07/04/2020
I got around to putting batteries in my scales today and was surprised that I only weighed in at 104.8kgs! I was really surprised as I haven’t left the house for more than 3 weeks and gave up on the 10000 steps a day as well!
I have managed to stay fizzy drink free since 29/03/2020 and I am feeling much better for it.
I plan to start back up with the walking 10000 steps a day again tomorrow and also plan to start doing a bodyweight routine every morning when I wake up to try and get the weight off while we are isolated in the house.
My Son is also going to start doing the bodyweight stuff as well to try and get a bit of muscle as he is 13 and does literally no exercise now that he isn’t walking to and from school at the moment.
The idea is for both of us to get into the habit of exercising daily from now on.
For the first week we plan to do 20 reps of the following exercises daily:
- Squats
- Press ups
- Wall Squats (1 minute)
- Crunches
- Calf raises (20 per leg)
- Back raises
- Squat jumps
- Plank (1 minute)
- Jump lunges (20 per leg)
I intend to add 10 reps per week until we get 200 reps per exercise.
I have also created a spreadsheet to keep a track of my steps and weigh this month:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oLyoDg5438HrXw37te-g7KzoUhIBcuScpqdZrObkdv8/edit?usp=sharing
08/04/2020
Got up late today but we did the training as planned. I had to take it easy as I managed to hurt my patella yesterday kneeling on the floor 🤦♂️ it’s an old injury that I did a couple of years ago going over the gate in a race and gets aggregated every now and again. This meant that the jump squats and jump lunges were out. I also only managed 15 press-ups which is really poor 🤣
12/04/2020
Did a weigh in this morning and I have dropped to 102.6kgs which is a drop of 102.6kgs which is not too bad considering I did very little exercise all week.
I got my Fitbit working Friday night and I only managed 2000 steps (2217 steps to be precise) which is really poor!. I am going to try and make a concerted effort to do more this week. I am currently on 3200 steps today so getting better.
My coach has sent me a training program to do from now on in lockdown and I am on holiday for the next 5 days so I will make an effort to do every session early every day this week. I am also getting up at 5 am in the morning to go to the track to pick up my race bike and bring it back to start doing sprints on Tuesday morning. I also have new cranks to go on the bike and new tyres and tubes to test so I will put them on as well. I have s&m track mark 24 x 1.75 foldable tyres and Tubolito tubes to test. Should bake the wheels lighter on the outside which is apparently a good thing 🙂
I am also going to stick my Pedalling Innovation flat pedals back on the race bike for now.
By the end of the day I had done 8144 steps which is really good as I didn’t leave the house so with a bit of effort I should be able to make 10000 steps without leaving the house.
13/04/2020
woke up at 6:00 without an alarm and left the house for 6:30. I rode and walked to the track and dropped off a bike and picked up my race cruiser and walked it home. Actually glad that the bike had a puncture as the track looked really quick and if it didn’t I would have been really tempted to ride which would have been a really bad idea 😁
I have done 5994 steps already today so 10000 should be easy today.
I plan to do my bodyweight gym that my coach sent me this afternoon then I am done for the day 😁.
I have been thinking about the tyres and tubes and I think I am going to keep them for when racing starts again an stick with powerblocks for now as using expensive tyres and tubes now doesn’t make sense.
14/04/2020
Got the race bike washed and swapped the punctured tyre and tube out with a normal tube and a 24*1.60 Tioga power block tyre so it is all ready to ride again. I was planning to do sprints this morning but I didn’t want to wake up so I went with it and went back to sleep.
I ended up doing just under 11000 (10915) steps yesterday too so not bad.
19/04/2020
Woke up and did my weighing and was surprised to see that I am down to 101.5kgs so I somehow lost 1.1kgs this week even though I did hardly any exercise!
The Fitbit broke again so I gave up with it for now!
Next week I plan to do a full week of training to try and kickstart my weight loss and fitness plan!
20/04/2020
Got up when I woke up and organised the house and then took the stabilizer bar off of the rollers and tried to use them again. Found that the bike kept getting spat off of the rollers which was not right so I got the tape measure out and found that the rollers were un-even which was causing the issues.
I got the two sides aligned and was able to use the rollers better.
I then did my bodyweight work out.
24/04/2020
Got some new inhalers to try and get my asthma under control as I haven’t used a brown inhaler (preventative) for about 4 months or more.
The last couple of months I have been having real problems breathing so I decided to try and get it back under control.
25/04/2020
Took my lunch break late (at 6am) and went out on the race bike for a bit to scope out my new sprint hill. It was great to do a bit of exercise even thought I was so tired after working all night.
I did 2.2 miles in just over 15 minutes and got a max speed of 35mph on my one downhill sprint attempt. Especially good as I had flat pedals on.
I had to go to work in the evening so I took the race bike again and got some more riding in.
I couldn’t believe how much better I felt after using the new inhalers for a couple of days. I was able to ride without feeling tired from not being able to breath. I was able to ride up hills that I struggled on and had to walk so feeling really positive.
26/04/2020
I have decided that I am going to make a concerted effort to learn to manual properly this month and also make an effort to get out on the bike every day. I am also going to try and complete all my training for the month as well.
28/04/2020
I have decided that the only way for me to start really loosing weight is to start walking and running again.
I have just bought a pair of running shoes that will be here Saturday so I intend to start running from Sunday onwards.
I am currently looking at workout plans to get me running as quickly as possible.
29/04/2020
I have just bought a skateboard today as I have been thinking about getting back into skating for a while as my son likes it but is really lazy and feels embarrassed if he is on a skateboard when I am on a bike so I figured I would join him. Also my friend and his kids have also started skating so I figured it was as good a time as any to start.
I am also over riding my bike to work as it is a pain to leave the bike outside the office and you have to take so much extra stuff in case it’s raining. With a skateboard all you need is your board and you can take it anywhere.
Skating is also a really good way to get fit especially as an extra form of exercise along with running.
I am planning to try and run 3 times a week and the skate and BMX as much as possible on top of that.
Skating is also an easy form of exercise to do in your lunch break which will help with weight loss.
I have just found a skateboard specific stretching program so I am going to start doing that too as my flexibility is terrible and I have constant back pain at the moment for sitting 12 hours at a time at work.
30/04/2020
I have stated today to force myself to drink 3 litres of water a day again. This morning when I woke up I filled up my 1.5L water bottle and I have had it by my side since then.
It is currently down to about 0.5L so doing pretty well so far. The only thing that I a little worried about is having to wake up in the night while my body adjusts to the extra water. To combat this I am going to try and get the 3L drunk by around 9pm to give my body an hour or so to clear out before I go to sleep.
My running shoes and new skateboard are arriving tomorrow so I am going to start my new exercise plan from tomorrow.
I plan to try for the first week to do 30 minutes jogging first thing a day and then Skate and ride bmx as and when during the day.
I am also going to do a weigh in tomorrow morning and then keep a track of my weight every day for the next month.