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
I’ve just finished a workout with Mark. Due to my painful running experience this weekend, we decided to push ourselves with a CV boxing circuit:
1 Min Squats
3 Min Boxing
1 Min Abs
3 Minutes Boxing
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing
1 Min Squats
3 Min Boxing
1 Min Abs
3 Minutes Boxing
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing
1 Min Squats
3 Min Boxing
1 Min Abs
3 Minutes Boxing
1 Min Pressups
3 Mins Boxing
Pretty tough. For an added bonus, Mark decided to throw in a curve-ball in the last four rounds and insist we had to spend the last 30 seconds of each boxing round in constant punching. As hard as we could manage. 30 seconds of continuous hard punching is brutal. I can attest to that.
Nice.
-j
Got back into the water today. Been ages.
It was good. I’m as tired as I used to be. I’m as sore as I used to be as well.
P, Didier and I headed out to Pettico wick beach. It’s a nice wee site next to St Abbs with a fairly easy entrance to the water. The problem with the site is the walk to the water! You get to do a nice scramble down a eroded hill in full kit. Not as nice as it sounds.
The first dive was good. We covered a lot of ground. Lots of nice squishy stuff on the walls and P managed to find the wreck (ie. boiler).
The second dive was a bit less exciting. Actually it was pretty fucking boring. But, at the end of the day, if you’re in the water it’s a good day.
Good to be back.
-j
Good workout tonight. Mark and went out around 18:15 and did an hour’s worth:
4.3 Mile run – new route around Granton, up to Ferry road and back down Craighall. Brutal up-hill bit took the wind out of both of us but we pressed it home.
3X 1 min Squats
3X 1 min Abs
3X 1 min Press-Ups
We’re boxing on Saturday as well.
- j
Excellent effort last night on the squash court. I was playing MP for the third time and managed to win 3-1. That made me happy as I felt I was a bit slower than normal, but my shot selection was a lot better. He’s a quick guy, and he’s going to be a great player as his stamina and fitness is really high.
But I won.
Should be running tonight and doing some circuits. Oof. My legs need a break!
-j