May 2007

I’m a Well Rounded Beginner!

30 May 2007

I did it, finally, I ran a mile today in 8:35, well within my 9 minute target!!! That was the last exercise I had to do to attain Level 1 on the Crossfit Athletic Skills Levels. When I started Crossfit on 1st Feb 2007, I gave myself 4 months to get Level 1, and an [...]

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The Hormonal Roller Coaster

27 May 2007

It’s bank holiday weekend and the mother in law and sister in law are staying for the week. Typically when people are round and everyone is taking it in turns to cook, it can be hard to stay in the Zone, however I thought I’d write about today especially. For the first time in many [...]

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A typical trip to a Crossfit Exercise Gym

24 May 2007

I can’t tell you that this is typical of all Crossfit Gyms, I’ve only been to one. But this (slightly tongue in cheek) account might give you an idea. For reference, Crossfit is all about short guided exercise routines that are high in intensity, but scaled to your capabilities. It’s not a free for all, [...]

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I ran a mile today!

23 May 2007

For the first time in my life, ever, I managed to run continuously for a mile today! Even as an athletic teenager, I could never run a mile without walking.  Actually, it was a little over a mile, 4 times round the block (which is 430m) makes 1,720m.  I did this in 10 minutes 10 [...]

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Busy, Busy, Busy

18 May 2007

Been too busy to post much this week. Started work at 8am yesterday, and didn’t finish till 10pm! Though I did have a 2 hour lunch break to go to Crossfit of course! So, my Crossfit total: a new Personal Best of 330kg (726 lbs) Back Squat – 135 PB by 5kg Shoulder Press – [...]

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Back to Crossfit after a week off

14 May 2007

I took most of last week off CrossFit as I’d hurt my back doing too many deadlifts on Monday. Nothing serious it turned out, just extremely sore for several days. Anyway, I’d figured that a week off exercise, but being on the Zone Diet, should set me up good and proper to come back nice [...]

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Photoshopping Fat to Thin Video

14 May 2007

It just goes to show, seeing is NOT believing. This astonishing video is completely captivating. I wonder how many diet “Before and After” shots have had the Photoshop treatment?

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Hectic

9 May 2007

It’s been a hectic few days. I went down to London for a grand get together with my old Uni mates. One of them flew in from Oz, he emigrated 5 years ago and hasn’t been back since, so was good to meet up. I can tell you this, getting old university friends back together [...]

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Work, Crossfit, Work, Zone Diet, Work

4 May 2007

That’s pretty much been my week this week with not a lot of time for much else. Work’s really busy at the moment, been to Crossfit 3 times this week, and more Zoning of course. I’m working on some book reviews. I have 3 Zone Diet books now, and have read 2 of them and [...]

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Monthly Crossfit and Zone Diet Fat Loss Update

1 May 2007

I’ve decided to post every month how things are going. See my previous posts on Fat Loss Calculations: Initial Fat Loss Calculation post – Update Post – The I got it wrong post. The short version is that in January I weighed 206 pounds (14 stone 10) and had a belly (not waist) of 43″ [...]

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