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Trying to progress
Here’s another snapshot of my trying to push forward in 2024, despite it’s many obstacles. Hopefully progress will come easier as the year rolls on.
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Weekend workout #2
Even though I ached a bit from the day before, I pressed on and did what I could for 45 minutes. Chest and shoulders were the main focus. I alternated between resistance moves and 1-minute HIIT sets to get the heart pumping. Every. Little. Counts.
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Another workout
At this point I have lost track of my workouts this year, as there’s been a few since the last one I uploaded. I do not feel like I am making progress to be honest. I am going sideways at best because my diet has been pretty poor. That’s been out of my control in…
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WORKOUT #6 (2023)
This was a good example of squeezing in a session when there was ample justification not to. It was Friday night – gone 5pm – the end of a tough week; I was ready for a glass of wine more than a workout and I paused for a moment to ask that question we all…
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Mid-week ride
Normal ride, normal pace, it’s just important to get out there. 40 is a milestone that makes you think about your own mortality that bit more than in years prior. Statistically it’s about the half way point; in socioeconomic terms it’s summer but physiologically, it feels like early autumn. You’ve got to cling onto summer…
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Overview: diet week #6
As can be seen from the picture montage I had a great week. Extra retained water – probably due to the mini heat wave – stopped exceptional underlying change directly translating into equally exceptional overall loses. Most remarkably I lost 4.5lbs of body fat and gained 1lbs of muscle in a single week! These are…
Dr Martin James 