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Right, i have 2 weeks to go now. Really pushing it , I may even be overdoing it but still back and biceps tonight. I was thinking last night how i would be really annoyed if i put all this work in and i get my holiday pictures back and i’m really not happy with my shape. I know there are more things to life but hey ho!

Also, someone yesterday asked me if i will still keep in shape after my holiday. It did kind of make me think. For the past few years i really have made the gym a high priority but do feel like now that after this holiday i will have to calm it down. I think i will just try and find a workout that involves only 3 days a week weights and just keep my body at the level it is now.

Also, I will try and get some pics up on here as some of have requested so you all can see if the hard work has paid off.

last of all… anyone excited about the olympics? I am … Think i may get grief from my girlfriend though!

james 

Afternoon everyone,

I had the weekend off as it was my girlfriends birthday and we back to her home town where i ate a ridiculous amount. Does anyone else find that when there is a BBQ and you aren’t cooking and food keeps on getting cooked and put down on a table you never stop eating untill the BBQ goes off? This is what i did, and i must have packed away a whole cow and pig with the amount i ate!

Anyway, i was discusing with someone the other day how Stuart from big brother ( i knwow i shouldn’t watch it but i can’t help it, i am blame my missus ). Anyway, we discussed how he is still looking in good shape after this time in the house without a serious gym, i don’t go for 2 days and feel like i lose shape!

I also aid that if i could get in shape like him for my hols i would be quite happy, and i’m sure my girlfriend would be happy as well! Here is a pic if you don’t know what i am talking about …

Got quite a bit of work to fit in these last 3 weeks, been 2 days in a row now and going again tonight,

Right, off to eat my 3rd pitta bread and tuna of the day.

Great day today. Got up early, went to the gym and did a fantatsic chest workout…

3 X flat bech press

3 X incline dumbell flyes

3 X cross over flyes

3 X stability ball dumbell press

3 X press ups.

Then went and picked my girlfriend up and went to the swimming baths for an hour. Came home, had some lunch, had a kip and then went back to te gym to do triceps. Awesome… feeling it now though!

Forgot to ask though, anyone watch the wimbledon final? best final i have EVER seen. I use to play a lot of tennis in my younger days so love it when wimbledon comes on for a couple of weeks a year.

Even my missus loved it, although I think it may had had something more to do with the fact she has a little crush on Nadal!

By the way, has anyone else got any similar blogs that they are writing on the same subject as me, really interested to see how other people may be getting on ( or falling behind ) with their progress.

J.

after a 4 day break I went back into the gym on Friday and since then my legs havent recovered! Im working on doing deep rear squats at the moment, which will give me greater mobility in the hips when pedalling and allow me to get more power through each pedal stroke but as they work more muscles than normal squats they’re pretty hard and instead of squatting 70-75kg I’m only doing 40kg! I thought that after riding to the gym and back my legs would have loosened up but even after a couple of 3 hour rides over the weekend they’re still feeling the effects! Today is just an easy 2 hour ride, then, after my last exam tomorrow I can celebrate with…a 2 hour turbo session…and more gym! Over the week I can enjoy being a ‘full time athlete’ until its back to school to start A2. This week will be a mix of long rides, a time trial, rollers, turbo and ‘on-off’ efforts