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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
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@Catogrande said in Back for more!:
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Catogrande said in Back for more!:
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
I have to admit, I wondered where you were going as your penultimate paragraph segued into the last!
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124BPM post
107BPM post 5 minutesIt was mentally tough to go through the 2km mark and not turn back up the 3km route, however I felt better once I passed 3km on this route as it flattens out and you can see all the idiots coming.
Splits 6:40, 6:35, 6:50, 6:52, 7:00 - a reflection of the pace I was trying to keep on my first 5km in months
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awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
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awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
@NTA oath bro! I think that's one of the really challenging things with running particular (maybe just for the front row club!) . You can pretty much always do more than you think you can... but will you!
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
Just don't injure yourself mate, last thing you want to do is set yourself back 3 weeks
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
Just don't injure yourself mate, last thing you want to do is set yourself back 3 weeks
@voodoo agree entirely!
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Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
Bodyweight tonight again:
3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats for two sets, then
2 chinups, 6 pushups, 20 squats for the last.
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Skipped my run yesterday as I was a bit tired - last 2 days haven't done any exercise really except about 7km walking the last couple of days and a shitload of pressure cleaning the concrete at The Deceased Estate. Italians love them the concrete. Jeez. Must be over 100sqm of the fucking stuff. Anyway, it clean now. The contrast is amazing...
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Body weight last night. Finished all three sets tho the 3rd chinup and last two pushups were a struggle in set 3.
Think I need to spend a couple of nights a week just doing upper body. Chinups especially don't get better unless I work hard on them. Would like to get back to 5.
Run this morning, aiming for sub-32 minutes
Went out pretty hard for the first 2km then cruised back, tho it didn't feel cruisy with 500 to go.
No lingering vision issues so that's good.
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Skipped my run yesterday as I was a bit tired - last 2 days haven't done any exercise really except about 7km walking the last couple of days and a shitload of pressure cleaning the concrete at The Deceased Estate. Italians love them the concrete. Jeez. Must be over 100sqm of the fucking stuff. Anyway, it clean now. The contrast is amazing...
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Skipped my run yesterday as I was a bit tired - last 2 days haven't done any exercise really except about 7km walking the last couple of days and a shitload of pressure cleaning the concrete at The Deceased Estate. Italians love them the concrete. Jeez. Must be over 100sqm of the fucking stuff. Anyway, it clean now. The contrast is amazing...
Waterblasting is such fun. Not many chores like that where you can see instant results that are so dramatic. (well maybe chainsawing down the neighbours tree)
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Skipped my run yesterday as I was a bit tired - last 2 days haven't done any exercise really except about 7km walking the last couple of days and a shitload of pressure cleaning the concrete at The Deceased Estate. Italians love them the concrete. Jeez. Must be over 100sqm of the fucking stuff. Anyway, it clean now. The contrast is amazing...
Waterblasting is such fun. Not many chores like that where you can see instant results that are so dramatic. (well maybe chainsawing down the neighbours tree)
@Crucial said in Back for more!:
Waterblasting is such fun. Not many chores like that where you can see instant results that are so dramatic. (well maybe chainsawing down the neighbours tree)
I did some chainsaw work as well on trees that are just out of shot
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@Crucial said in Back for more!:
Waterblasting is such fun. Not many chores like that where you can see instant results that are so dramatic. (well maybe chainsawing down the neighbours tree)
I did some chainsaw work as well on trees that are just out of shot
It is kind of addictive...@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Crucial said in Back for more!:
Waterblasting is such fun. Not many chores like that where you can see instant results that are so dramatic. (well maybe chainsawing down the neighbours tree)
I did some chainsaw work as well on trees that are just out of shot
It is kind of addictive...Ooh yeah! It's one of those things that once you start you need the wife to tell you to stop before there is a desert.
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Skipped Wednesday's run as I was probably just too lazy. Drinking a couple of litres of beer last night probably fucked up my run this morning - clocked 2km at 6:05/km then started to get vision issues and calf pain.
So I turned around and walked home using the shortcut. Not a great outcome but it has just been one of those weeks.
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Stepped on the scales this morning for a first time in a while.
I may be slightly overdoing the beer side of things...
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Stepped on the scales this morning for a first time in a while.
I may be slightly overdoing the beer side of things...
So easy to do.
I'm astonished and quite proud of my discipline during lockdown though, I won't crack one open before 5pm......I try to stick more to Red Wine though, less bloaty than the Craft beer I unfortunately love.
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Stepped on the scales this morning for a first time in a while.
I may be slightly overdoing the beer side of things...
So easy to do.
I'm astonished and quite proud of my discipline during lockdown though, I won't crack one open before 5pm......I try to stick more to Red Wine though, less bloaty than the Craft beer I unfortunately love.
@MN5 said in Back for more!:
So easy to do.
I'm astonished and quite proud of my discipline during lockdown though, I won't crack one open before 5pm......I try to stick more to Red Wine though, less bloaty than the Craft beer I unfortunately love.
Yeah I was farting like a demon this morning - the beer was mostly flat tho as I'd bought 5 litres at the local last week ($25) and not stored it in a decent container
But The Bourne Identity was on last night, and I was trying to dispose of flat beer, so I just kept going on the couch until I was sleepy
