Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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Running around after the kids for a week solid should keep you moving mate! Good effort to be under 80kg with all the travel/kai/booze in recent times. As long as you can get back into your routine asap you'll be sweet. I find I really miss the exercise when life etc gets in the way!
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Right, all the travel is out of the way now so should be able to get back into a routine. Started with a 5km run today, the last two runs have both ended in minor injuries, so I have reduced the distance and pace, and I'm aiming to get ten of these under my belt before going back up.<br />
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Bang on 80kg, so definitely time to start again. Mini-target is 78.9kg <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Right, all the travel is out of the way now so should be able to get back into a routine. Started with a 5km run today, the last two runs have both ended in minor injuries, so I have reduced the distance and pace, and I'm aiming to get ten of these under my belt before going back up.<br />
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Bang on 80kg, so definitely time to start again. Mini-target is 78.9kg <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Crap week on the diet front saw an increase in weight, even with the resumption of exercise. So will be getting stricter on what I eat. <br />
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The running is going great, three five km runs with no calf problems. Today was especially good, as I tentatively increased from my fat man shuffle to jogging pace with no issues. That knocked a minute and a half off my previous time, so makes a difference. Being able to trust the legs will mean I can get more out of the runs I do. <br />
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Only other think to report is I've pushed through the lazy wall on the press ups, getting close to 60 a day now. <br />
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Also, am booking in for the cross fit stuff this week to shake things up. -
oh yeah! a decent workout of those will have you walking funny for a day or so!
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Or put your back out, like with this old bastard. Pulled up pretty lame yesterday, I nearly pulled my groin in a squat and my back went into a spasm when I got home.<br />
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Body is just complaining about the new exercises, been a long time since I did any weights. Both are pretty much fine today, and I have my recovery run tomorrow. Next session on Thursday, then I'll be joining the classes and see how I go. Picking I'll only be doing twice a week for a while.<br />
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Noticing a change in just two sessions though, bloody good workouts. -
it'll really improve your running too mate. When you get into the swing of things your legs/glutes and core will be heaps stronger. A strong core makes a huge difference in running - you'll be upping your pace (provided the lungs co-operate!) in no time.
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Really felt that with the run today, for lack of a better word I felt really light running over the ground. Was going great, until the left calf pulled up.<br />
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Have had a crappy week with twinges: Knee, lower back, groin and now the other calf (the dodgy one has is still behaving). <br />
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An exercise in patience and learning how to manage strains I guess. Serves me right for a decade of inactivity. -
Third crossfit introduction session was completed yesterday, will no ill effects this time. While I am getting a series of twinges, I'm finding that I recover pretty quickly as well.<br />
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Have signed up for the classes and will start with two per week and look to increase to three per week (it's the same cost, my scottish roots will kick in to get value for money).<br />
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Surprised at the changes I can already see from just three sessions, it's a great workout. -
[quote name='BartMan']I love the feeling of your body tightening up when you start doing weights again after a long time of not hitting weights - keep up the good work K.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Definitely. I returned to deadlifts after a month and a bit off and am loving the ( good ) pain in my back at the moment. -
So I did my first class session of crossfit yesterday, but forgot that I had a stomach bug in the weekend. I felt a bit flat, but was good enough I thought to do a workout. Anyway, I think you can see where this is going.....I completed the workout with a massive spew at the end (when I got home thankfully), and the bug won the rest of the day.<br />
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Was the a fantastic workout though, the focus was on deadlifts. I got over the 100kg mark for the first time, gradually building to that in the class, and the WOD of the day was on 60kg reps of those, so;<br />
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21 x 60kg deadlift to 21 incline pressups (feet up on two tactor tires), then 15 of each, then 9 of each. In the end I did about 65 deadlifts at 60, 80, 90 and 100 kgs combined. <br />
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My weight has stayed pretty consistent (under 80kg), but I'm losing inches around the waist and chest. I tried on a t-shirt that was too tight before November and it's like a tent now.
