Baldy learns to swim 3km/h

[baldy]

Marathon Successfully completed. So onto bigger and better things.

Stats at the Moment
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Age: 26
Weight: 78kg
Height: 185 cm
BMI: 22.8
Heart Rate: 50 bpm

I am going to hit the gym hard and try get my weight up to 85kg again, which it was about 6 months ago.
Also stocked up on Soya Protein shakes and creatine to help me out. Will be eating as much as possible, 6 meals a day.

Breakfast: oats, soya milk, flax/hemp seeds and dates
2nd Breakfast: PB jam Sandwich & any fruit I can get my hands on
Lunch: rice and lentils
2nd lunch: Hummus Sandwich & any fruit I can get my hands on
Supper: Stir Fry
Before Bed: oats, soya milk

Supplements:
- Post Workout Soya Protein Shake.
- Daily 5ml creatine.
- Zinc + Magnesium before bed after heavy training days.


Exercise:
Gym 3 times a week Monday, Wed, Fri at 7 in the morning after breakfast and before work.
Aikido twice a week Monday & Wed in the evening, I am very excited to get back into Aikido.
Probably run once or twice a week, nothing more than 40 minutes maximum.
- Foam Roller? looks like fun and cheap massage. So Ill give it a try.

[baldy]

First Gym Session :
Squats: 5x5 45kg
Bench: 5x5 32.5kg (was meant to be 37.5kg oopss)
Row: 5x5 32.5kg (was meant to be 37.5kg oopss)
Dips: 6,6,6

[XkillerX]

Dude.

aikido?


Dude!!!!!

[baldy]

Dude.

aikido?


Dude!!!!!

Did first session last night. Was little rusty but breakfalls still work.

XkillerX its really great Martial Art and really effective in real life.
For example once in a Club some guy started pushing me trying to get me into I a fight. I simply put him in a wrist lock and took him to the floor. Totally defused the situation and no one got hurt.
Any other Martial Art he probably would have ended up with a broken nose.

[baldy]

Tuesday:
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Rest Day and went up the pub for dirty Beer calories with Couch surfer. Not sleeping enough lately.

Wednesday
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Workout B

Squats: 5x20kg 5x5 47.5kg
Overhead Press: 5x20kg 5x5 30kg
Pullups (palms in): 5,5,5
Deadlift: 60kg

Legs are still sore from marathon and I feel stuffed bloated (little hungover).

This evening 1 1/2 hours Aikido then early to bed.

Im very very tempted to do this next week ->
http://www.spencertunickireland.ie/

[james79]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

You were really improving as well. You not fancy going for a sub 3.25 next?

Oh well, good luck with it anyway.

[baldy]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

You were really improving as well. You not fancy going for a sub 3.25 next?

Oh well, good luck with it anyway.

Long term goal is to do an ironman in about 5 years time. So every year Ill do a marathon and when I have the money and places to train Ill up the cycling and swimming until then I am going to work on my beach body base

I have entered the ballot for next years London marathon, which Ill aim for a sub 3:30 if I get in. I am still young at 26 for marathons so do not want to kill my knees, I can already feel them taking strain from this training.

Im my head this is the plan, but it will vary according to where I live and what happens in my life..

2009: London Marathon
2010: Comrades Marathon
2011: Puffer
2012: Robben Island swim
2013: Iron Man

[Konstantin]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

Yeah, there's going to be a fight over 10k times, me, Erske - where are you?

Edit: We posted at the same time. But my threat remains, when I have taken your 10second PB advantage from you at 10k, will you try to take it back?

[baldy]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

Yeah, there's going to be a fight over 10k times, me, Erske - where are you?

Edit: We posted at the same time. But my threat remains, when I have taken your 10second PB advantage from you at 10k, will you try to take it back?

46:25 Baldy
46:35 Papaya

Where is the fight

Ill take it back no problem.

[james79]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

Yeah, there's going to be a fight over 10k times, me, Erske - where are you?

Edit: We posted at the same time. But my threat remains, when I have taken your 10second PB advantage from you at 10k, will you try to take it back?

46:25 Baldy
46:35 Papaya

Where is the fight

Ill take it back no problem.

My money is on Papaya.

When you are 85kg you might look good on the beach but you won't be running very fast

[JP]

2010: Comrades Marathon

Brave man!

if you continue to do some running your gains might be of better "quality", as in less fat and just gains in muscle. If you look at guys who look really big like kryptionite V he only weighs as much as my legs, its all about illusion of being big and muscular Even deavman is only 90kg!!!

Lower the bodyfat = better you will look on the beach So in that sense might not be the best strategy to go all out on the bulk - unless you are like me and find the fat powerlifter/strongman look incredibly fetching

[baldy]

Wednesday PM
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1 1/2 hours Aikido

Thursday
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4 mile run from work

Friday
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Squat: 5x0k 5x40kg 5x5 50kg
Bench: 5x30kg 5x5 40kg
Row: 5x5 40kg
Dips: 7,6,6

[baldy]

Shame you are leaving the running and going over to the dark side.

Yeah, there's going to be a fight over 10k times, me, Erske - where are you?

Edit: We posted at the same time. But my threat remains, when I have taken your 10second PB advantage from you at 10k, will you try to take it back?

Dont get my wrong Ill still be running 2 twice a week, just no crazy distance.
I am doing a 5km race next week in fact (Hoping for about 22-23 minute time).

[baldy]

Weekend Training
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One whole day spent at a picnic in a park drinking cheap cider and eating hummus.



Monday Morning
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4 hours sleep (Having a social life is ruining my quality/quantity of sleep)
Squat: 5 x 40kg, 5x5 52.5kg
Overhead Press: 5x 30kg 5x5 37.5kg
Deadlift: 65kg (Deadlifts still scare me, cant seem to keep my back arched on the way down. To worried about banging my knees on the bar.)
Pullups: 3,3,3

Need to sleep. Doing this tomorrow morning
http://www.spencertunickireland.ie/

[baldy]

Great Morning workout. Had nice 8 hour sleep, took some ZMA and had some shaky dreams.

Gym AM
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Squats: 5x0kg 5x40kg 5x5 55kg
Bench: 5x0kg 5x5 42.5kg
Row: 5x4 42.5kg
Dips: 7,7,6