Who’s on top?

Feeling a bit better today and had a good 70 minute squash session with Walshy. I won 3-1. Excellent. Had a good warm-up/warm-down walk to and from The Grange (about 5 miles in total) and then did a small session of weights:

Reps: 12-11-10-11-12

Weights:
Side Lats
Curls
Tricep Push
Bent-Over Rolls
Calf Raise
Shoulder Press
Front Raisers
Hammer Curls
Tricep Raise
Side Bends

Feeling pretty good…and just finished watching the F1 (Alonso is a whinging c*ck). Now it’s over to the World Cup – C’mon England!

- j

Tough two days. For some reason the day of rest always takes it out of me. I guess my body is inherently lazy and doesn’t like getting back to training.

Yesterday Mark and I went for a run. I was struggling with my legs (once one thing hits you, you just seem to dwell on it) and we kept a fairly moderate pace. Mark had a lot more in the engine than I did, but I decided that, if I couldn’t make up with speed, I’d punish myself with adding some extra distance. We did the new route – 5.2 miles – in 47.5 minutes. Not too bad, but I had to struggle most of the way. It was an exercise in not quitting.

This morning we went for a good session of boxing. It was tough. We were feeling it but we pushed through. Happily I managed 60 push-ups in my first 60 second set, although that fell to 40 in the second and third sets. I felt pretty good. The weights have helped the boxing a lot, and it’s just a case of keeping your energy up so you can really lay into the bag.

our session:

3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups

Now it’s on for a day of watching sport. I haven’t felt very good the last few days, so I’m trying to take it easy (whilst still training). I felt terrible on Friday, which probably led to the shitty form on our run.

- j

Tuesday night was squash night (and I lost). Shite.

Last night was weights.

We did the same circuit, with no breaks.

Reps: 10,9,8,7,6,5,5,6,7,8,9,10

Side Lats – Weights
Burpees – Body Exercise
Curls – Weights
Abs – Body Exercise
Tricep Raise – Weights
Twists – Body Exercise
Bent-Over Rolls – Weights
Squat Thrust Alternate Leg
Calf Raise – Weights
Squats – Body Exercise
Shoulder Press – Weights
Dorsal Raise – Body Exercise
Front Raisers – Weights
Pluto Sniffs – Body Exercise (weird Manchester exercise)
Hammer Curls – Weights
Squat Thrusts (combined) – Body Exercise
Tricep Raise – Weights
Press-Ups – Body Exercise
Wrist Curls – Weights
Lunges – Body Exercise

It was tough. And I’m aching this morning.

-j

Epic weekend up north (which included hiking, rock scrambling, diving and beer) and now back in the saddle again.

Tonight was a running/weights night. We’re going to do a full night of weights on Wednesday which should be tough. We have definitely discovered how hard it is to do the run and then a full set of weights!

Run:
4.3 Miles (uphill route) in 42.5 minutes – lots of bloody wind!

Weights:
2 Sets of Weights, 2 Sets of Body Exercise. No breaks – straight through
Dumbbells – 3 KG + Bar

Set:
10 X Side Lats – Weights
10 X Burpees – Body Exercise
10 X Curls – Weights
10 X Abs – Body Exercise
10 X Tricep Raise – Weights
10 X Twists – Body Exercise
10 X Bent-Over Rolls – Weights
10 X Squat Thrust Alternate Leg
10 X Calf Raise – Weights
10 X Squats – Body Exercise
10 X Shoulder Press – Weights
10 X Dorsal Raise – Body Exercise
10 X Front Raisers – Weights
10 X Pluto Sniffs – Body Exercise (weird Manchester exercise)
10 X Hammer Curls – Weights
10 X Squat Thrusts (combined) – Body Exercise
10 X Tricep Raise – Weights
10 X Press-Ups – Body Exercise
10 X Wrist Curls – Weights
10 X Lunges – Body Exercise

I’m suitably tired and sore. Squash tonight.

-j

Squash last night. Friendly against Ian D. Good match. Wasn’t moving too well, and am suffering from a bit of stiffness. I won 3-0. Happy days.

Taking the weekend off training as I’m up north in Glen Etive with the lads.

mmmmm…. beer.

-j

Another day…another…well…something.

Tonight was boxing night. And it was hard. I think we forget how hard we’re working sometimes. After last night’s training we suffered from some energy draining today. It was tough to stick it out.

Boxing:

3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Squats
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Abs
3 Mins Boxing (30 Second Constant)
1 Min Pressups

It was a tough one. But we managed it.

(just)

-j

Tough night tonight. We went for a run (picked up the pace a little – we knocked 5 minutes off our time) and then did 2 sets of weights (10 Reps each).

Run:
4.3 Miles (uphill route) in 40 minutes

Weights:
2 Sets of Weights, 2 Sets of Body Exercise. No breaks – straight through
Dumbbells – 3 KG + Bar

Set:
10 X Side Lats – Weights
10 X Burpees – Body Exercise
10 X Curls – Weights
10 X Abs – Body Exercise
10 X Tricep Raise – Weights
10 X Twists – Body Exercise
10 X Bent-Over Rolls – Weights
10 X Squat Thrust Alternate Leg
10 X Calf Raise – Weights
10 X Squats – Body Exercise
10 X Shoulder Press – Weights
10 X Dorsal Raise – Body Exercise
10 X Front Raisers – Weights
10 X Pluto Sniffs – Body Exercise (weird Manchester exercise)
10 X Hammer Curls – Weights
10 X Squat Thrusts (combined) – Body Exercise
10 X Tricep Raise – Weights
10 X Press-Ups – Body Exercise
10 X Wrist Curls – Weights
10 X Lunges – Body Exercise

This was a tough one. The run was actually pretty good. I felt a bit stiff on the start but I think it was the first run where I actually felt pretty loose and in pretty good running form. I was pretty relaxed on the run, and I felt like I was pushing a tougher pace than normal.

The weights were tough – particularly after a run, but we pushed to get it all done. It was really the second set that was the killer – my arms felt like falling off.

Tomorrow it’s a boxing night with an exercise circuit, followed by Squash on Wednesday night.

- j

Mark and I did our first foray into weights. We took it easy as I haven’t done any weights in a long time, and we need to see how much we can do before we push it too hard:

Weight: 4 KG Dumb-bells
Reps: 10,9,8,7,6,7,8,9,10

Exercises:
Side Lats – Weights
Burpees – Body Exercise
Curls – Weights
Abs – Body Exercise
TriCep Raise – Weights
Twists – Body
Ben-Over Rolls – Weights
Lunges – Body
Calf Raise – Weights
Squats – Body

- j

Good run this morning with Mark. I had to take yesterday off because my legs needed sorting, but we did the hard run today. 4.5 Miles with a decent hill.

After the run we headed up into town and bought a set of dumbells, so we can start to do that on a weekly basis.

-j

Good fun tonight. Played Brendan and we made a decent showing of it. Moved around the court OK, but  a little slower than I’d like. We managed to end whilst I was 2-1 up.

Also walked 5 miles today.

-j