In Fitness and in Health
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Time for an update, seeing as I'm of to Spain for some R&R in a week and it's precisely 2 months since I started looking harder at myself in the mirror.
I've being going through the programme more or less as stated. Some weeks I've had to drop a gym workout or a hike but by and large I've kept it up. I've been tracking calories for a month now and taking 10g Creatine every day for the same period.
Results are a little slow to happen but noticeable. I've lost four or five of the 8-10kg I want to get rid of. On the negative side I'd like that to be more; on the positive side, I'm managing to lose weight while still enjoying some of the finer things in life, and I'm building muscle. I guess it's hard to do both at the same time, so making strength gains and losing only a little weight is probably an ok combo. I can get into all my jeans again, as well as my shirts and I feel well in them. So while it's only 4kg it's made a difference.
As for those strength gains I'm still a long way off my personal bests of two years ago, but that's no surprise. They took me over a year to achieve. That being said progress has been good, squats are up to a 120kg max rep (145kg is my best), deadlifts are the same. Bench press is my weakest exercise as it refers pain to my shoulders for some reason. I'm only max-ing 90kg there. But again, I feel better and stronger. I have no evidence other than anecdotal that creatine works, but I feel like there is a boost. Certainly I'm more able to throw in a drop set, or a couple of extra reps as I feel there's more power there.
So now it's two weeks family holiday in Spain. I'll do some maintenance work while I'm there but I'm not going to worry unduly about what I put in my mouth. When I get back I'll change up my routine, maybe to a upper/lower split. Certainly I'll add some exercises, so @Appfaff you can expect some probing questions then
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Cross post from Runners - no apologies as it's for a great cause;
Me and Jules (den1mhead & Black Orchid on the IH forum) are taking part in the Frome Half and 10k which is in 6 days on 17/7/2016. We are running to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Bristol charity. For anyone wanting to donate I list below the web addresses for both mine (Barcley) and Jules' Virgin Money Giving donation pages. Just click on either link below and follow the instructions . . . . .
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Me and Jules (Black Orchid) completed the Frome half marathon and 10km on Sunday 17th September 2016, raising over £700 for the Rmh Bristol charity. I ran the first 10km (6.2 miles) with Jules which we completed in 1 hour 3 minutes and then I completed the remainder of the half marathon (6.9 miles) in 56 minutes. See before and after shot below . . .
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That is awesome.
Congrats @den1mhead & @Black Orchid
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Cheers @madmonday [emoji4]
I'm participating in the Bristol half marathon on 25 Sep 2016. I've got the bugSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I have been plagued by shin splints & bad knees but have been attempting to put in more road work.
Good to see couples doing things together.
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I have been plagued by shin splints & bad knees but have been attempting to put in more road work.
Good to see couples doing things together.
I used to have that issue until I started working on my hamstrings a lot. Hasn't been an issue since.
Don't ask me why it works, I got that advice from an old guy at the gym and figured I'd give it a shot. I figured a guy that's jacked at 60 probably knows a thing or two that I don't know.
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DOUGIE (big hug, hahahahaha)
@DougNg , fancy seeing you here. I'll give that a try, but I am cursed with being top heavy & my scrawny legs scream out at the extra weight I'm lugging around.
Random but I'll put it here anyway, anyone know of where I can purchase one of those punching kicking shields to wrap a column in my basement?
Will place an image one day
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good thought, might give that a try if I can't find anything.
I can just see me breaking my hand or something else stupid . . . .
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That is awesome.
Congrats @den1mhead & @Black Orchid
Thank you MM it was for a very good cause and close to our hearts..
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My programme is called "Chris the merciless fecker makes Giles pay for all past, present and future sins"…..
My brief to Chris was. "This is how I cast, this is how I play a fish, this is how large the fish are and this is the sort of seas that will be running and I need to be able to stand up and do the casting and playing whatever the sea conditions. I want to be able to cast further and fish for longer than anyone else on the boat. If I lose weight or get fitter as a result, that's a bonus."
So he's working on core (for balance) and upper body for the casting and playing.
All resistance stuff with a bit of beasting (I understand that is a oft used term in these circles as my BUPA person used it unprompted yesterday) CV for the last 5 minutes....
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Good program. Although I'd have thought some decent leg work (deadlifts, squats) would also be useful for for balance, and endurance. Stable base and all that. One things for sure any program that is giving the kind of results you're seeing will help you do most things better and longer.
I had to google beasting. Sounds uncomfortable [emoji38]
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I'm doing leg presses and barbell squats…..The one thing I have always had is pretty strong legs, so I'm not focussing on them that much, what I believe (and what the F do I know really?) will help me, is better core strength, thus enable me to deploy my legs muscles better and quicker in the right place at the right time.
