I am a fat piece of ****.

Never that. Just an aggressive calorie budget! If I can manage to get below 103kgs by Saturday I'll be eating about 1.5kgs of Spaghetti Bolognese over the course of the day... As a reward! :good

 

Sensei... Do you think I am ready?

 

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* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Another good rope session. Sprints and body cross double-unders in every round.

* Heavy bag -

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In your ****ing face, universe! Given that I missed my heavy bag workout yesterday I wanted to try to make it up today, or maybe just a bit of it if I became too gassed. But I felt great! The pain in my joints had subsided and I really mauled the ****ing hell out of that thing! Working of my 1,1,2 combination, working high and low with it, power combo's. I did 5 rounds, felt alright, then immediately decided to go the full ten. Then when I'd done the ten I decided to suck it up and punch through a couple of championship rounds (Wanky, I know, but it got me to the finish)! And in those last two rounds I went totally for broke. Extremely happy with my bag workout today! :thumbsup

* Speed bag - 10 minutes cool down
Doubled my workout on this for the same reason, but there's only so excited one can be over an unusually good speed bag session. :conf

* Treadmill - 30 minutes
Pace 10.5 km/h, inlcline 1.5, 2 half paced breaks of 2:30 for 25 minutes run, 5 minutes active rest. After the effort I put in today this was pretty tough. Still, I got through it.

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I drank a LOT of water today. I expect that after my workout, healthy eating and an 8 hour bar shift tonight I'll be well below 103kgs by tomorrow. I'm well on course for my reward meal. :happy

Just a note... I actually can't understand why I had so ****ing much energy today. It's my fourth workout day in a row and I worked last night 'til 1am, getting only 6 hours of sleep. :think The only thing I can think of is that I drank a double espresso at approximately 10pm last night. I used to take 200mgs of caffeine before exercise but stopped on a doctors advice and have since laid of stimulants nearly altogether. My sensitivity may have risen but the coffee I drank only had 160mgs of caffeine... Anyone (Who can be arsed reading this long-winded drivel) know how long that stuff is likely to stay in your system? :think

 

Thanks mate! I know what you mean about getting lazy, that's pretty much what landed me in this predicament...

How's your swimming? If I wasn't so **** in the water I'd definitely give it a place in my routine. Apparently it's great for your aerobic and anaerobic energy systems. I don't know if that's any better for your knee but I'm familiar with the toll running can take on your joints.

 

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When I said yesterday that I expected to be below 103kgs by today I meant 104 (As my weight was only slightly above that). So to clock in bang on 103 before my workout was an awesome feeling.

* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
My fitness has definitely increased over these two weeks. Having worked out 4 days in a row prior to today my limbs were tired and heavy, I expected to feel extremely sluggish and lethargic. But after about 1 minute on the rope my legs were pumping and shuffling well. My body is able to kick right into gear when required. Good rope session.

* Heavy bag - 5 x 3 minute rounds
The joint soreness was back with a vengeance. I started quite slowly and maintained a relatively relaxed pace throughout today's bag session, with sporadic power combo bursts. My volume was satisfactory but I wasn't all too creative with my jabs. Now's no time to develop shitty habits.

* Speed bag - 5 minutes cool down
I didn't die of a heart attack so all went well, I guess...

* Treadmill - 30 minutes
Pace 10.5km/h, incline 1.5, 2 half paced breaks of 5km/h for 25 minutes run, 5 minutes active rest.

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New mother****ing number! Eking ever closer to glorious double-digitsville!

 

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Ah, a new week. My goal of double digits by weeks end may well be hampered by my mate's wedding which falls on Friday. I'll just have to be extra well-behaved through the week and maybe I can make it.

Decided to go with the bolognese for my reward meal, and by cripes it was like hardcore taste bud pornography. I made about 1.5kgs of the stuff and ate it all in one sitting, no ****. 1 bowl after another 'til all I could do was lay flat on my back and watch Rocky II. Glorious! Anyways, onto the exercise.

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* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Typically high-quality rope workout today. Rhythm is improving greatly.

* Heavy bag - 5 x 3 minute rounds (Boxing)
An oddly sluggish hand session considering the rest day. For some crazy reason it was difficult to simply hold a proper guard today. Fatigue was a real issue...

* Heavy bag - 2 x 3 minute rounds (Kickboxing)
Presto! Found my wee dose of variety for now. Slipped into an orthodox stance and threw a few punch/kick combinations and had a wicked stitch within minutes. **** me sideways, I understand why kickboxing and MMA fights are scheduled for fewer rounds now. :barf

* Speed bag - 5 minutes cool down
What does this thing actually do?

* Treadmill - 30 minutes
Pace 10.5km/h, incline 1.5, 1 half paced break of 5km/h, final minute 12km/h at an incline of 8.0. Total 27:30 run 2:30 active rest.

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I kind of messed up on my diet last night, got some lean chicken skewers but also a pretty big serve of mash because I was hangin' for a substantial meal. Not the worst of slip-ups, but got an unpleasant surprise from the scale this morning.

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:twisted: That pisses me off... But there's a lesson to learn here. No time to **** and moan, just need to get back down to business...

* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Felt pretty light and springy considering. My coordination is improving every day.

* Heavy bag (Boxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Not a terrible hand session, but could have given more time to effective movement. Volume was okay...

* Heavy bag (Kickboxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
****ing hell kicking sucks the wind out of you. Output was mediocre but I honestly challenged myself when it came to leg-kicks. Hard session.

* Treadmill - 30 minutes
Pace 10.5km/h, incline 1.5, 2 half paced breaks of 2:30 for 25 minutes run, 5 minutes active rest. Last 5 minutes was run at 11km/h.

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Okay, so that drastic drop probably means a lot of the excess weight I was carrying was fluid and other crud, but I still hate taking a backward step. Better eating for the rest of the week...

 

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Where to start? My fat ass fell off the bandwagon in a big way come my mate's wedding. There was beer, champagne, red wine, white wine, big **** off jugs of Pimms with fruit and **** floating in it... Wedding cake... Fatty food... Cocktails. And to make matters worse I remedied my hangover with day after day of shitty food. Terrible, terrible lapse. Alcohol is my kryptonite. I's failed to record a workout on the 12/11, after which my weight sat at a low 102.9kgs.

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I expected worse, but sometimes I'll get a delayed jump in weight. back down to business is the only thing now.

* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Felt tired and lethargic, plus my rope is about to die. It's frayed almost to the middle by one of the handles.

* Heavy bag (Boxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Terrible punch output today.

* Heavy Bag (Kickboxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
By now fatigue in my shoulders was becoming a real issue, almost no torque on my left whatsoever. Extremely disappointing. My kicks were okay but didn't feel the satisfying pain through my obliques that I got last week.

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Clearly there's still a lot of crud in my system. No excuses, have to lay off the shitty foods and juice again. ****ing **** of a week.

 

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* Speed rope - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Pretty good workout today. Slack with the double-unders, but I'll build it up through the week.

* Heavy bag (Boxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
My jabbing and movement was essentially non-existent today. All power combos... Output was good but I need to concentrate more on boxing the bag, not punching the **** out of it, next time.

* Heavy bag (Kickboxing) - 5 x 3 minute rounds
Kicking was alright, could push myself to do more. But when my kicks failed I made up for it in punches... Not he worst, but I could have done better.

* Treadmill - 30 minutes
Pace 10.5km/h, incline 1.5, 2 half paced breaks of 2:30 for 25 minutes run, 5 minutes active rest. I bought trail x-trainers yesterday, the girl told me that the only difference between them and regular x-trainers is the more rugged soles. I wish she'd told me how heavy and cumbersome they are. :roll: Ah, well... Whatever doesn't kill me...

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I don't wanna speak too soon but it looks like I got off rather lightly for all my shitty eating and drinking.