Day 29 - Back to Business!

Another Fresh New Day!

Tuesday Morning Chest

Bish, Bash, Bosh! Up and at 'em folks! That was how I approached today, and its been a pretty positive and invigorating day for me.

I could hear the storm flurry outside my window at 0500h, the rain tickling my window pane and the howling wind rustling the nearby trees - do you think that stopped me? Say What! Heck No! I have grown up with this, dark and stormy is my thing! 

I got to the gym early, after smashing down a warm lemon water and my usual morning thermogenic. My routine is getting more concrete as each week passes, but my training is ever changing and evolving! I decided to try a variation on chest today. I started with my usual warm up sets on the chest press and incline chest press machines, then headed over to the free weights to knock out a few sets of combined chest press and pectoral flyes. This was hard but achievable, so next session I'll chuck a few extra kilos into the mix!

After, I jumped onto the bench press, working in a different order (to fatigue on each) flat bench, inclined then declined. I found finishing with declined bench I fatigued much faster, but luckily Mr Nate was on hand to give me a generous spot!

I moved to the cable cross-overs, to deepen my pectoral work. I adjusted the height today to really tweak it - mid chest height, then low followed by high sets - to work the full range of motion. I used pretty low weights, (5kg on each side) but I was really focussing on slow movements and enhanced technique to feel the squeeze! I finished with a set of isolated, single arm chest press push outs using the cables, working on my standing core, posture and again squeezing the chest as I push out each rep!

A quick lower abdominal burnout and I was done, 60 minutes and my workout felt good!

Indoor Football

Tonight after an hour of good study, I got my butt down to the gym for my second session of the day; this time was indoor football (round ball) with the boys from the EOAC! All up I played for over 90 minutes, scored 5 goals, let a heap of goals in (as keeper) and got a really good cardio workout, and a whopping lump on my left shin to prove we play for keeps! A really good game, and sadly Mr Alexi from Timor will be leaving us, and taking his silky smooth ball skills with him. I shall miss his skilful plays, tricks and general love for the game.

A good victory and a well deserved dinner later, I'm getting ready to curl up and get some shut-eye!

Oh but before I do, I wanted you to feel as inspired as I do, so.....

Rain Drops & Motivation

I love the sound of water, the ocean, drips dripping, rainfall and sprinklers! So, this morning I woke to my favourite sound, which set my mood and got me to thinking about all things wet, moist and fresh!

And sing the song in your heart!

So, with that in mind I will see you all on the other side of rejuvenating sleep! Good night, and remember:

"Look Up. Get Up. Don't EVER Give Up!"