My training thread, progress, advice etc

[Kev]

Yeah it is annoying. As is natural feebleness when trying to do weights.

I have that too lol. Although it's not natural I used to be quite strong, I've just not touched weights for nearly 20 years and now people half my size can lift the same as me

Keep up what you are doing and the strength will come

Ah when it comes to feebleness I'm most definitely a natural, a prodigy even.

[Kev]

Just knocked almost a second off my 500 metre pace for rowing over 10 minutes

Rowed for 10 minutes at a pace of 2:20:8, previous best was 2:21:5

Well chuffed. 2:20 pace is the goal!

[BIG H]

Just knocked almost a second off my 500 metre pace for rowing over 10 minutes

Rowed for 10 minutes at a pace of 2:20:8, previous best was 2:21:5

Well chuffed. 2:20 pace is the goal!

Went down the gym with my mate tonight and he rowed 10K in 39 mins 10 secs. I aint a rower, but I reckon that's gotta be pretty impressive ?

[Kev]

Just knocked almost a second off my 500 metre pace for rowing over 10 minutes

Rowed for 10 minutes at a pace of 2:20:8, previous best was 2:21:5

Well chuffed. 2:20 pace is the goal!

Went down the gym with my mate tonight and he rowed 10K in 39 mins 10 secs. I aint a rower, but I reckon that's gotta be pretty impressive ?

Yeah compared to me thats like tortoise and hare.

I havent rowed 10k for a couple years but my fastest back then was 49:57 which was about 2:29:8 pace. His pace was about 1:57:5

He must be a big strong lad I imagine.

[JazMerkin]

Just knocked almost a second off my 500 metre pace for rowing over 10 minutes

Rowed for 10 minutes at a pace of 2:20:8, previous best was 2:21:5

Well chuffed. 2:20 pace is the goal!

Went down the gym with my mate tonight and he rowed 10K in 39 mins 10 secs. I aint a rower, but I reckon that's gotta be pretty impressive ?

Yeah compared to me thats like tortoise and hare.

I havent rowed 10k for a couple years but my fastest back then was 49:57 which was about 2:29:8 pace. His pace was about 1:57:5

He must be a big strong lad I imagine.

Calm down...

[Kev]

Another decent weight's session tonight, managed to increase my reps in all exercises to 14. Once I can do 15 reps I add weight and drop down to 10 and build back up to 15 again.

I'm getting annoyed about my belly though.

I have this really weird W-shaped pouch, two pouches of fat either side of my belly button, that just look weird.

Will I be able to shift this eventually if I keep training and eating sensibly? In some ways its looks worse than before. It's like the fat all around it has melted off but whats left is really noticable.

I might take a picture so you can see what I mean.

[ryanman]

Another decent weight's session tonight, managed to increase my reps in all exercises to 14. Once I can do 15 reps I add weight and drop down to 10 and build back up to 15 again.

I'm getting annoyed about my belly though.

I have this really weird W-shaped pouch, two pouches of fat either side of my belly button, that just look weird.

Will I be able to shift this eventually if I keep training and eating sensibly? In some ways its looks worse than before. It's like the fat all around it has melted off but whats left is really noticable.

I might take a picture so you can see what I mean.

I think that means you are going in the right direction. You are getting some seperation between your ab muscles. You sometimes have to look a little worse for a while on your way to your goal. If you build ab muscles but still have some fat, those raised abs will push your fat out further. But its going in the right direction.