Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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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. -
[quote name='Duluth']Are you still doing the odd row as well? You should notice a lot more power in the drive after a few sessions involving deads and squats.. then you can have a slower stroke rate for the same work on the wheel. Your times should tumble[/QUOTE]<br />
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Been taking a rest from that because I prefer running, but I'll be doing a 30min row tomorrow. Might target 7km. -
Sick from Monday to Friday, went for a run yesterday and the calf went again. At least it's not the right leg, which has been the one giving me trouble. Still very disheartening. <br />
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Weight steady at 79.9, was 79.3 last Sunday though. At least it's under 80 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Cross fit scheduled for 9am tomorrow to burn off today's Easter overdose! -
Physio thinks a combination of lower back issues (which I'm trying to fix with Crossfit) and pronation of the foot, stressing the calf. Just have to keep at it, not overdo it and it'll come right. I feel like I've fixed the right one, and that was the really bad one.<br />
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Was a great workout today, the guy did a gentle variation of the 300 workout (not that I know what that is....);<br />
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30 Burpees<br />
30 16kg Kettlebells (above the head)<br />
30 Deadlifts at 60kg<br />
30 Calories on the rower (500 metres approx)<br />
30 Push presses (12kg dumbells)<br />
30 Crunch type things (on an incline bench, pulling your knees to your elbows)<br />
30 Wall balls (9kg medicine ball, thrown up to a point in the wall from a squat position)<br />
30 T2B (which I've forgotten what they are)<br />
30 Boxjumps<br />
30 doublejumps on the skipping rope<br />
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And collapse. Was partway through the 9th exercise, and didn't make the tenth when my 30mins ran out. Was farking knackered.<br />
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He changed some of the harder exercises to match out (lack) of fitness level. Still was fun and hard. The burpees at the start screw you for the rest of it, and the deadlifts too. -
OK, a good day today. Have reached my mini-goal finally and have hit 78.9kg, so over 8kgs lost in total now. Finally out of the 79-80kg range where I have been plateauing. End of April is the seventh month of the exercise regime too.<br />
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Stomach is looking pretty flat, but I think the 75kg is still about right. Next goal is 78kg and get that 9kg marker, will also reverse my starting weight of 87kg.
