Fatbusting: Kirwan's log

[Miller V Jackson]

Yeah, you have to sleep. I aim for 8 hours a night, mainly because my boss is an insomniac who weighs 130kg and I don't want to end up like that. <br />
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As for the morning exercise thing, if you can be arse (which MvJ can more often than not at the moment) it is the best.

[BartMan]

morning exercise - I have never been able to do weights in the morning, but running / rowing etc, no worries.  Weights just too hard to be waking up and lifting some tin!

[Kirwan]

The best thing about morning exercise is your body goes straight for the stored energy (fat) if you do it on an empty stomach.

[Kirwan]

5000m. Morning. Row. Lost. Will. To. Live.

[Kirwan]

Oh, and made another 12 days off the booze, 13th was the day of tempation - four games of rugby on the telly.<br />
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Means I having two days a month on the piss, and I'm drinking much less on that.

[Kirwan]

Still going, rowing and squash mainly. Starting to see some results now, weight is constant, but definitely starting to trim up. <br />
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Still a way to go but have got into a routine now and the diet has improved alot. During the week anyway <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

[G-Man]

[quote name='Kirwan']<br />
5000m. Morning. Row. Lost. Will. To. Live.<br />
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:2funny:<br />
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That's how I feel just after 5 min.

[Kirwan]

It's a great exercise, and I'm definitely getting toning from it as well. All over body sore after I row, and puffed.

[G-Man]

I still got to loose a few kg's before I can start claiming I did 5000m. :walk: Slowly but surely I, will? :-k , am going to make my target.

[Kirwan]

I jumped from doing a few 2km jobs up to 5km. Just have a crack one day and ignore the time.

[BartMan]

try rowing time to get started, and then work the distances you row upwards in the times.  Set if for 20 minutes, or 15 minutes and go from there.

[Kirwan]

Any tips on maintaining a lower split over the 500m? Or is just a case of rowing more often, longer distances?

[BartMan]

try different stroke rates.  Get down to 24 per minute, while maintaining your speed.  Then when you up your stroke rate, you will keep pulling hard, and your pace will drop.<br />
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Experiment with slow stroke rates, and pulling harder etc. <br />
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And form is important, all your power in your legs, so use them!!<br />
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but just putting the metres in the best way - the more the better, and the better you will get!<br />
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I've been 'playing' while rowing lately though, will row at whatever a rate, then for a minute, go hard out, fast as I can, then cruise along again for maybe a couple of minutes, then hard out again.  Mix it up to keep the brain active while you row.<br />
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Always try and beat little targets while you row etc.  You're rower will have the pace boat thing (mine pre that), but set him a little faster than your besty times, so you have to at least beat the machine...!

[Kirwan]

Cool, have got the rate down to 25 at the moment but the fitness gives out if I try to maintain too low a rate. Will keep on trucking.<br />
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Noticed somethign this week with my diet. Usually when I have a stressful week I will reward myself with a treat. I had the worst week in months at work this week (thanks to Indian outsourced cock smokers) and the thought never crossed my mind.<br />
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• 1 baby step.

[BartMan]

yeah, that 'comfort eating' is a killer.<br />
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Your new diet though, the hat that you are eating with Mr hamilton now bieng an AB, how's that going... 

[Kirwan]

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
yeah, that 'comfort eating' is a killer.<br />
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Your new diet though, the hat that you are eating with Mr hamilton now bieng an AB, how's that going...  <br />
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Bugger off <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' />

[BartMan]

Just thought your fatbuisting efforts needed bumping up a little Mr K  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' />

[Kirwan]

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Just thought your fatbuisting efforts needed bumping up a little Mr K  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /><br />
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Between my holiday and my brother visiting from LA my fatbusting has turned into fatgaining. Am nice and brown though.

[BartMan]

Unlike your firend Mr S Hamilton, who is almost translucent...

[Kirwan]

[quote name='BartMan']<br />
Unlike your firend Mr S Hamilton, who is almost translucent... <br />
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And seems to be cultivating a white mans afro.