimly lit room by young Tiffany.
The light in the room was taken down a notch or two and some kind of Gregorian music started pumping out as I stripped down to my pants and lay on the massage table somewhere among a load of soft towels.
I had a tension relief massage, mainly around my back and shoulders, which lasted for 30 minutes. You get to decide how much pressure you want to be applied, I opted for medium and even that involved Tiffany digging her thumbs and elbows into my back and applying plenty of lotion. Towards the end a boiling hot towel was placed on my back and man it felt good. Like the hot towels on an aeroplane, though, the heat soon went, but it didn’t half feel great.
I ended the massage half asleep and was told to get up in my own time. I could have drifted off for hours after that and walking out into the bright reception is a huge shock to the eyes, a bit like coming out of the cinema on a sunny day.
In both cases the escapism and indulgence was over and it was back to reality.

* SK Spa celebrates its third anniversary this month with a week of special offers and promotions. The spa, on Northgate Street is offering discounts for one week, from Tuesday, July 19 to Sunday, July 24.
During that week any standard treatment is 20 per cent cheaper, any homecare product gets an additional 15 per cent off and there’ll be anniversary cupcakes and a free glass of bubbly on offer too.
There are stacks of other offers including a goody bag for everyone who makes any kind of purchase, for more information call 01284 748470.

Short of Luck

It’s the hottest thing down under since Kylie’s hot pants and it’s already caused a stir in Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. Tonight, Norwich, you’ll get to check out Papillon Luck and her foxy little red shorts.
They’re fresh from Oz and like all things Australian; they’re cheeky, bold and, as Gareth found out last night, in your face!
The Liberte founder has got her tanned pins out this week by sporting the shorts together with her new fawn ladies t-shirt and has wasted no time flashing her guns.
Our Paps fancies herself as a bit of a Bondi lifesaver, though she’s not had much call to spring into action of late, although the Liberte first aid kit has been out in recent weeks to tend to a scratched arm and a sprained ankle.
But with those shorts on, Paps certainly seems to have something of a posher Pamela Anderson, albeit minus a couple of assets. And if Paps is Pam, I wonder which self-styled ladies man will have to step in and play Liberte’s Hoff?

Can Liberte Fitness scoop Velvet Magazine's award for Diet and Fitness?

Velvet Magazine, the ace publication that covers Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and Cambridge are looking for nominations for their annual awards, which will be revealed in the September issues of the popular magazine.
Your favourite outdoor fitness group are nominated in two awards, the Diet and Fitness category and the Customer Service category and wouldn't be it amazing to see Paps and Gareth in a black tie and a dress (yet to be decided who wears what) picking up a Velvet gong for all their hard work?
You can vote for Liberte, or one of the others, by going to http://www.velvetmag.co.uk/ or by using the form in the current issue of the mag which you can pick up all over Bury, Newmarket and Cambridge.
The closing date is August 17 so get your entries in soon. As well as hopefully nominating Liberte, you could win yourself £2000 worth of prizes, so get voting!

Here's a first look at the all new Liberte Fitness long-sleeved white T-shirts

Here's an exclusive look at the brand new white long-sleeved Liberte Fitness T-shirts that have just been received at Liberte HQ.
Manufactured by sportswear company Kukri, they're a brilliant bright white with the distinctive Liberte logo and phrase 'Ever Done It Outside' printed in charcoal grey.
They're available in a variety of sizes and retail at £25. Have a word with Papillon when you next see her and she'll give you an order form.

You could soon be kitted out like Gareth and Paps

Here's a sneak preview of the new Liberte Fitness hoodies that were unveiled yesterday on Holkham Beach by Gareth and Papillon.
Sportswear firm Kukri have produced the gear which will be on sale soon from all good Liberte Land Rovers!
Gareth and Papillon wore the hoodies yesterday and took part in a fashion shoot, with the results appearing in EDP Norfolk Magazine later this summer.
The hoodies are available to buy from Papillon, just let her know.

Bury and Newmarket unite in another Saturday mega session

Scorching weather in Bury St Edmunds this morning which gave a suitably warm welcome to a Liberte Land Rover full of eager Newmarket members.
They were in Bury’s beautiful Nowton Park for the first time and their presence meant the numbers swelled to a super 15.
The last time I was in a group of 15 I was actually on television – an extremely unsuccessful appearance on quiz show 15:1 back in 1998 (I’ll try and find the video somewhere!).
On that day I failed to use my brain, but today I, along with my 14 exercise friends, used every part of our bodies in a gruelling hot workout.
After a mammoth warm up, some fire and manoeuvre drills and a gentle jog we did some great pairs work and then some scintillating team games in which the honours were shared.
Gareth lead us through some arduous abdominal work just as the sun came out which always makes it that little harder.
Still, as our super instructor said at the end of the session: ‘What a way to start the weekend’.
Great to have the Newmarket crew over and here’s hoping you come over to Bury every Saturday.
Well done everyone and Paps, thanks for carrying my slightly smaller bottle of water!

Tabata's going down a storm with Jez in Norwich

Anyone in Bury and Newmarket must be getting used to tabata by now. It’s one of the best ways of losing weight as it involves high intensity interval training that’s so intense it sends the body crazy as it tries to work out just what’s gong on.
It recently arrived in Norwich and members there say they just love the hardcore fitness thrill that comes from tabata.
Norwich Liberte Fitness member Jez Heaven, pictured, said: “I completed my first ever tabata session last Sunday using boxing against an opponent with pads held up. We did 20 seconds of activity followed by a 10 second rest for eight cycles. It’s very interesting stuff and I’m looking forward to trying it with a rowing machine.
“It’s a great way to finish off the hour of Liberte training with the move of all body overloads. It hurts so bad but it feels so good – I’ve already downloaded a tabata app for my iPhone and I’m going to try sit up or tabata burpee in my back garden.”
High intensity training is great for improving cardiovascular capacity as it increases fitness levels without putting excess pressure on joints that would come from running long distances.
It’s also great for anyone hoping to get rid of some serious fat as due to its high intensity it shocks the body into making quick metabolic changes.
Liberte tabata sessions last for around four minutes and usually involve 20 seconds of exercise and a ten second rest repeated eight times.
In Bury we’ve done tabata crunches, tabata squats and the dreaded tabata burpees – all of which are serious tests of our fitness abilities. Experts say a 10-minute tabata session burns more than twice the normal calories that a 10 minute run would.
Like Jez says, it hurts so bad but it feels so good. Next time you here the call for tabata at a Liberte session you might want to have this guy in mind as you start to exercise. Click here to see this dude’s awesome tabata burpees.

Jury’s out on whether anti-mozzie bands actually work

Anyone at Liberte Fitness in Bury St Edmunds last night can’t have failed to notice a hint of citronella in the air thanks to my incredibly camp anti-mosquito bands that I picked up from well known sports-insect-deterrent suppliers, er, Poundland.
Yes for a big round pound I got two mozzie repellent bands that are supposed to be reusable and last for up to 21 hours – wow, that could be seven weeks protection for just £1.
First things first, they’re actually quite small so won’t fit around my manly ankles without losing blood circulation which I guess would kind of deter mosquitos in its own way.
So I put one on my wrist which looked like a faded Lance Armstrong band and one kind of on my shoelaces which looked a bit silly.
Ever full of helpful suggestions, Gareth suggested I get a dozen of the bands and tie them together like a daisy chain to make a big gay smelly headband!
They do smell of citronella, a scent I’ve only really experienced when fumbling for a candle on a camping trip when I’ve usually already got legs like a relief map of the Himalayas.
So I got a few bonus points from the ladies for adding a nice aroma to the session, and I don’t think I was bitten at all, so I guess they kind of work, even if I did smell like a fire at a candle warehouse
But then Bury isn’t really the biggest mozzie hangout in Suffolk – so I’ll have to give them a spin in Newmarket and see how they work there.

Simple mosquito solution – for just a pound!

I don’t normally lurk around the shelves of Poundland but somehow I found myself rummaging around the Bury St Edmunds branch earlier today for a solution to the mozzie bites.
I stumbled across a range of products by Xpel specifically for mosquito bites which include roll on repellent and a kind of baby wipe which is more designed for children.
I picked up a couple of spray on pens – you get two in a packet, one is a repellent, one is for bites and I also picked up a couple of bands which go around the wrists or ankles so I’ll be giving them a whirl later tonight.

Newmarket session’s unwanted guests

My second session in Newmarket after last Tuesday’s launch and great to see so many of the trialists of last week again.
Some reported aches, pains and muscle twitches, but whatever the ailment of last week they were soon forgotten as ten members tucked into a great hour-long session.
But towards the end of the session I started to get a little uncomfortable – I could feel my legs starting to itch and after we’d finished exercising and having a bit of chat I noticed I could feel myself being bitten.
Today I woke up with big old mosquito bites on my legs!
While I’ve not really had any problems with mozzies in Bury St Edmunds, it seems the little buggers love The Severals and more importantly my legs.
I guess it’s a hazard of exercising in the park on hot summer nights, I’m on the hunt for a solution.

Picture: Flickr

Three sessions in three nights has given me calves like chicken breasts!

Liberte Fitness sessions make you ache right? Right. Granted it gets easier and easier the more sessions you put in, but what does it feel like after doing three sessions in three nights?
It aches!
When I first went to Liberte back on a Monday night in early January the aches and pains lasted until the following Wednesday. I’ve got to say it’s nowhere near as bad but after attending sessions in Bury St Edmunds on Monday, Newmarket on Tuesday and Bury again last night, I have to report that a certain part of my body is certainly feeling the pain today.
It’s my calves – they’re rock solid and look like a couple of chicken breasts stuck on the back of my legs. All that lunge walking, squat jumping and burpees action has given me a slightly numb feeling on the back of my legs, but I’ve got to say it’s a satisfying ache.