Saturday 31 December 2011

Day Seventy Five

Todays work out was cut short however this was still about 50 minutes of exercise


Abs -
40 push through crunches
40 alternating curls
20 alternating leg raises
40 cross arm crunches
40 vertical leg crunches
40 reverse crunches
40 double crunches
40 foot to foot crunches

5 minute run

Pull ups 5 reps
14, 9, 6, 7 then 5

Raised leg push ups 4 reps
42, 30, 20 then 20

Dips 4 reps
30, 17, 13 then 17

Horizontal pull ups
40, 27, 20, then 17

walk home, then protein shake.




Day Seventy Four

Rest, Work

Thursday 29 December 2011

Day Seventy Three

My apologies for having not posted regularly.
If i'm honest, not keeping the blog has meant that my goals haven't been monitored, meaning less results.
Now I have just over a month to get in shape, properly.

Having spoken to a friend i've learnt that the below exercises, while good, are more about muscle endurance rather than muscle building. I think it is good to have a balance of the two. But in the meantime, for the sake of getting in shape in the next month, I will be isolating my muscles and exercising accordingly.

See below the programme I set out. 4 sets of each exercise. As you can see I could not complete it. At the end of the below, I could not even do one push up, no matter how hard I tried. Each set was to failure, so it was the most I could possibly do.

My arms feel tight, and well worked now. so I will be doing this, alternated with core and abs over the next month.

Friday 2 December 2011

Day forty six

I ran to the park with an agenda in mind. I didn't stick to it much because I ended up trying new exercises with a gymnast. It was worth it in the end because I have a little pain, which I am struggling to get these days.

5 minute run to the park
16 pull ups - full extension
18 lunges on each leg
40 push ups
35 crunches
1 minute Russian Twist - See wiki definition below
hand stand push ups against the tree - 5
5 minute run
20 dips

this is when I tried curling myself under the bars, and straightening my body into a horizontal line. A few attempts and I was close. With out extension I could reverse the motion in repetitions as an exercise. I also tried a shoulder stand but almost fell through the bars.

15 horizontal pull ups.
5 minute run home

Total exercise time - 40 minutes

Day Forty Five

Working working working - no exercise