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<p>Right, been a long time since last update and life has moved quickly. I have been buzzing around like the proverbial blue-arsed fly!</p>
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<p>Moved house which provided some great real-world strength training, hauling boxes and shit especially. Lots of little things to do around the place which I found odd, given it was only 18 months old. How some people could be satisfied with that result from the builder (e.g. deadlock latch not fully engaging due to poor drilling, door not closing due to excess tile grouting).</p>
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<p>So anyway i got back under 95 and am going to put in some more exercise from here now I've got some time and access to running/biking tracks. </p> -
<p>Thing is, the new place has a double garage - a little larger than average) which I've managed to organise to the point of having both cars inside as well as all my garden kit, benches and tools. But there isn't a lot of room left for pumping iron. </p>
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<p>However, around the side there is a concrete area to park e.g. trailer or third vehicle, so I might get some galvanised framework up on that wall to use as my sweat shop. Not sure where the weights will go though as its a bit exposed...</p> -
<p>Walked 1km this morning in 9:12 then ran 3km in 15:29. Bit dusty and the legs hurt, but put the calves in the pool once I got home which helped soothe the savage beasts.</p>
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<p>The new place has much better access to fitness facilities and on the run I noticed a pull up / monkey bar station so I'll make sure I give that a go regularly rather than creating my own gym at home. Not sure what to do with my weights now though...</p> -
Back on the charts:<br /><br />Weight 95.3<br />Chest 109<br />Waist 102<br />Hips 105<br />Callipers 21 = 23.5%<br /><br />Not to bad considering I didn't exercise a lot of restraint over the last few weeks. Let's see what we can achieve between now and March.
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<p>The ride home from work starts at about 116m altitude, then goes down to just under 70m at the lowest point. From there to get to the ridge above my place is about a 30m climb in just over half a klick. The Ironman crew at work would laugh but a 5% gradient is pretty tough when you haven't been on the bike in ages, and its a 14kg mountain bike!</p>
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No exercise on the weekend, though i did build a shed for the pool equipment. Spent $280 on materials from Bunnings and while the result is distinctly amateur, it beats paying some prick $700 for a "professional" one. Will probably need to insulate it at some point from an acoustics point of view - poly carb sheeting isn't exactly dampening.<br /><br />Most of the energy used was from swearing at the memory of the previous owner, who lived through two summers without one, and let it perish in the bright Aussie sun. So that's something else I have to cater for in a couple of years I suppose...
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Something like this? Good work!<br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="bbc_url" href='http://www.ozziegardensheds.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/store_smart_green.jpg'>http://www.ozziegardensheds.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/store_smart_green.jpg</a><br>
Just watch out for one of these:<br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="bbc_url" href='http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/AusGeo/2013/09/10/6314/redback-spider.jpg'>http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/AusGeo/2013/09/10/6314/redback-spider.jpg</a> -
<p>BTW I'm not worried about redbacks around the pool - we've got the fucking things inside the house!</p>
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<p>So after a couple of exceptionally lazy weeks, where the only thing I did was help a guy load some bricks that I sold him, and put some insulation in the pool pump cover, I stepped on the scales on Saturday.</p>
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<p>97.7kg</p>
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<p>Fuck</p>
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<p>I tried again a few times to make sure but yeah there it was. That was after a night of beer and pizza so while it wasn't critically bad, when I look back at my endomondo feed it isn't pretty viewing. I've been enjoying the life of a lazy funt a bit too much since Xmas, and after sleeping the afternoon away in front of the cricket, decided that today was (another) new start.</p>
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<p>This morning, the alarm went off at 6.20AM and I got straight out of bed instead of lying there trying to go back to sleep until 7.</p>
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<p>1km walk down to the park in 9:14</p>
<p>11 minutes of body weight comprising two sets of: 5 pullups, horizontal ladder, 10 pushups, 20 squats, 20 lunges per side.</p>
<p>500m run in 2:37</p>
<p>1.5km walk home in 13:41</p>
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<p>The pullups were fucking murder as I'm so out of shape, as well as carrying too many kg. Early mornings and weight training just aren't me.</p>
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<p>Think I'll get back to running first thing, then weights at night. I also need to set the new place up with a pullup bar so a trip to Bunnings is in order. Might see if I can find something to build a squat rack while I'm there, though it might just be cheaper to buy one.</p> -
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<p>Made me laugh, thanks NTA. 5 Pull ups "fucking murder". ha.</p>
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<p>Damn you and your infernal consistency....</p>
