Thursday 26th November 2009

Hour of five-a-sides at lunchtime today. Worst game for a while - the cough's been coming back and I really didn't seem to have much puff. Not helped by a few interruptions that were just long enough for the lungs to have a quick hack to themselves. Probably shouldn't really have played, but hey - you don't know until you try it ! Game was first loss of this round of games, and I was nowhere near scoring either. Ho hum !

Monday 23rd November 2009

(finally up to date !)

Short-ish session in the gym in Lanark tonight.

Treadmill - 14 minutes, starting off with 3 at 7km/h+2.0%, moving on to 9km/h and building up to 9.3km/h for the last minute or two - covered 2km exactly

Abdominal abominator - 1 set of 30 reps at 20lbs, 1 set of 30 reps at 30lbs

Exercise bike - 5 minutes at resistance level 6, covered 2km

Cross trainer - 1 min forwards at level 17, then alternating 1 minute back then forward at level 13 for another 4 minutes

Didn't feel too bad after that - worked a sweat up, and didn't have any major reaction from my lungs afterwards, so although the damn irritating cough is still hanging around the lungs themselves might be ok by now. I'm going to ache tomorrow though... :(

Thursday 19th November 2009

(playing catchup)

Hour of 5-a-sides in pi$$ing rain at lunchtime in Glasgow. Got through it ok, the team won and I kept up my Sanatogen tag by scoring my usual one goal a game. Lungs needed another kick-start after the game though, with a real hack in the changing rooms afterwards :(

Monday 16th November 2009

(playing catch up)

First tentative trip back to the gym after my flu/cold/throat irritations. Still coughing, but still managed 15 minutes on the treadmill and 5 minutes on the exercise bike. Lungs needed a good kick-start afterwards though.

Friday 30th October 2009

Tonight should have been a gym night ...

Have been running for the train for the last few mornings. Yesterday (Thursday) felt like very hard work, and I was breathing pretty heavily on the train. About halfway to Glasgow, started to get a sore throat and a bit of pain on deep breaths. Over the course of Thursday & Friday it turned into a typical man-flu (headaches, sore throat, runny nose, light headedness, every ache & pain for the last 5 years re-emerging) so a gym session on Friday night was never really an option !

Wednesday 28th October 2009

(Playing catch up...)

20:30 - 21:10 Session at Lanark Gym

Quite busy again this evening, but went for it on the treadmill !

Treadmill : 5 mins @ 6.5 km/h+2.0%, 9 mins @ 8.5 km/h, 4 mins @ 9.0 km/h, 2 mins @ 7.0 km/h+2.0% (13 mins to do 2km in the middle section - just over 2.7km overall)

Stepping machine : 5 mins at 5 flights per minute

30 reps @ 25lbs + 30 reps @ 30lbs on the abdominal abominator

2 sets of 15 reps @ 15lbs on the weights machine

Cross trainer : 5 minutes alternating between forwards and backwards @ level 16

Good fun workout really !

Monday 26th October 2009

(Playing catch up...)

20:30 - 21:10 Session at Lanark Gym

No serious treadmill time, as the gym was pretty busy this evening. Most time (16 minutes) spent on the cross trainer, with some time on the exercise bike and the stepping machine (usual 5 mins at 5 flights per minute). Had a quick burst on the treadmill (4 minutes at 10km/h) right at the end though.