Let's try again...
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[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1348478550' post='313009']Hundred pushups Week 3 Day 3: 22, 30, 20, 20, 28. Using prescribed breaks of 120s.<br />
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Set 1 ok.<br />
Set 2 had to do last rep on knees<br />
Set 3 had to do last 5 on knees<br />
Set 4 had to do last 5 on knees<br />
Set 5 had to do last 18 on knees<br />
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Repeated with my fat holiday body:<br />
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Set 1: 22 ok.<br />
Set 2: 20 ok, 10 on knees.<br />
Set 3: 20 ok.<br />
Set 4: 20 ok (effort - last one was probably not 100%)<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 16 on knees.<br />
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Finished with abs: myotatics x 10 and cast vomit x 10.<br />
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Man that hurt. A bit of alcohol and bad food, combined with no decent exercise during this short break, have really knocked me around. -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1348261775' post='312468']<br />
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Today: 96.6kg. Chest 112cm, Waist 101cm, Hips 107cm.<br />
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Today: 96.7kg. Chest 111cm, Waist 102cm, Hips 106cm.<br />
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Bit surprising, given the diet and exercise plan isn't great when you take a few days off, but I'll take it. -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1348914228' post='313917']<br />
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Repeated with my fat holiday body:<br />
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Set 1: 22 ok.<br />
Set 2: 20 ok, 10 on knees.<br />
Set 3: 20 ok.<br />
Set 4: 20 ok (effort - last one was probably not 100%)<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 16 on knees.<br />
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Repeat with a headache brought on by the medication for my cold sore (first time I've had side effects on Famvir).<br />
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Sets 1-3 ok.<br />
Set 4: 12 ok, 8 on knees.<br />
Set 5: 12 ok, 16 on knees.<br />
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Not getting any easier based on results, but I feel stronger and the chest feels firmer. Think I need to get this Week 3, Day 3 routine down before I proceed to Week 4 where I failed last time.<br />
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Finished with abs : myotatic crunch x 10, cat vomit x 10.<br />
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Repeat of Week 3, Day 3.<br />
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Sets 1-4 ok.<br />
Set 5: 24 ok (with a couple of rests at top and bottom), 4 on knees.<br />
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Man that actually felt pretty good. Left wrist and tricep let me down badly toward the end.<br />
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Finished with usual abs. -
Rode into work today: 7.72km in 20:28<br />
Ride home from work: 10.31km in 24:37<br />
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Might go for a run in the morning - the weather is warming up here so morning runs are back on the agenda. 30 degrees the last couple of days which keeps the streets pretty warm overnight. -
5km in 27:16 this morning. Was warmer than I expected and I'll be looking forward to DST kicking in on Sunday so the 6am starts actually mean something.<br />
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In other news, stepped on the scales after my shower and it read 95.8kg - that is 20kg lost since August 2011, when I started recording all this stuff. About 415 days I guess, at 48 gm per day on average.<br />
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Take it easy on the eating today and tomorrow's weigh in should be most satisfying. -
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 -
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1349041061' post='314356']<br />
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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.
