ChunkyMonkey

I have flat / wide feet so I went to a specialist running store in Aberdeen and they recommended Asics after I tried on a few pairs. They're comfy and easy to run in so I like them so far My old trainers were also Asics but a really cheap pair. The workouts come in 2 parts, e.g. 1A is A, B, C for 10 reps finished with D for 30 seconds and part 1B (either following straight after or on a different day) is E, F, G for 10 reps finished with H for 30 seconds. I'll do part A but forget that there's a second workout for that afternoon I should probably just do it all in one as when I finish for the day I've generally got to study and I'm already pretty tired.

No headaches but my cigarette consumption has shot up. Probably not a coincidence! The only real problem I've had is that I keep forgetting that theres a part B to the bodyweight workouts. Cardio is going great though, bought a new pair of running shoes to replace my tatty old ones

Yeah, I tried it again yesterday on the ship's treadmill doing the start of a HIIT(?) program the captain gave me. Woke up today chaffed badly so think I'm skipping tonights 's workout but will be back on it tomorrow!

Congrats man!

Got some shore leave and decided to go running. After a bumpy start I got a 13 minute mile! While not very impressive I was thinking I was going to end up closer to 20 minutes given the brace

I just joined up and this has been recommended to me so here we go! I'm not exactly sure how this is done but my plan is to carry each challenge forward either upping the challenge or tweaking it slightly based on experience with failure. Main Quest - To create a balanced way of living both on and off the boat. Challenge 1: Diet No Alcohol until I pay off the ship, no drinking on shore leave. Only shore leave can be used for "cheat" days. Generally every 7 - 10 days. Currently no surgery drinks on board, if this changes no more than 1 per day. Reduce coffee from 5 cups to 3 cups. Reduce suger in coffee from 2 to 1. Drink an extra half bottle of water a day. Don't eat the desert in the mess! Remember to eat multivitamins each morning (no fruit on board and food is what you're given). Challenge 2: Fitness Continue with bodyweight workouts Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Continue cardio workouts Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Challenge 3: Lifestyle Attempt to smoke less (Don't hold much hope here at the moment). Write up reports was I go instead of leaving them till later. Open to any more suggestions / tips

Cheers Guzzi, I'll take a loot at those! Does anyone know if I can download the short clips from the Academy? Our internet doesn't like the website so I figured I could maybe download them when in port tomorrow

I think I'm a little too late / new to be putting my name down for this but on the topic of Skye - do it! I spent 12 weeks of Summer hiking in Scotland before I moved away in 2013 and Skye is a special place. Also if you ever make it up near Cullen (Roughly middle of the Murray coastline) they sell the best ice-cream (Irn Bru!).

Hi Sundae, thanks! Neoprene brings back horrible memories of my deep sea survival course! *shudders* Wearing a survival suite is like being smothered to death. I joined the Academy and have started on a slightly modified bodyweight. I swapped the assisted squares for normal squares and the 30 sec weighted walk thingy for 30 lunges due to practicality reasons - if I "borrowed" dumbbells from the gym and either dropped them due to the ship moving / them rolling about I'd potentially wake people up 6 people. Unfortunately I'll probably only be able to update it when we near a coast once a week or so as it doesn't play well with the ship's internet!

So it turns out that the ship's internet really really reeaaally does't like NF. It logs me out every time I load a page! On to the update: seems like my plan for cardio every day is going in the bin! The ships a little worse for wear than I first thought so days are 11+ instead of 8 and there aren't as many of those nifty lifting accessories like the last one so I'm a lot more tired out than I normally am. Swapping cardio over to the "rest" days. On the plus side the pedometer whatsit on my phone says I've averaged 5 miles a day pottering about the ship since I got here, most of that being stairs! On the downside, I'm really regretting shaving my head. No AC in the engine room and metal shavings seem to be attracted to my shiny / sweaty head...

So the internet on this ship isn't exactly what one could call good after BP's recent spree of"upgrades". It sometimes connects sometimes tells you you're connected and sometimes just plain doesn't work at all so updates may be a little sporadic! My plan is to get up early doors (no reason to have late nights on board) and do a bodyweight workout (three times a week) followed by cardio in the gym. From my past as a less chubby version of my current self I know that if I don't do something every day I just won't stick at it so cardio is going to be every day. I'd love to be able to climb mountains again (I tried a few weeks ago and it embarrassing!) so here's hoping you'll all keep me accountable

Hi Guys! I've just joined my latest placement for uni and figured this is probably the best chance I'll get to start forming new habits since I'm on the ship for 2ish months with minimal / no shore leave and have nothing but time when I'm not in the engine room. I stumbled across NF a few days ago and thought this would be a great chance to reverse my fall from grace, pushing my life back towards avid backpacker / hiker and away from the now chubby computer guy. Really it should probably be about moderation though! Unlike my last ship there's actually a gym and as I have a double cabin to myself this time round I can do bodyweight exercises without (publicly) feeling / looking like a beached whale If anyone has any tips for motivation / keeping momentum going they'd be really helpful and so long as the really bad internet on board keeps working I can keep this updated