Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Karl On Sea
So I’m always reading in the papers that cyclists are a bunch of Holier-than-thou, greenwashed, smug gits, who have no respect for the law. Apparently we’re always riding through red lights, causing traffic mayhem in our wake.
Except that didn’t sound like any cyclists I know. And because I’m an engineer, with ice cold blood running [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
So you do five sets, with a minute’s rest between each. Based on my initial test, I did 10, 10, 8, 6, and max (at least 7). For that last one, I managed 8 - like I’ve said before, above the waist, I have the physique of the kid from the Charles Atlas ad before [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Meh! I need a new challenge. Couple of weeks back, I saw that someone hereabouts had posted about a 100 push-ups challenge. Being as I’m on the thin and weedy side of things above the waist, rather like the ‘before’ picture in the Charles Atlas adverts, I’ve never been able to do push ups (or [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Another strength training session this evening, while Daughter was having her swimming lesson.
It’s odd, but every time I get on a machine, I have to do the usual resets on the seat positions, but I also do a dramatic change to the weights, taking loads off. The programme that the trainer at the gym put [...]
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Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
Every year, I tend to let my fitness slip over the summer - my high hopes and ambitions get dusted with pollen & generally sneezed over. This year I’ve [mostly] managed to avoid this, though through August & September, there was a little trailing off on the hours. Maybe all those races had something to [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
I’m starting to put together my winter training plan now. And that’s going to mean no more bunking off from the torture machines in the gym for strength training.
Today was my first session - light weights and relatively few reps . . . but I can already feel that I’m going to be sore tomorrow!
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Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
I know I should be doing some of this stuff in the gym. “Total body workouts”, involving weights and machines and ‘reps’ and mirrors to keep an eye on my posture / posing - stuff like that. And just about everyone tells me that it’ll mean that the rest of my training will be more [...]
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