Category: Workouts
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WORKOUT #10 (2023)
It took until the second month of the year to get 10 workouts in. It was cut a little short, I only got in 7 sets due to time constraints. Form was inconsistent, I was strong on press-ups and weak on pec flies. The road to greatness is no straight line. Clips as ever:
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WORKOUT #9 (2023)
I’m on a late surge to make it to ten workouts in January. I was crippled with back pain last week so I’ve stalled at eight. Ten workouts in January means squeezing one in tomorrow, which isn’t looking easy or likely. Oh well, there’s been plenty of months where I have not managed a single…
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WORKOUT #8 (2023)
I paid a high price for this workout, my back spasmed (at least 9 out of 10 on the pain spectrum) on the very first set. Squat thrusts are meant to be my calorie burning warm up not the exercise that breaks the camel’s (well, man’s) back before he even gets going! It was freezing…
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WORKOUT #7 (2023)
It’s been one of those Mondays, I am sure you know what I’m talking about. Suddenly everything happens at once, stalled projects go from dormant to active and you’ve just got to ride out the storm. This is a perfect recipe for skipping a scheduled workout, but I once again refused to be denied and…
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WORKOUT #5 (2023)
I just put in another good session, making it 5 in 11 days in 2023. What a start! I cannot deny that I’m anxious about what happens when the rock (workouts) meets the hard place (workload as a HE professional), but I am determined to not let things slide when teaching starts at the end…
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WORKOUT #4, RIDE #2 (2023)
Although time was limited – it was 3pm before I could get my bike out and get changed – I got out there anyway and put in 20 miles of roadwork. My hope is that I’ll get in at least one cardio-endurance session each week in 2023, either on Sunday or Monday. It was getting…
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WORKOUT #3 (2023)
My biggest weights session post-Op, 14 sets in total across 7 exercises. I felt weak on some exercises and strong on others, but the main things is that I got it done. 5 days into a busy start of year and 3 workouts is no bad start, it certainly speaks volumes on my determination. One…
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WORKOUT #2 (2023)
Short and sweet – 15 minutes on the bag and trampette – although it was interrupted by tech issues as I sought to roll out a new system. With it being the new year there’s some updating across the board, which always comes with teething problems. Hence I’ve only attached a snippet of the workout…
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WORKOUT #1 (2023)
A 30 mile ride in the English countryside. It’s my first bike outing since my hernia op in September and boy could I tell. The power is gone from my legs, I couldn’t really tell on the flats but on the hills there was nothing in reserve. For those who don’t know, a hernia op…
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P.O.W. #8 (31st Dec 2022)
The last day of the year has been a microcosm of all that went before. It’s been busy – dashing from one thing to the next – the whole day sacrificed to larger projects whilst I nonetheless try to squeeze in some acknowledgement of its abnormal significance. In amongst the frenetic activity I crammed in…
Dr Martin James 