The 90 Day Challenge: Milk Log
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
always find it pretty hard to lift weights in the morning, body needs timt to wake up and get sorted - mine at any rate! Good work though, keep on keeping on!<br />
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Same here, although I'm used to it now. You can definitely lift more in the afternoon after a day of ingesting carbs, energy etc. Unfortunatley you have to do what you're gonna stick with though, and if I don't go to the gym in the morning I won't go at all. Will probably cut back on the weights a little now that I'm training for this half marathon. Don't know for sure. Cheers for the encouragement! -
It's particularly tough with Winter too - you just want to stay in bed.<br />
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Biked to the gym yesterday - that was new. Don't do a lot of biking, and it will take a lot of getting used to. Yesterday I did chest and tris.<br />
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This morning I did legs.<br />
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I think I'm going to get a new programme next week - I've been on this one for a while. -
GYM REASSESSMENT:<br />
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Weight: 76.7kg<br />
Body Fat: 14.05%<br />
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Slight improvement, but nothing to write home about. Have gained 400grams lean muscle mass, so am pretty happy about that at keast.<br />
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My goal, starting next week with my programme shows, is to begin training in earnest for this half marathon. I haven't done a lot of running, so it should really shock the system. I want to improve fitness so I can complete the marathon. However, I really just want to use the marathon as motivation to get through my plateau and reduce body fat and improve definition. I have just bought some whey protein, and thermogenic fat burning capsules, so hopefully I can start making some good progress. -
Had a deliberately slow start to the week this week, as I'm pretty sure I am coming down with something. The gym instructer took me through my new programme on Monday and Tuesday. It's an interesting one for me, with more technical exercises than I'm used to. For example the bench press and deadlifts. I'm looking forward to getting better at these, but definitely have to take it slow to make sure I do them right till I get used to them. Even with just doing one set with the instructor my chest was tight for days, so it looks like this programme will be a really good one. <br />
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Last night I went for my first road run in preparation for the half marathon. Up till now I have limited myself to just the treadmill, and was dreading trying the road. I was happy to run 7kms, and it wasn't as bad as I thought. I'd like to break 10kms within the next week, and that will be a real challenge. I was also stoked to have busted out any exercise at all yesterday as it was looking like I had written it off as a 'bad day'.<br />
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This morning I tried day one of my programme for the first time. It was good, and I got through it pretty quickly. I'll have to see how I feel tomorrow to give a proper assessment.<br />
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As a side note I got a free box of protein bars when I bought my last tub of protein. I tried one for the first time this morning, and they really are gross... -
Well as expected I got sick pretty promptly and haven't done shit for two weeks. It seems I'm always trying to catch up. This time I was sick, but usually it's just lack of will power.<br />
Anyway, got back into it today. Had def taken 2 steps backwards. Very limited time to get into shape for the this half marathon too. -
Did the usual drinking and eating bad food over the weekend. However, I did manage to run 10kms - which is the furtherest I have run on the road. I only have 4 weeks to be ready for the 22km half marathon, so I have really mucked up the preparation.<br />
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My girlfriend is away for 2 weeks, so I hope to really step up the training over this time. This morning I went for a 7km run, and I hope to go to the gym tonight as well. <br />
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Does anyone know if there is anything wrong with running on consecutive days? Considering how much time I've got left I really need to. -
All of my runs are short at the moment unfortunately. Still, don't want to burn out and give up altogether.<br />
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Went to the gym last night - chest and tris. <br />
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Went for a run this morning - I reckon I did about 8kms. It was bloody tough though.<br />
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I went to the gym on Tuesday afternoon. I was bloody down and fatigued afterwards. Had definitely over done it. I had a complete rest day yesterday, and feel much better.<br />
Went for about a 9km run this morning, which took quite a while. I hope to bust out 14 or 15 kms this weekend - which will be a huge effort.<br />
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I think I might be going through junk food withdrawals, as I'm pretty down lately. I hope its just a bad mood, because I ate fried food over the weekend. I'd hope that wouldn't be long enough to effect the mental state.
