For the first time in four weeks, I’m writing a post to you which isn’t ridden with guilt. Yes, I know the sub-heading includes ‘lamb madras’ but I’ll get to that in a moment.
My workouts have shifted slightly, this is due to now playing regular five a-side on Monday’s. Taking my role as ‘captain’ seriously, it would be daft of me to do any physical exercise that would impair my ‘footballing’ performance. Therefore, workouts have now started on Tuesdays.
I also did a relaxed 4 miles on Tuesday too, I feel like my running has taken a bit of a hit recently, and as I promised to run three times a week, this was an area that was certainly not up to scratch.
However, what I can say is that I felt absolutely fine, better than fine in fact. I felt stronger and faster, as well as somehow fitter. Without blowing the trumpet of this program too much, it seems to be working. However, this is only week 4, let’s see what the 5K time looks like at the end.
As you may remember from last week, I am now following a stricter diet, hitting specific calorie, protein and fat targets. This, for the most part, went well; it feels good to have a specific understanding about how much I need to eat and when.
It also became more manageable when working at the London Marathon Expo, with the help of MaxiNutrition’s protein milk I was able to hit, or at least get close, to the targets.
So, about that lamb madras, I was spending the evening with a mate and after a furious Google Search, I found out it’s not actually ‘that’ bad. The protein content was very high and although the fat was relatively high also, it was still within my limit. That was a nice treat to end the week on.
What about the exercises? Take a look right.
Everything seems to be building up, which is what I guess one would naturally expect from a training programme. The reason I say this, is because the in-out crunches seems to a be a few exercises thrown into one. As well as doing a normal crunch you bring your knees in and then extend your legs out, without touching the ground. It’s tough. After doing the toe taps too, a popular Pilates exercise, the oblique V-ups become very tough.
They’re essentially sideways crunches, and build up muscle on the sides of your body. In the past they have been manageable, but after the first two exercises, they become very painful indeed.
I do have a slight confession, however, the Norwegian leg curls were not completed. After having not played football for a little while, my legs have been seriously hurting. It also takes two people for the exercise, which is another obstacle to overcome.
All in all, a positive week, however, I decided to weigh myself and found out I had lost a stone. This was far too much, which means addressing the situation drastically coming into week 5…
