Oldham Sports Centre, where I spent pretty much the whole of Wednesday |
No,
I am not on the juice, before you ask. I was making a vain attempt to
get my body weight under 70kgs for the first time since 2010.
I
started at 1.30pm by weighing myself. On entering the gym I was 76.8kgs, 12'1.
I followed this with a 10-min warm-up on the cross trainer, and an
hour of heavy weights. Fairly early on I set a new PB on leg press,
170kgs. I'm confident that if I focussed on this movement I could
make serious gains quite quickly. I then upped my dips record to 65,
another movement that I could improve on if I dedicated myself to it.
I
ran through pretty much every machine in the gym, including
resistance machines, free-weights and cardio machines- in that order.
I wanted to keep my strength for the bigger weights, then rep out
with kettlebell swings and the punch bag, followed by battle ropes.
These movements are muscular but used more for endurance than
strength building. After this I moved onto a series of ten-minute
cardio movements, and ended with a long slog on the cross trainer.
Throughout
the day I ate nothing, putting only water into my body. Adrenaline
will keep you going once the food in your stomach is used up, and fat
burning I understand takes place normally after 90 minutes of working
out.
I
decided against using the pulley row from now on. After a
conversation with another gym-goer it seems there's too much
inclination to move my back, putting most of my body into the rowing
action. This will result in damage eventually. It's too hard to keep
your back still when you get to the heavier weights
Although
this project was about fat burning, I still, as mentioned, wanted to
improve strength. During the day I still tried to beat some PBs,
something I've not really focussed on in the last few months. Here
are the results:
170kg
leg press, extra 10kg
65
dips, extra 5
10-min
row 2263, extra 74 metres
I
was impressed that I still had the strength to do anything notable on
the cardio machines as I'd pretty much worn myself out on weights, or
so I thought. But I slogged on half dead 'til I was kicked out at
9pm. I walked out at 76.2kgs, 11'14. 600g (1.3lbs) down.
There
were a couple of movements that I didn't try yesterday- box jumps I
didn't have space for, and 60-minute cross trainer I didn't have time
for, for instance. If I'd have got there earlier I could have fitted
them in, but realistically I wouldn't have beaten PBs on them and I
would have gassed earlier. For the last couple of hours I was in a
daze trying to make anything happen. I was running on empty.
It as also my plan to make use of the sauna and steam room facilities, and even the swimming pool, but I typically forgot to bring swimwear. I'd probably have sank like a goddamn stone anyway after the gym.
It as also my plan to make use of the sauna and steam room facilities, and even the swimming pool, but I typically forgot to bring swimwear. I'd probably have sank like a goddamn stone anyway after the gym.
It
was perhaps not the most successful gym session. I've lost more than
that in the cardiotone classes that OCL
run every Thursday, which lasts an hour. It might be worth trying to
pencil in a few more classes to my routine throughout the week. (It
also helps if you don't reward yourself with a massive portion of
chicken and chips at the end.)
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