Day 10
So my night off and date night on the horizon. We went to see karate kid with jaden smith and jackie chan, what a giant load ! The acting was terrible. I mean really bad! Plus it was kung-fu that they were doing, not karate so it made no sence. Plus if you are going to remake a film why do it scene for scene! karate kid is a classic! just re-release it in the cinema or something. I dont know about you, but i would qiute happyily go and watch it in the cinema for date night! hollywood! nothing better to do with thier money. i mean it was so bad that at the end the only thing that was different was one of the cobra kai guys wasnt shouting : your going home in a bodybag daniel... apart from that all the same
Anyway allowed myself some popcorn and an ice-cream as a treat. Ally said i should let myself have one thing a week so i wouldnt go insane so i did! I really needed some sugar too and do you know what no headache today! get in!
Went to the gym for a really light session as i nearly died on monday. Did a light 2 km jog in the treadmill some skipping, push ups and sit ups. 15 pull ups (3 sets of 5) and 20 lengths of the pool(25meter pool).
I'm actually really looking forward to tonight. will get there just after 5pm again. I can feel my stomach and shoulders firming up now. i have been back in the gym for just over a month now and have really noticed the difference on how much i could do before and now! the intensity is a lot higher and the form in which i can do things is so much better. i mean in only over a week ive gone from rubbish pull ups to 10 good ones.. and 5 reducers which really hurt.. getting stronger everyday and with the added football factor coming back in its only going to get better. ive got my first game tomorrow in 2 weeks. im looking forward to seeing if my gym fitness will show on the pitch or it will have made me slower due to putting on muscle mass...i havent played reguarly for a while now and i hope i havent lost the stamina part of footy... we'll see!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Settling in...
Day 9
Boxing training yesterday was the first time i actually noticed that this training might well kill me!
I went for a light session at lunch yesterday. I did 3km ,15 min run. 3 sets of push ups,crunches, star jumps, foot shuffles, burppies and skipping. Plus my normal sit up routine which consists of 45 times 5 of different crunches... I've now started to add in pull ups as i said the other day. They really hurt! I did 2 times 5 pull ups. and 5 pull ups where you let yourself down really slowly...i call these reducers! they hurt more than the normal ones....
As normal got to the boxing gym around 5.20pm. Played around on the speed-bag till 6pm while listening to em's new album Recovery! Off the hook btw! then did some stretching and was very warmed up by the time 6.30 came around. Actually i wasnt warmed up, more on fire! we started with cardio sets then shadow boxing and skipping.. Then the dreaded punchbag punchouts came in where you have to punch as much as you can in 15 sec. then 15sec rest then repeat 6 times. then for 20 sec. then for 30. well i must say after that i almost threw up! the thing is everybody does things to thier own ability. Its the same with the sets. people are skipping whole exercises or doing pushups on their knees and then jumping around cas they finish first! do it properly or if you do finish first think how can i do it harder next time! The form you do it in also has a lot to do with it. If it doesnt hurt you are either he-man or your not doing it right! '
anyway....... so after we did the bags we do the dreaded burppies sets (crunches,burppies...ect) 10each times 3. and then the plank at which point i fell in a heap and didnt move half way through the 2nd plank! I was really tired..
I had a protein shake and a shower and went home.
i woke up this morning feeling not to bad though i must say. Strange seeing how much i hurt yesterday! I did a light session at the gym at lunch time today (15min 3km...sit ups routine, skipping and burppie sets 10 times 3 and 20 lengths of the pool to relax the body). I had pasta and tuna couscous for lunch and muesli for brekki... need to have some complex carbs for dinner. i dont think im taking in enough energy atm... creatine before workouts isnt giving me much energy. i've almost cut sugar completely out of my diet. in fact i prob have shut out all sugar apart from the natural sugar in fruit... I keep on getting headaches and my shoulders are killing... the mental part of this is starting to kick in now too. realising im only a week into it and i still have 11 to go! I need a beer.... i need a diet coke and an ice cream! all at once.. in fact i want it so much i would inject it into me so i dont have to go thuogh the long winded thing of eating it!
I feel myself going insane! god help the person im going to fight! The quicker i finish him the quicker i can have a beer! first round knock out anyone! lol :) just joking..
Boxing training yesterday was the first time i actually noticed that this training might well kill me!
I went for a light session at lunch yesterday. I did 3km ,15 min run. 3 sets of push ups,crunches, star jumps, foot shuffles, burppies and skipping. Plus my normal sit up routine which consists of 45 times 5 of different crunches... I've now started to add in pull ups as i said the other day. They really hurt! I did 2 times 5 pull ups. and 5 pull ups where you let yourself down really slowly...i call these reducers! they hurt more than the normal ones....
As normal got to the boxing gym around 5.20pm. Played around on the speed-bag till 6pm while listening to em's new album Recovery! Off the hook btw! then did some stretching and was very warmed up by the time 6.30 came around. Actually i wasnt warmed up, more on fire! we started with cardio sets then shadow boxing and skipping.. Then the dreaded punchbag punchouts came in where you have to punch as much as you can in 15 sec. then 15sec rest then repeat 6 times. then for 20 sec. then for 30. well i must say after that i almost threw up! the thing is everybody does things to thier own ability. Its the same with the sets. people are skipping whole exercises or doing pushups on their knees and then jumping around cas they finish first! do it properly or if you do finish first think how can i do it harder next time! The form you do it in also has a lot to do with it. If it doesnt hurt you are either he-man or your not doing it right! '
anyway....... so after we did the bags we do the dreaded burppies sets (crunches,burppies...ect) 10each times 3. and then the plank at which point i fell in a heap and didnt move half way through the 2nd plank! I was really tired..
I had a protein shake and a shower and went home.
i woke up this morning feeling not to bad though i must say. Strange seeing how much i hurt yesterday! I did a light session at the gym at lunch time today (15min 3km...sit ups routine, skipping and burppie sets 10 times 3 and 20 lengths of the pool to relax the body). I had pasta and tuna couscous for lunch and muesli for brekki... need to have some complex carbs for dinner. i dont think im taking in enough energy atm... creatine before workouts isnt giving me much energy. i've almost cut sugar completely out of my diet. in fact i prob have shut out all sugar apart from the natural sugar in fruit... I keep on getting headaches and my shoulders are killing... the mental part of this is starting to kick in now too. realising im only a week into it and i still have 11 to go! I need a beer.... i need a diet coke and an ice cream! all at once.. in fact i want it so much i would inject it into me so i dont have to go thuogh the long winded thing of eating it!
I feel myself going insane! god help the person im going to fight! The quicker i finish him the quicker i can have a beer! first round knock out anyone! lol :) just joking..
Sunday, June 27, 2010
First Week down!
Day 8
So i've got through the first week of Training very well. Stayed off the bad things on Friday and Saturday night but ended up having a couple of vinos on Sunday watching the football. Anyone who watched that game would forgive me for that! I went out for dinner on Saturday and stayed off the booze thanks to my wife who constantly reminds me what not to eat and drink! Thanks honey!
So Saturday in the gym went well. More cardio, sets, punchbag, circuit training and the plank!!! Ended up staying for the next session aswell like a sick puppy! So all in all i did 2.30hours training and took Sunday off for recovery! I've got boxing training tonight so just a light training session at lunch. I need to start focusing on weights and toning now. The running is going to have to be done outside of the gym now so i can dedicate more time to the other.
A few stats i took down last week...
Stomach: 35 inc
Waist: 33 inc
Bum: 39 inc
Thigh: 17 inc
Bicep: 11 inc
Weight: 80.1kg
See how this changes over the course of the 12 weeks. My main focus is the belly! I really want to win obviously but even more i want a 6 pack. I think if i get it i will keep it.
So off to training!
So i've got through the first week of Training very well. Stayed off the bad things on Friday and Saturday night but ended up having a couple of vinos on Sunday watching the football. Anyone who watched that game would forgive me for that! I went out for dinner on Saturday and stayed off the booze thanks to my wife who constantly reminds me what not to eat and drink! Thanks honey!
So Saturday in the gym went well. More cardio, sets, punchbag, circuit training and the plank!!! Ended up staying for the next session aswell like a sick puppy! So all in all i did 2.30hours training and took Sunday off for recovery! I've got boxing training tonight so just a light training session at lunch. I need to start focusing on weights and toning now. The running is going to have to be done outside of the gym now so i can dedicate more time to the other.
A few stats i took down last week...
Stomach: 35 inc
Waist: 33 inc
Bum: 39 inc
Thigh: 17 inc
Bicep: 11 inc
Weight: 80.1kg
See how this changes over the course of the 12 weeks. My main focus is the belly! I really want to win obviously but even more i want a 6 pack. I think if i get it i will keep it.
So off to training!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Italy lost just like i lost my phone!
Day 5
Wee. I lost my phone and my computer shit itsself.....and im not happy! On the brightside ive had no further hiccups in the food or drink department and the training is going really well... in my sets in the gym ive now moved up to 20 push ups and 45 sit ups, 2.30min skipping 40 starjumps and 40 squats plus 15 burppies..(times 3)... treadmill is now up to 2.5% incline and speed is at 9kmfor the first 10 11 for the 2nd 10 and 12 for the 3rd 10min run.... nearly 6km .. gonna keep this constant without too much of a rise for the next 2-3weeks... boxing training tomorrow at turfcity at 9am. Be there by 8am and prob stay till 11am.... Gonna have sunday off to rest! friday night so i will pop into the pool for a swim before i take the wife out tonight... gonna have to be a cheap meal cas i have to spend a fortune on a new phone and computer! brilliant.. So off to the gym for a swim! bye see you on monday where i will hopefully be saying what a wonderful weekend ive had with no alcohol and england beat the Krauts on pens!
Bah!
Wee. I lost my phone and my computer shit itsself.....and im not happy! On the brightside ive had no further hiccups in the food or drink department and the training is going really well... in my sets in the gym ive now moved up to 20 push ups and 45 sit ups, 2.30min skipping 40 starjumps and 40 squats plus 15 burppies..(times 3)... treadmill is now up to 2.5% incline and speed is at 9kmfor the first 10 11 for the 2nd 10 and 12 for the 3rd 10min run.... nearly 6km .. gonna keep this constant without too much of a rise for the next 2-3weeks... boxing training tomorrow at turfcity at 9am. Be there by 8am and prob stay till 11am.... Gonna have sunday off to rest! friday night so i will pop into the pool for a swim before i take the wife out tonight... gonna have to be a cheap meal cas i have to spend a fortune on a new phone and computer! brilliant.. So off to the gym for a swim! bye see you on monday where i will hopefully be saying what a wonderful weekend ive had with no alcohol and england beat the Krauts on pens!
Bah!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Oh dear!
Day 4
As confucius said : Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall....
3 days in and the training was going swimmingly. The diet was very good and not a beer or cig in sight! Oh England why do you do it to me!
Right lets start from the beginning. I got into the gym yesterday at lunch and after streching felt kinda good! I my usual 6km run, situps and 20 lengths of the pool. I didnt want to do too much as the boxing was looming in the evening. I got there at 5pm and started on the speed bag till 6pm. then warmed up and did the boxing training. We are still focusing on the fitness aspect so it was mainly cardio exercises, sets and bag work with some footwork exercises thrown in... i finished on a real high and have started doing pull ups after every session to really get those arm and shoulders muscles bulging.. (i can do 4 :)p ) rubbish i know! and the 4 i do are pretty rubbish at that. So i had a shower and put my England shirt on and headed down to meet the mrs and some friends... The Yanks were late so i was standing with a couple of aussie mates who were ribbing me about how shit england were... fair enough! Waiter comes over and askes me what i want. "I'll have a fuit juice please .. orange juice or cranberry juice.. How much are they? " .... 9 dollars! "9 dollars, are you fucking mental!!! If i have 3 or 4 of those i will have to take out a bank loan!" "Fuck it give me a beer"... Actually its only 35 dollars for 6 coronas... "Sweet give me a bucket then!" Oh what did i just do? .......................................................................................
I dont know why i can spend 35 bucks on beer but not on juice! i know it was a scandal but i really have to learn not to drink. The last thing i want to do is become a recluse for 3 months but going out without drinking is hard! I am a muppet and need to grow up!
Today was ok in the gym did what i did yesterday... i'm just pissed off i failed already!
Im going off to sulk! boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
As confucius said : Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall....
3 days in and the training was going swimmingly. The diet was very good and not a beer or cig in sight! Oh England why do you do it to me!
Right lets start from the beginning. I got into the gym yesterday at lunch and after streching felt kinda good! I my usual 6km run, situps and 20 lengths of the pool. I didnt want to do too much as the boxing was looming in the evening. I got there at 5pm and started on the speed bag till 6pm. then warmed up and did the boxing training. We are still focusing on the fitness aspect so it was mainly cardio exercises, sets and bag work with some footwork exercises thrown in... i finished on a real high and have started doing pull ups after every session to really get those arm and shoulders muscles bulging.. (i can do 4 :)p ) rubbish i know! and the 4 i do are pretty rubbish at that. So i had a shower and put my England shirt on and headed down to meet the mrs and some friends... The Yanks were late so i was standing with a couple of aussie mates who were ribbing me about how shit england were... fair enough! Waiter comes over and askes me what i want. "I'll have a fuit juice please .. orange juice or cranberry juice.. How much are they? " .... 9 dollars! "9 dollars, are you fucking mental!!! If i have 3 or 4 of those i will have to take out a bank loan!" "Fuck it give me a beer"... Actually its only 35 dollars for 6 coronas... "Sweet give me a bucket then!" Oh what did i just do? .......................................................................................
I dont know why i can spend 35 bucks on beer but not on juice! i know it was a scandal but i really have to learn not to drink. The last thing i want to do is become a recluse for 3 months but going out without drinking is hard! I am a muppet and need to grow up!
Today was ok in the gym did what i did yesterday... i'm just pissed off i failed already!
Im going off to sulk! boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Good day and Bad
Day 3
So i went to the gym yesterday thinking i was going to do a light session and kinda did. If you class 6km, 3 rounds of situps and 20 lengths of the pool light... i dont know anymore! I know this is only day 3 but im no stranger to the gym and have been going everyday in the week for the last 2 months in prep for this and have kinda lost track of what is ligth and what isnt. I knew however that it was tuesday and date night so i wasnt going to be doing anything in the evening and i wanted to make up for that. This is dangerous and i have to watch out for this as i was hurting quite a lost from the previous day. The worst thing about it was not the training it was the fear of going to the cinema without popcorn, hotdogs and fizzy drinks! I had a banana for brekkie homemade spag-bol for lunch and soup and steak for dinner. So getting to the cinema i was kinda hopeful that it wasnt going to be an issue.. Bets please ladies and gentlemen! Yes correct i caved. Pop-corn and diet coke. To be fair my wife gave me that look as in to say im not gonna stop you (cas i cant) but you know you are going to regret it... plus we shared it so she was quite happy i got it.... (the baby needs it she said!!!) lol At least i've not had a beer of fried food at all... i was close to it after the cinema when we stopped off at our local while i went to get dog-food.
The wife put some tiger-balm on the old waterpistols before i went to sleep on the floor( without giving her reflexology so she wasnt happy) so i feel alot better today.
Gym at lunch today. Really need a light session as we have our second session today at the boxing gym. I'm gonna get there early again as my house is in the other direction and there is no point in going home after work. No pain no gain! But too much pain no gain also!
A couple of good emails from friends giving me some healthy food and exercise tips were very welcome thanks a lot!!!! if your reading this please press follow on the right side! :) thanks!
Ok time to work!
So i went to the gym yesterday thinking i was going to do a light session and kinda did. If you class 6km, 3 rounds of situps and 20 lengths of the pool light... i dont know anymore! I know this is only day 3 but im no stranger to the gym and have been going everyday in the week for the last 2 months in prep for this and have kinda lost track of what is ligth and what isnt. I knew however that it was tuesday and date night so i wasnt going to be doing anything in the evening and i wanted to make up for that. This is dangerous and i have to watch out for this as i was hurting quite a lost from the previous day. The worst thing about it was not the training it was the fear of going to the cinema without popcorn, hotdogs and fizzy drinks! I had a banana for brekkie homemade spag-bol for lunch and soup and steak for dinner. So getting to the cinema i was kinda hopeful that it wasnt going to be an issue.. Bets please ladies and gentlemen! Yes correct i caved. Pop-corn and diet coke. To be fair my wife gave me that look as in to say im not gonna stop you (cas i cant) but you know you are going to regret it... plus we shared it so she was quite happy i got it.... (the baby needs it she said!!!) lol At least i've not had a beer of fried food at all... i was close to it after the cinema when we stopped off at our local while i went to get dog-food.
The wife put some tiger-balm on the old waterpistols before i went to sleep on the floor( without giving her reflexology so she wasnt happy) so i feel alot better today.
Gym at lunch today. Really need a light session as we have our second session today at the boxing gym. I'm gonna get there early again as my house is in the other direction and there is no point in going home after work. No pain no gain! But too much pain no gain also!
A couple of good emails from friends giving me some healthy food and exercise tips were very welcome thanks a lot!!!! if your reading this please press follow on the right side! :) thanks!
Ok time to work!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Maybe a bit too much!!!!
Day 2
So i woke up today after my first day of boxing training a bit worse for wear.... I went to the gym at mid-day and did a bit of light training as i said, but didnt really do much as i didnt want to over do my first day. So what do i go and do? Turn up at the boxing an hour early!! So of course i start playing around with the speed bag and before i know it im skipping away listening to my ipod.. Well we havent even started yet and all ready ive done just over 2 hours of gym work over the course of the day! Mental!
The session starts off with some cardio exercise and basic movement: all pretty plain. Then we start getting into it. The dreaded sets with Burppies(believe me when i tell you these kill!!!!), more cardio,punch bags and the plank!!! The latter of which hurt the most at the time.... So all in all not a bad first day, but i think i really have to be careful about over-training! I've been told a lot of people get caught out by this. Today my arms are really hurting as i used muscles yesterday that i havent used in ages.. i was really stiff (wee hey) this morning but im starting to feel better now as i stretch out over the day!
Getting home last night the wife had made me a healthy dinner, but is 8.30pm to late to eat? (B.T.W. lovely dinner babe!) Ive heard people say no later than 9pm. But for best results ive heard 6pm. Need to look this up! As i had feared later in the night the munchies kicked in as well. I really wanted some ice cream or chocolate but i stayed away. Its gonna be things like this that make the difference.... I have only had water since sunday and i have a real big head-ache.. is that sugar related?
Anyway light session today in the gym. Prob do a couple of km of the treadmill, sit ups and some swimming to relax. I clocked in at 80.1kg yesterday. lets see how much i weigh this time next week with no alcohol or bad food.... England game tomorrow, thats gonna be hard work staying away from the beer!!!#*&(*&#@! kinda hoping they go out so i dont have to worry about it! My god did i just say that!!! Right time to start work!
So i woke up today after my first day of boxing training a bit worse for wear.... I went to the gym at mid-day and did a bit of light training as i said, but didnt really do much as i didnt want to over do my first day. So what do i go and do? Turn up at the boxing an hour early!! So of course i start playing around with the speed bag and before i know it im skipping away listening to my ipod.. Well we havent even started yet and all ready ive done just over 2 hours of gym work over the course of the day! Mental!
The session starts off with some cardio exercise and basic movement: all pretty plain. Then we start getting into it. The dreaded sets with Burppies(believe me when i tell you these kill!!!!), more cardio,punch bags and the plank!!! The latter of which hurt the most at the time.... So all in all not a bad first day, but i think i really have to be careful about over-training! I've been told a lot of people get caught out by this. Today my arms are really hurting as i used muscles yesterday that i havent used in ages.. i was really stiff (wee hey) this morning but im starting to feel better now as i stretch out over the day!
Getting home last night the wife had made me a healthy dinner, but is 8.30pm to late to eat? (B.T.W. lovely dinner babe!) Ive heard people say no later than 9pm. But for best results ive heard 6pm. Need to look this up! As i had feared later in the night the munchies kicked in as well. I really wanted some ice cream or chocolate but i stayed away. Its gonna be things like this that make the difference.... I have only had water since sunday and i have a real big head-ache.. is that sugar related?
Anyway light session today in the gym. Prob do a couple of km of the treadmill, sit ups and some swimming to relax. I clocked in at 80.1kg yesterday. lets see how much i weigh this time next week with no alcohol or bad food.... England game tomorrow, thats gonna be hard work staying away from the beer!!!#*&(*&#@! kinda hoping they go out so i dont have to worry about it! My god did i just say that!!! Right time to start work!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
1st days training!
Day 1
I'm about to embark on 3 months of sheer training and hardship. NO ALCOHOL AND NO FRIED FOOD is going to be the hardest thing about this endeavour. I'm trying at the moment to thing of the positives rather than all the negatives! Being healthy, early nights, higher performance in football (and the bedroom) and of course the elusive 6 pack! and im not talking about beer! i'm gonna try and update this everyday, not really for anybody else but me. A record of how its going and seeing which training is paying off the most. As they said the other day in our induction meeting; once you get in the ring and forget everything we have taught you over the past 12 weeks, its usually the fittest person that comes out on top! So apart from going to the gym everday at lunch time which is the norm i will now be doing 3 90min training sessions at Vanda boxing. Obviously midweek footy and saturday games are a given! So all that training plus Sparky i'm too hotty sessions squeezed in somewhere i'm sure come september 17th im gonna have guns the size of ....waterpistols??! My diet is obiously in drastic need of a change and sticking to it is gonna be key! My sweet-tooth and thirst for beer is really gonna test me...... SO 6.30pm tonight is the first 90min session! ive already been to the gym at 12pm for an hour. 3km jog,sit-ups pull up bars and 10 lengths in the pool... just a light one as i need to gauge how much i can leave in the tank for the evening sessions!!
Lets just hope that tomorrow i dont hurt too much
I'm about to embark on 3 months of sheer training and hardship. NO ALCOHOL AND NO FRIED FOOD is going to be the hardest thing about this endeavour. I'm trying at the moment to thing of the positives rather than all the negatives! Being healthy, early nights, higher performance in football (and the bedroom) and of course the elusive 6 pack! and im not talking about beer! i'm gonna try and update this everyday, not really for anybody else but me. A record of how its going and seeing which training is paying off the most. As they said the other day in our induction meeting; once you get in the ring and forget everything we have taught you over the past 12 weeks, its usually the fittest person that comes out on top! So apart from going to the gym everday at lunch time which is the norm i will now be doing 3 90min training sessions at Vanda boxing. Obviously midweek footy and saturday games are a given! So all that training plus Sparky i'm too hotty sessions squeezed in somewhere i'm sure come september 17th im gonna have guns the size of ....waterpistols??! My diet is obiously in drastic need of a change and sticking to it is gonna be key! My sweet-tooth and thirst for beer is really gonna test me...... SO 6.30pm tonight is the first 90min session! ive already been to the gym at 12pm for an hour. 3km jog,sit-ups pull up bars and 10 lengths in the pool... just a light one as i need to gauge how much i can leave in the tank for the evening sessions!!
Lets just hope that tomorrow i dont hurt too much
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