Day 41: Busy morning...lazy afternoon!!

Lots of chores in the morning and early afternoon and a nice long walk along the beach with the kids. Then come the afternoon it was time to laze on the beach while the kids played in the sea.

What weekends are made for..................

Until tomorrow...

Day 40: Nailed the HIT Incline

Well you guessed it from the title I got it today. Second time of trying and the last was a few weeks ago but I got it nailed today...well I would of if the machine hadn't broken at 17 minutes!!!

20 minutes, all at 10kph, the twist in this is that is run at 1 minute intervals on the following gradients: 1%, 3%, 6% and 9%. So I was on the 5th cycle just finished the 1% and the machine stops, bear in mind I am running at 10 kph on a slight incline and the machine stops dead on the spot. Well I almost ran through the wall!!!

I was really disappointed as I was even going to go for my extra minute. Anyway the machine still worked after that but the gradient was knackered so I ran for a further 4 minutes 2 at 12 kph, 1 at 13kph and 1 at 14 kph to finish off. But I felt great at the end.

I am really pleased with how well my fitness is progressing.

Next it was a great abs session.

I finished with a 2000 metre row. Not my best time it has to be said but 7m 32s is not too bad after a workout like that. So a good mix of things today.

I am in process of setting up my mobile blogger account so that I can post whilst I am away in a weeks time to keep my blog going so if you see some strange blogs that 's why I am testing it out.

Until tomorrow...

Day 39: 100 days of posting

Well it may not be 100 days of consecutive posting but this is my 100th post. This time however i will make it to 100 days consecutive posting, as long as that is I can find some way to access the Internet in a weeks time when I have to go away to my Fathers. That is going to be interesting!!!

Still after yesterday's bizarre stats it was back to some serious weights today. Back, chest and arms, increasing the weights but still keeping good form.

I am going to revert back to 3 days cardio and 2 days weights now as this seemed to give me the optimum balance of muscle retention and fat loss. So I will try this for a couple of weeks and see what happens and then mix it up a bit again.

Until tomorrow...

Day 38: Dissappointing and Bizarre

Well as you can guess from the title the stats today were not quite what I was hoping or expecting. I knew that over the past 2 weeks that my body had changed as I could tell from last weeks photo but as you can see from the table I have managed to lose 1.5kg of lean mass. Now I really can't figure this one out as this is a lot to lose in 2 weeks.

However I am not going to get too hung up on it, either this weeks or the last BF test were skewed for whatever reason. I am going to keep going as planned. This week I will be eating more calories than I have been due to the increased cardio session that I have been doing.

Today was a HIT sprint and I again completed the whole 5 cycles, this time with the last 10 seconds at 16.5 kph rather than 16 kph. Exhausted at the end of it but not as bad as the last time which is very positive. Then it was an abs session which was good. I then helped pace my old personal trainer so that should beat her personal best on the rower and she beat it by over 14 seconds so she was real pleased.

Body Stats

Week Number	Date	Weight (kg)	Body Fat (%)	Fat (kg)	Lean Mass (kg)	Weight Change kg	Body Fat % Change	Body Fat kg Change	Lean Mass kg Change
1	21-Apr-2008	84	21	17.64	66.36	0	0	0	0
2	07-May-2008	85.4	21.9	18.70	66.70	1.4	0.9	1.06	0.34
3	14-May-2008	83.6	19.6	16.39	67.21	-1.8	-2.3	-2.32	0.52
4	28-May-2008	82.6	20.4	16.85	65.74	-1	0.8	0.47	-1.47

Until tomorrow...

Day 37: Back to Shredding

Yep, it was back to it today after 3 days off, long weekend in the UK.

After an active weekend though it was good to get back to another 45 minute cardio run. Starting speed was cranked up again to 10.7 kph. Back when I started this session a couple of weeks ago I covered 7.93 km in 45 minutes, today I covered 8.51 km in 45 minutes.

It was hard going today, not like last week when I had something left at the end. One maybe 2 more days of cardio and then some more weights but tomorrow it is another BF measurement day so I am excited and nervous about it.

Until tomorrow...

Day 36: Another day chillin'

A horrible morning, loads of rain. So we went swimming as it's a Bank Holiday in the UK. After that it brightened up so it was off for a walk and up to the park.

Unfortunately no time for a workout today so it will be back down the gym tomorrow for another cardio session before the stats on Wednesday. Looking forward to them again but again nervous as I have been training hard and eating mostly 100% clean.

Next week I am going to pull back a bit and indulge a bit more than normal to increase my calorie intake and get rid of any cravings that may be trying to take hold. I will still train hard so the object of next week is to either make very small improvements or to stay the same but it will stop me from going completely overboard at some stage in the near future.

Until tomorrow...

Day 35: Lots of Rain...No Blue Sky and Sun!!!

Well the weather forecast was completely wrong for today. Was supposed to be all overcast and raining and the whole afternoon has been completely blue sky and sun.

Spent most of it a fun day with the whole family. Kids had a great time but are now knackered. We've all been running around, bouncy castles etc.

Everyone was drinking but I was good and abstained from it and had a great time none the less.

Until tomorrow...