Category Archives: Training

Day 387

It was great to have a lie in this morning. I managed to get a good 8 hours sleep. And I was ready to get up when the alarm went off. Still groggy though – it’s amazing how that’ll happen … Continue reading

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Day 386

Boy it was hard to wake up this morning. And I slept LONG and well. I got back from work yesterday and slept for about 90mins. It was that kind of deep sleep that you don’t want to wake up … Continue reading

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Day 385

I gotta say thanks to Adrian again for another amazing workout. It killed. Back and tris today. The back workout was good, but moving to the tris (pushed by doing close grip benchpress) was difficult. I really struggled with it. … Continue reading

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Day 383

Just got back from the gym, after a mass training-prep (yes – it’s only PREP) with Adrian. FUCK. We’re doing standard sets plus dropsets. We did squats, seated shoulder press – 4×6 of each of them. Then drop sets. Starting … Continue reading

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Day 381

The start of a new routine. Ouch. We had a bit of a late start this morning, because Adrian thought I had the workout sheet (I might’ve had it – but lost it because of the illness etc… when we … Continue reading

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Day 379

Getting up this morning was hard work. I got to bed at a reasonable time, but what with the humidity, heat, and just recovery from a long day of travel on Sunday, I didn’t want to get up. But I … Continue reading

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Day 378

Back in the gym today after a beautiful weekend up north kayaking in Killarney National Park. The gym was tough today… I managed to push myself and keep the intensity of the workout up, but after 4 days of kayaking … Continue reading

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More and more TRX

Chatting with Adrian today, it seems like we’ll be moving into more and more TRX workouts, and I’m kinda happy about that for a few reasons. One – it kills. It really stretches the body. Pushes you. Two – it … Continue reading

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Day 373

Another TRX workout today. Kinda similar to last weeks workout… but with a few twists. One was insane – basically, handstand with a foot held in the TRX straps, and doing a pushup! It wasn’t as difficult as I’d anticipated, … Continue reading

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Intense Training

When I was in the gym today, I realized something. Adrian had been speaking about it on Thursday… how he comes into the gym, and when he works out, he’s dead by the end of it. It’s so completely intense. … Continue reading

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