I left Dubai for the summer on 8th June. I had a workout with Trevor on Sunday, 31st May. After my 5-minute warmup on the bike I did the following: Treadmill x 4 min (1 min 5.5 km/h, 1 min 5.5 km/h (5% incline), 2 min 7.5 km/h) Pushups x 30 s Mountain climbers x …
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? After the week in which I wasn’t feeling great, I went to London for five days with my mum. I ate my way through London – and had Chinese food every day (char siu pau, yum)! We got back on a Saturday morning and I had a session with …
After my week of doing nothing, I had a session with Trevor on Sunday morning. I hadn’t seen him in about 10 days and we caught up while I was doing my warmup on the bike. He told me he’d taken a break from the gym for a few days as he’d been feeling tired. …
Well, after the last few weeks where I was consistently working out four or five times a week, this week I did nothing. Nothing. I cancelled my Sunday morning session with Trevor as I was exhausted after the mad weekend I’d had. I thought I’d go to the gym on my own on Monday but …
Four workouts done this week! I had my usual session with Trevor on Sunday morning. I started with a 5-minute warmup on the bike and then did the following weights circuit with a set of 3 kg weights before beginning the abs challenge: Bicep curls x 10 Chest squeeze x 10 Upright internal rotation (rotator …
Five workouts done this week! I had my usual session with Trevor on Sunday morning. I started with a 5-minute warmup on the bike and then did the following weights circuit before beginning the abs challenge: Combined deadlift/shoulder press x 10 (body bar) Bent-over row x 10 (15-lb weights) Sumo squats x 10 (20-lb weight) …
Another good week at the gym! I had my usual session with Trevor on Sunday morning. I started with a 5-minute warmup on the bike and then did the following weights circuit before beginning day 5 of his abs challenge: Lateral pulldown x 10 (wide grip) Squats x 15 Lateral pulldown x 10 (regular grip) …
And another good week at the gym! Trevor cancelled our Sunday morning session and I decided to go on my own. I did 5 km on the treadmill in 47:14 (31 seconds faster than last time). I walked it, starting at 6 km/h and increasing the speed every 5 minutes until I got to 6.5 …
I had another good week at the gym. Trevor cancelled our Sunday morning session and my first thought was: ‘Ah, I can just stay in bed.’ And then I thought I should get up and go on my own and try and improve on the 3 km time from the week before. I had the …
I had another good week at the gym. I had my usual Sunday morning session with Trevor. I got to the gym and one of the ladies in the building was there with her daughter. We started chatting about exercise and it turned out that she’s a client of the doctor who gave the talk …
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