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Had dreams of running 5km but settled for 3km after getting to 2km nearly wrecked me. Again the time is well out, but I'm 104kg so naturally it is going to suck.
I'm starting back at the gym this week in order to force myself to get into a workout space - $17/week includes one group session which I'll make something weights-related. In between body weight 1-2 times a week at home, running 2-3 times per week and some heavier gym sessions I should start to see some tone.
Still - need to get the eating back under control but shit its hard in winter.
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Had dreams of running 5km but settled for 3km after getting to 2km nearly wrecked me. Again the time is well out, but I'm 104kg so naturally it is going to suck.
I'm starting back at the gym this week in order to force myself to get into a workout space - $17/week includes one group session which I'll make something weights-related. In between body weight 1-2 times a week at home, running 2-3 times per week and some heavier gym sessions I should start to see some tone.
Still - need to get the eating back under control but shit its hard in winter.
Winter is a pretty relative term where you're from.
Personally I go hard out with the fasting that others on here do cos the fact is I'm on the road quite a bit with work and completely lack the organisational skills to actually make lunch so find myself having a kebab/sushi every now and again. Also given work pays for a meal more often than not this is steak and chips.
104kg is hardly disastrous for a former prop though is it ?
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@MN5 said in Back for more!:
Winter is a pretty relative term where you're from.
Regularly goes negative in my part of Western Sydney which is wintry enough. Not the -8C seen in parts of the Waikato recently, but there is no ocean out here to stabilise things.
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@MN5 said in Back for more!:
104kg is hardly disastrous for a former prop though is it ?
I'm not dead, but it does make it hard to get back into running. I started the original weight loss @ 116kg back in 2011 (August), and it feels a lot tougher this time. Being older definitely doesn't help.
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
Well either that or have the time, discipline and inclination to eat super healthy.
I know which I find easier
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Little bit of body weight last night just to remind the tendons in the arms and shoulders that chinups and pushups are a thing.
Always love the first couple of days of eating (mostly) right - down a kg this morning.
Hopefully fit in a run this evening while I wait for dickheads to show up at rugby training.
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Gym this morning at 0630.
Was wrecked by 0650.
Basically a weights circuit - the lat pulldown were fine, as was the incline db, but the Bulgarian split squats can get fucked.
Everything after that was a haze of oxygen debt and wondering if I was going to throw up. Weights in the morning clearly aren't my thing.
It was probably good for me. I'll be feeling it tomorrow.
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I'm on annual leave so I ditched Miss TA at her school holiday dance lesson bullshit, left The Boy on the couch in his PS4 happy place, and did a new track on the northern edge of Sydney in Galston Gorge. 4km each way but fuck there was some vertical shit.
After that I got some lunch at home then hit the gym to set my baselines for several exercises after doing some warmups.
Bench press: 10 x 60kg set (+ 1RM of 70kg)
Back Squat: 6 x 80kg
Military press: 10 x 40kg
Deadlift: 6 x 100kgSo that isn't a bad place to start.
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I pulled up fine from the first session, so back to the gym yesterday to confirm the weights were no fluke. No particular set count, just whatever made me feel good, aiming for 10 reps each:
Bench: 60 set work / 80 = 1RM
Squat: 80 set work / 100 = 1RM but it wasn't great form
Dead: 110 set work / 140 = 1RM
Military: 40 / no 1RM here as my lower back doesn't really like these, so I might drop them
Incline db: 15
Leg press: 180 sets / 230 X 5 so will probably go to 200 sets next time and 250 X 5 -
@NTA could be an idea to split stuff up from the get-go. Not surprised military presses were a bit rough after bench, squats and esp deadlifts. How was your glute activation on the military press? Often overlooked but vital for locking out and really getting your core to fire.
Yep, just asked a dude online if his cheeks were toight during a lift
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
How was your glute activation on the military press? Often overlooked but vital for locking out and really getting your core to fire.
Terrible. It's something I only remembered after some hot young thing walked in wearing tights. She had gluteal supremacy. Suprem-ass-y in fact.
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