Big_Show Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 That is some damn fine rowing there.Cheers bud! Actually, I was meaning to ask - what do you do during the longer rows? Do you have music on, or just focus on the display screen? 1 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
shaar Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 YOU ARE A FANCY LAD!! Enjoy the food omnomnom food I love food FOOD did someone say food?!?! 1 Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
goodbye_farewell Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Cheers bud!Actually, I was meaning to ask - what do you do during the longer rows? Do you have music on, or just focus on the display screen?I always listen to music when I row at home. Typically country music for longer rows. Metal / rock for more intense rows... Also, are you going for the Hitman look with that suit? Quote Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 I have sunglasses too for just that reason. Even if it's a cloudy day. 3 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
Big Adam Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Show. Big Show 1 Quote Sky Pirate Monk 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 NF Character Battle Log Impossible is just a word people use to make themselves feel better when they quit - Vyse the Blue Rogue Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Happy Show. 4 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Saturday 5th March - 111.9kg I feel I have done plenty to earn that breakfast today. Up first thing again, this time to go the gym. It was once again deserted - I counted five other guys in there today, none of them the annoying gym bros you get during the week. One of them was a legitimately huge body-builder type guy who was waving round the 200lb dumbbells like they were balloons. Impressive stuff.- w/u- Goblet Squat 3x8: (1x60lbs), 3x 95lbs - next time I shoot for the 100lbs.- DB Bench Press 3x8: (2x45lbs), 2x60lbs - 8,6,5*,3 reps - in the first three sets I managed exactly the same number of reps as last time, but I managed a fourth set to squeeze some more out. I'll keep at it until I hit 3x8 in one go.- Press-ups 3x10: 10,8,8,5 - these are harder after doing a bench press! Who'ld have thought it...- DB Step-ups 3x20: My grip was kind of wrecked by this point so I just did bodyweight lunges instead.- Plank 3x30s: tick- c/d *At the end of my third set of bench press I was pushing with everything I had to get one last rep out, then I dropped the dumbbells, sat up, and the hulking bodybuilder caught my eye and gave me a nod. I got a proper gym-bro nod for effort! Quite chuffed with that. This was all followed by that breakfast. Turkey bacon and beef sausages aren't as good as proper pork ones, but beggars can't be choosers. This time next week I'll be in Newcastle and eating all the pork they have! Later on in the day I tried to do another row, but within a few strokes my grip told me to give it a rest. Apparently I have the silken smooth palms of a pampered princess, and I've been using them quicker than I can form a decent set of callouses. Postponed until tomorrow. ...which left me with no other option but to go for a run round the block instead. Had to do it early as I have an appointment to Skype with a friend tonight that I can't miss (not been able to talk in sort-of-person for ages) so I was taking slightly odd detours in order to stay even vaguely in the shade as much as possible - ot was 81F, after all. Plenty of batch cooking done too - I have a week's worth of scotch-ish eggs for breakfasts, several days worth of chicken for snacks, and I'm about to go serve up the slow cooker beef curry that's been making my flat smell so nice all day - that'll do the next two days' lunches as well. I'd even have prepped some bacon burgers too if I'd remembered to buy the damn mushrooms! There's always something... Right, all this talk of food is making my stomach call me to the dinner table. And who am I to argue? 3 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
Charlie_Quinn Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Suits you sir! The fake pig products look pretty convincing, it all looked pretty tasty except for the beans. Beans are evil. Sent from my SM-T550 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Current: Assassins / Instagram Previous: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 2020 Races: CANCELLED! Spartan Trifecta: Beast: 18-APR / Super :11-JUL / Sprint: 12-JUL Summer Nuts: 5/6-SEPT / Nuclear Blast: 12-SEPT / Nuclear team race: 04-OCT "You have the heart of a Rebel" "I'll take that as a compliment" Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Suits you sir!The fake pig products look pretty convincing, it all looked pretty tasty except for the beans. Beans are evil.Sent from my SM-T550 using Tapatalk If they only tasted convincing. *deep sigh* Why do so many people have a problem with baked beans? Someone else was just trying to tell me that it's wrong to have them with breakfast. Surely it's wrong NOT to? 1 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
goodbye_farewell Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 If they only tasted convincing. *deep sigh* Why do so many people have a problem with baked beans? Someone else was just trying to tell me that it's wrong to have them with breakfast. Surely it's wrong NOT to?While I do not eat them with breakfast, I do love me some baked beans! 1 Quote Link to comment
Big Adam Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Gym Bro Nods are always gratifying. Especially if they come from a giant bodybuilder-type 2 Quote Sky Pirate Monk 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 NF Character Battle Log Impossible is just a word people use to make themselves feel better when they quit - Vyse the Blue Rogue Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Sunday 6th March - 112.2kg Weight has stayed around the same all week, but my waist has dropped half an inch. That's all I really care about, so I'll stick with what I'm doing, I guess. Been a bit of a shite day to be honest - woke up knackered despite having a quiet weekend and plenty of sleep, been tired all day, abandoned my row just 1k in because me legs were completely empty, yawned my way through a coffee at Starbucks, and now just been lying on the sofa watching a documentary about the history of country music in Nashville because I could be bothered to get up and change the channel. I suppose this was my seventh consecutive day of training, and after two days of double sessions to boot. Need to remember that I'm nowhere near ready to train as much as I did a few years ago yet. This isn't low intensity Ironman stuff. Time for an early night. Hopefully normal service will be resumed tomorrow when I hit the gym after work. 3 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
shaar Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 GYM BRO RESPECT, YES. You are now one of them. A++++ Haha I love when the huge guys come in and start crazy dumbbelling and I'm like, HOW, how. I hate the days where you just can't get going. ;_; Zzzz. Hope tomorrow is better!! 2 Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
Raxie Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 That breakfast picture. NOM. And omg baked beans are the best. Put that shit on toast and you're golden - breakfast of the gods. Gym bro respect nod! How awesome is that?! Nice job on that. And everything else - especially working so hard your hands said NOPE and you went for a run anyway. Ugh 81 degrees. But huzzah dedication! Rest up and kick butt tomorrow! 1 Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Monday 7th March I'm giving up even thinking about my weight until I get back from holiday. I'm really not focussed on it at all; it's about at sensible as trying to start a cut at the beginning of December... Today I changed my plans, and decided to row instead of doing the gym. Hit the air con on to cool the room, loaded up some music on laptop, set the rowing machine up for 10,000m and set off. Went nice and fine at first, went through 5k in 21:07 (faster than I did in both my 5k & 6k last week). Legs started getting a bit tired after 7,000m, and when I attempted a sprint finish at 750m out I soon realised that I did not have 750m of sprint left in the tank! Overall finished in 42:26.5 with a 22s/m average throughout. This was followed by Nom Nom Paleo's Big-O's Bacon Burgers, Sweet Potato Hash, and a couple of fried eggs for good measure. I also found out today that I passed my third assessment for my Australian Clinical Coding qualification, so that's just the final exam left next month before that's all out of the way. Then I start working on my American qualification... I am now retreating back to the sofa as I am well and truly bloody knackered. So there. 3 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
goodbye_farewell Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Not a bad 10k! Well done sir. Quote Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Not a bad 10k! Well done sir.Cheers bud! Onwards and upwards! 1 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
shaar Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Dang that's a lot of rowing! Congrats! I made Nom Nom Paleo's Madras Chicken Salad (with a few tweaks) for my lunch this week. Everything from that site, so gooooood. 1 Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I have now drunk a bottle of wine and eaten an entire Terry's Chocolate Orange. Still hungry, still knackered. Rowing is good for you. Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
shaar Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 An entire bottle?! AN ENTIRE ORANGE?!?!?! 1 Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 An entire bottle?!AN ENTIRE ORANGE?!?!?!It just kinda... happened... 2 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
shaar Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Gosh VICTORY All of the Easter candy is out here and it's so hard for me to pretend it doesn't exist. I've had one Cadbury creme egg this year and THAT'S ALL. I have had a raspberry orange before and it was WONDERFUL~ 2 Quote Tell me, if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Level ?? Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 Link to comment
Big_Show Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I've only had one easter egg so far this year. That is a new personal record for pre-Easter. 1 Quote Big Show: Human Swift Hunter Respawning. One day at a time. Battle Log: Operation Wedding Suit - Take 2 Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 Link to comment
Raxie Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Nice job pushing through on that rowing session! And congrats on the clinical coding qualification that's really exciting Those burgers sound pretty much amazing I'm going to have to give them a try. I think taking it easy on the weight concern is a good plan for now, don't want to drive yourself crazy. Also I feel like you are always going on holiday! Does anyone even do any work on that side of the pond? Hahah it's about at sensible as trying to start a cut at the beginning of December... No one around here would be silly enough to try that... 1 Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
Raxie Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Didn't see those other updates. OH MY GOSH CHOCOLATE ORANGES ARE THE BEST! My mom gets me one for my stocking every year at Christmas and I usually devour it immediately. So worth the tummy pains. Also I am now beating myself up for forgetting about Michelle Tam's chicken salad. That stuff was THE absolute best. Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
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