- Weight - 14st 3lb (no change from last week)
- Body Fat % - 6.1% (down 0.7% from last week)
- Waist - 34 inches (down 0.25 inch from last week)
I have to say that's been a tiring week as my body again took longer to recover from playing rugby the previous weekend. I didn't go circuit training on Monday as I honestly didn't feel up to it and I didn't just want to go through the motions. I left going training in the gym this week until Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday's session was good although tougher than I would have expected. Friday's session was excellent I was ab;e to increase the odd weight and still hit the end of the session quicker than I had done previously so I was pleased with that result. I had booked Friday off work so wasn't cycling that day but I had been cycling very well throughout the week. Knowing that I wasn't cycling on Friday I pushed myself on Thursday and did the return journey home of just under 7 miles most of which (last 4) are up hill in 34 mins. A time that I am very pleased with. The journey doesn't seem to get any easier although I do seem to be getting better in terms of speed and time. I suppose the hill I ride up coming home would be hard for a large majority of riders so I need to take heart from that. I'm not playing rugby this weekend, although I may do next week as they are particularly short of players at the moment. So all being well and work permitting I should push myself to go circuit training on Monday next week. I'm also going to revert back to my usual days of training on Tuesday and Thursday. This should allow me the extra day of recovery should I play rugby the following week.
At two sessions a week I only have a couple of weeks left on these particular Strength II sessions. I know I debated about doing the proper bodybuilding sessions but there has been no real mention of them by the gym owner so I suspect it may be best for me to continue with my own training for now and look at that as a possibility for the future. That being the case then I'm sort of edging towards doing Strength III sessions as this should take me through until after Christmas I think and then I can look at doing some of the fat loss sessions to cut back and hopefully reveal some of the hard work I've been doing. Now is the time to start preparing for the next stage so that everything is ready once the Strength II sessions end (I may take a week out and judge weights etc).
In terms of this week's results there has been some positive progress. Weight has remained the same. 14st 3lb seems to a rough constant. I haven't really been below this and would say that this is more or less my established norm at the moment. Pleasingly though the body fat % has fallen and I'd love for this to fall further but considering the type of training and the intake of carbs around training I suppose I couldn't really ask for more at the moment. When I revert to Fat Loss early next year I would hope to be reaching lower visibly noticeable levels (but that's work to come). Also the waist measurement has fallen back down to 34 inches which is very pleasing as this is a measurement that has been creeping up nervously over the past few weeks. It is also a measurement that I would want to fall once the Fat Loss sessions are worked through. Anyway that's all for now I'll report back before the end of next weigh in if I can but either way I'll keep you posted on any progress etc I'm making.
Cheers, BustaGut!
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