My Training Blog Archive

  • A conversation I had earlier today had me thinking about vanity today, which carried over into my weights workout just now. Halfway through my deadlifts I glanced to the right...

    Technique vs Vanity

    A conversation I had earlier today had me thinking about vanity today, which carried over into my weights workout just now. Halfway through my deadlifts I glanced to the right...

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  • High Intensity Intervals again, alternating 1min intervals of 10mph & 6mph for 20mins, with warm up and cool down as well. Kept the recovery speed up for the duration today,...

    Treadmill Intervals again

    High Intensity Intervals again, alternating 1min intervals of 10mph & 6mph for 20mins, with warm up and cool down as well. Kept the recovery speed up for the duration today,...

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  • The plan is to mainly concentrate on high weight, low rep counts on the main 3 lifts and add a couple of auxilliary exercises afterwards. I want to see how...

    Training, Week 1 Day 3

    The plan is to mainly concentrate on high weight, low rep counts on the main 3 lifts and add a couple of auxilliary exercises afterwards. I want to see how...

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  • I’m largely alternating cardio and weights at present, so following on from yesterdays routine, it was a cardio day today. Not that sore today, except in the shoulders, largely from...

    Training, Day 2

    I’m largely alternating cardio and weights at present, so following on from yesterdays routine, it was a cardio day today. Not that sore today, except in the shoulders, largely from...

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  • Great to see some new faces at circuits this morning, well done to you all. Got back home and straight into a new routine. Concentrating on the big 3 lifts...

    New Training Programme, Day 1

    Great to see some new faces at circuits this morning, well done to you all. Got back home and straight into a new routine. Concentrating on the big 3 lifts...

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  • Hit the legs hard today, which should make for an interesting circuit class tonight! Warm up: 5 x 1min skipping+30s rest Work: 3 x 12 chair lunges each leg with...

    Killer leg workout

    Hit the legs hard today, which should make for an interesting circuit class tonight! Warm up: 5 x 1min skipping+30s rest Work: 3 x 12 chair lunges each leg with...

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  • Treadmill intervals today. 5 mins warm up then 6 sets of 2mins@6.7mph with 1min@10mph. Followed by core work. 4 x crunches holding 12kg kettlebell overhead x 10 4 x back...

    Treadmill intervals today

    Treadmill intervals today. 5 mins warm up then 6 sets of 2mins@6.7mph with 1min@10mph. Followed by core work. 4 x crunches holding 12kg kettlebell overhead x 10 4 x back...

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  • Changed the format again tonight, and joined in to demonstrate. Congratulations to all who came, a great effort by all tonight. Tonights class. We did the following routine twice. A:)...

    Wednesday Circuit Class

    Changed the format again tonight, and joined in to demonstrate. Congratulations to all who came, a great effort by all tonight. Tonights class. We did the following routine twice. A:)...

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  • Chest/Tri session followed by Treadmill Intervals Incline DB press 10×3 DB Pullover 10×3 Flye 10×3 Press ups to failure, after the above it was only 6,6,4! Tri Push Down 10×3...

    Chest & Tri, Treadmill Intervals

    Chest/Tri session followed by Treadmill Intervals Incline DB press 10×3 DB Pullover 10×3 Flye 10×3 Press ups to failure, after the above it was only 6,6,4! Tri Push Down 10×3...

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  • Drove to the start of the Standalone 10k in to morning, and ran the course aiming for a 1 hour time, and running a bit further to allow for Garmin...

    Double run day – 11.2 miles total

    Drove to the start of the Standalone 10k in to morning, and ran the course aiming for a 1 hour time, and running a bit further to allow for Garmin...

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