Let's try again...
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You'll be waiting a while Kea - Christmas at the earliest <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I've got until 1st December to get to 90kg which is probably aiming high (that would be 760g per week!) but better to aim high than low. The chart at the moment is tracking me to around 92-93kg based on the linear projection of the weights so far, distorted slightly by the five days off on holiday.<br />
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Next weekend is the 200km in two days on my mountain bike. So training ride tomorrow and maybe pushups tonight. -
Moves on to Week 4, Day 1 (60 second rests):<br />
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Set 1: 21 ok<br />
Set 2: 15 ok, 10 on knees. Extended rest to 120 seconds<br />
Set 3: 21 ok<br />
Set 4: 10 ok, 11 on knees. Extended rest to 120 seconds<br />
Set 5: 20 ok, 12 on knees.<br />
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This is gonna be a tough week to conquer. The 60 seconds rest is short.<br />
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Finished with the usual abs. They're becoming a bit too easy to be honest so I'll start looking for other ways to strain my emerging six pack<br /> -
Sadly, no "before" photos exist in a posed fashion. Though my wedding shots show a genuinely fat bastard. The "after" set will be released as of 90kg.<br />
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25km ride this morning in 57:27 - would have gone further but wife has runs to do this morning, and the weather is shit. Well probably need to go again tomorrow -
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Today: 96.7kg. Chest 111cm, Waist 102cm, Hips 106cm.<br />
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Today: 96.4kg. Chest 111cm, Waist 101cm, Hips 106cm.<br />
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Weight was as bit disappointing after yesterday's result, but these things fluctuate I guess, and at least it seems I've conquered the 97 kg barrier consistently over the past week. -
Hundred push up challenge Week 4, Day 1 again (60s rests)<br />
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Set 1: 21 ok.<br />
Set 2: 25 ok but slowed right down at the end...<br />
Set 3: 13 ok, 8 on knees.<br />
Set 4: 11 ok, 10 on knees.<br />
Set 5: 10 ok, 20 on knees.<br />
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My strategy at this point is to work to the prescribed rests, and push through to completion on the early sets where possible. It will probably take me a couple of weeks to beat W4D1 at this stage, but I think I'll be better for it. The other method is to increase the rest periods but that feels a bit like cheating...<br />
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Also need to get my other weights work back into the schedule somehow. Chins and dips in particular.<br />
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Finished with the usual abs. Added a few of floats (planks) for shits n gigs at the end: 60s hold, 30s rest, 30 s hold, 30s rest, 30s hold.<br />
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Decided to change it up a little tonight after dinner and combine the aerobic with the strength.<br />
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3 km run in 14:43<br />
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Walked home in about 6 minutes, had a couple of minutes' rest, and then punched out some weights over 13 minutes.<br />
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Chins x 5<br />
14kg Bicep curls x 5 switch to hammer curls x 5<br />
42kg Deadlifts x 10 switch to military press x 5 switch to bent rows x 5<br />
Neck routine<br />
Pull ups x 3.5<br />
Rest 3 mins<br />
Chins x 5<br />
42kg Military press x 5 switch to bent rows x 5 switch to Deadlifts x 10<br />
14kg Hammer curls x 5 switch to bicep curls x 5<br />
Pull ups x 1.5<br />
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Was pretty shot after that.<br />
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This week I need to taper the training off in prep for the bike ride this weekend - don't want to wear out the old body. -
One of the offshoots of this weight loss thing is i had to get the wedding ring resized. A conservative estimate puts my weight around 127kg at the time of purchase. So 30-odd kilos later it had to be cut a full three sizes so it didn't fall off.<br />
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Used the jeweller where we have shopped for Mrs TA before, and the result was amazing, considering the complexity of the design. I kept the offcut and will use it for something else cool. <br />
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That smaller diamond in the pattern will always be a reminder of where I was, and where I never need go again. -
Karate tonight. Changed back to the Tuesday class as it is on later after work and the guy has more of a self defense angle compared to the Wednesday class.<br />
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Got home and after a half hour rest, decided I should repeat pushups Week 4, Day 1with 60s rests as prescribed.<br />
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Set 1: 21 ok<br />
Set 2: 25 ok<br />
Set 3: 16 ok, 5 on knees<br />
Set 4: 13 ok, 8 on knees<br />
Set 5: 16 ok, 16 on knees<br />
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Bit of improvement there. Thursday night I should be able to clear Set 3 I reckon and chew off a bit more of 4 & 5.<br />
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Did myotatics and cat vomits to finish. -
Went for a kick with the lads after work today. Good bit of fun and if you've never kicked a Sherrin (leather AFL ball) I highly recommend it. Feels sweet off the boot. My hammy will be sore tomorrow.<br />
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At this point, I'm winding down the exercise for the Ride to Conquer Cancer on the weekend. No point injuring myself before taking on 200km. Plenty of time to injure myself [i]during[/i] the 200km!<br /> -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1349779317' post='316642'] repeat pushups Week 4, Day 1with 60s rests as prescribed.<br />
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Set 1: 21 ok<br />
Set 2: 25 ok<br />
Set 3: 16 ok, 5 on knees<br />
Set 4: 13 ok, 8 on knees<br />
Set 5: 16 ok, 16 on knees<br />
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Bit of improvement there. Thursday night I should be able to clear Set 3 I reckon and chew off a bit more of 4 & 5.<br />
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Set 1: ok<br />
Set 2: ok<br />
Set 3: ok<br />
Set 4: 16 ok, 5 on knees<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 20 on knees<br />
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I had a bit of a junk evening food wise with some ice cream and a glass of red, but it didn't seem to affect progress too badly.<br />
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Now, no more exercise until Monday at the earliest... excepting the 95-100 km on both Saturday and Sunday to help raise some money for cancer research. Hopefully my phone battery holds out long enough to get both days logged on endomondo!<br /> -
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Today: 96.4kg. Chest 111cm, Waist 101cm, Hips 106cm.<br />
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Today's result is distorted by the fact i'm about to go for the big ride, so relaxed the eating and exercise rules in the last couple of days, but here goes:<br />
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97.3kg. Chest 111cm, Waist 101cm, Hips 105cm.<br />
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Officially: Money raised - $2865.<br />
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There were 1623 riders all up who raised $5.7 million for the cause. Pretty kick arse really. <br />
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Day 1 - 93.13km in 4:28:04 (ride time - elapsed time was about 6 hours and 15 minutes)<br />
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Day 2 - 100.34 km in 4:35:24 (ride time - elapsed time almost exactly 6 hours).<br />
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Day 2 felt a lot better despite camping out (when it comes to picking a self inflating mat, ALWAYS get the good one), basically because the bits that sucked so hard at the end of day 1 were at the start of day 2. There was one hill on day 1 that I failed to climb but everything else I conquered. Glutes hurt. Butt in general hurts. Lost feeling in the last two fingers of my right hand. Have no desire to get back on a bike ever again, but I'm sure I will.<br />
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Now, back to regular programming.<br /> -
Thanks. Certainly feels like an achievement besides the whole fundraising side of things.<br />
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Looked at the map and that hill I couldn't get up was about a 10 degree incline over 300m so would have been a pretty fair effort for someone with my lack of bike legs. Maybe another time.<br />
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Got on the scales this morning and have put on 1.5kg, mostly from recovery food yesterday. Given I burned probably about 8000 calories over the weekend, that should come back off in pretty short order. -
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Set 1: ok<br />
Set 2: ok<br />
Set 3: ok<br />
Set 4: 16 ok, 5 on knees<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 20 on knees<br />
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Thought, despite the fatigue in the legs from the weekend, I had better continue the push up routine, or I'll never get there! Upper body has had a bit of a break compared to the legs after all <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Set 1: 21 ok<br />
Set 2: 25 ok<br />
Set 3: 21 ok<br />
Set 4: 12 ok, 9 on knees. Took a minute extra break after this set.<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 20 on knees.<br />
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Karate tonight. Bit over an hour and it got to mid 30s here today so was fairly warm and a little sweaty. The legs are finally coming out of the woods as far as fatigue goes, but I'm going to see the chiro about my sore neck and right hand, which I still don't have full feeling in the last two fingers of.
