My training thread, progress, advice etc

[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.

[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.

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.

Ah cool so it's hopefully not a permanent thing then? It is annoying me, my skin feels more loose now, like a flat tyre, it actually felt tighter when it was full of fat lol.

Also my chest annoys me. Because I'm on thyroxin and have had radiotherapy it's meant I have a bit of a gynocomastia problem (man boobs). I rreally hope I can shift them too in time.

Anyway, its still going well, Ive just finished another session 10 mins ago and am now working out for over 3 hours a week, spread over 6 days.

[Youngblood]

why you hiding your training thread on this hidden section?

Training section isn't only for boxing stuff. But to be honest, it already has more action then just about any training logs. Which is weird imo. I killed mine a while ago. Got all TrainerMonkey paranoid and was sure my competitors were following me on the down low.

[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.

Ah cool so it's hopefully not a permanent thing then? It is annoying me, my skin feels more loose now, like a flat tyre, it actually felt tighter when it was full of fat lol.

Also my chest annoys me. Because I'm on thyroxin and have had radiotherapy it's meant I have a bit of a gynocomastia problem (man boobs). I rreally hope I can shift them too in time.

Anyway, its still going well, Ive just finished another session 10 mins ago and am now working out for over 3 hours a week, spread over 6 days.

Yeah just keep doing the right things and you will be fine. I trained really hard for 6 months recently and by the end thought I looked worse than I had at the start, but then it all clicked into place the next month and by the end of the 7th I was in the best shape I'd ever been in (even if I do say so myself).

I was training for a little friendly comp with two friends (£1000 prize though).
It was a 3000m row followed straight by a 5km run followed straight by a 20km cycle (all at gym though).
I smoked throughout the training but -
at first I had never rowed 1000m, but by the end I was doing 3000m in 11.31 (with saving some energy for run and bike, then the 5km run in 22.30 (after the row, not sure what I could have done fresh) then the 20km bike in 25mins (you can go unrealistic fast on gym bikes).
I couldn't have dreamed of those times at the start, especially as quite a heavy smoker.
I lost though by the way. By a minute overall. But beat my third mate by 25mins (he didn't train). I put the loss soley down to row as my friend that won could do the 3k row in 10.30.