Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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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. -
Weights going all over the place this week, so reducing the day to day focus on that until it settles down. Will just focus on the weekly weigh in. The wife has commented that the love handles are gone too, so still trimming up and my thighs are much bigger than they were three weeks ago.<br />
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Just back from my midday crossfit, not a mentally draining one today but still tough. Lots of squats, pressups, kettlebells and more squats. I find squats easier than deadlifts for some reason. Have eased into it, next week's target is three of these sessions, and make that the norm from then on.<br />
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Really screwed the calf trying to do a box jump on Monday (dumb arse), so actually resting it now.... -
Your calf sucks man!! It must be so frustrating!!<br />
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Has a physio ever given you daily actions for it to do each morning? I had a ropey quad that kept going all the time and for about a year I repeated an exercise and have never had trouble with it again -
Yeah, that's how I fixed the right one. Just started doing the treatment for the left one now, it's basically stretches, tough massage, and building up strength for the negative movement.<br />
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The bit I've been poor at is resting it after a strain, I keep trying to run when it's not healed properly. So this time it's getting three weeks off, and I'll row and cycle instead.<br />
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Interesting to read about you finding squats easier than DL's. I'm in the same boat - I do enjoy DL's but just don't seem to be as 'good' at them as squats. I wonder if it has anything to do with our towering height!!? I'm a massive 176cm and I've found my shorter (relatively!) arms/legs have meant I can lift more than several of my mates who are a bit longer of limb. The difference seemed most pronounced on bench press and squat type exercises.<br />
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A guy next to me was rocking out nearly 200kg DL's last night at the gym - I was impressed. He was [I]only[/I] doing single reps but it was cool to watch.<br />
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Hopefully all the variety in your training will end up sorting out your calf problems. If it gets tighter due to X or Y range of movement all the work you are doing should improve its all round strength. You just need a long enough period of no twinges/injuries to get to that point. Good luck! long term problems with a particular joint/muscle group really suck -
[quote name='Paekakboyz']Interesting to read about you finding squats easier than DL's. I'm in the same boat - I do enjoy DL's but just don't seem to be as 'good' at them as squats. I wonder if it has anything to do with our towering height!!? I'm a massive 176cm and I've found my shorter (relatively!) arms/legs have meant I can lift more than several of my mates who are a bit longer of limb. The difference seemed most pronounced on bench press and squat type exercises.<br />
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A guy next to me was rocking out nearly 200kg DL's last night at the gym - I was impressed. He was [I]only[/I] doing single reps but it was cool to watch.<br />
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Hopefully all the variety in your training will end up sorting out your calf problems. If it gets tighter due to X or Y range of movement all the work you are doing should improve its all round strength. You just need a long enough period of no twinges/injuries to get to that point. Good luck! long term problems with a particular joint/muscle group really suck[/QUOTE]<br />
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You may be onto something paekak. I'm 190cm ( or 6 foot 2.75 in the old language ) and can deadlift heaps more than I can squat. ( It may help if I actually did squats but I tend not to for safety reasons in the good old MN5 home gym ) -
Yeah I'm sure that having small levers is helping some exercises more than others. A tall guy would be at a much sharper angle at the bottom of the squat than me, I'm sure.<br />
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Also, going from zero to a 100 miles an hour is kicking my arse. It's not a huge weight I'm doing, but 30 reps at 60kg certainly does the job, especially when it's the third exercise in and you already blowing.<br />
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Certainly stronger on the deadlift though -
Nice moment today, went to put the belt on and realized that it's too big for me now. Have gone in two notches, and now will need to do a Bart, and make a new hole. <br />
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The Jeans I couldn't fit three weeks ago are pretty loose now too. So weight is the same, but are getting trimmer. Cross fit is making quite a difference to my shape. -
Oops. Forgot to eat enough today and hit the wall hard during a row, felt very strange like running out of batteries, all the power went. So stopped the row, had a shower and pretty much passed out. Massive headache followed, very dizzy and went to bed at 4pm, with the wife making me eat some toast first. <br />
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[quote name='Kirwan']Oops. Forgot to eat enough today and hit the wall hard during a row, felt very strange like running out of batteries, all the power went. So stopped the row, had a shower and pretty much passed out. Massive headache followed, very dizzy and went to bed at 4pm, with the wife making me eat some toast first. <br />
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Stupid, stupid, stupid.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Damn Kirwan, take care of yourself. <br />
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Just like the workouts you plan you must plan the times you eat when you are really active (ie working out regularly etc). It's something I didn't do 3 years ago, would just eat when I felt like it or had time to do it, but realized that was not helping me physically or emotionally (felt lethargic, sleepy, grumpy!). <br />
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Now I know that I have to eat and just do it -
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So actually ate some carbs before the workout this time, and had a good experience. Was knackered after, but no spewing or passing out like a soft cock.<br />
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He almost ended my workout with the warmup, the end of which was tabita air squats 20secs on, 10sec rest, * 6 with your lowest reps being your score. I did 4 @ 16, then the rest at 12, and couldn't stand up afterwards. I've never had rubber legs like it before, was hilarious!<br />
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Took a few minutes to recover then did some clean and jerks, before the hard part of the day. (10 x 30kg clean and jerk, 15 incline pressups, 20 16kg Kettlebar raises) * 3. Was hard for me to get through. Can certainly feel my legs today! -
Crossfit again yesterday, another new exercise which was quite tricky. I'm not bothering to learn the names too well, I just do what the guy tells me at this point. Think this was the Snatch (Lift from the ground like a deadlift, then bounce it down your legs, shrug it back up, flick it over your head as you drop under and do an over head squat from there). A lot to think about doing that one, and pretty tough.<br />
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Was pretty pleased that I got through my timed section doing those as well. Very difficult to keep all that in your head when you start getting tired.<br />
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Certainly getting fitter, and the wife has pointed out good improvement with trimming up. Weight is constant (under 80kg) but my legs are getting bigger, waist smaller, and there is no fat on my back anymore. This Crossfit stuff is pretty addictive once you get past the beginning stage. -
Hit 78.7kg today, a new low, so am pretty stoked. My Mooshld TM average weight loss graph is trending down again after a long straight line. I'm putting this down to the transition from a more cardio based workout to the more resistance type workout with crossfit, and putting on some muscle. I think that's finished now, as I'm not eating a huge amount of protein to continue any real growth anyway. I was trimming up during the last month, just not losing weight, which is fine.<br />
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Had a bad weekend with the calf, it's rally struggling so am back off to get some treatment for it. Have told the trainer that I want to be sprinting by October, so the Crossfit sessions will start including sprints soon, so I need to get this sorted fast!<br />
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Off to Crossfit again at lunchtime.
