FatBusting : BartMan log.
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Sunday, nothing, Saturday wedding of JP and Mokey, so a few beers and planty of nice foodÂ
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Monday lunch row: 5000m 17:57.7 Give it a half decent nudge, but still came up short of PB, but reckon once I get another week or two training under belt, will knock 17:43 off with room to spare... -
morning row. 20 minutes 5240 metres.<br />
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Rowing for a time and seeing how far I can go, instead of setting a distance and seeing what time I can get for it, if that makes sense. Nice for a change, seeing the metres going up instead of counting down!!<br />
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Evening row. 20 minutes 5236 metres.<br />
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Willie Weka visiting too, can vouch for him training the house down, by the way he can't walk thanks to two calf muscles that are on strike after yesterdays workouts. Trying not to laugh at the poor bugger, but really, it's quite funny. and have noticed a reduction in Mr Weka's V8 motor, down to a V6 now. -
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have noticed a reduction in Mr Weka's V8 motor, down to a V6 now. [/quote]<br />
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<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> So he got the scoop in the bonnet taken out? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Now how he feels about the calf thing - when in ChCh in 2002 I used the Hotel rowing machine, and could barely walk the next day as I hadn't exercised for the month previous. Made it very painful getting a massage the next day from the sweet young thing in the white dress. They had a good day spa at that one <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
nah, this from the Wekas workout - calf raises, three sets of 25 reps. And he trying to impress the chick personal trainer he has (dunno if that part is true, but makes a good story) and going all macho... Then a step class, and its all over for Weka and walking for a day or two!!
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evening row: 30 minutes 8183 metres. 'Just' 74 metres off my PB for this distance. That 74 metres though, is around 17 odd seconds, which is quite massive in the scheme of things.<br />
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Didn't row hard out full on though,more of an interval thing, did 7 full on strokes at the start of each minute, then glided the rest of the minute, 30 times!! The hard out rowing was 1:40 (a low of 1:35), the glide would bust out to 1:55 at the start of the next minute. The 7 strokes would take about 13 odd seconds. Average 500m time over the 30 minutes 1:49.9.<br />
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So officially knackered, and ready for the Blues v Bulls. Come on the Blues!! -
SUnday morning. 30 muntes. 8223m. <br />
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Gutted, was setting myserlf up for a udge at my PB, which I thought was 2208. It was, before I beat it a few months back, with 2257.  So when i finished though i had set a new time. <br />
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Did the 7 hard out strokes every mon ute thing again, but ran out of puff with 6 minutes to go, so just rowed at the average needed to reach 8208, which was about 1:50. With a minute to go, dropped too 1:45 or so, so as to beat the time. So probably would have beaten my REAL PB, had i known what it is. Fuck it is annoying to row for that long, and have 'everything under control', and beat your record, but be aiming at the wrong time.<br />
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Ahh well, always next week. -
INJURY ALERT: During weights on sunday morning, deadlifts, bad form, lower back twinge. bloody sore sunday night, just sore tonight, and will be gone tomorrow. An old injury that I've had before, just a little bit of time. The bad form though, that pisses me off - but self inflicted. Don't need great form when lifting 60kg in the DL. Upped it to 80, and in the last set, ping on rep 8. Souloution to problem, front row style, I will out more weight on, soI HAVE to use correct form just to get the tin off the farking ground!!<br />
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Meanwhile, was able to row today, having to keep back nice and straight, which is a good thing.<br />
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6000m  23:17.6m<br />
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So kids - be careful out there - FORM is where it is at!! -
Yes good advice Bart - I'd also like to add that people really need to watch their backs as they get older. I had a twinge last week because I slept with the covers off and the window open - cold air and sleeping crooked can fuck you up faster than you think.<br />
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Also when working out, keep the back covered - long t-shirt or even singlet is always good, and a weightlifters belt if you can get one. Fuck your back up and often its for life. -
morning row: 7000m 26.59.9<br />
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have now rowed 5,461,769m in total, since getting rowing machine on 30th April, 2003. So almost owned if for 3 years now.<br />
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this season, which ends May 1, have thus far rowed 1,873,001m, which is a daily average of 5,525m. An average for the actual days rowed, of 9,048m.<br />
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most metres in a week 95,500. Hard bloody work that, but think I'll build up for a crack at breaking 100,000 soon. Have to row twice a day for that for sure, although might start doing some long slow distances, 10,000m + rows, just for a change of pace and scenery, and to 'schock' the body, getting used to these 'middle' distances of 5000-8000 metres. -
