Fatbusting: Kirwan's log
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Still going, rowing and squash mainly. Starting to see some results now, weight is constant, but definitely starting to trim up. <br />
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Still a way to go but have got into a routine now and the diet has improved alot. During the week anyway <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
try different stroke rates. Get down to 24 per minute, while maintaining your speed. Then when you up your stroke rate, you will keep pulling hard, and your pace will drop.<br />
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Experiment with slow stroke rates, and pulling harder etc. <br />
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And form is important, all your power in your legs, so use them!!<br />
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but just putting the metres in the best way - the more the better, and the better you will get!<br />
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I've been 'playing' while rowing lately though, will row at whatever a rate, then for a minute, go hard out, fast as I can, then cruise along again for maybe a couple of minutes, then hard out again. Mix it up to keep the brain active while you row.<br />
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Always try and beat little targets while you row etc. You're rower will have the pace boat thing (mine pre that), but set him a little faster than your besty times, so you have to at least beat the machine...! -
Cool, have got the rate down to 25 at the moment but the fitness gives out if I try to maintain too low a rate. Will keep on trucking.<br />
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Noticed somethign this week with my diet. Usually when I have a stressful week I will reward myself with a treat. I had the worst week in months at work this week (thanks to Indian outsourced cock smokers) and the thought never crossed my mind.<br />
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
yeah, that 'comfort eating' is a killer.<br />
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Your new diet though, the hat that you are eating with Mr hamilton now bieng an AB, how's that going... <br />
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Bugger off <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /> -
Just thought your fatbuisting efforts needed bumping up a little Mr KÂ <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' />
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Just thought your fatbuisting efforts needed bumping up a little Mr KÂ <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /><br />
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Between my holiday and my brother visiting from LA my fatbusting has turned into fatgaining. Am nice and brown though. -
Well the scales shamed me into starting this again. I'm almost got to 87kg around Christmas, which for this short arse is approaching beached whale proportions.<br />
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Have just finished the "cleanest" month I've had in a long time, and today have reached the first 5kg weight loss target (next one is to get under 80kg, and the final is to get to 75kg).<br />
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So after sticking to bugger all booze (two beers and a whiskey all month, 20 days in a row without), less than 2000 calories a day, and at least three cardio sessions a week, I've been averaging 1.3kg off a week.<br />
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So am now 81.6 kg.<br />
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This last two kg for the second target has been hard, think it's time to add in weights to shock the body as I think it's got used to the cardio (even though a decent proportion of them have been 90min sessions). Might move the cardio to mornings as well to confuse the fat <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /><br />
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Hard to describe how good I feel without the sugar too. No headaches, lots of energy, hardly ever tired.