Week 6 - Tuesday 15 June

Did you know that Foxtel (You Lifestyle Channel to be exact) have started running a very old season of Biggest Loser US? It kicked off last night at 7.30pm so, as you can imagine, I am diligently watching the series for inspiration (obviously not from the contestants but from the luscious Jillian) and to get a gauge on just how this game is played. Just for shits and giggles I am putting in a link to this entry of an absolutely hysterical melt down that US trainer Bob had with one of the contestant (Joelle) in a previous season...suffice to say I haven't pushed Bastardo to this point yet but I am sure it's coming...

Bobs Meltdown

Another 'new' thing that I am going to start including in each entry is the actual details of the workouts I am doing as opposed to just the results (as per the heart rate monitor)...this should provide for interesting fodder in terms of gauging how much or how little I am actually doing as each day passes by.

So with that in mind...let's look at today's activities:

The morning started out with a warm up on the treadmill of 15min. This consisted of the following interval training:

• 2min warm up @5.0km/h - 0%incline
• 1min run @8.0km/hr - 0%incline
• 1min walk @5.5km/hr - 0%incline
• 2min walk @5.5km.hr - 15%incline
• 1min walk @6.0km/hr - 0%incline
• 1min run @8.5km/hr - 0%incline
• 1min walk@6.0km/hr - 0%incline
• 2min walk @6.0km/hr - 15%incline
• 1min walk @5.5km/hr - 0%incline
• 1min run @9.0km/hr - 0% incline
• 2min walk@5.5km/hr - 0% incline

Then over to PT with Bastardo:

Given the lack of oxygen that was obviously not making its way to my brain this area of the workout has become somewhat fuzzy but did entail squats with a 6kg medicine ball, weights of a myriad of shapes and sizes and just to add insult to injury two stints on the cross trainer and stepper - the inventor of whom G-Star and I am currently attempting to take a contract hit out on!

The Result:

Training Time:9.10am
Length of Training Time: 1hour 02min 42sec
Intensity: 2-3
Calories Burnt: 593
Cal Fat: 24%

From Satan's Lair we rewarded ourselves with the nectar of the God's (mmm coffee) and then headed home for a regroup.

Next on the agenda was a swim given our pitiful efforts in the pool over the last two weeks. For the record can we all repeat after me....heated pool my arse!

My swimming regime consists of a solid, slow burn (weightless - yeh) session of the following:

10 laps freestyle (non stop) - attempt to keep HR at about 140
10 laps sprints (up 25m kicking on back then sprint 25m freestyle - repeat)
I rotate this for the hour swim with the results being:

Training Time:2.02pm
Length of Training Time: 1hour 06sec
Intensity: 1-2
Calories Burnt: 573
Cal Fat: 24%

Finally finished out the day with a run with Bastardo - once again due to the lack of oxygen flowing to my brain I can't remember the finer details of the torture but it went something along these lines:

2min warm up @ 5.5km/h
1min run @ 8.5km/h
1min walk @ 6.0km/h
2min walk @ 6.0km/h at 15%incline
1min walk @ 6.0km/h
1min run @ 8.5km/h
2min walk @ 5.5km/h @ 15%incline
1min walk @ 5.0km/h @ 15%incline
(well you get the picture...the Bastard simply keeps rotating the torture dependent on my HR...a fun time was had by all....NOT) result:

Training Time:4.11pm
Length of Training Time: 31min 37sec
Intensity: 2-3
Calories Burnt: 357
Cal Fat: 17%

So that basically rounded out the day...the fact that I was rendered virtually comatose... a victory for the Bastardo!

All in all a halfway decent day!

Yours in fatness

LBL