Monday, 9 March 2009
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Measurements
Chest 37.5
Shoulders 46
Waist 33
Hips 37.5
Thighs L 20 R20.5
Calf L 14.5 R 15
Arms L 13 R 12.75
Weight 80.1kg
Shoulders 46
Waist 33
Hips 37.5
Thighs L 20 R20.5
Calf L 14.5 R 15
Arms L 13 R 12.75
Weight 80.1kg
Day 28
The final day……
It has been a challenging 28 days. Some days easy some days hard, some days you wondered why did I get myself into this. But it’s the challenge and the end result is what we all want to see.
Today was back, biceps and triceps. I think it was the thought of today being the last day that got me through. Cant wait for a week of not doing anything close to what I have done over the last 28 days.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
It has been a challenging 28 days. Some days easy some days hard, some days you wondered why did I get myself into this. But it’s the challenge and the end result is what we all want to see.
Today was back, biceps and triceps. I think it was the thought of today being the last day that got me through. Cant wait for a week of not doing anything close to what I have done over the last 28 days.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 27
First up was bench press and bent over rows. Started really well with these. Slightly heavier on the rows but not so good on the bench press. Triceps were hurting from the day before
On came shoulders and core….
Again not a bit of a struggle with the shoulder exercises but core/ab exercises were fine. As usual the lat raises at the end just kills my shoulders.Windmills were challenging as ever but all good.
Just to kill me off at the end came some quad exercises. Boy my legs felt like jelly after. Bit my tongure made some funny gritting faces and got the job done.
Another pay day and only one day left….Yesssssssssss!!!!!
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused, and Keep Faith
On came shoulders and core….
Again not a bit of a struggle with the shoulder exercises but core/ab exercises were fine. As usual the lat raises at the end just kills my shoulders.Windmills were challenging as ever but all good.
Just to kill me off at the end came some quad exercises. Boy my legs felt like jelly after. Bit my tongure made some funny gritting faces and got the job done.
Another pay day and only one day left….Yesssssssssss!!!!!
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused, and Keep Faith
Day 26
Almost to the end now. Definitely feeling the effects of over training now as I am struggling to lift anywhere close to what I normally do on some exercises.
Hamstrings are stronger. Did my heaviest stiff leg deadlift thus far and harrup curls I am more in control of.
Next up was biceps and triceps which are the exercises I am struggling on. But as usual I got on with things and got them all doen.
All in all a good session but cant wait for it to be over now
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Hamstrings are stronger. Did my heaviest stiff leg deadlift thus far and harrup curls I am more in control of.
Next up was biceps and triceps which are the exercises I am struggling on. But as usual I got on with things and got them all doen.
All in all a good session but cant wait for it to be over now
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Day 25/Photos
Not much to write about on Day 25 but I am struggling. Just chest today nothing else.
Until next time...
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 24
Well its coming down to the end of the 28 days and I am feeling very tired. The weight I usually lift I am finding it a little hard. But I keep going on. I am looking forward to a week of absolutely no training. Cant wait.
Anyway on to todays session!!
Shoulders to start with which as usual made me want to scream. Went up in weight slightly which was one good thing.
Next up was back. Must say with the chin ups I am getting stronger each time and so are my back muscles. I have always liked doing back. Have not done Lat pulll down for ages though. That was a shock.
The bicep curls and triceps at the end just finished me off. Again struggled on the weight I usually do
Got through it all with a big push and felt relieved when I was done
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Anyway on to todays session!!
Shoulders to start with which as usual made me want to scream. Went up in weight slightly which was one good thing.
Next up was back. Must say with the chin ups I am getting stronger each time and so are my back muscles. I have always liked doing back. Have not done Lat pulll down for ages though. That was a shock.
The bicep curls and triceps at the end just finished me off. Again struggled on the weight I usually do
Got through it all with a big push and felt relieved when I was done
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Day 23/Measurements
Not the hardest of days but enjoying the leg sessions. Really worked my tale off today and was close to being sick. Core really starting to take some shape and went up in weight with the windmills. Short and sweet today.
Chest 37
Shoulders 46
Waist 34
Hip 37.5
Arms L 12.5 R 12.5
Thighs L 20 R20.5
Calf L 14 R 15
Until next time…
Stay Strong, ,Stay focused and Keep Faith
Chest 37
Shoulders 46
Waist 34
Hip 37.5
Arms L 12.5 R 12.5
Thighs L 20 R20.5
Calf L 14 R 15
Until next time…
Stay Strong, ,Stay focused and Keep Faith
Day 22
The final week. Bring it on. Feeling great today so was looking forward to my workout. Did not do any HIIT as I had not hit a plateau with the weight loss and was aiming for some muscle mass.
So it was chest and biceps to start with. Just like the last time I slowed my tempo down but also my weight went up which was nice to see again. The push ups are getting easier every time but its my triceps that kill more than anything. The not so nice thing was that I knew I had to do triceps next. My biceps are stronger and got through 120 reps today of them. I was able to do them all without dropping the weight down which was another good sign.
So onto the triceps and core. There were 120 reps of triceps to do. My arms were huge after all those. The core exercises are challenging as ever and never seem to get any easier. But can see the effects of doing them.
Great day today. Got it all done and got paid for completing everything. Wonder what tomorrow is going to be.
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
So it was chest and biceps to start with. Just like the last time I slowed my tempo down but also my weight went up which was nice to see again. The push ups are getting easier every time but its my triceps that kill more than anything. The not so nice thing was that I knew I had to do triceps next. My biceps are stronger and got through 120 reps today of them. I was able to do them all without dropping the weight down which was another good sign.
So onto the triceps and core. There were 120 reps of triceps to do. My arms were huge after all those. The core exercises are challenging as ever and never seem to get any easier. But can see the effects of doing them.
Great day today. Got it all done and got paid for completing everything. Wonder what tomorrow is going to be.
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 21
Today was not a very good day. I just was not in the right frame of mind. Will not go into why…. I really struggled. I will right today off as a bad day and move on with things.
Sorry to say but I did not complete everything that was asked of me today in the workout. Saying that it was only the core section that was not completed. I have let myself down to get into that frame of mind but will pick myself up for tomorrow and work twice as hard.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Sorry to say but I did not complete everything that was asked of me today in the workout. Saying that it was only the core section that was not completed. I have let myself down to get into that frame of mind but will pick myself up for tomorrow and work twice as hard.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 20
Really enjoyed my legs session today. I trained at a different gym so that also made a difference. I know I am going to feel the effects of it tomorrow.
Only 24 sets today compared to the last couple of days so flew through it. I have been doing squats on the Smith machine which I know is not the best but got to make do with what I got. Today I had a squat rack and I tell you what it made a huge difference. Realised how much stronger my legs are and may even think about trying to get to this gym a bit more just for a change of scenery. It was also very good as got a few enquiring looks from the members. Might even start wearing a T-shirt with my own advertising on it…hmmm Good idea!!
Back to my session….
At the end of any good legs session your legs feel like jelly which has become a usual thing for me on these days. I had a grimace on my face while doing the squat jumps but got through them.
Another day all done!!!!
It is been a journey so far and its coming up to the last week. I am pretty sure this is where its going to get a little harder. I am still trying to get the photos up but its just not happening for me with that right now. Just to let you know I can see the changes from the last set of photos I took.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Only 24 sets today compared to the last couple of days so flew through it. I have been doing squats on the Smith machine which I know is not the best but got to make do with what I got. Today I had a squat rack and I tell you what it made a huge difference. Realised how much stronger my legs are and may even think about trying to get to this gym a bit more just for a change of scenery. It was also very good as got a few enquiring looks from the members. Might even start wearing a T-shirt with my own advertising on it…hmmm Good idea!!
Back to my session….
At the end of any good legs session your legs feel like jelly which has become a usual thing for me on these days. I had a grimace on my face while doing the squat jumps but got through them.
Another day all done!!!!
It is been a journey so far and its coming up to the last week. I am pretty sure this is where its going to get a little harder. I am still trying to get the photos up but its just not happening for me with that right now. Just to let you know I can see the changes from the last set of photos I took.
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Pictures
Had some problems loading these photos the last time I tried but there were taken on day 18.
Friday, 27 February 2009
Day 19
Ok that was another hard day and another 2hrs in the gym. A bit of a pattern going on here with the extra long workouts. Thank God for the rest day yesterday. Wonder if we have another one tomorrow. Will have to wait and see. I bet there is not though.
Right so here is the session.
Chest and biceps to start off with. I dropped my weight slightly today and also slowed the reps down drastically. Boy that made a huge difference. As you guessed it made it harder. Don’t know why I keep making it harder when it is hard enough. Socker for punishment I guess. When I got to the push ups I banged them out…..well the first set at least. The others were good with a lot less rest in between so that was a good sign. Felt strong and ready for the next set of exercises
Next was shoulders and core. Had to drop the weights on the shoulder exercises as I was struggling with the weights I usually do. Got through it as usual with a grimace on my face. I am finding the core exercise a bit easy so will have to up it the next time I do core.
Another challenging day with 60 sets all done and countless reps. Would be interesting how many reps I have done. Too many to add up.
Wonder what day 20 is going to be. Due for some legs….
Until next time…..
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Right so here is the session.
Chest and biceps to start off with. I dropped my weight slightly today and also slowed the reps down drastically. Boy that made a huge difference. As you guessed it made it harder. Don’t know why I keep making it harder when it is hard enough. Socker for punishment I guess. When I got to the push ups I banged them out…..well the first set at least. The others were good with a lot less rest in between so that was a good sign. Felt strong and ready for the next set of exercises
Next was shoulders and core. Had to drop the weights on the shoulder exercises as I was struggling with the weights I usually do. Got through it as usual with a grimace on my face. I am finding the core exercise a bit easy so will have to up it the next time I do core.
Another challenging day with 60 sets all done and countless reps. Would be interesting how many reps I have done. Too many to add up.
Wonder what day 20 is going to be. Due for some legs….
Until next time…..
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 18/Measurements
Another rest day....
Would you believe that.
Chest 37
Shoulder 45
Waist 33.5
Hip 38
Arm R 12.5 L 12.5
Thigh R 20.5 L 20
Calf R 14.5 L14
Weight 80.1kg
Body Fat 15.1%
Tried saving photos to put up but laptop has a mind of its own. But must say seeing the difference in body shape now. Will try to get them up ASAP
Would you believe that.
Chest 37
Shoulder 45
Waist 33.5
Hip 38
Arm R 12.5 L 12.5
Thigh R 20.5 L 20
Calf R 14.5 L14
Weight 80.1kg
Body Fat 15.1%
Tried saving photos to put up but laptop has a mind of its own. But must say seeing the difference in body shape now. Will try to get them up ASAP
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Day 17
Boy o Boy!!!!
I now see why we got a rest. This was going to be hard. I was looking forward to it though. Got myself focused for the challenge at hand very quickly
Started off with shoulders and hamstrings. This went really well. Went up in weight on the shoulder exercise and did 90kg on the stiff leg deadlift. Good start
I have not done the harrup curls for a while so this would be a great test on the hamstrings. Happy to say I was in more control going down and also using a lot more of the hamstrings to bring myself back up and not pushing off as much. Good sign. Something else to smile about.
The dreaded 40’s came next and this is what usually kills me off. And it certainly did.
That was just shoulders and hamstrings and I was no where close to the end.
Back exercises next and again I was happy with how I was progressing with the chins. Might have to add some weight soon J
I was probably an hour into my session and had to get the banana out. Needed some energy.
Biceps and triceps what came up next. Over 200 reps of each again. I had to keep focus at this point as I was starting to feel tired and focus on my technique. I kept thinking of the end results and kept pushing myself. Now I must say if I was doing thins a couple months ago I would have packed it in by now so this was a testing time for me. It did cross my mind a few times but again got those negatives thoughts out of my mind very quickly
So on I went…
The end was close so that was a bit of a relief.
Last came core exercise and as you can imagine my core was tested after all those exercises. I bit my tongue, made some funny faces and cracked on with it.
Something else to smile about. I completed it all. I was done. It took me about 2 hours today. I cant remember the last time I have done a workout for so long.
I had done it though
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
I now see why we got a rest. This was going to be hard. I was looking forward to it though. Got myself focused for the challenge at hand very quickly
Started off with shoulders and hamstrings. This went really well. Went up in weight on the shoulder exercise and did 90kg on the stiff leg deadlift. Good start
I have not done the harrup curls for a while so this would be a great test on the hamstrings. Happy to say I was in more control going down and also using a lot more of the hamstrings to bring myself back up and not pushing off as much. Good sign. Something else to smile about.
The dreaded 40’s came next and this is what usually kills me off. And it certainly did.
That was just shoulders and hamstrings and I was no where close to the end.
Back exercises next and again I was happy with how I was progressing with the chins. Might have to add some weight soon J
I was probably an hour into my session and had to get the banana out. Needed some energy.
Biceps and triceps what came up next. Over 200 reps of each again. I had to keep focus at this point as I was starting to feel tired and focus on my technique. I kept thinking of the end results and kept pushing myself. Now I must say if I was doing thins a couple months ago I would have packed it in by now so this was a testing time for me. It did cross my mind a few times but again got those negatives thoughts out of my mind very quickly
So on I went…
The end was close so that was a bit of a relief.
Last came core exercise and as you can imagine my core was tested after all those exercises. I bit my tongue, made some funny faces and cracked on with it.
Something else to smile about. I completed it all. I was done. It took me about 2 hours today. I cant remember the last time I have done a workout for so long.
I had done it though
Until next time….
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 15
On paper it did not look too bad but I have learnt by now that is not always the case.
Started with chest today and must say the push ups are getting easier. Set another PB on the first round of exercises which put a smile on my face but it was only the first set. Again it was over 200 reps again.
Shoulders next and I am sure I did 100 of these 2days ago. Well Its another day so it was another 100 again.
Core exercises next and more windmills. Was slightly struggling with the technique of this sometimes but I mastered it now. Not an exercise you see in the gym very often. Well at least not where I go. Always get people watching me when I do this.
That was it for the day
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Started with chest today and must say the push ups are getting easier. Set another PB on the first round of exercises which put a smile on my face but it was only the first set. Again it was over 200 reps again.
Shoulders next and I am sure I did 100 of these 2days ago. Well Its another day so it was another 100 again.
Core exercises next and more windmills. Was slightly struggling with the technique of this sometimes but I mastered it now. Not an exercise you see in the gym very often. Well at least not where I go. Always get people watching me when I do this.
That was it for the day
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 14
I knew a hard day was due!
Well here it goes…
Good old legs to start with. How about 100 squats and also 100 stiff leg deadlift. You could imagine how I was feeling after that and it was only the first 2 exercises. Jelly legs after that. Had to sit down for a few minutes.
The ‘GUNNZ next. Yip you would not believe this but I did over 200 reps of curls. My biceps at the end of those sets were huge. The guys in the gym were jealous. The nothing is no one dared do what I was doing as there could all see the pain on my face.
Well Triceps came next and you guessed over 200 reps again. The funny thing is I did another PB on the triceps and it felt great.
That was my day. All good and another pay day as everything was completed once again.
Until next time…..
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Well here it goes…
Good old legs to start with. How about 100 squats and also 100 stiff leg deadlift. You could imagine how I was feeling after that and it was only the first 2 exercises. Jelly legs after that. Had to sit down for a few minutes.
The ‘GUNNZ next. Yip you would not believe this but I did over 200 reps of curls. My biceps at the end of those sets were huge. The guys in the gym were jealous. The nothing is no one dared do what I was doing as there could all see the pain on my face.
Well Triceps came next and you guessed over 200 reps again. The funny thing is I did another PB on the triceps and it felt great.
That was my day. All good and another pay day as everything was completed once again.
Until next time…..
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Day 13
Not a bad day again. Nothing too difficult.
Another 100 reps of shoulder exercises.
Next came back which was I feeling stronger again on the chins.
Banging them out now.
Bring it on
A hard day must be due soon
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Another 100 reps of shoulder exercises.
Next came back which was I feeling stronger again on the chins.
Banging them out now.
Bring it on
A hard day must be due soon
Until next time…
Stay Strong, Stay Focused and Keep Faith
Friday, 20 February 2009
Day 12
100 windmills
Yip thats it today...
Until next time....
Stay focused, Stay Strong and keep the Faith
Yip thats it today...
Until next time....
Stay focused, Stay Strong and keep the Faith
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