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New job & the beginning of a new era
Back in March/April time I applied for 5 or 6 more senior positions in my industry, looking to move onwards and upwards. It seems bizarre with hindsight that I opted to test the job market as the world went into lock down, and yet great opportunities were advertised. My guess was that recruitment would be…
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20 miles in the heatwave
Whenever I’ve got loads on (which is pretty much all the time) bike rides seem to be one of the easiest things to cut. With another job interview/assessment around the corner I’m not going to be able to do all my workouts this week. I made sure I got one ride in though, even if…
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A week in workouts #6 (3rd – 9th August, 2020)
Really happy with my performance this week, shoulders aside. I had a substantial setback on the shoulder press, going backwards by three reps. I may have had a bad day or I may have misrecorded the weight used in prior weeks. Truth is I do not know, I only know that I maxed out at…
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Transformation era ride #4
My last ride was in the last week of June, where did the time in between go!? Despite the gap I felt powerful in this return ride, I suppose I have been doing challenging strength sessions which would help retain power. My cardio capacity has probably fallen away a little bit so getting back on…
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A week in workouts #5 (27th July – 2nd August, 2020)
I was away at the beginning of the week so had to condense my usual 3 weights sessions into 2. I did chest, arms and shoulders on Thursday and legs on Friday. Both days were hot hot hot but I enjoyed the sessions and made progress on pretty much every exercise, as you can see…
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The high street
I will concede at the outset that “love” probably isn’t the right word here – although the same could said of other posts in the “things I love” section. Don’t get me wrong I love “Band of Brothers” but not in the way I love cats or hot chocolate! With that caveat established I nonetheless…
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The latest phase of decoration
Slowly but surely in the last few weeks the process of decorating the top floor master bedroom has begun. Two walls have been painted; those left white will be finished next year. One will be covered with a mural and the other will have wallpaper. As you can see two painted walls make a big…
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A week in workouts #4 (20th – 26th July, 2020)
I put in all 3 weights sessions this week. Results and clips from each workout follow: Monday 20th July – Arms/shoulders EXERCISE SET WEIGHT REPS CHANGE Bicep curls 1 29KG 11 N/A 2 29KG 10 Tricep extensions 1 26KG 12 Weight increased 2 24KG 13 Extra 3 reps Closed grip bench press 1 37.5KG 15…
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Home gym: mini renovation
As mentioned in an earlier post I won a TV a few weeks ago. Given that I only want one TV in the house it was a little bit redundant until I had the idea of shuffling things around in my home gym. It is now the centrepiece of the entertainment system, providing the music…
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A week in workouts #3 (13th – 19th July, 2020)
A great week of workouts featuring progress on each of my big 3 sessions: arms/shoulders, chest/back, legs (see below). Reps were up across the board, I felt like an altogether more powerful person. Fingers crossed I’ve got momentum now – that is, my muscles are used to growing and expect more of the same. As…
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Dr Martin James 