Fatter than ever !

I have again failed.  This blog appears to becoming more of a record of failed attempts to keep fit with ever fatter pics being posted rather than my journey towards achieving that elusive six pack.  Well, they if you fail, just try and try again.  So here we go again.  This time I am starting from a wopping 95kg!  I really have some work to do.

Going Hard again!

I have exercised every day so far! Dead lifts are going great, up to 70kg now. I need to get back to working on chin ups and keep the hill runs going. On non-gym days i have been skipping in the morning and running in the arvo, hopefully I can keep this up ok.

Back again in 2012 !

I turn 40 this year and have decided that my mid life crisis will be to get fitter than ever. At the very least back to where I was in 2009 and this time bring out my six pack. Motivation is high but I have a lot of work to do! Lets see how I go this time around !

FAILED !!!!

DIDN'T EVEN GET OFF THE GROUND ! HOPEFULLY 2011 WILL FINISH BETTER THAN IT STARTED !

Here we go again - 2011 !

Ok, so most people who will see this blog will know that I broke my leg pretty bad about 4 months ago. An almost total lack of excercise during this period, combined with a slack winter time before that and a merry festive season since has led me down an all to familiar path....Chubby Craig!

Time to get rid of it. So, it is back to daily posts for at least the rest of January to make sure I keep myself on track and the momentum picking up pace. I am still not able to run and will be unlikely to do so for months to come so this time round will be challenging in other ways as my usual calarie burner is running. On the positive side, hopefully this will force me into my swimming which must be my weakest type of exercise by far.

I have also started recording my diet, I usually do this to start with just to make sure I'm not cheating anywhere and also to be sure I am getting my 5-6 six meals a day.

Goal for this time round is pretty typical, get back down to 76kg (currently 91kg !) and try to make the Caloundra 10k run if my leg is up to it.

I do have one added twist, a work colleague has challenged me to match him doing a set of excercises by the end of April 2011, here is the set:

10 x vertical sit ups (I don't even know what these are !)

50 slow pushups

10 x pull ups, palms facing out

2 mins x sit with back against wall (bum off ground)

2km swim in 1 hour (that sounds easy....?)

Wish me luck !

Body Blog - 26 October, 2009

About 1 month into the new training program and starting to feel good again. The determination is back and having my wife join me is a real help. Lets see how far we go this time....

Approx. Mid September, 2009 - starting point...again

After a winter of slackness and recovery from a back injury (good excuse...) this is where I started from again.. Still only about 79kg, but not much muscle.