Monday Training (2 x 5km and TRX Session 4)

Monday was probably as bitchy as it gets for me.

I love and hate my job.  The good days are great and the bad days, well...the bad days are a bitch.  Simple as that. 

In the old days, I would have come home and gone straight out on the bike.  Not tonight.  Decided to fuel up on Fish & Chips (the fast food of champions...ahem) then hit the sofa for 30 minutes while trying to decide what to do.  I was intending on a Gym session yesterday afternoon but it never materialised so I thought I ought to hit the Gym tonight instead and what better way to warm up than run there and cool down afterwards by running back.  That would be another 10km in the legs and I'd be on target with my Gym work.  So off I went.

Then it was onto my 4th session of being beasted by the TRX...

TRX:

Cruicifix (3x10)

Shoulder Press (3x10)

Press ups (5x10)

Bicep Curl (3x10)

Tricep Curl (3x10)

Abs:

10 x (10 SB Sit-ups & 10 SB Sit-twists)

(and let me tell you...after the Fish & Chips, I felt every single sit up of the 200!)

Legs:

Leg Press (6 x 6 x 110kg)

Leg Extension (6 x 6 x 55kg)

Then run back home at a slower pace for my cool down...

Not bad for a Monday night. Just about burnt the Fish & Chips off.

Thursday Training (TRX Suspension Session 3)

Warm Up

1km Treadmill (4:47; 7:42 min/mile)

TRX

Crucifix (3sets x 10reps) 
Shoulder Press (3sets x 10reps) 
One Armed Press Ups (5sets x 10reps) 
Bicep Curl (3sets x 10reps) 
Tricep Curl (3sets x 10reps)

Abs

10 sets (10 SB Sit Ups + 10 SB Sit Twists)

Legs

Leg Extension (6 sets x 6 reps 50kg)

Cool Down 

4km Treadmill (19:50; 8:00 min/mile)

Got to the Gym a little later than usual tonight, having watched the Spurs game and then spoke to Izzy on the phone just before bedtime.  The Gym was really quiet tonight, strange for a Thursday night.  When I say quiet, I mean a visible lack of people...but with Chandra not about, I swear Kisstory is played a couple of decibels higher ;)

Anyway, was a really good session tonight.  I ran the 1km warm up quicker than usual and I made sure I put in a good effort on the final 4km tonight.  Having checked back through my Garmin records, tonight's 4km was my quickest ever at the end of a session by 21 seconds.  Very pleasing indeed.  It finally feels I'm getting the little speed I did have back again.

Dont know what made me but I jumped on the scales when I got back tonight.  12st 11lbs.  Considering a few weeks ago, I'd slipped the wrong side of 13st (it wasnt a problem as Chandra did warn me this would happen during the muscle building work), this put a smile on my face.  Bearing in mind I only usually weight myself first thing in the morning, I'm intrigued as what I will weight first thing tomorrow. Am particularly interested in what the scales say my body fat composition is, so will study with interest.

Monday Training (Double Session: morning 7 mile run; afternoon Gym TRX Session 2)

Monday was a well earned flexi day, so I intended to make the most of it.  Went to the barbers first thing to get the barnet tidied up, popped into see my parents, dropped into Bexleyheath to pick up a few bits then headed home.

Within 10 mins of being in the front door, I was in my running kit and out of the front door.

 

Really enjoyable run. Without doubt the quickest 10k I've run in quite some while. It was a fairly easy loop. Down Welling Way to Eltham Park, done an anti-clockwise loop and then back down along the A2 to Danson Park, run an anti-clockwise loop around the lake (mainly along the Bexley 5km Park Run course) and then back towards Welling. I ran the last mile at under 8 min/mile pace so was very pleasing as I've felt I've really been blowing out of my backside over distance recently. This really has put a smile on my face today as its definitely still there waiting to get out.

 

Went off the Dentist and received a clean bill of health and as it was just across the road from the Gym, I thought it would be rude not to pop in and get my 2nd Suspension Training session done..

So...

Warm Up

1km Treadmill (5:09; 8:20 min/mile)

TRX

Crucifix (3sets x 10reps) 
Shoulder Press (3sets x 10reps) 
One Armed Press Ups (5sets x 10reps) 
Bicep Curl (3sets x 10reps) 
Tricep Curl (3sets x 10reps)

Abs

10 sets (10 SB Sit Ups + 10 SB Sit Twists)

Legs

Leg Press (6 sets x 6 reps 110kg) 
Leg Extension (6 sets x 6 reps 50kg)

Cool Down 

1km Treadmill (5:06; 8:13 min/mile) 

Another really good session. Got the hang of the TRX now. Bloody hard work but came out of the Gym absolutely buzzing. Not aching tonight like I was on Friday evening so progress!

Suspension Training tips on You Tube

Chandra recommended going on You Tube to have a look at some of the videos of how the Supension Training works.  Found loads of videos and this one is pretty good...

 

Less than 48 hours after my training session with Chandra, my upper body still aches like a bitch. He promised me the suspension training would give me a more intense experience. He wasnt wrong! (But then he never is, is he?!?!)