This blog was meant to be entitled something along the lines of 'Where O where has Chris gone'! Oh well, beaten once again! I have to know, why is it that Paul and Chris can do 210kg on a leg press and I only manage 140kg? My machine at the gym doesn't even get to that! Is it a different type of machine or am I really that much weaker? (Cue snide remark from the hairy one)
Anyway, update to yesterday (Bank Holiday Monday):
22/8 - 5k @27 in 18:16.7 (PB). Core exercises.
23/8 - 10k @21 (but took it up to 24 at the end) - 38:28.6 (PB - just). Weights and core.
24/8 - 30' @26, 8,014m. Not a PB, but the first time I've broken 8k on fixed. Weights and core.
26/8 - Hartlip ride in 48:06 (horrendous conditions, lots of standing water). Did 60' Fartlak, 15,133m (PB - sub 1:59 splits). Weights and core.
27/8 - Near perfect conditions for Upchurch ride - shown by the time 1h10:50 (over 2'' inside PB). Went to cricket at Canterbury in the afternoon with my sister for a rest.
28/8 - 10k @21, 39:22.2. Started slowly because I felt a bit tired, but in the end it felt quite easy. Weights and core. Windy conditions for Hartlip ride - 48:24.
Started doing some squats at the gym (with dumbells). 10kg (each hand) on the first day and then 12kg the next. Hoping to keep on taking it up as I go (3*10). Day off today and tennis (hopefully) tomorrow, so may have a go at a 2k Thursday, as I should be fully rested.
1 comment:
loathe as i am to pass up an opportunity to gloat, it probably is mostly the different machines (i doubt my legs are as strong as chris' for a start). also you can normally set up the machines differently, if you look under the chair, there are usually gearing systems, i've never really bothered to see which way mine is biased but i'd imagine it's pretty much 1:1, while yours will be biased against you. also the diagonal ones are pants, theres reasonably famous footage of an old bloke in america 'pressing 1000lbs', when in fact the machine does half the work for him, he's only actually lifting about half that much himself. the same goes for all gym machines, they all rely on cams and stuff to provide leverage and depending on their sizes different weights can be lifted. ah wasting time at work is fun :D
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