Thanks for checking out the blog. This is me giving myself something long term and, yes, a little bit cliché to focus on. As the blog title implies, I want to be the fittest I have ever been when I hit 40 in August of 2019. I am back at the 83kg that I was back at the start of this year and coming off the back of 7 weeks low level activity due to injury.
Motivation has been at a bit of a low on a personal level with both my fitness journey & professionally. Getting that work-work-work-life balance is very challenging I told a colleague this week, referencing the different things I do as work. I new I had to do something to get out this funk, as the road would only get "slipperier" and steeper. I have been toying with the idea of this blog for sometime now as not only a way to share and motivate others, but a way to put an incentive aka pressure on myself to not only start, but to maintain. I am now accountable to you the follower when I slip up, when I am falling off the wagon. Originally, I was waiting on a "nice date" to start back training & blog but realized I was falling into the same trap that I try to get clients & potential clients out of. There is no sense always waiting on a Monday to start fresh or the 1st of the month. Nothing is guaranteed. Your schedule might change. Sh** happens! When I woke up yesterday morning, I decided, f*** it! Today is the day.
Yesterday was a tough one. I have been making it to the gym during my injured period and half-assing my way through some workouts with limited zeal. I couldn't perform the moves I love, I couldn't do the things trimmed me down initially, and had people noticing the weight change. I am one of those people that has to consistently workout or I would quickly lose my gains (gain back my losses, as the case may be). I enjoyed performing the over head barbell squat for the first time in forever and along with my first time front squatting in 7 1/2 weeks. I must say it felt good to go deep again (yes, I snickered there). The not so good part was the feeling"weak" and starting back at light weights. It's going to be tough road and definitely not a smooth one, but I am determined to make it across that line!
Hope you enjoy coming along for the ride and it inspires or helps you in some way with your own personal journey, be it fitness or otherwise.
Key moves of the day (KMOTD):
Over Head Squat (full)
Front Squat (full)
Pull Up 'In the V' (Suspended from an overhead parallel bars set up)
Hanging Leg Raises
Kick of The Day (KOTD): Nike Air Pegasus 32.
