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BartMan

last weigh in on my scales had it at about 12 something. Would be less now, and when I used to weight myself with those scales on the same days as nutritionist visits, where I would get the measurements and calipers done, they were usually 3% more. so would probably be about 19 or 10%, which rings about true as my Lean mass at last measure before the bicep blow out was 81 or 82 kilos. ten percent of that (ish) puts me to 90 kilos, and I think I weighed in just under 90 on my last visit to the scales!! 
 
so lets say 10%, that sounds good enough anyway.

NTA

Righto Bart - might get myself a set of those flash scales to get an indication of where I'm at. 
 
Rode into work today - added a couple of km to stretch it out: 12.44km in 32:44 - realised after the GPS missed the last bit due to underground carpark. 
 
Rode home again after: 12.49km in 27:09 - much easier downhill <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
 
Had a bit of a cooldown at home then got into hundred pushups, figuring the legs were done so time for upper body. 
 
Week 4 Day 1 with 90s breaks instead of 60s: 
 
Set 1: 21 ok 
Set 2: 25 ok 
Set 3: 21 ok 
Set 4: 21 ok 
Set 5: 12 ok, rest at bottom, 4 more ok, then knees for 16 
 
Not bad considering the ride beforehand. Did abs last 2 nights so will skip. 
 
Friday night will be same program of pushups, no prior exercise, and 120s rest between sets. Feeling confident that this is the way to improve.

MN5

[quote name='Rancid Schnitzel' timestamp='1351585501' post='321718'] 
Its weird isnt it that in the warmest places where people are more likely to show off heaps of skin you get the fattiest food and fattest people. 
[/quote] 
 
Yeah pretty fucked up Rancid, obviously there was the odd hottie there but seriously, the place has gone bad since Tom Selleck strutted his stuff there.

taniwharugby

[quote name='Paekakboyz' timestamp='1351561963' post='321642'] 
Gave the sewer system a good working over aye!!? Goodby Mr Hanky the Xmas poo!! 
 
ha ha saw your DDO details, I think you are definitely ready to head to a treat meal instead! 
[/quote] 
 
Not meaning to HiJack this thread, but not keen to start one of it's own to ask this question. 
 
Before I started eating well, I was SUPER regular, almost to a 5 or 10 minute mark (one reason I couldnt get up and go running in the mornings too) and a right clear out, now however I am irregular (despite eating fibres, fruits, water etc) as fark and can some days feel backed up. 
 
My question is, when your body burns the food you put in, does that mean less comes out...?

NTA

No ideaâ€š but from a personal perspective, I'm fairly regular with my established diet. I don't eat a lot of fruit (high sugar) but the oats for breakfast and morning coffee get things going around an hour after i get to work <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

NTA

Circuit work tonight - standard weights which I'm getting on top of at this point. Will go buy some plates this weekend - this is my vow! 
 
All reps x 5 unless otherwise noted: 
 
Circuit 1: 
Chins 
Hammer curl into bi curl 
Bent row into deadlift into shrug into military press (bottom to top} 
Neck set 
Lunges - 20 left then right 
Squats x 50 
Bent flyes 
Pullup x 3 
 
Circuit 2: 
Chins 
Bi curl into hammer curl 
Military press into shrug into deadlift into bent row (top to bottom) 
Neck set 
Lunges - 20 right then left 
Squats x 50*** 
Pullup x 3 
 
Circuit 3 - decided to hammer one more out to go to the 30 minute mark: 
Chins x 3 
Hammer into bi curl 
Top to bottom 
Lunges - 10 left then right 
Lunges - 10 left then right (nota typo - had to start breaking them up a bit) 
Squats x 50 with 10 breaths every 10 
Pullups x 3 
 
Took a 15 minute break, then did myotatics and cat voms x 10 to finish. Also realised I forgot my two lots of bent flyes for circuits 2 & 3 so covered those as well in a set of 10. 
 
*** Might have been more than that - somewhere around 35 in the count Mrs TA walks into the garage and starts asking me bloody questions and I lost my place <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I mean, they always say we're hopeless at doing more than one thing at a time, then they do everything they can to ignore their own advice. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

taniwharugby

I know the feeling, I am trying to get out a set of something I am really struggling with and they come asking questions....another drawback of working out at home <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> 
 
At least TR jnr has remembered to not talk to me while in the middle of a,set....

NTA

Yeah the kids used to gabble away until they learned I would angry right up at them. Wife seems to think I should not snap at her under ANY circumstances.

NTA

Fuck! I just went back and read the first post I made in this thread. 
 
WALKING?!!! Seriously fucking lazy fat bastard.

NTA

Mrs TA had a shit day at work, so we went out to dinner. Limited the damage by making it the new Chinese place nearby, and only eating the meat and veg without the rice. Quite classy actually, and probably the best black pepper sauce I've had on a well tenderised sizzling beef - given the high standard of Asian cuisine available in Sydney, that is saying a lot. Szechuan prawns and crispy chicken were also top notch. 
 
So feeling a little more sated than usual, let us get into hundred pushups with more than a little trepidation, hmm? 
 
Week 4, Day 1 - 120s rest instead of 60s. 
 
Set 1: 21 ok 
Set 2: 25 ok 
Set 3: 21 ok 
Set 4: 21 ok - smashed it actually! 
Set 5: 32 ok, rest at bottom on 25 and 28. 
 
Not sure if my form was 100% midway through the last set, but I fucking did it! Getting up from the floor on 26 and 29 was tough. 
 
Did floats to finish after a rest: 
90s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 30s rest 
30s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 90s rest - back starting to hurt, and losing form 
60s hold then crapped out. 
 
Stretches to finish

NTA

Run this morning - drizzly conditions made footing a little hazardous - those pebblecrete driveways suck, but the slate tiled ones are even worse! Time was 27:08 to 5km. 
 
[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1351283676' post='320973'] 
Today: 94.9kg, Chest 109cm, Waist 99cm, Hips 104cm. 
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Today: 95.4kg, Chest 110cm, Waist 99cm, Hips 104cm. 
 
Just goes to show that even trying to limit yourself at a restaurant doesn't always work. I was down at 94.9 regularly during the week so I'm not too cut, but it does mean my decision to drop the concept of Diet Day Off was justified. Four weeks to go, 5.4kg to lose. Let's rol!

NTA

Last night Mrs TA had her 20 year High School Reunion, and there wasn't a lot of food, but I did have a few bevvies <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Yesterday I decided to have, as my treat, a sourdough cob - bloody nice straight up with butter. 
 
Today I bought some more weight plates and changed all the pound weights for kilos at last. Can't even remember where I got those. So now the simple layout is 50kg on the curling bar (increase of 7.5kg) and 14.25kg on each dumbell (same weight, roughly). 
 
So did two circuits of this: 
 
5 x chins 
5 x hammer into bicep curls 
5 x military press into shrug into deadlift into bent row 
Neck set 
25 x lunge left then right 
50 x squat 
3 x pullups 
 
Adding the 5 extra lunges and the extra 7kg on the curling bar slowed everything down a bit, so I ran nearly a minute over on the first set and had to bust out the squats damn fast in the second. Was also fatiguing bad in the second set so the bent rows were crap. After I hit the 20 minutes I repeated the 5 bent rows to proper form. Will add more pullups next time out. 
 
Did myotayics and cat voms after that and then decided to go for a walk to cool down the legs and just finish the burn - 3.62km in 32:36.

NTA

Got a work call to the UK tonight, and DST changes mean the time is all fucked up. So I decided to duck home for dinner, and after a short nanna nap, do hundred pushups Week 4 Day 1 (90s rest between sets) 
 
Set 1: 25 ok 
Set 2: 29 ok, but had a couple of moments there <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
Set 3: 25 ok and getting to struggle street with pauses at the top 
Set 4: 20 ok, 5 on knees 
Set 5: 12 ok, 24 on knees 
 
Nice and tough that one, but the rest helps. 
 
Myotatics and cat voms to finish, then dinner and back to work!

NTA

Got up early and went for a run this morning: 5km in just over 26 minutes. 
 
Karate tonight. Hot in Sydney today so should be quite sweaty <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Paekakboyz

That is a good clip for your 5km mate! as you drop weight your power:weight ratio will be improving, soooo much better running once you've leaned down a bit.

NTA

BP is 25:20 for 5km so I can do better. Have to work out on grinding down those middle three laps to get consistency - today the km markers were: 5:15, 5:41, 5:19, 5:24, 4:38 
 
So really it was the second km that let me down - no surprise as its got the only real uphill work in the circuit. Still, better than the 28-29 minutes I used to run. 
 
Want to get it under 25 as a first point, then move on from there to 4 minute kilometres. Got to get the odd 10km in as well to help build for City 2 Surf next August.

NTA

So yeah, karate. Sweaty as predicted but not exhausting... might have to do something in the breaks to keep the heart rate up. 
 
Floats when I got home: 
 
90s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 30s rest 
30s hold, 60s rest 
60s hold, 90s rest 
90s hold - did it!! Quivering wreck in terms of lower back, but decided to keep going after a 60s rest. 
60s hold, 30s rest 
30s hold, then shot to shit <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
 
Pure willpower got me through that second 90, and the 60+30 thereafter. But the line has been crossed! Next time I'll aim for the two minute mark I reckon. 
 
Stretches to finish.

NTA

Not real happy this morning as my weight is back up over 96 and has been for a couple of days <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/angry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> might need to go a binge diet day to reset everything

NTA

Feeling flat as fuck. Was really strict on the eating today but that and the humid weather has left me a bit lethargic. Don't feel like doing even one set of push-ups but screw that noise - I'm going to do hundred push-ups AND some free weights just to wake myself up! 
 
Set 1: 25 ok 
Set 2: 29 ok 
Set 3: 25 ok but really had to dig the last few 
Set 4: 21 ok, 4 on knees - so close, yet so far 
Set 5: 18 ok, 18 on knees 
 
The 90s rest periods really help with my recovery on these, so might go 120s next time. Managed to get out 100 overall before I had to go to knees which was good. 
 
Bit of a breather, then into weights with as much break time between sets as I want <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> 
 
Chins to fail x 5 
Seated bicep curl @ 14.25kg to fail: Left x 6, Right x 9 
Military press (standing) @ 50kg to fail x 5 
Shrug @ 50kg to fail x 22 where I started to lose form 
Pullups to fail x 4 
Bent row bb @ 50kg to fail x 12 where I lost form 
 
Chins x 5and half into 6 
Seated bi curl: Right x 5, Left x 6 
Military press x 4 - almost 5! 
Shrug x 19 
Pullups x 3 
Bent rows x 10 
 
Then, just for jolly, a set of deadlifts @ 50kg x 20 in case the lower back was not feeling hard done by 
 
Triceps are fucking trashed! 
 
Abs need a rest so that'll do, pig. Got to say my Fivefingers Classics are the best bloody shoes for working out in. 
 
Protein shake, shower, bed, 5am start...

taniwharugby

what are floats, another name for planks/bridges?

The Silver Fern

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