Hi All
I am Back! The birth of my first child really took a toll on my being able to train in the way I wanted, my gym membership lapsed as I was staying 40 days with my wife’s parents out in the Styx of Indonesia, however I am back home now and ready to start again. With the same determination I had before. My son was worth the delay, he is a life changer and even more important that I stay fit and strong for him.
Tomorrow I will rejoin my gym and start again with from day one of a new mission attempt.
Bye for now
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas."
Tuesday 7 October 2008
Monday 18 August 2008
Mission 1. Day 35
Greetings Everyone.
Well as you can see its been a while since my last post, this is due to the birth of my first child.
My wife, son and myself have been staying at the Parents home and will probably be here for another week at least. I have been keeping up with some light wieghts and cardio, I had time to grab my bumbells and for cardio i use the size of the house, they have a lot of stairs here :-)
I hope to be back in my gym in a weeks time with luck so in the mean time i will enjoy my time with my little boy, Leonyan Kasenda Andrews.
Peace
Mark
Well as you can see its been a while since my last post, this is due to the birth of my first child.
My wife, son and myself have been staying at the Parents home and will probably be here for another week at least. I have been keeping up with some light wieghts and cardio, I had time to grab my bumbells and for cardio i use the size of the house, they have a lot of stairs here :-)
I hope to be back in my gym in a weeks time with luck so in the mean time i will enjoy my time with my little boy, Leonyan Kasenda Andrews.
Peace
Mark
Friday 1 August 2008
Mission 1. Day 18.
Greetings Shredlings
It's been 5 days since my last post. I am now staying with my wife at her parents’ home as it is close to the hospital should the baby decide to pop out, well in about 8 days he will so this is a better option over fighting with the Jakarta traffic, while my wife gives birth on the back seat.
I have no gym that’s under 3 hours from the house and my home gym is at....home. So all I can do is use anything that’s laying about Mum and Dad’s place. I did manage to squeeze my dumbbell set into the boot of the car with all the other stuff that my wife would argue was more important :-)
So for the next 2 weeks at the most, I am forced into "do it yourself" work outs. (opposed to someone does it for you workouts???) I am mostly concentrating on eating healthy and as much cardio as I can do around the home. They have 3 levels to the house so I run up and down them carrying a bag with weights in. That really gets the heart pumping.
I am determined to keep losing while I am away from the comfort of my local gym. This will be a good test of my resolve.
Bye for now
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
It's been 5 days since my last post. I am now staying with my wife at her parents’ home as it is close to the hospital should the baby decide to pop out, well in about 8 days he will so this is a better option over fighting with the Jakarta traffic, while my wife gives birth on the back seat.
I have no gym that’s under 3 hours from the house and my home gym is at....home. So all I can do is use anything that’s laying about Mum and Dad’s place. I did manage to squeeze my dumbbell set into the boot of the car with all the other stuff that my wife would argue was more important :-)
So for the next 2 weeks at the most, I am forced into "do it yourself" work outs. (opposed to someone does it for you workouts???) I am mostly concentrating on eating healthy and as much cardio as I can do around the home. They have 3 levels to the house so I run up and down them carrying a bag with weights in. That really gets the heart pumping.
I am determined to keep losing while I am away from the comfort of my local gym. This will be a good test of my resolve.
Bye for now
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Sunday 27 July 2008
Mission 1. Day 13
Greetings Troopers
Not much to say about saturday the 12th as it was my day off. I really enjoyed the time too, managed to do a little work for my UK client. I'm a self employed graphic designer, I design for web and print but sadly the job keeps me sat for hours in front of a computer. For the moment I am working at home so I use that advantage to boost my healthy living by using my simple home gym for 5 or 10 mins each hour.
Sometimes I forget and a couple of hours will fly past but for the most part I am winning that battle. I like to do press-ups and crouches to get the blood moving about my legs and ass. It’s easy to ignore that numb feeling from sitting 7 hours in a day. My God! How bad is that???
I think I am going to set my pooter to let me know when each hour passes, then I will force myself up and do some exercise for 5 or 10 mins. If any techies out there know how to set an alarm to go off every hour using Windows Vista, I would sure like to know :-)
My workout today rocked. Great upper body torture and an abs assault that left me on fire. Getting to know the guys who workout there too, they are helping me spot and pushing me further. Very happy.
Regards
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Not much to say about saturday the 12th as it was my day off. I really enjoyed the time too, managed to do a little work for my UK client. I'm a self employed graphic designer, I design for web and print but sadly the job keeps me sat for hours in front of a computer. For the moment I am working at home so I use that advantage to boost my healthy living by using my simple home gym for 5 or 10 mins each hour.
Sometimes I forget and a couple of hours will fly past but for the most part I am winning that battle. I like to do press-ups and crouches to get the blood moving about my legs and ass. It’s easy to ignore that numb feeling from sitting 7 hours in a day. My God! How bad is that???
I think I am going to set my pooter to let me know when each hour passes, then I will force myself up and do some exercise for 5 or 10 mins. If any techies out there know how to set an alarm to go off every hour using Windows Vista, I would sure like to know :-)
My workout today rocked. Great upper body torture and an abs assault that left me on fire. Getting to know the guys who workout there too, they are helping me spot and pushing me further. Very happy.
Regards
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Friday 25 July 2008
Mission 1. Day 11.
Hi All
Went in search for a medicine ball today, been looking all over Jakarta for one but dammed if I can find one. No one knows what the hell I am talking about either so that doesn’t help. Guess I will have to try eBay. I did manage to buy a bar so I can do bench presses at home. Below is a pic, taken today, of me sat on my little home gym thing. Well, its better than nothing.
Had a good upper body session today and some cardio too, things are starting to get easier so I need to ramp it up a little, I am already lifting more than I could handle in the first few days to week and that’s most encouraging.
In about two weeks time my little Son will pop out of his mums tummy and enter the world so I am going to miss a few days while I stay at the hospital with my wife so I will be working extra hard between then and D-Day to make sure I can shred as much as possible before those 3 or 4 days off.
Up bright and early tomorrow for my regular morning cardio session. So I will bid you all a good night.
Cheers
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Went in search for a medicine ball today, been looking all over Jakarta for one but dammed if I can find one. No one knows what the hell I am talking about either so that doesn’t help. Guess I will have to try eBay. I did manage to buy a bar so I can do bench presses at home. Below is a pic, taken today, of me sat on my little home gym thing. Well, its better than nothing.
Had a good upper body session today and some cardio too, things are starting to get easier so I need to ramp it up a little, I am already lifting more than I could handle in the first few days to week and that’s most encouraging.
In about two weeks time my little Son will pop out of his mums tummy and enter the world so I am going to miss a few days while I stay at the hospital with my wife so I will be working extra hard between then and D-Day to make sure I can shred as much as possible before those 3 or 4 days off.
Up bright and early tomorrow for my regular morning cardio session. So I will bid you all a good night.
Cheers
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Thursday 24 July 2008
Mission 1.Day 10
Evening Shredromorphs
Ah, the joy of reaching double figures. It’s a wonderful feeling, almost as wonderful as the big fat sugary, jammy doughnut I laid my eyes on today. Don’t worry, I was strong, didn’t even blink. I knew it would taste good but so what? I already know how it tastes so why do I need to try it again? Day 85 I will but not before then.
Gym closes early on a Thursday so I had to do another run at 4pm. Had a conference call to get through for work so I had to get back for that but the hour cardio was excellent again, I was drenched by the end of it, I am sure the natives wonder who the hell is this sweaty Bule (White Guy)?
The Indonesians who share the gym don’t seem to sweat at all, obviously not working hard enough, can't wait to reveal my six pack on day 85 and blow all their minds, seeing how their own bodies haven’t changed in all that time. I know what they do, they work out in the gym and then go home and eat tons of rice and fatty meat. I've never met people like the Indonesians for eating fat for the love of it, and sugar too, we have one of the highest levels of diabetes here.
Bring it on, day 11, let’s see what you got for me!
Regards
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Ah, the joy of reaching double figures. It’s a wonderful feeling, almost as wonderful as the big fat sugary, jammy doughnut I laid my eyes on today. Don’t worry, I was strong, didn’t even blink. I knew it would taste good but so what? I already know how it tastes so why do I need to try it again? Day 85 I will but not before then.
Gym closes early on a Thursday so I had to do another run at 4pm. Had a conference call to get through for work so I had to get back for that but the hour cardio was excellent again, I was drenched by the end of it, I am sure the natives wonder who the hell is this sweaty Bule (White Guy)?
The Indonesians who share the gym don’t seem to sweat at all, obviously not working hard enough, can't wait to reveal my six pack on day 85 and blow all their minds, seeing how their own bodies haven’t changed in all that time. I know what they do, they work out in the gym and then go home and eat tons of rice and fatty meat. I've never met people like the Indonesians for eating fat for the love of it, and sugar too, we have one of the highest levels of diabetes here.
Bring it on, day 11, let’s see what you got for me!
Regards
Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Wednesday 23 July 2008
Mission 1. Day 9.
What a day I have had yesterday! I managed to get my cardio work in first thing but had no chance to get my weights work out in for the evening. What with family visits and Jakarta traffic, they all conspired against me and prevented me from reaching the gym before it closed, at least I managed to stick to my nutrition routine. I did bash out sets of press-ups throughout the day when I was able to so the day wasn’t a total loss.
Today however I got back home with an hour to spare before the gym shut for the night, I had my first real mental battle, the ride back from the family’s home was extremely long due to the rush hour traffic, it was hot in and out of the car, the kind of heat that makes you want to sleep and do nothing else.
When we eventually reached home, I was ready to hit the sack, I felt drained physically and mentally, it was a real struggle but I won out in the end and had a great cardio work out, mixing some light weight work in with my running. The lethargy vanished during my stroll down and I kept thinking to myself how easy it is to give in.
I am working at home tomorrow, no excuses!
Regards Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
Today however I got back home with an hour to spare before the gym shut for the night, I had my first real mental battle, the ride back from the family’s home was extremely long due to the rush hour traffic, it was hot in and out of the car, the kind of heat that makes you want to sleep and do nothing else.
When we eventually reached home, I was ready to hit the sack, I felt drained physically and mentally, it was a real struggle but I won out in the end and had a great cardio work out, mixing some light weight work in with my running. The lethargy vanished during my stroll down and I kept thinking to myself how easy it is to give in.
I am working at home tomorrow, no excuses!
Regards Mark
"Shredding is for life, not just for Christmas!"
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