Who’s on top?

I’ve been doing a lot of training over the past 3 months. I’ll be doing even more over the next 3. Everyone I talk to says it will really help to keep a log of my activities. It’s a way of setting goals and keeping track of what I’m doing. It’s also (apparently) a very good motivator.

Thankfully my training is, for the most part, more of a pleasure than a pain. At the moment, I manage to break my exercise into three main types:

1. Squash – It’s a brutal workout if you have a tough match. Seriously 45 minutes of hard squash is worth an awful lot. It’s high impact and a very tough CV workout. Overall fitness baby. I usually manage this 3-4 times a week.

2. Running – Running is boring. I mean really fucking boring. On the other hand, I’ve started to enjoy it more. I’ve not been pushing myself that hard yet, mainly just building it up slowly. My route, at the moment, is about 4.5 miles in total. It’s not a huge run, but it’s a good starting point and I normally run 1-2 times a week.

3. Boxing/Routines – I love boxing. It’s a great way of getting some aggression out, and it’s a brutal CV workout. It’s what I can do when I need to give my legs a rest. I normally try to do 10 rounds of 3 minutes. The boxing workout also includes 3 X exercises (at 3 reps each). This lets me break up between each round to do something and let my heart rate settle. Currently doing 3X Squats, 3X Ab planks, 3X pushups. I normally manage this once a week.

That’s not bad. At minimum, I seem to be exercising about 5 times a week. Not bad for a fat lad?

-j

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