The Silver Fern

I spoke to a friend who rowed for Great Britain in the Coxless Fours some years back about the Concept2. His personal setting for this is never any higher than 4. He did tell me why and I will come back to post the answer tomorrow. At the time I was quite pissed after being at a Champagne Brunch for 4 hours and the reason seems to have slipped through my short term memory bank.  :nta

Week 10/Day 2<br />
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Current weight 86kg<br />
<br />
Tue 9 May<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Rugby pre-season training on the track<br />
<br />
Warm up, stride outs and stretch<br />
3km gutbusting run<br />
6 x 200m sprints<br />
Warm down and stretch

Week 9/Day 4<br />
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Thu 4 May<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 45 minute session 861 calories burned<br />
<br />
Bike 10m 7.3km<br />
Treadmill 20m 1472 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 10m 2375m <br />
Cross Trainer 5m<br />
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Week 9/Day 5<br />
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Fri 5 May<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 46 minute session 851 calories burned<br />
<br />
Bike 8m 6.5km<br />
Treadmill 16m 1172 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 10m 2485m <br />
Cross Trainer 12m<br />
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Week 9/Day 6<br />
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Sat 6 May<br />
<br />
Golf - yeah baby. Not a lot of walking but a decent round of 90 (handicap 20) and a few beers. Golf was the winner  :whistle:

When you've done millions of metres on the Concept 2 as BartMan has you would probably be able to get some more aggressive times.  :nta I have just gone through the 80,000m mark and can only do around 1 min 46 for 500m sprint. Doing it over a 2 to 3 k row I'm only getting through around 2min per 500m split, which is piss poor in comparison but my reasoning is that I will get there with some more mileage under the belt.  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />Â

Week 9/Day 2<br />
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Tue 2 May<br />
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Current weight: 86kgs so no farking change  <br />
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Workout:<br />
Gym 45 minute session 774 calories burned<br />
<br />
Bike 10m 7.2km<br />
Treadmill 10m 655 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 10m 2300m - slow today but did it at the end so was totally farked<br />
Cross Trainer 15m<br />
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Week 9/Day 3<br />
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Wed 3 May<br />
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Workout:<br />
Gym 45 minute session 908 calories burned<br />
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Bike 10m 7.2km<br />
Treadmill 20m 1624 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 10m 2361m <br />
Cross Trainer 5m<br />
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:afro:

Week 8/Day 4<br />
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Thu 27 Apr<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 42 minute session 703 calories burned<br />
<br />
Bike 15m 10.75km<br />
Treadmill 10m 652 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 15m 3597m plus 500m sprint 1m53.0 <br />
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Week 8/Day 5<br />
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Fri 28 Apr <br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 45 minute session 773 calories burned<br />
<br />
Bike 19m 13.68km<br />
Treadmill 6m 462 vertical metres climbed<br />
Rower 10m 2361m<br />
Cross Trainer 10m<br />
<br />
Week 8/Day 6<br />
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Sat 29 Apr<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
2 x games of Touch Football 40 minsÂ

Week 8/Day 1<br />
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Mon 24 Apr <br />
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Current weight : 86kgs<br />
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Week 8/Day 2<br />
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Tue 25 Apr<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Night Golf - about 7.5km walk disrupted by a bit of golf<br />
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Week 8/Day 3<br />
<br />
Wed 26 Apr<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
5.6km Corporate fun run JP Morgan Chase challenge<br />
Time: 38.35 minutes - fark me days, there were 11,000 people participating with about 10,000 of them walking or pissing about and getting in my way  :twisted:. Should've been way faster than that but it was like running a frigging obstacle course

Week 7/Day 5<br />
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Fri 21 Apr<br />
<br />
Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right<br />
Lunch: Chicken mayonnaise sandwich<br />
Dinner: <br />
<br />
Workout: Gym session 50 mins/920 calories burned<br />
<br />
15 mins Treadmill/Gradual hill walking 1235 vertical metres climbed<br />
15 mins Rowing Concept2 - 3525 metres  <br />
10 mins Cross trainer <br />
10 mins bike 7.2km <br />
<br />
Week 7/Day 6<br />
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Workout: <br />
Touch football for 40 minutes (chalk up the 2nd victory for the season)

Sweet Bartman. Good shit. Just to put it in perspective, I just did a 15 min row and only managed 3525 metres. So at that pace if I completed 30 mins I'd only be 1128 metres behind!  :2funny:<br />
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C'mon Willy even I did 500m sprint in 1 min 46.4 secs and I am pedestrian pace.  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />

[quote name='Rancid Schnitzel']<br />
Don't hit the piss much anymore but when I do I find Schnitzel , rice and a big glass of milk do the trick. <br />
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But as Duluth says, if you're going to scoff beer you might as well make it your cheat day as well.<br />
[/quote]<br />
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I'm with you there mate. A piece of fried, crumbed schnitzel with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on wholemeal bread will do the trick. It obviously has some fat in it but also some healthy components and will be filling enough for the booze. A shop at the Australia Square food court (Uncles Old-time something?) used to do the best one of these sandwiches I've ever eaten. I had many of these before heading out on the town.  :nta

Week 7/Day 2<br />
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Tue 18 Apr<br />
<br />
Breakfast: Blueberry bagel<br />
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich<br />
Dinner: San choy bow<br />
<br />
Workout: Gym session 45 mins/849 calories burned<br />
<br />
10 mins Cross trainer<br />
10 mins Rowing Concept2 - 2409 metres  <br />
10 mins Treadmill - jogging <br />
15 mins Treadmill/Gradual hill walking 1050 vertical metres climbed

Week 7/Day 1:<br />
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Mon 17 Apr<br />
<br />
Weight: 86.5kgs<br />
<br />
Breakfast: Croissant<br />
Lunch: Cheese & Tomato sandwich<br />
Dinner: Ravioli in tomato & mushroom sauce<br />
<br />
Workout: Gym session 45 mins/735 calories burned<br />
<br />
10 mins bike<br />
10 mins Rowing Concept2 - 2424 metres rowed 10 mins Treadmill - jogging <br />
10 mins Cross trainer<br />
5 mins Treadmill/Gradual hill walking 412 vertical metres climbed

Right, back into it again.  <br />
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:knubble:<br />
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Week 6/Day 1:<br />
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Wed 12 Apr<br />
<br />
Weight: 86kgs<br />
<br />
Dinner: Pork chop and salad <br />
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A 13 hour day in the office  :evil: so no farking time for a workout<br />
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Week 6/Day 2:<br />
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Thu Apr 13<br />
<br />
Breakfast: Blueberry bagel<br />
Lunch: Roast Beef sandwich<br />
Dinner: Bake chicken with tomatoes and rice<br />
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Workout: Gym session 45 mins/876 calories burned<br />
20 mins Treadmill/Gradual hill walking 1530 vertical metres climbed <br />
15 mins Runner/cross trainer<br />
10 mins Rowing Concept2 - 2308 metres rowed (pedestrian effort but was totally farked today)<br />
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Week 6/Day 3<br />
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Sat 15 Apr<br />
<br />
Workout: Gym session 60 mins/1071 calories burned<br />
10 mins Bike<br />
25 mins Treadmill/Gradual hill walking 1755 vertical metres climbed <br />
10 mins Runner/cross trainer<br />
15 mins Rowing Concept2 - 3468 metres rowed

Like RedBull my fatbusting started a couple of weeks before the offiical TSF one, so the stats are: <br />
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Start weight : 89 kgs<br />
Latest weight : 86 kgs<br />
Target weight: 83 kgs<br />
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Height: 5'8'' (that ain't gonna change)<br />
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Need to get right back into the saddle as a week in Hong Kong followed by a weekend at Singapore Sevens meant lager consumption was way up; eating of healthy (or any) food for that matter was way down and exercise was dominated by repetiive elbow bending but little calorie burning. Here I farking well come, fatbusting............. :whistle:

[quote name='Nick the Aussie']<br />
As in mint to make you look like a poof? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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Don't worry Nick, my touch footy team has to wear lime/mint jerseys and we don't look like a bunch of poofs...... we do probably look to the casual observer like a bunch of idiots in loud, too tight fitting jerseys, which however does tend to lessen the attention paid to our supreme lack of ability, tactics, pace and fitness. So there is a bright side to it.  :whistle:

Good shit Bartman. Here's another useless statement for you from the last tour I went to Oktoberfest on.......The Body is evil. It must be punished  :whistle:

Week 5<br />
<br />
Day 1:<br />
Mon 27 Mar<br />
Current weight 86 kg - so for all the sweat, toil and healthy eating only managed to drop 1 kg<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 40 mins - 720 calories burned<br />
<br />
10 mins Bike<br />
15 mins Treadmill gradual hill walking 1133 vertical metres<br />
15 mins Cross country skier<br />
<br />
Last workout for the week - off to Hong Kong tomorrow to play footy<br />
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Day 3:<br />
Wed 29 Mar<br />
<br />
Played rugby in Kowloon Tens tournament, 4 games of Ten a side in the day, 7 minutes each way - farked and need to drink heavily<br />
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Day 6:<br />
Sat 1 Apr<br />
<br />
Game of touch footy

Week 4<br />
<br />
Day 1:<br />
Mon 20 Mar<br />
Current weight 86kg<br />
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No workout today<br />
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Day 2:<br />
Tue 21 Mar<br />
<br />
No workout today<br />
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Day 3:<br />
Wed 22 Mar<br />
<br />
No workout today<br />
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Day 4:<br />
Thu 23 March<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Finally back to the gym<br />
Gym 55 mins - calories burned 948<br />
10 mins bike<br />
21 mins treadmill gradual hill walking 1316 vertical metres climbed<br />
9 mins cross country skier<br />
15 mins Concept2 rowing machine 3498m<br />
<br />
Day 5:<br />
Fri 24 Mar<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 40 mins - calories burned 666<br />
17 mins treadmill gradual hill walking 1136 vertical metres climbed<br />
15 mins cross country skier<br />
2000m row on Concept2 rowing machine 8m 06.2<br />
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Day 6:<br />
Sat 25 Mar<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Game of touch footy

Still going MVJ after a bit of a lull but keen as now to fly back into it. Only lost 1kg in the 4 weeks but fark it, that's better than putting it on. Plus I'm getting fit enough to nearly last a full game of touch  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Week 3:<br />
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Day 1: <br />
Mon 13 March <br />
Current Weight still at 86.5 kgs  so maintaining the status quo<br />
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Breakfast: Sesame bagel<br />
Lunch: Roast Beef sandwich, 2 x Cookies, Raw cashews<br />
Dinner: Chicken salad<br />
<br />
Workout: <br />
Gym 42 mins - calories burned 778 <br />
15 mins cross country skier<br />
17 mins treadmill - steep uphill walking 1097 vertical metres climbed <br />
10 mins rowing on Concept 2 - 2416 m <br />
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Day 2: <br />
Tue 14 March <br />
<br />
Breakfast: Nothing<br />
Lunch: Maccas<br />
Dinner: Spaghetti bolognese<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Not today<br />
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Day 3: <br />
Wed 15 March <br />
<br />
Breakfast: Sesame bagel<br />
Lunch: 3 Muesli bars, some Nuts (starving)<br />
Dinner: San Choi Bow - fried minced pork, onion & bean spouts served in lettuce leaves (awesome)<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 37 mins - calories burned 730 <br />
10 mins cross country skier<br />
500m sprint row on Concept 2 - 1m 47.6<br />
10 mins steady rowing on Concept 2 - 2367 m<br />
17 mins treadmill - gradual increasing hill walking 1037 vertical metres climbed <br />
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Day 4: <br />
Thu 16 March <br />
<br />
Breakfast: Bowl of Special K, Sesame bagel<br />
Lunch: Tandoori chicken sandwich, Muesli bar, Raw Cashew Nuts <br />
Dinner: Grilled salmon with stir fried veges & pineapple<br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 42 mins - calories burned 790 <br />
20 mins cross country skier<br />
10 mins steady rowing on Concept 2 - 2431 m<br />
12 mins treadmill - gradual increasing hill walking 701 vertical metres climbed<br />
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Day 5: <br />
Fri 17 March <br />
<br />
Breakfast: Bowl of Just Right, Sesame bagel<br />
Lunch: Maccas - in a hurry <br />
Dinner: <br />
<br />
Workout:<br />
Gym 35 mins - calories burned 730 <br />
15 mins cross country skier<br />
12 mins treadmill - gradual increasing hill walking 1033 vertical metres climbed<br />
2000m row on Concept 2 - 8 min 19.2 - very ordinary time<br />
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Day 6: <br />
Sat 18 March<br />
<br />
Game of touch footy