Day 27th--28th.

Both yesterday and today still trying to get over the pain in my legs.  Good pain though I have to say.  I jumped rope like hell today for my 1300 and even Benson beat me.  Have to admit though he is getting a lot better at jumping rope than before.

Dropped down to just over 90kg after the end of the week.   Don't think I have been in the 8 handle for quite some time so looking forward to date.

Day 25th--26th

Day 25th finished the workout and headed on over the Nishimachi Food Fair.  When I first started the program I was hoping that we would be given a few days off during the 90 days to pork out on usual cr#p and have few drinks on the side since this is an annual occasion with all the parents at school.  Then I saw your note and I saw that today would be a good day to try that out.  Unfortunately it was raining on Saturday and did not really want to take my one or two free drinks of wine  standing outside in the middle of a rainstorm.  Thought I would like to enjoy my day a bit more than that...   I did however have a nice American hot-dog and I swear it was about the best thing I have had in about 3 weeks.  I do have a simple life..  So,  I stayed away from the booze and that actually made me pretty happy.

Workouts are getting more difficult.  I really felt the creep this morning more so than anything of late on my legs. It felt like 120 single leg squats to me.   I was walking up and down the stairs in my place like a 90 year old up until the afternoon today.  Did not think the plank was as difficult today but that was probably because I didn't have Benson yelling at me to straighten out my back.  Pull-ups still near impossible.. maybe I got 2 in today.. using some contraption in the park opposite my apartment to do the attempts but think it probably will not support my entire weight so best be careful on that.

Feeling good though...   going to bed early and sleeping well..  Feel stronger.    Happy we have the day off tomorrow.  

Day 24th

Thought you said that I would enjoy the plank for the first couple of days.   Have to say that I enjoyed it for about the first 15 seconds but after that it was torture.  Then I realized I had another 2 sets to do.  Anyway, given on how much pain I was in I am sure they work.  Seems the other parts are tougher but getting through em.

Day 22-23rd

Not too much to report over the past few days.  Back with the workout and after I am done my arms feel like rubber.  I do feel like I am getting a bit stronger which is cool.  Went back in my closet the other day and started to drag out some old suits that my girth had made obsolete but found out that I could put some of them back on.  Found a receipt in one of them from 2003.  I really don't think I weighed over 90 kg back then so I guess I am putting some muscle mass on.

Resistance bands are tough.  Trying to slow those reps out as much as possible and definitely feeling it.  Push-ups getting better.  Today completed three sets on my toes.. final set needed to go to my knees but coming along.  Pull-ups another story but will work on it

New exercises look tough.  Should be interesting.  

Day 20--21st

The workout on day 20th was brutal.  I felt pretty horrible on all the sets.. especially the push ups and triceps. All the resistance bands burned quite well and my arms are pretty sore today.  Not sure if it was the last day before our rest day or that I was in he gym about 4:30 in the afternoon.   Probably a bit of both.  I do tend to feel I get through everything better on the weekends when I work out earlier in the morning but obviously can' t do that during the week unless I am unemployed..  which I don't want to be.

Put my picture up on the web yesterday.   Felt a bit bummed that I could really not see much of an improvement over the previous week.  So goes it I guess.

1000 jumps much easier than I expected but still tripping up too much.  Probably need to slow it down and try to extend the number of jumps.  As it stands the max I think I have done without tripping so far is about 125 or so.

Day 19-20 Exhausted

Saturday I was completely exhausted after waking up at 4:50 AM for golf with Jim.  Shot an 87 at Kimisarazu which is not too bad.   Have to be honest and say that Saturday was one day that I did not want to work out after I got home.  It took me about 4 hours to finally pull my lazy ass outside to start jumping rope but once I did it ended up being a lot easier than I expected.  I was surprised that I could do more push ups than I had in the past but still ended up 1 short in my 3 set.  So I dropped down and finished 15 more off of my knees to push it.  The others going better but still feel I need to slow down the reps more to get maximum burn.  I was in bed by 9:30...  

Sunday finished the workout in the morning.  No pull-up bar so did the incline pull-ups instead.  Snapped my band on the standing ovation which almost took my ear off.  Hated that band anyway since I bought the cheap version that you wrap around your hands which tend to cut the circulation off if you wrap it around too much.   Need to spend a bit more cash this time around.  

My weight really hasn't changed too much over the past week.  I seem to be hovering around 92 kg.  Feel better though and looking forward to next week on the workouts with Benson.  Food going well but over the past few days feel like I am starving after dinner..  but dealing with it.    

Day 17-18

Not the best day working out on day 17th.  Half way through the workout boss called and scheduled a meeting that I had to attend.  Was not able to get back to finish things up until a few hours later before I went to bed.  Not the best result but did what I had to do.  Second day I finally found something that I do worse than push ups..... that would be a pull-up.   Benson can attest to that but I barely could get out 1 proper one.  Not a good result but something that I will have to change and work on.

Out golfing with Jim tomorrow..   need to get up and the crack of dawn to eat my breakfast and make the ride.  Looking forward to it.   I wonder if my golf game will have improved..