Help! Get this man a motivation injection, stat!
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leave the kinky shit till the 3rd date....<br />
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been slow going, sick kids can put the skids on anything. BUT, i have started to generate a routine.<br />
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100% at the moment is weights in the garage. Started with low weight, high reps. Have a routine broken into 3 different days. Working a little bit of everything each day. Weight sets with crunches, planks, or burpies in between each. Takes about 35 mins each morning. Its already late 20s even at 6am, so getting a sweat up is not hard.<br />
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Must say, looking after the beach muscles, and not the footy muscles is a refreshing change.<br />
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I am assisting with the coaching of the Cairns rep side this year, and the fitness trainer is a fucking sadist, so i might tag into a few of those sessions. They may end me though. I must say, being back in a rugby environment with guys i have played with for a few years in, them being still fit and strong, and me in my current condition is a pretty good motivator. I was actually pretty embarassed.<br />
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And, for all you blokes looking to shed that last few kilos, i can recommend catching a dose of gastro off the kids, i dropped 3kg in 24 hours. -
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leave the kinky shit till the 3rd date....<br />
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been slow going, sick kids can put the skids on anything. BUT, i have started to generate a routine.<br />
<br />
100% at the moment is weights in the garage. Started with low weight, high reps. Have a routine broken into 3 different days. Working a little bit of everything each day. Weight sets with crunches, planks, or burpies in between each. Takes about 35 mins each morning. Its already late 20s even at 6am, so getting a sweat up is not hard.<br />
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Must say, looking after the beach muscles, and not the footy muscles is a refreshing change.<br />
<br />
I am assisting with the coaching of the Cairns rep side this year, and the fitness trainer is a fucking sadist, so i might tag into a few of those sessions. They may end me though. I must say, being back in a rugby environment with guys i have played with for a few years in, them being still fit and strong, and me in my current condition is a pretty good motivator. I was actually pretty embarassed.<br />
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And, for all you blokes looking to shed that last few kilos, i can recommend catching a dose of gastro off the kids[b], i dropped 3kg in 24 hours.[/b]<br />
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Yep not much fun at all!!<br />
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Looks like a good base for you to start from, which is pretty much what I did and then reading what others do on here has given me ideas about various things and a year on, I am doing things quite different to what I started, but I feel much better in myself. -
sore at my desk today, thrashed myself a bit this morning.<br />
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"around the worlds" 3x8<br />
overhead tricep extensions 3x12<br />
concentration curls 3x12<br />
dumbell rows 3x12<br />
Rotating dumbell presses 3x12<br />
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Set weights so i would fail in the last quarter of my last set.<br />
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between each set either 1 min planks, 20 crunches, or 20 burpees. all in half an hour. -
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sore at my desk today, [b]thrashed myself a bit this morning.[/b]<br />
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"around the worlds" 3x8<br />
overhead tricep extensions 3x12<br />
concentration curls 3x12<br />
dumbell rows 3x12<br />
Rotating dumbell presses 3x12<br />
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Set weights so i would fail in the last quarter of my last set.<br />
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between each set either 1 min planks, 20 crunches, or 20 burpees. all in half an hour.<br />
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<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eusa_think.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':think:' /> Mrs Mariner leave early for work ? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eusa_whistle.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whistle:' /> -
pfft, like i wait for her to leave<br />
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"join in or get the fuck out" -
holy shitballs. I did squats yesterday, only light weights as i stuck a shoulder press at the top of the movement (exercise i always found good for lineout lifting) and all day yesterday my leg muscles felt like glue. Today they feel like pain. fuck leg weights.<br />
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Did the fitness session at rugby training on Wednesday. Turns out i can still run, but fuck it hurt. 1km runs in 4 mins, with a minute thirty rest in between. 5 of those, and then a 500m in a minute thirty. then we took them through some drills, (thankfully that was my time to stop and bawl people out for being shit at passing) and did the running again. I was top 5, which was good for me considering how unfit i am (still, when i played i used to win all of those), but bad for the squad. lazy fucks.<br />
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ha ha, welcome to the house of pain bro! at least you know you had a good workout!
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Half way through week 3, and already gains being made. Getting stronger all the time, increasing weights on most exercises. Definite trimming of the gunt. Long road ahead though. <br />
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Have found that the first thing in the morning thing isn't too bad. The only hard part is the actual getting up. Once the legs are swung over the edge of the bed, its all good. Do my waking up while i open the garage, move the car, and get the bench out, then ready to start. -
Yep, once you are up and moving it's all good. Not always as easy as it sounds though aye!<br />
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I hope you are pushing the car out with the handbrake on!! -
yes, pushing.....
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Just checking. Good man.
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Bit lazy last week, only 3 sessions.<br />
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But, starting to settle into a routine, and i actually feel guilty during the day if i skip it.<br />
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Still just doing weights, but have a few things thrown in that get the sweat on and the heart rate up.<br />
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Want to throw in a morning where i do a quick abs/cardio circuit instead of just lifting. As i am stuck at the house while Mrs Mariner is off walking up hills, looking at<br />
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1 min crunches<br />
1 min burpies<br />
1 min plank<br />
1 min short hill sprint (my driveway is short but really steep, a short step up and down that for a min burns a bit).<br />
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Repeat x 6<br />
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you blokes have anything else i can throw in to keep it interesting? -
jump squat, jumping lunges, lizard crawls up your drive sounds like they might be fun too (all as alternative to burpees probably) <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 also been doing planks where you touch the wall a bit above shoulder height with each hand alternately, adds something to the exercise! -
yea, i mix my planks up. straight ones, side ones, those ones you describe, but you also lift the opposite leg up at the same time as well.<br />
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will mix my crunches up to work the sides as well.<br />
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good point throwing some other leg exercises in on the drive. all sounds like hard work aye? -
all worth it in the end...<br />
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get yourself a truck tyre and a sledgehammer, good all round exercise, bit of cardio and works loads of muscles. -
Look, i don't live in Northland. I can't just stick an old truck tyre in my yard and have it look normal
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Haha...I hide behind a row or trees on my drive <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Bit lazy last week, only 3 sessions.<br />
<br />
But, starting to settle into a routine, and i actually feel guilty during the day if i skip it.<br />
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Still just doing weights, but have a few things thrown in that get the sweat on and the heart rate up.<br />
<br />
Want to throw in a morning where i do a quick abs/cardio circuit instead of just lifting. As i am stuck at the house while Mrs Mariner is off walking up hills, looking at<br />
<br />
1 min crunches<br />
1 min burpies<br />
1 min plank<br />
1 min short hill sprint (my driveway is short but really steep, a short step up and down that for a min burns a bit).<br />
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Repeat x 6<br />
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you blokes have anything else i can throw in to keep it interesting?<br />
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Good from you Mariner. How many reps are you busting out, do you count ? ( being a fit as much action into as little time as possible this is my school of thought when it comes to getting hot and sweaty....I also apply this to exercise too )<br />
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Love a good plank, need to get a few more back into the routine me thinks. -
i will, i haven't yet. if i don't know how many i do, how will i track progess.<br />
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will i be sticking results on here as sone sort of dick-waving contest? no. Neither will i be just trying to go as fucking fast as i can to pad numbers.
