Tuesday, August 16, 2011


Training over the past couple of days has gone very well and once again I have decided to mix things up again but this time I have stayed away from the Bicep Curl.  I’ve done 6 exercises over the past couple of days and I have felt very good.

My first 3 exercises were the Squat, the Leg Press and Lat Pull Downs.  I did as many as I could on each exercise with a 3 minute rest after each set.  The exercises were done at the heaviest I could manage.  It turned out to be a really good cardio session.

Today I did another 3 exercises and I went as heavy as I could with the Chest Press, Lat Pull Downs and the Dead lift.  I changed the Lat Pull Down body position to leaning as far back as I could to get the max benefit from my back.

Today seemed a bit easier than yesterday but my grip let me down on the Dead lift.  The Dead Lift is one of those exercises that when you get it right feels fantastic.  I knew I could have done more but I just couldn’t hold onto the bar.  My form was very good, even though I say so myself.  Yesterday was my first time on the squat with a proper grip of the bar.  I was very pleased with that, although it was a bit painful getting under the bar and out from under it but once in position I had no real issues.

I’ll not be able to train tomorrow due to work commitments, so I intend to mix it up again on Thursday.  That will leave me with 4 training days before I go home.  So I intend to do one more heavy day followed by some steady light rehab training.  That’s the plan anyway.

The Mental Visualisation has been going really well, 9 out of 10 rides are now calm cool and collected.  I can ride without using my trigger word and I’ve been really enjoying my trips out.  I’ll find out in a few days if it has all been worthwhile.

Ed.


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