Up a notch

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by ray.
Categories: General Blog.

I decided my routine at the gym was becoming a bit too comfortable, and as I go daily I had just got too used to it so wasn’t really getting as much benefit as I could. As such, I skipped my morning visit and went in the evening to try a new routine out:

Cross trainer (max settings) - gone from ten minutes to twenty
Rowing machine (max again) - gone from 2000 metres to 5000
Sit-ups - gone from 30 on the bench to 60 on the floor in a few different positions
Weights Machines - scrapped altogether to do reps on the free weights

Suffice to say I have a dull ache this morning, however nothing major and I’m sure I’ll get used to this after a few sessions. Just need to work in some other work when I’m there and get back into the treadmill.

Decided to keep up with the Yoga as well. Enjoying it more now.

So then, physical differences thus far:

Body Weight - nothing major changed there. Put on a bit in Ireland, so I’ll imagine I’ll have my normal crap rate of weight loss irrispective of diet and lifestyle

Body Strength - Picked up a bit from the weights. However, you build muscle in the kitchen, not the gym! Might work on this more with some different food-stuffs at home.

Body Shape - Changed a bit from some toning, which is nice.

Stamina - Biggest difference here. Can now go allot longer with little to no loss of breath of feeling knackered. Even with the curse of hay fever. As soon as the hay fever season is over I’ll be like Superman ;)

Recovery Time - Wooo! When I do totally kill myself, I’m back to normal shortly after a rest, or I can ‘pace’ myself to recover whilst on the go.

So in general, my fitness level has increased significantly, however appearance is nothing major. However I’m only doing this for fitness anyway, so result!

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