The Hope Springs Journal

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Wednesday 5th August

4 mile run (before work)
50 minute cycle in the evening

100 press up challenge

Weights
Lunge 3 sets of 12
Calf Raise 3 sets of 24
Squat 3 sets of 12
Deadlifts 3 sets of 12
The Blood on the Barbell Complex, 1 round of 10 reps ... wrecked after doing this.

Diet
This is probably fairly typical for me at this stage ... breakfast cereal and toast, mid morning banana and a handful of nuts, lunch chicken salad wrap (contained coleslaw :eek:), 6 pringles 2 figroll biscuits, afternoon green apple, dinner roast beef mashed potatoes carrots sundry other veg, during the evening i had 2 slices wholemeal bread.

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Thursday 6th August

21K cycle to an from work, I was up late last night, too exhausted to do anymore exercise.

I'm afraid dinner time proved to be a bit of a car crash, pizza and garlic bread are two sample offences.

I'm going to Dublin for the weekend to a stag night so this is certainly a sticky wicket I'm playing off at the moment, I'll do my best - hoping to post "progress" pics tomorrow, and see where I go from there.

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Friday 7th August

Standing Military Press 4 sets of 8
Barbell Curl supersetted with Tricep Extensions on chair 3 sets of 12
Arnold Dumbell Press 3 sets of 8
Front Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 8
Side Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 8

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Saturday 8th August

Weigh In : 86.8 kilograms (13 stone 9)

This is the second week in a row that I haven't lost any weight. I'm disappointed and I'm also a bit confused, I don't know what the problem is.

I've posted my poorly named "progress" pics below, because between the start and the finish there doesn't appear to have been any progress, which is very disheartening. I feel like giving up, but I'm not going to give up, I'm going to plough on for another while at least. I want to try to discover how to do this properly.

I am lifting weights, all compound exercises, not heavy but as much as I can manage at the moment and I'm making progress all the time. I'm also doing as much cardio as I can manage to fit in, so this leads me to the conclusion that my diet may not be as good as I am convincing myself it is.

Anyway I'm plugging on. People say only a fool expects to repeat something over and over again and see different results. So I'm going to make changes to my diet, I'm leaving my exercise routine as it is but I'm going to attack my diet and try to clean it up more than I already have.
Another 4 weeks, I'll see how I get on.

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Sunday 9th August

The Stag "night" continues, all out to Croke Park to see Waterford put up a good scrap, I'd say this Waterford thing will go on for a few years yet !!

Monday 10th August

Still recovering, the most exercise I could manage was mowing the lawn.

metamorphosis

Post your daily diet in full OP - diet is prob the big offender here.

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ULstudent wrote: »

Post your daily diet in full OP - diet is prob the big offender here.

ULstudent,
Will do, I haven't been keeping a detailed food log, I will start from today.

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Tuesday 11th August

21K cycle to and from work

Standing Military Press 3 sets of 10
Barbell Curl supersetted with tricep extensions 3 sets of 8/16
Side Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 10
Arnold Dumbell Press 3 sets of 10
Front Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 10

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Wednesday 12th August

21K cycle to and from work

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Thursday 13th August

Press Ups 30
Standing Military Press 3 sets of 12
Front Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 10
Arnold Dumbell Press 3 sets of 10
Barbell Curl supersetted with tricep extensions, 3 sets of 10/20
Side Lateral Raise (Dumbells) 3 sets of 12

metamorphosis

You still following the program?