Day 41: Approaching the half way mark
I’m quite confident now that my illness hasn’t had a massive effect on me achieving my targets. I have now made plans to play squash weekly which is an absolutely fantastic cardio workout, plus it’s extremely competitive so doesn’t get boring. I want to include a weekend cardio workout as well – probably basketball when the weather improves.
My snacking has turned much healthier, we have grapes, cherry tomatoes and different types of nuts lying around the house now – all of which I’m content to snack on and they taste a lot better than biscuits and chocolate. I probably wouldn’t have said that 3 months ago to be honest, but now that I haven’t ate chocolate and junk in such a long time, my taste buds have changed and the effects of those additives rammed in junk foods have probably worn off.
Included is a picture of my progression to date, you can see that my abs are getting more defined. For them to become fully defined and for me to say I have a 6 pack, I need that extra layer of fat to be stripped away and the extra cardio will hopefully do that for me.
I did 30 reps of bicep curls today with an unbalanced dumbbell, only by 1kg – but it made a huge difference. Because of the instability in the weight, my muscles had to work extra hard to balance the dumbbell out and then lift it. I genuinely believe that I could of lifted a stable 8kg much easier than an unstable 7kg.
Exercise:
30 reps: Jumping squats
30 reps: Explosive press ups
30 reps: Chin ups
30 reps: Crunches
30 reps: Alternate lunges
30 reps: Diamond press ups
30 reps: Bicep curls with 7kg dumbbells
60 seconds of plank
30 reps: Double leg raises
30 reps: Alternate calf raises
30 reps: Jumping jacks
30 reps: Tricep dips
Food/Drink Diary:
9.00am: Coffee. Porridge
10.00am: Coffee
11.00am: Peanut butter & banana smoothie
12.30pm: Coffee
1.30pm: Haslet, spinach, tomato & coleslaw sandwich
3.30pm: Handful of walnuts & raisins. Peanut butter & banana smoothie. 1x Mango
6.30pm: Orange cordial. Cod fillet, grilled chicken, kale, broccoli and brown rice.
7.30pm: Orange cordial
8.30pm: Blackcurrant cordial. 2x cobs with cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato and cucumber
9.30pm: Orange cordial
10.30pm: Few cherry tomatoes, red grapes, soya nuts, almonds and raisins
I’m quite confident now that my illness hasn’t had a massive effect on me achieving my targets. I have now made plans to play squash weekly which is an absolutely fantastic cardio workout, plus it’s extremely competitive so doesn’t get boring. I want to include a weekend cardio workout as well – probably basketball when the weather improves.
My snacking has turned much healthier, we have grapes, cherry tomatoes and different types of nuts lying around the house now – all of which I’m content to snack on and they taste a lot better than biscuits and chocolate. I probably wouldn’t have said that 3 months ago to be honest, but now that I haven’t ate chocolate and junk in such a long time, my taste buds have changed and the effects of those additives rammed in junk foods have probably worn off.
Included is a picture of my progression to date, you can see that my abs are getting more defined. For them to become fully defined and for me to say I have a 6 pack, I need that extra layer of fat to be stripped away and the extra cardio will hopefully do that for me.
I did 30 reps of bicep curls today with an unbalanced dumbbell, only by 1kg – but it made a huge difference. Because of the instability in the weight, my muscles had to work extra hard to balance the dumbbell out and then lift it. I genuinely believe that I could of lifted a stable 8kg much easier than an unstable 7kg.
Exercise:
30 reps: Jumping squats
30 reps: Explosive press ups
30 reps: Chin ups
30 reps: Crunches
30 reps: Alternate lunges
30 reps: Diamond press ups
30 reps: Bicep curls with 7kg dumbbells
60 seconds of plank
30 reps: Double leg raises
30 reps: Alternate calf raises
30 reps: Jumping jacks
30 reps: Tricep dips
Food/Drink Diary:
9.00am: Coffee. Porridge
10.00am: Coffee
11.00am: Peanut butter & banana smoothie
12.30pm: Coffee
1.30pm: Haslet, spinach, tomato & coleslaw sandwich
3.30pm: Handful of walnuts & raisins. Peanut butter & banana smoothie. 1x Mango
6.30pm: Orange cordial. Cod fillet, grilled chicken, kale, broccoli and brown rice.
7.30pm: Orange cordial
8.30pm: Blackcurrant cordial. 2x cobs with cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato and cucumber
9.30pm: Orange cordial
10.30pm: Few cherry tomatoes, red grapes, soya nuts, almonds and raisins
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