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    Default Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Ok It's been a while since I've posted on here.

    Have been trying to avoid procrastination but realized recently I have more motivation to have a healthy lifestyle when i'm reading and writing about it. I guess it just keeps it in the forefront of my brain so when i am tempted by that damn chcolate box which is a permanent evil fixture in my office I have some reason to resist. I have been loosing the fight lately .

    So my aims are very different to when i last started a training log. Also my age unfortunately!

    I'm 30 on Nov 23rd (ouch!) and trying to cement some firm goals.

    My gym is not a boxing gym. It's a cheap uni student gym with nice equipment and one of the few left in Adelaide that risk having a boxing bag - a lot of other gyms seem to be terrified of being liable for someone hurting themselves.

    I found last week when i was there one morning it was just easier to get into the mood to train by following an old boxing routine - my body seems to remember how to be active when i do that regardless of how much i wish i'd stayed in bed and how sluggish i feel. So that's going to be part of my training.

    One aim for me would be to correct some bad habits i developed towards the end of my time as a competitive boxer. I also want to be just as balanced as a South paw as in Orthodox. For me boxing not about competition any more but symmetry and balance and i just want to keep some skills in case i find myself in a position where i need to defend myself.

    A ran into my first kickboxing coach about a month ago. Tac was awesome, even tempered, a good communicator and close to my size. i'd like to go train at his new gym but it's a bit pricey at $60 a week or $20 for one casual visit so i'm holding off on that for a while. Right now I'm saving up for a deposit on a unit that is being built and trying to train myself to be a major tight arse. Alas I still fail occasionally buying a non-essential magazine or coffee but I'm trying.

    Another thing that has changed since i last came is that i am now engaged. My partner Adam is just as crazy as I was when i was his age - 4 years younger - and has just left to ride his trike 22,000 kms from Adelaide to the next World Jamboree in Sweden.

    He's been a scout pretty much forever and intends to camp and trike unsupported with a friend of his. He was planning this long before he met me about a year and a half ago and i was planning to buy myself a place so it's not that weird for me to be left here to save up for my unit alone. He will help out when he comes back but the onus is on me for now.

    The nutter has a blog on another site called Crazy Guy on a Bike but he's actually on a trike. I can't handle the idea of being a fat heffalump when he gets back all fit and hot looking from triking 22,000 kms and i am still a little competitive. Now our fitness is not that different and i don't want to be the unfit one when he gets back. Right now i'm still in my ideal weight range according to my sister's wee fit but i would like to loose a couple of kilos.

    Last year i attempted the NorthFace 100. This is a 100 km trail run in NSW. I only got to the 56 km mark. That's the hardest part over but i want to finish it. Unfortunately, my inexperience in carrying enough food and handling such huge slopes - very deep steps which required me lowering myself with my arms in a lot of places and feeling nervous of the heights etc meant i didn't feel like it was a good idea to finish the course as a solo entrant in the dark. i was also very cold as i'd run out of energy on the last leg i did and made it thanks to the kind donations of jellybeans from another competitor who was walking. I wouldn't leave him behind after that so i walked too and having always been a cold woss when the sun went down and the cold set in i just couldn't get warm.

    I am considering attempting it again this year but probably next year. I think i want to do it well and it's not realistic to think i can get that much stronger between now and May.

    So i'm planning to do other trail running events with boxing as a cross training activity just in my own gym to work my way up to it.

    I also have to finish my Phd while my fiance is away. I'm working full time and when i met him i kinda forgot about it but it still weighs on my mind so i just want it gone. After that i might start judo again as i think that is very useful self defence wise. In order to do that i need to keep my pilates up though because i think i need the extra back protection of good core muscles to do it safely with my back being my weakest link.

    So day one - did 5 km on the rower at the gym this morning. Meeting up with a running group tonight - not sure yet of what were doing but this group is doing runs through the hills more with daylight savings on a the moment which i enjoy.

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    Default Re: Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Great to see you back around Sharla.

    Now to go get a snack and drink and have a read through your post.

    Have missed them.

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    Default Re: Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Thanks Youngblood

    I looked for your training log but didn't see one. Don't have one anymore? Don't want to give out your secrets to the opposition? Understandable.

    I however, unfortunately, have no great secrets -

    Did get to the trail run tonight. Almost didn't go because I have so much to do at work at the moment - i was going to work late but at the same time i'm not overly enthused with work this week and felt very flat.

    The trail run was good - don't regret going and feel better after than I have all day. We went into some local hills in an area called Morialta. Some tough hills but i managed to find myself in a small group (people tend to split a little according to their level) of people who ran at my pace.

    Ran in the Vibram five fingers. Found my feet and running style are still ok to wear the vibrams on rocky trails even though I haven't done it for a while. Nice to know that doesn't disappear over night (unlike everything else) .

    Did approx 13 kms but forgot my watch so i don't have a time.

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    Default Re: Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Quote Originally Posted by Sharla View Post

    I looked for your training log but didn't see one. Don't have one anymore? Don't want to give out your secrets to the opposition?
    lol. to be frank...training before nationals last year I got all Trainer Monkey paranoid and was near convinced "those people" were following me around spying trying to get an edge.

    So I axed it.

    Am really glad to see you and Salty back posting and will likely start up another one soon. I am doing a half-assed one elsewhere, not even a boxing forum...that I started back when I was still crazy-paranoid and made sure not to use terms, names, places easily googled.





    congrats on the run, btw.
    Last edited by Youngblood; 11-03-2010 at 07:22 PM.

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    Default Re: Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Quote Originally Posted by Youngblood View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sharla View Post

    I looked for your training log but didn't see one. Don't have one anymore? Don't want to give out your secrets to the opposition?
    lol. to be frank...training before nationals last year I got all Trainer Monkey paranoid and was near convinced "those people" were following me around spying trying to get an edge.

    So I axed it.

    Am really glad to see you and Salty back posting and will likely start up another one soon. I am doing a half-assed one elsewhere, not even a boxing forum...that I started back when I was still crazy-paranoid and made sure not to use terms, names, places easily googled.


    congrats on the run, btw.
    Understandable - i myself have always been drawn to the tin foil fashion trend Pity it doesn't breathe so well!

    Seriously though i can understand why you would do that - googling is sooo easy - at least you don't use your real name on here which helps.

    So this morning got to the gym at 7 and had to leave by 8 - really should try to get there when it opens at 6:30 but no one woke me up this morning - I guess that's what happens when you suddenly have the bed to yourself again!

    10 mins on rower
    2 min skipping rounds alternating with the following (mostly in 2 min rounds)
    -upper body warm up - arm circles, punches, holding arms out straight etc etc - about 4 mins
    -footwork 1 min orthodox, 1 min southpaw - twice
    -shadow boxing 1 min orthodox, 1 min southpaw - twice

    Last few rounds of skipping involved 5 sec sprints with high knees and then 10 secs normal to get the heart rate up and did one round of skipping to finish. Won't go to the bag until i feel a bit more balanced in southpaw and want to give my body a chance to get used to it gradually again so that was enough boxing for a start.

    Then did 3 sets, 15 reps of counterweight chin-ups and tricep dips
    followed by 2 sets of shoulder press (15 reps) and seated row (10 reps)

    finished with some pilates 100s, a plank and stretch band chest stretch but wish i'd allowed myself more time.

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    Default Re: Sharla's New Log - Attempting to Avoid Becoming A Slovenly Pig

    Friday Morning

    9.6 kms with a running group. There are longer run options on leaving at the same time and place but 9.6 km seems to be enough for me at the moment.

    Felt a little sore but not too bad from the past couple of days. Felt a bit heavy on my legs and randomly remembered watching some elite runners in the recent commonwealth game run with their heels flicking up so high they looked like they were going to kick their own buts.

    Decided to give it a go. No where near flexible enough to kick my own bum while running but i did find it felt easier and lighter running this way to bring my leg forward. It makes sense that it's easier to swing a more compact semi folded leg through than a longer leg.

    The other benefit i didn't expect was that it made it easier for me to run down hill in the vibrams. I've never been able to run as fast down hill with the vibrams as with shoes because you feel it more even if the actual impact reverberating through your body tend to be less with bare feet due to landing on your forefoot more (this has been researched - will get the Nature paper reference for anyone who is interested). Oddly no problems with the vibrams. Not sure why yet, need to think it over but regardless I'm going to keep working on kicking my heels up more when i run from now on.

    I'm also at the stage where i think i should learn to periodise my training program. I was tossing up with the idea of gradually increasing a weekend run for a long - long run. I think though with North Face in mind and trail running I want to be stronger and more confident on hills and tricky tracks. Will increase hills and balance work and trail running over the next couple of months.

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