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<p>I really enjoy working out in the heat, more so as I put up the kids little pool last week (plus had enough rain to replenish the tanks) so finished workout, sit in that for 20mins to cool off...saweet!</p>
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<p>Def starting to see a bit of difference again in my face and around the waist with losing the weight, amazing how quick it changes, and I guess when you put it on you notice too but as you are not thinking about it, your sub-conscious ignores it.</p> -
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<p>Weight: 96.6 </p>
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<p>Weight 95.3</p>
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<p>Weighed in yesterday 95kg (was under 95 during the week) </p>
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<p>Weigh in this morning, 94.3kg.</p>
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<p>was 94kg at last weigh in...</p>
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<p>93.8kg on weigh in on Friday...having some fluctuations as I was 93.4 on Sat arvo and was back to 94 yesterday. a lot to do with hydration I think.</p>
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<p>Slowly creeping toward my goal of 90kg, still not exercising quite as much as I'd like, just trying to get back into the habits with my first 5 day work week of the year and kids back at school.</p>
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<p>HAve a 2 day pairs golf tournament this weekend, which is a bit gutting as I got invited out on a launch on Saturday by an Insurer for a big fishing comp up here...oh well, I have a bunch of clients playing in the golf tournament, so I guess that's better for me....</p> -
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<p>93.8kg on weigh in on Friday...</p>
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<p>93.5kgyesterday morning, be surprised if I am not in the 92s come Monday morning.</p>
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<p>A day in the hot hot sun playing golf, hit the ball pretty well given it is my first hit since this time last year, lost the first match, won the second...into the plate.</p>
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<p>TR Jnr caddied for me for the 1st round, dont think he quite realised how hard it would be pulling the golf cart up hills haha</p> -
<p>golf sucks....I dont recall the last time I hit it as well off the tee, nor can I recll the last time I was so shit with wedge and putter! </p>
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<p>either I need to play more, or give up....</p> -
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<p>93.5kgyesterday morning, be surprised if I am not in the 92s come Monday morning.</p>
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<p>did get below 93kg during the week, but weigh in day Frday, 93.5kg still, but had a bad week foodwise, 'had' to go out for lunch in Auckland on Wednesday, had a work lunch Friday and then neighbour had lamb on the spit Saturday...</p>
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<p>Workouts a bit all over the show, nothing consistent at present, TR Jnr sometimes does stuff with me so adjust my routine for him as his is more about rugby training, but still get a good workout in.</p>
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<p>Signed up for the 21km event I mentioned elsewhere</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);"><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://thewildkiwi.co.nz/event-info/'><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">http://thewildkiwi.co.nz/event-info/</span></a></span></span></span></p>
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<p>93.3kg on Friday.</p>
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<p>93kg this morning, which is good given I went out last night.</p>
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<p>getting to 90kg in 5 weeks should be doable.</p>
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<p>yeah bro - I'm hitting shoulder mobility work like Nick Willis was choking the chicken!</p>
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<p>Have found two particular stretches/rolling out techniques that are helping a lot.</p>
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<p>1. Rolling out my chest. Fark this hurts, and I'm only using a short foam roller and a tennis ball (standing against a wall). Haven't graduated to a hockey or laccorse ball yet. Further pain awaits! This really loosens up my shoulders and makes further stretching way more effective.</p>
<p>2. using a tennis to hit my back - around the scapula - there is a release point somewhere around there that really lets my shoulder settle into the socket. The other is turning side on (to the wall) and using the tennis ball to roll out around my shoulder. I just move till I find a sore point then work away at it.</p>
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<p>Beyond that you could do stuff like cable face pulls and Y/T rows with light DB's to build up more shoulder strength. That lets you loosen up the tightness that pulls the shoulder out of whack, and the weight bearing stuff strengthens the 'correct' movements.</p> -
<p>I have a big elastic band that I use for a number of different movements, but haven't used any stretching/rolling stuff.</p>
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<p>Any youtube clips on them, as I cant quite visualize the chest rolling for the shoulder.</p>
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<p>I hurt mine, maybe 15 years ago playing rugby, sorted it with exercise, but every now and then the pain flares up again...don't want to have surgery to sort it.</p> -
<p>The old rotator cuffs are an issue for me too, I find doing assistance exercises with pussy weights helping to target the little muscles do help though.....lying down and kinda revolving your arm, hard to explain and don't know what to call them so can't google but definitely the kind of things that Dom Mazetti would be disgusted at.</p>
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<p>Here is one vid - not the exact one I was looking for (still on the hunt). But this one talks about why you need to work on your upper pec and through under your armpit. Until you do that you won't release your shoulder so any extra back work won't really be helping to stabilize your shoulders.</p>
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<p>Never seen that done before but eager to give that a hoon. Looks like it would be beneficial. Here's a vid I'm doing four times a week that even in a short period has worked fucken wonders for flexibility.</p>
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<p><span><span><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/lower-body-stretches-a-stretching-routine-for-flexibility'>https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/lower-body-stretches-a-stretching-routine-for-flexibility</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span><span>I do it in the morning before my coffee, you feel like a bit of a tool doing it but fuck it, once you get over that the benefits are great. </span></span></p> -
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<p>Never seen that done before but eager to give that a hoon. Looks like it would be beneficial. Here's a vid I'm doing four times a week that even in a short period has worked fucken wonders for flexibility.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/lower-body-stretches-a-stretching-routine-for-flexibility'>https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/lower-body-stretches-a-stretching-routine-for-flexibility</a></p>
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<p>I do it in the morning before my coffee, you feel like a bit of a tool doing it but fuck it, once you get over that the benefits are great.</p>
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<p>I do about 2/3rds of that stuff before any leg workout. It's excellent stuff. Brad Thorn knew the value of mobility and stretching, playing top level rugby at 40 is a pretty good indicator that it works!</p> -
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<p><span><span>We're all either at ( TR ) or getting to ( yours truly, JK and Paeks ) that age where shit starts seizing up so I can't speak highly enough of the vid above. </span></span></p>
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<p>piss off rookie, reckon I'd be fitter than you ;)</p>
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<p>TBF I've never really had issues with seizing up or anything, my flexibility has never been great, and it is currently not much different to what it was when I was playing rugby in my 20s and very early 30s.</p> -
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<p>piss off rookie, reckon I'd be fitter than you ;)</p>
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<p>TBF I've never really had issues with seizing up or anything, my flexibility has never been great, and it is currently not much different to what it was when I was playing rugby in my 20s and very early 30s.</p>
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<p>Cardio wise I reckon I'm decent, I get good workouts the moment I step out the door to walk anywhere which is good, I detest running with a passion but when I did do it it was good conditioning for the legs that's for sure.</p> -
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<p><strong>Cardio wise I reckon I'm decent, I get good workouts the moment</strong> I step out the door to walk anywhere which is good, I detest running with a passion but when I did do it it was good conditioning for the legs that's for sure.</p>
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<p>I wasn't sure how the bolded part was going to continue!! New lady friend...ahem...</p> -
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<p>I wasn't sure how the bolded part was going to continue!! New lady friend...ahem...</p>
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<p>I get put through the fucken ringer whenever I see her.</p>
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<p>was chatting to a guy that played 6 & 7 for Northland about 5+ years back, is about 38 now and still playing senior rugby, ran his first marathon last weekend, and did it 3:20, which I thought was pretty good. Still has a flanker shape, so didnt slim down, but he was telling me how much training he did for it, and made me think while the run I have in 4 weeks is only 21km, I am not doing nearly enough! </p>
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<p>So have done 2 6km runs this week, lucky enough to spend the day at the beach with my daughters class doing Waka-Ama and Stand Up Paddle boarding, which is farking awkward first time out (which I did 2 weeks back) but once I got the hang of it, was pretty good, great work out to be sure ;)</p>
