Holy crap!! I have not thought of this blog for an eternity. I think of the things that have transpired since my last post. I am almost unrecognisable, both mentally and physically. My life is like someone else's compared to the life I had.
Am I happier? I would say so. Quite a bit poorer though. Both financially and emotionally.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Day Who Knows - 16/7/2011
Indeed I have been neglectful of you oh blog. I have not thought of you in a while. I feel guilt.
It seems my knee will not allow me to achieve my first and only goal. Half marathon. The more I train the worse it gets and the longer it takes to recover. I blame the Army.
I have decided to commit to a new goal. Around the Bay in a Day. I shall buy a tredley and train my curvy butt off.
On other news, the gym is going great guns. Real improvement but for a hiccup of some tendinitis in my elbows. A three week break and I am back in the swing. Feels good too. Nothing compares to the natural endorphin release after a session. Super set shoulders, with shoulders and you will know what I mean.
Alcohol consumption has been horrific. I am weak. I am drinking a beer right now...
Maybe you can't, or shouldn't change your life all at once. I am in a far better place than I was this time last year.
Maybe I'm pathetic...
It seems my knee will not allow me to achieve my first and only goal. Half marathon. The more I train the worse it gets and the longer it takes to recover. I blame the Army.
I have decided to commit to a new goal. Around the Bay in a Day. I shall buy a tredley and train my curvy butt off.
On other news, the gym is going great guns. Real improvement but for a hiccup of some tendinitis in my elbows. A three week break and I am back in the swing. Feels good too. Nothing compares to the natural endorphin release after a session. Super set shoulders, with shoulders and you will know what I mean.
Alcohol consumption has been horrific. I am weak. I am drinking a beer right now...
Maybe you can't, or shouldn't change your life all at once. I am in a far better place than I was this time last year.
Maybe I'm pathetic...
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 128 - 2/5/2011
Once again I must confess to laziness with this blog, and perhaps with my workout routine. My best laid plans were hijacked by a bung knee and general elbow tendon soreness.
Going too heavy too quick with my arms has set me back with two weeks compulsory rest to repair. I just got back to it today. Felt good too.
Running a marathon seems so far away following my latest setback with my knee. I was feeling good for the first week but it blew up badly week two and I had to rest it.
It is now that I shamefully admit to some pretty serious drinking. I have been bad and I don't like it. Actually I liked it quite a bit at the time but the guilt is pretty intense right now. I know it's a problem for me and it will take some kicking. My only solace is the last six months have been a huge improvement on the six months before so that is something.
All I can do is live one day at a time and take each victory as it comes.
Alcohol - Nil
Exercise - Chest (gym) 3.5km run
Going too heavy too quick with my arms has set me back with two weeks compulsory rest to repair. I just got back to it today. Felt good too.
Running a marathon seems so far away following my latest setback with my knee. I was feeling good for the first week but it blew up badly week two and I had to rest it.
It is now that I shamefully admit to some pretty serious drinking. I have been bad and I don't like it. Actually I liked it quite a bit at the time but the guilt is pretty intense right now. I know it's a problem for me and it will take some kicking. My only solace is the last six months have been a huge improvement on the six months before so that is something.
All I can do is live one day at a time and take each victory as it comes.
Alcohol - Nil
Exercise - Chest (gym) 3.5km run
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Day 98 - 2/4/2011
Once again I have been so lazy with this blog. Perhaps it is guilt at my indiscretions with the alcohol. Unfortunately I have found a balance between my working out, running and drinking which seems to be working. I say unfortunately because I know deep down that I am not happy with my drinking. A new week will bring new hope of abstinence.
My gym routine has changed slightly with the introduction of single body part days rather than two groups at once. I have also dropped my leg workouts as they are big enough already so I do leg cardio instead. Damn my stumpy, muscly legs.
I have stepped up my running schedule after some consistant knee soreness threatened to derail my half marathon ambition. Only short runs at the moment but I will step it up more very week.
My plan is as follows.
Week 1
Day 1 - 3.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 3.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 3.5km
Day 6 - 5km walk
Day 7 - Rest
Week 2
Day 1 - 4.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 3.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 3.5km
Day 6 - 5km walk
Day 7 - Rest
Week 3
Day 1 - 5.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 4.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 4.5km
Day 6 - 8km walk
Day 7 - Rest
And so on and so forth.
I needed a plan.
My gym routine has changed slightly with the introduction of single body part days rather than two groups at once. I have also dropped my leg workouts as they are big enough already so I do leg cardio instead. Damn my stumpy, muscly legs.
I have stepped up my running schedule after some consistant knee soreness threatened to derail my half marathon ambition. Only short runs at the moment but I will step it up more very week.
My plan is as follows.
Week 1
Day 1 - 3.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 3.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 3.5km
Day 6 - 5km walk
Day 7 - Rest
Week 2
Day 1 - 4.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 3.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 3.5km
Day 6 - 5km walk
Day 7 - Rest
Week 3
Day 1 - 5.5km
Day 2 - Rest
Day 3 - 4.5 km
Day 4 - Rest
Day 5 - 4.5km
Day 6 - 8km walk
Day 7 - Rest
And so on and so forth.
I needed a plan.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Day 80 - 16/3/2011
As pointed out by my only follower, I have been slack at updating this blog.
Is it due to my weakness for the devil's nectar, perhaps. But mostly it's because I forget. I am splendidly happy with my progress at the gym. I go five times a week and really enjoy it. It's nice to have some firmness back in my muscles after whimping out for three years.
Holy fuck it was three years that I did almost nothing physically. How does a man go down that road? Even as I struggle to remain awake at my cubicle in the hours after lunch I still feel a sense of satisfaction that I have done right by my body. On a Saturday when I haven't worked out I notice the extra energy I have and also the absent natural endorphin rush.
And so words are words and I have begun to again partake in the beverages that I promised to ignore. Is there any point in offering one of the many milions of excuses that all alcoholics can spew verbatim at a moments notice like cheap burbon in the gutter? I think no.
I would prefer to offer a pledge to improve, to grow. I have progressed so farr from where I started on Boxing Day and I shall go even further.
Measurements will be updated when I can find my tape.
Is it due to my weakness for the devil's nectar, perhaps. But mostly it's because I forget. I am splendidly happy with my progress at the gym. I go five times a week and really enjoy it. It's nice to have some firmness back in my muscles after whimping out for three years.
Holy fuck it was three years that I did almost nothing physically. How does a man go down that road? Even as I struggle to remain awake at my cubicle in the hours after lunch I still feel a sense of satisfaction that I have done right by my body. On a Saturday when I haven't worked out I notice the extra energy I have and also the absent natural endorphin rush.
And so words are words and I have begun to again partake in the beverages that I promised to ignore. Is there any point in offering one of the many milions of excuses that all alcoholics can spew verbatim at a moments notice like cheap burbon in the gutter? I think no.
I would prefer to offer a pledge to improve, to grow. I have progressed so farr from where I started on Boxing Day and I shall go even further.
Measurements will be updated when I can find my tape.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Day 58 - 22/2/2011
I have been lazy with this blog, ever so lazy. There was no need to point it out. It is as plain as the nose on my face. At least I haven’t been lazy in other areas. I have really excelled at the gym with my weights increasing regularly. I am starting to get some real shape to my body rather than the soft pudge I had become.
I now step into the next phase of my transformation. Fat loss. Up until now I have not been ultra concerned about my calorie intake, which is not to say that I have been pigging out but I have been known to overindulge at times. I will now attempt to lose 10kg of body fat in the next 8 weeks with a torturous regime of low carb, high protein living hell. I know the hunger and yearnings will destroy the very fabric of my mind but I must be punished for my indiscretions with the turps over the last few weeks. I must be strong.
I have come to accept that my injuries with the running are the direct result of my proportions compared to my ideal size and shape. The weight loss can only help if only to help me propel my ageing body around the half marathon circuit. I shall not fail!!
Alcohol - Some which is unacceptable
Exercise - Plenty of good old fashioned weights
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Day 46 - 10/2/2011
Time certainly does fly and I have been neglecting this blog. Not because I have been naughty and don't want to write about it but because I have been busy and forgot.
I must make time to keep this blog up to date!
I have been neglecting my running too due to an unrelated knee complaint. My old army injury is playing up again and when I run it takes me two days to recover. I will have to strap it I think. I was doing well too.
The gym has been fantastic for me. All my weights are going up and I managed to squat more than my weight which is an achievement. Now if I could just bench that much...
What the hell is up with this blog, every time I press enter it goes to the start of the paragraph not to a new line. It has been doing it since the start. A pain in the ring gear.
My alcohol consumption has been low but existent which is disappointing. I don't feel I have a problem with it but I know it could blow out of control at any stage. Stupid alcohol.
I must make time to keep this blog up to date!
I have been neglecting my running too due to an unrelated knee complaint. My old army injury is playing up again and when I run it takes me two days to recover. I will have to strap it I think. I was doing well too.
The gym has been fantastic for me. All my weights are going up and I managed to squat more than my weight which is an achievement. Now if I could just bench that much...
What the hell is up with this blog, every time I press enter it goes to the start of the paragraph not to a new line. It has been doing it since the start. A pain in the ring gear.
My alcohol consumption has been low but existent which is disappointing. I don't feel I have a problem with it but I know it could blow out of control at any stage. Stupid alcohol.
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