Hello ESB, I am 23 and my goal is to make it into amateur boxing so I am posting here to keep myself accountable. I'm keeping a pen & paper log also but I plan to post here at least once a week. I've never been very athletic so I know I need to work on conditioning big time. So without further ado: 11/04/04 2x 3 min shadow boxing (warm up) 2 miles 22:27 @ ~150-160 bpm (I suck big time I know) Pyramid no break, went up to 5: Diamond push-ups V-ups Pull-ups (failed at pull-ups part) I'm taking a break from the gym (but not training) due to final exams at uni and will be back in May..
Ran 6 miles in total last week. Shaved off 1 minutes so since I restarted training in february, my best is 20:45 for a 2 miler. Can do 60 pushups, 2 minutes plank, around 25-30 mountain climbers and around 8 pull-ups. It`s a bit hectic due to due to final exams, but I should still manage to run 6 miles this week.
With the idea of keeping myself accountable, I am coming back from a 5 day break due to finals and (my nemesis) procrastination. I feel soreness in my lower back (I guess my months and months, if not years of inactivity tell me I should go SLOWLY), so I shall go easy today. 11/04/18 Morning: 45:26 3 miles Evening: 2-3 minutes breaks between each sets (25 push-ups + 10 plyometric push-ups) x 3 2:15 min plank 25 pushups 2:00 min 6 inches feet off the ground 25 pushups 1:30 min push-up hold
Well, lucky me, I waited a bit,there was a lull in the rain so I didn't get wet. 3 miles @ ~ 42 minutes (shaved off 3 minutes,yeh!) 10 minutes break (50 squats + 10 half jump squats ) x 3 2 min break 1:43 min invisible chair 2 min break 50 crunches 50 side crunches (each side) 10 lying hip swings 2 min break 50 twists 20 supermen
Not related to boxing, but training is training: 26/04/11 Ruckmarch /w around 35 lbs rucksack (will weight ruck in due time) 10 kms in around 1h 45 min I have a 13 km ruckmarch in two weeks and a half (with about 10-15 lbs extra) with the army, so I have to take that into consideration. Today was a confidence booster, I was worried that I was gonna have to change what I was doing since I didn't ruck since last year, but 1 or 2 extra practice ruckmarches should do the trick.
29/04/11 3 miles @ 132 bpm , 42:00 minutes 50 pushups 20 diamond pushups + 10 plyometrics push-ups 20 wide pushups + 10 plyometrics push-ups 8 hindu push-up + 10 plyo 10 chair/depth push-ups 40 push-ups. abs ~ 2:00 plank ~1:30 feet 6 inches off the ground 3/4 through my run, I realized that I didn't pay any attention to running technique. I will be careful tomorrow, and my times should improve a lil bit. I went too easy on the abs and the running part.
14 may 11 Did a few one-legged squats,a few scissor kicks and V-ups. Stuck on a domestic deployment, didn't bring my running shoes because I taught it was going to be only 1 week...atsch
I finally have access to a laundry room as well as a bed. No access to a gym and no way to have my running shoes shipped here (I might be moving soon) so meh. Bottom line: read the fine prints when signing contracts with the army. First time I worked out since my last entry: 4 x 30 push-ups 1:00 plank 1:00 feet 6 inches off the floor 2-1-2-2 pull ups on a door frame
This is keeping me accountable... 13/07/11 2 miles 18:58 (I checked my run route with mapmyrun.com, and realised that I was off by about .4 miles or something) I worked out a few times before that but didn't keep up with my log. I have access to good sleeping quarters running shoes and a gym so no more excuses!!!!
Holy crap, I really suck at keeping a log. I'm lazy so I will have to step up my workouts. 23/06/11 2 miles -19 minutes something... I finally got to a boxing gym so: 4x rounds skipping rope 2x shadowboxing (movement only) 4x shadowboxing 4x heavybag 2x speed bag
27/06/11 3 miles -34 :00 (this surprised me a bit, I may have simply lost count of the laps or something) 36-30-20 push-ups 1:10 plank 10 minutes skipping rope (I can now do cross-overs,yeeeeh!) 4 rounds shadowboxing 4-5 heavy bag rounds 2 rounds speedbag The numbers are not impressive but I'm really out of shape and feel sore : I must be doing something right.
1/ 07/11 3 miles @ 30 minutes I did abs + couple of rounds of heavy bags. I came to the gym late so it was shorter then usual 2/07/11 10 minutes jump rope 12 mins shadowboxing (with random 30 seconds breaks) 5 rounds heavy bags 2 rounds speed bag 6-8 pull-ups 50-30-30 crunches 1:20 invisible chair NB: each round is around 3 minutes.
I ran yesterday... 37:00 3 miles The reason why there is such a disperency between this entry and the one 3-4 days ago is that I am running outside instead of an indoor high school track which apparently makes a big difference. 25 pushups 15 diamonds 15 wide 15 (one hand up one hand low) 15 (one hand up one hand low) 25 push ups 1:20 plank 8 pull-ups 8 chin ups
I feel sick today... I'll take a break from the training and post back when I'll feel better. Things I can improve lifestyle-wise: -On work days, instead of doing the whole enchillada, I should do more minimalist training and up the intensity instead of doing nothing at all. (ok, maybe I am taking the easy way out, but after a 12 hours shift, I really don't want to spend an hour + at the gym) -The last few days,I read in bed and I fell asleep without closing the lights, which is not good for mental recovery (often, even if I am super tired, I will wake up after only 5-6 hours of sleep. After a few days like this, I am usually less alert and somewhat sleep****ed). -I really need to plan my meals in advance. Right now, I am eating stuff in a really ad hoc fashion and sometime skipping meals altogether. Meal plan coming up after I put some taught in it.
