Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Last nights gym session took an age to complete - for some reason, 3 individual people kept asking me about where I get my routines from, why I'm training different muscle groups together, what am I training to achieve, etc, etc...

I just wanted to get in and out.Oh well, helped a few people out anyway so I felt kinda good for it but I'm subsequently shattered today.

Just over 7.5 miles on the Basingstoke half course last night, and the first time up the big hill.

Found out of I just set a pace, focus on my breathing, and don't look at my watch I can seriously move. Did the first 3/4 of a mile on the hill at a sub 8min/mile pace

Two hour thirty ride this afternoon tried to stay on some flat roads
Tired now

5 sets of easy weight bench pressing
My shoulders are healing now and chest feels good
Forearm tendons and muscles still hurt

A fortnight ago I went to bed with all intentions of smashing the gym...

Still haven't.

I've had real motivation issues getting out of bed and it's been far too easy to turn the alarm off and go back to sleep. The hot weather hasn't helped.

These last few days I've felt recharged though, so it's back into it tomorrow, starting the week off with shoulders.

I feel your pain. As expected, no longer having a gym on my doorstep means it's much easier to find an excuse not to go. Last week I had the taekwondo grading to practice for. I need to get back into the habit.

I attempted (and failed) a new PB yesterday on squats of 180kg. I thought I had it then when I started to lift from the bottom of the squat I felt a twinge in my knee and aborted - too much too soon

Don't buger your knees up they are hard to heal once damaged,are you strapping them up ?

No strapping, it wasn't much of a twinge - just enough to let me know it was too much.

Little sore today but to be expected, I otherwise feel good

Rode my single speed MTB to the park did a few laps and then went for a sports massage which wasn't as painful as I expected
Rode it home slowly did some stretching

A single speed??

You're a cycling god!

D41 wrote:A single speed??

You're a cycling god!

I made it myself https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_perk ... 9031722845" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nice!!!

".......Cunningly fashioned from purest Green!!" - Percy from Blackadder II.

Perkles, that is a beautiful thing, exquisitely made.

Deegee wrote:Perkles, that is a beautiful thing, exquisitely made.

It's in the genes. His old man is a master at it.

Combination work tonight at taekwondo. I really need to get a kick bag so I can practice at home.

Perkles wrote:

D41 wrote:A single speed??

You're a cycling god!

I made it myself https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_perk ... 9031722845" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Push bike porn... That's proper nice mate, how long did it take you to put together?

Tonight was a 5.5 mile trail run on one of my favorite routes. Lovely summers evening for a trot round the fields.

Managed to get out of bed, so shoulders it was...


Hard work, but definitely worth it. Leg day tomorrow, fingers crossed for some extra motivation.

D6Nutz wrote:

Perkles wrote:

D41 wrote:A single speed??

You're a cycling god!

I made it myself https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_perk ... 9031722845" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Push bike porn... That's proper nice mate, how long did it take you to put together?

Tonight was a 5.5 mile trail run on one of my favorite routes. Lovely summers evening for a trot round the fields.

About 40 hours and maybe 8 on the painting but it was all done in dribs and drabs after work etc

Kwacky wrote:I feel your pain. As expected, no longer having a gym on my doorstep means it's much easier to find an excuse not to go. Last week I had the taekwondo grading to practice for. I need to get back into the habit.

I need a gym for the winter I m also pissed off fitness first is gone