Thin end of the wedge

20 minutes cycle.

Pot noodle
Steak in peppercorn sauce

One Rose

Easy Does It

Chin Ups: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps
30 minutes hills level 11 recline exercise bike
leg stretches

eggs, sausage and chips
thai red beef and brocolli curry and rice

4 stellas
13st6

Off The Beer

4 reds, southern comfort and coke, vodka and coke.
No beer !

Best laid plans and all that.

Gym later to ease myself back into the swing.

Persistence

30 minutes hills level 11 recline exercise bike
leg stretches


half a sausage baguette
meatballs, spaghetti and salad
alpine eggs and garlic bread

3 stellas
13st7

7 days

30 minutes hills level 11 recline exercise bike
leg stretches

Cottage Pie and beans
ragu and garlic bread

4 stellas 1 red
13st7

7th day of being injured and only just on the mend. No point rushing things.

Recycling

30 minutes hills level 11 recline exercise bike
leg stretches

Cottage Pie
Brazilian Barbecue

3 stellas 1 white
13st6

Fate plays the straight man

I came out of the office intending to turn right and go to the gym but noticed Pete and Mark enjoying a social drink under the bandstand. I wandered over to say hello, one thing led to another - it would have seemed churlish to refuse the offer to join them - so I was thrown a day off by life.

Buffet
pork chops

much lager
13st3

Pathetic !

I fully intended a little Gym-age this lunchtime.
I was on the pop all day yesterday and I am more than jaded.
I changed ready to train then, noticing that I had my bathers on I whopped off the T and went for a sauna instead.
Lazy Git !!

Ethos

Shall I enlist the services of a personal trainer for a month or two ?
I have been taking training too easily of late and I need to rediscover the eye !

Now, when we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man; the edge! And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning. You know what I mean?
See that look in their eyes, Rock? You gotta get that look back, Rock. Eye of the tiger, man

Right Leg, Left Back

30 minutes hills level 11 recline exercise bike
left leg stretch (right leg hurt too much because of my injured left back)
Thai green chicken and mango chutney sarnie
spinach and tuna dhal
red wine 3 Stellas
13st4

Still Suffering

22 and a half minutes hills level 11 (machine kicked me off after that)
leg streches


Tuna baguette
chicken and sweet chilli sauce

6 pints
13st4

Crocked

Seems I've been doing Muay Thai for a year now. Ironically, training is in limbo this week as I am still injured from sparring on Monday. All I could manage yesterday was:

30 mins recline exercise bike hills level 11

beans and frakfurters
chicken and veg dhansak
6 Stellas
13st5

The Fray

I went all Henry V last night and with my courage to the sticking point I reentered the gym !

20 Minutes X-Trainer
1km treadmill run - 10-14KmH
A few concentration curls and a few curl and presses.

I am extremely out of shape - unless you consider a large beer gut to be a pleasing aspect ?

Loads of food but no booze.

Time to get back on track !

Ouch!

Muay Thai. I sustained a roundhouse kick to the kidney in sparring that has left me in considerable discomfort.

bubble and squeak with fried egg
chicken, carrot, cabbage and onion stir fry

3 Stellas

13st 4

Challenged

Childline Challenge in 1:27

banana
Welsh cake
all day breakfast sarnie
roast chicken and spuds

1 lager, 1 white
13st 6

lurched 15 degrees

Smith Machine 15 degree incline Bench
82.5kg 1 rep
80kg 2 rep
77.5kg 3 reps
75kg 4 reps
72.5kg 5 reps
70kg 6 reps
67.5kg 7 reps
65kg 8 reps
62.5kg 9 reps
60kg 10 reps

leg stretches
Chin Ups: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps


black pudding
ratatouille and tuna
Stilton tart with baked potatoes and salad
kebabs, chicken, crisps etc etc courtesy John and Jo
many lagers courtesy John and Jo

no scales on tour

Full Stop

No official exercise as I was goofing off with the Bomber.

Black Pudding
sausage baguette
chocolate eclair
chicken, asparagus pasta

13st7
5stellas

pooling resources

just messed around in the pool with Ben.

tuna and sweetcorn bagutte
ham and pineapple pizza

3 stellas
13st6

Slammers

3o mins evercise bike hills level 11
SMR legs


bacon and avocado sarnie
leak and chicken casserole with carrots, green beans and mashed potato.
chicken and crisps

Lager and tequila at the quiz
13 st 4

Soapbox

20 inch box squats

120 kg 1 rep
115kg 2 reps
110kg 3 reps
105kg 4 reps
100kg 5 reps
95kg 6 reps
90kg 7 reps
85kg 8 reps
80kg 9 reps
75kg 10 reps

leg stretches (roundhouse MK2)
Dips: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps


sausage baguette
egg, chicken and brocolli fried rice
salsa chicken wrap
chicken and toast

1 white
13st 6

The doer alone learneth

30 mins hills level 11 recline exercise bike


BLT Baguette
Promax diet shake
aubergine parmiagano and pesto chicken

2 reds
13st5

weigh layed

I set off to the gym at 12.50 yesterday afternoon but following a telephone call I nipped into the pub for 10 hours. by the time I arrived the gym was shut !

No food
Stella
I could not decipher the weighing scales this morning !

Hit The Deck

I shunned the gym in lieu of work around the house. I dumped all the earth and rocks that had been dug out for the decking but not used to level the rest of the garden. I hit a rythm and ended up taking most of the contents of the Garage to be variously recycled and dumped. I then went to Jo's folks house and dumped all of their accumulated junk and patio waste.
By the end of the day my hands were so tired I could not make enough of a fist to hold onto the steering wheel of the car.

Luckily a pint glass has a greater girth than a steering wheel !

Harvester a modest treat and then crashout !

Monday Mundane

Deadlifts:
105kg 1 rep
100kg 2 reps
95kg 3 reps
90kg 4 reps
85kg 5 reps
80kg 6 reps
75kg 7 reps
70kg 8 reps
65kg 9 reps
60kg 10 reps

MK2 roundhouse leg stretches
hanging knee raises (supinated grip): 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Devilled eggs with coleslaw
tuna and cucumber sandwich
steak and mushrooms

6 stellas
13st5

Weighing Heavily

30mins recline exercise bike hills level 11
squat stretches
15 mins recline exercise bike hills level 11
sauna until I was 12st7.

chicken
jerk pork and 'slaw
bagel
5 Stellas
13st4

Gym Smith

Smith Machine Bench
82.5kg 1 rep
80kg 2 rep
77.5kg 3 reps
75kg 4 reps
72.5kg 5 reps
70kg 6 reps
67.5kg 7 reps
65kg 8 reps
62.5kg 9 reps
60kg 10 reps

leg stretches (roundhouse MK2)

Chin Ups: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps

egg and lentil curry
chicken
5 Stellas
13st6

Michelangelo's Dai

I have realised that in West Wales the name David is banned !

I did no training again yesterday so I thought I would thrill you with my machinations.

Pub re-opening last night ( it had never closed but it is under new management ).

My fitness is low my weight is high !

More Boxing

20 inch box squats

120 kg 1 rep
115kg 2 reps
110kg 3 reps
105kg 7 reps
100kg 8 reps
95kg 9 reps
90kg 10 reps
leg stretches (roundhouse MK2)
Dips: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps
adductor machine 40kg (wide dial notch 3) 11 reps
hip floxor stretches
10kg overhead squat 6 reps



Commonwealth Cafe Big Breakfast
chicken dhansak and peas pulao rice at new Indian at the bottom of the road
wine with dinner, lagers at comedy

13st7

How civilised

recline exercise bike - reading book - 30 mins hills level 11. - v. agreeable
chicken, spinach and lentil curry
6 Stellas
13st6

Bones

Lazy day with an afternoon and evening on the horizontal lubricant !

Buffet the vampire slayer

Deadlifts:

105kg 1 rep
100kg 2 reps
95kg 3 reps
90kg 4 reps
85kg 5 reps
80kg 6 reps
75kg 7 reps
70kg 8 reps
65kg 9 reps
60kg 10 reps
.MK2 roundhouse leg stretches
hanging knee raises (supinated grip): 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1


meeting buffet sarnies and crisps
keema peas
4 beers, 1 red
13st4

Return to Sender

30 Minutes cycle level 11 interval hills training.

Been a while and I pushed myself to the extent that my hips and thighs ached. This caused a certail Elvisity in my gait as I dismounted and made my way to the changing rooms and on to the pool !!

Far too much food but no booze.

This morning I was 14 Stone 11 lb.

My kit is in the car !!

Muay Stars

Muay Thai
lamb shawarma
chicken and broccoli
peanuts
Mars bar
4 stellas
13st5

Smith

Bench (Smith machine as suggested by John)
80kg 1 rep
77.5kg 2 reps
75kg 3 reps
72.5kg 4 reps
70kg 5 reps
67.5kg 6 reps
65kg 7 reps
62.5kg 8 reps
60kg 9 reps
57.5kg 10 reps

leg stretches (roundhouse MK2)

Chin Ups: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps

25 mins hills level 11 recline exercise bike

4 Kronenbourgs watching football
1 red
chilli
13st4

Boxing Clever

Squats:
120kg 1 rep
115kg 2 reps
110kg 3 reps
105kg 4 reps
100kg 5 reps
95kg 6 reps
90kg 7 reps
85kg 8 reps
80kg 9 reps
75kg 10 reps
(last 5 sets 20 inch box squats)

leg stretches (roundhouse MK2)

Dips: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps

Commonwealth Cafe Big Breakfast
Beef and onion pie and chips from chip shop.

Afternoon of lager in Whitton
13st4

Goofy

Just goofed about with the bomber in the swimming pool for an hour or so.

promax shake
sausage baguette
enormous ragu of my own design

2 Stellas
13st4

Becalmed

Swam while Ben had his lesson.
2 diet shakes
lamb stew, brocolli, cheesecake, half a scotch egg
1 red, 2 stellas
13st2

9

20 mins recline exercise bike hills level 11. (A different machine than usual. It seemed to be programmed to allow me 20 mins only.)
SMR on legs

2 Promax Diet shakes
Boozed through Liverpool Arsenal in the Tup
flake, mars and snickers

13st2

10 to go

Deadlifts:
100kg 1 reps
95kg 2 reps
90kg 3 reps
85kg 4 reps
80kg 5 reps
75kg 6 reps
70kg 7 reps
65kg 8 reps
60kg 9 reps
60kg 10 reps
MK2 roundhouse leg stretches
hanging knee raises (supinated grip): 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

Promax Diet Shake x 2
Kebab

Theakston's Old Peculiar all through Roma v Man U in the pub
13st3

Thin end of the slice of Pizza

20 minutes recline cycle - level 12 - Painful !

Eating for Wales and Fit for nothing !

Going to be a painful road to get some health and fitness back !

Disgruntled I adjourned to the Plough and Harrow !!

All or Nothing !

As it turns out - Nothing !

No valuable exercise for a week - just swimming. The stress caused by a full gaggle of between 4 and 5 Children with their various yet constant demands may have aided weight loss ?

Now it is time for All !

One Louder

30 mins recline exercise bike hills level 11

2 Promax Diet Shakes
chicken stir fried with veggies

1 red
13st4