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.

Preparing for the come back.....Spring 2009!

The behind the scenes work has started......only a few weeks to go before Mission 2 starts.....getting into pure cardio at the moment, gentle HIIT - that's 5km runs with hill climbs! Full training starts 2nd Week September.....Until then.

Body Blog Day 41

Ok, so maybe it will only be weekly blogs for now... but again, my training hasn't stopped and everything is going along nicely. I am really starting to feel my chest muscles now as well as my arms, cool! I managed to double my 5km run this week and pushed out 10k's while still feeling easy at the end. I think I will keep this as a regular routine, making one of my runs a classic HIIT 5km run and the other a bit more of endurance 10km and over as I like the idea of a half tri one day. I still haven't made it to the pool yet, but that 10km run has inspired me so hopefully I will make that happen this week.

Body Blog Day 35

Well I'm Back! Not that I stopped working out or slacked off in any way with diet, motivation etc. I don't metion too much on this blog about things other than fittness, so lets just say the reason for my 10 day break from posting was due to technical glitches....

Anyway, I should be back to almost daily blogs again and as always I'm still determined as ever to find my inner six pack! The great news is the last few days have finally seen me break the 80kg barrier! It is the first time is seen the scales drop below the 80 for over 15 years! Not that i'm trying to loose too much more weight, my goal for this 12 week challenge was to get down to 78kg's and start to show off a six pack. The reason for 78kg was just guestimate that this is somewhere near where I would need to be within 12 weeks if my body fat was to be low enough to start to reveal a six pack. So with only 1kg to go, I have been cranking up my ab routine a little more to try and define those muscles. I still feel like I have a way to go with the body fat but I am only coming up to the half way mark for the first 12 weeks so I feel on track.

I have started doing dead lifts for the first time lately. Wow, these are super cool ! I thought arm work outs were great but these things are addictive! The other cool exercise I've discovered is decline push ups with your feet up on a swiss ball. They feel great for your abs as well as you really have to lock your core on to stay straight.

Ok, so I will be back to checking your posts as well from now on, thanks to Rick for wondering where I have been, you said you would keep me on track! Shredd hard, stay determined!

24/03/09 Body Blog Day 24

Dive Bomber Push Ups! Oh yeah! What a way to start the day with resistance training including super sets of dive bomber push ups & jump squats, pull ups (up to 7 today...just) & jump lunges and finishing with double crunches and the dreaded single leg plank! As I was feeling so good I even pushed the abs a bit more after all that. It hurts but feels sooo good at the same time! I had reward myself after that with a walk on the beach just to chill out. Life's good........tomorrow will be even better when we get the wake board out again! Determined as Ever................