Fatbusting: Kirwan's log

Kirwan

[quote name='Hooroo']Sensational mate! What is that as a total in terms of loss?? (I know it will be even more given that you would have put on Muscle)[/QUOTE] 
 
8.3kg so far, and it's hard to tell how much muscle, but my legs are significantly bigger in the thighs, and same with my back. So large body areas have changed shape. 
 
Feeling pretty bloody good.

Kirwan

[quote name='BartMan']Sprinting might be a too generous term October - maybe a fast run with the oldies rugby...!![/QUOTE] 
 
I'll be happy with jogging fast at this rate!

Kirwan

OK, the trainer is just taking the piss now. Normal warmup that gets a sweat up (a row, etc), then some strength work, which on the final set ended up around 55kg deadlifty, shrug type things, and then the evil began. 
 
Tabata workout, eight reps of each (as many reps in 20 secs, 10 secs rest), lowest reps is your score, of; 
 
Pressups, Pullups, the lift that you pullup to your chin, squat press thing, and then throwing a medicine ball at a target on the wall (I need to start paying attention to the names of these things) 
 
I ran out of gas in the second to last exercise, and it was a massive struggle to finish. My pullups are terrible, the most I could do in 20 seconds was 3, which I maintained for three rounds before fading very fast to fucking zero! My score for pullups was zero!!! In my defence, they were deadhang pullups (Did 13 over the entire 8 reps), and even when he let me jump up my calf gave up, and I had to jump with one leg. Comical. 
 
Pressups were funny too, for some reason I thought there was only three rounds of them so went hard out 16,16,14 and by the 6th round was struggling to do three! 
 
My score for the whole thing was 15. So a target for improvement.... 
 
Still, no spewing, and no passing out <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> So at least I have the fuel right.

Hooroo

My PT did the same thing to me when I was in Hamilton! Tabata is king (we've been through this a couple of years ago on this forum) 
 
The worst I got were black pinking spots and had to sit down! PT was suitably impressed with himself. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> 
 
I found myself laughing at your Zero score but can empathise

BartMan

pity you did not do calipers - you've probably lost shit loads more than that in fat, and put on piles of muscle.

Kirwan

[quote name='Hooroo']My PT did the same thing to me when I was in Hamilton! Tabata is king (we've been through this a couple of years ago on this forum) 
 
The worst I got were black pinking spots and had to sit down! PT was suitably impressed with himself. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> 
 
I found myself laughing at your Zero score but can empathise[/QUOTE] 
 
The irony is that I asked to focus on some pullups as I've always been bad at them, he replied "You not looked at the wall then?" (Where the daily workout was written up, with masses of pullups....) 
 
And Bart, not sure about piles of muscle but I think it's conservative to say that I've lost about 9kgs of fat. I can still pinch too much around the waist, so plenty to go...

MajorRage

Just reading up on this Tabata - might have to give it a whirl. 
 
I've been training with this ex Fiji rugby player in HK, and he can be quite brutal some days. Last night was horriffic as the climate is now pretty hot here (31 degrees, 80% humd) and he was doing a slightly watered down versiono f this Tabata. But anyway, something I've been doing on my own since training with him is do a 7 or 8 k run, and stop at teh end of every km to do 10 press ups, 10 dips. The upper body strength change is quite marketed. The biggest problem is still my love of beer & unhealthy food, so results aren't as good physically wise as they should be. 
 
Will definately try this Tabata maybe tomorrow post work. Press Ups & Dips are the obvious one's I can see. Might also try with sit ups and perhaps with some of the harder exercise on the TRX (I think it's called that). 
 
and good work on the fat loss Kirwan. I lost about 6kg on the leadup to the wedding, but I think I put most of that back on starting when I fell off the rails ont eh stag do one week pre wedding.

dK

Tabata is king!!!!!

Kirwan

It's certainly an interesting experience, and I guess you could do about a million variations with or without weights. The worst one was just squats with no weight, I seriously couldn't walk for about five minutes - complete jelly legs. 
 
All good fun.

ACT Crusader

"squat and press" thingees - I'm guessing its with a barbell? Sounds like a thruster.

Kirwan

[quote name='ACT Crusader']"squat and press" thingees - I'm guessing its with a barbell? Sounds like a thruster.[/QUOTE] 
 
That's the one. I looked on the website, and it was Thrusters and Sumo Deadlift High Pull. Dunno why I have trouble remembering that <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Paekakboyz

hmm oxygen starvation perhaps!!?

Kirwan

[quote name='Paekakboyz']hmm oxygen starvation perhaps!!?[/QUOTE] 
 
Absolutely! Going to get worse as the workouts are named after people's names, not my strong point.

Kirwan

Today was tough. Strength work was back squats, which I got up to 80kg (Think I could get close to 90kg here, but my calf was starting to tighten, so didn't push too hard). 
 
Had three rounds for time of 25 pressups, 15 16kg Kettlebell overhead lifts, 500m Row. First two rounds were OK, the last was really hard. The row took the wind out, and the last ten pushups really took an effort. 
 
Feel a bit flat, and was still sore from Tuesdays workout. Recovering much better now, and seeing some good changes still. 
 
Going to stick to twice a week until I recover a bit quicker, and then increase to three. Not really doing any cardio, so could add a few rows in to keep that ticking along. Much more motivated to run though.

Kirwan

Right on 80kg today, after a weekend of drinking and eating <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Had some deep tissue massage on the calves yesterday, sweet jesus that was a painful experience. She thinks I've just not been stretching properly after exercise and have a build up of lactic acid. They feel great today. 
 
So in other words, it's all in my head, harden up, and look after the body properly.

Kirwan

OK, got through the 5km run OK-ish. I'm not straining/injuring my calves, they are just tight as a tight thing. They were nice and loose before the run, zero pain/tightness. 
 
Pretty tight and sore now, spent 20mins stretching and massaging them with this yoga roll thing, hurts like hell so must be good for me <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

MajorRage

I have one of those yoga roll things, but I barely use it as it's such a killer. Have also had calf issues with repeated cramping, tightening etc when int he middle of exercise. The cycling has helped somewhat, but I still get it. 
 
I tried the Tabata thing on Sunday morning. I did incline press ups, steps, squats (no weight), bicep curls (whilst standing on one of those tit shaped soft things), and some ab exercises. 
 
I couldn't believe how much I was sweating. I'm a moist man as it is, but after each of those, I just drenched. Struggled with the press ups (by set 8, I was doing 2, max 3) & the ab exercises, but found the others not too bad. Biceps are feeling a bit torn still today and the calves are sore after the steps. Will definitely be repeating this workout though - since the PT started focusing alot on my core muscles, my posture (unimportant) and golf (life and death sort of importance) have both came on leaps and bounds. 
 
Still a fat bastard tho!

Kirwan

Yep, you definitely hit a wall at some point! Most amusing struggling to do a few reps of any of the exercises, the squat one I did was a killer.

Kirwan

Real progress on the calves, I can massage them with the yoga roll thing when they tighten up and then I can walk fine. 
 
Today's crossift hit them even more, with the box jumps. Had five rounds for time of 15 kettlebells (upped the weight to 20kg), 15 box jumps and 15 pressups. Think it took me 16mins all up. 
 
Strength section was the push jerk, which I got up to 5 x 50kg. Was knackered as usual, but am recovering much faster and finally beat someone in these damn time trials.

Paekakboyz

Sweet! it's great once you get a handle on an exercise and can actually start pushing for improvement. You know your trainer has been watching though... as soon as s/he notices you are getting stronger/fitter they'll be on ya like a ton of bricks!! new exercises, increased weight and/or reps or a combo of all three!! Much fun!

The Silver Fern

Fatbusting: Kirwan's log