Saturday 12 May 2012

F**king hate the prowler

Feel like crap. A fortnight of scoffing carb-laden food followed by jumping straight back into a gym and diet routine. I've been warned before that what you've eaten in the previous 48 hours affects how you feel during a gym workout.

But I wanted a 6 pack of cherry bakewell tarts before embarking on this challenge. They were freaking amazing.

Played the SCOOP #15-L FLO8 alongside a few hyper-turbo sats to SCOOP #16-L NLHE Turbo Double Chance. Made 461/2972 in the O8 after AAJ2 was outdrawn by KK88. Never got much going so surprised to make it that deep. Turned a profit on the sats, then forgot to unreg from the subsequent turbo crapshoot. Got through half the field before losing JJ v AQ v 66. Terrible tournament, could've taken the second bullet, but didn't fancy spinning up 7BBs.

Anyway, first session of upper body work. Working with the other trainers Owen, an MMA fighter; and Rich, who's currently training for strongman events.

8 sets of 8 reps each, 3010, 30 seconds rest

Lever Seated High Row - 60kg
Dumbbell Press - 6kg
Low Pulley Row To Neck - 27kg
Dumbbell Fly - 5kg
Standing Low Pulley Face Pull - 20kg

A relatively gentle session to ease back into it, all good, grabbed my bag and went to leave.

Too slow. I shouldn't be polite and hang around to say goodbye. Rich comes out of the office and asks how much I enjoy the prowler. FML, there's no right answer here.

"On a scale of 0-10, somewhere between 0 and 2". And that's being generous.

Cue the Friday Finisher. 6x20m prowler sprints, alternating between high bars and low bars, with 30 secs rest after each 40m. I now feel sick and light headed.

"Now do you enjoy the prowler?" quips Rich. Fucker.

I required a lie down in the changing rooms, eventually left 15 minutes later.

Still hate it.

Nutrition:

Steak and eggs twice today (I'm currently lacking in meaty options). 5-6 pints of water. 2tsp coconut oil and 1 fish oil capsule prior to workout. Protein shake immediately after.

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