Smashed it (as some of the judges on the X Factor might have said!) in training today. Spent a full 45 minutes on the cross trainer varying the speed and the resistance. Shed a whopping 715 calories in the meantime and felt absolutely great after it. There’s a lot to be said for the great… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 43
December 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
40 minutes, 2828 strides and 630.2 calories later and I’m done. That’s enough exercise for today for me thank you very much. Sometimes it’s hard to put into words how much you dislike something. I used to have that problem with the cross trainer, but now I’m actually starting to quite like the thing! They… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 24
November 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Back to the Gym at Wyckham point after an afternoon in bed nursing my cold. This should help sweat it out, and my goodness was there a lot of sweat. I did my, now customary, 20 minute (7km) cycle on the sit down bike and 20 minutes on the cross trainer at a cost of… [Continue Reading]
Marathon Training – Day 14
November 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Not one for amatuer dramatics, obviously, but I heard on the news this morning that people who yo-yo diet experience similar chemical reactions in their brains to those of alcoholics and drugs users when they go clean and then go back on the substance of abuse. I bring this up in the context of my… [Continue Reading]
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