belated exercise post
Right,
Well, on thursday i did 20 minutes on the cross trainer, with a bit of interval training (100m sprints, 100m slower) thrown in. I've realised i may be focussing on strength training more recently, whihc doesn't help loads for the athletic, running based sport of ultimate. So I'm going to try to throw more cardio when possible.
I also did some core work, which always makes me feel good.
Without actually trying too hard, it seems that I've lost around half a stone ish, it seems to have shot off in the past week. It's odd because I was doing 3-4 gym sessions a week before easter (from miud january) without any change, and since easter I seem to have started to get going on weight loss. I'm only trying to lose a bit, as I'm just a bit higher than I think I should be.
I also seem to need a new notch on my belt, which is a more uplifting sign of more exercise.
I also played 5 a side again on thursday night, there were only 9 of us so it was 5 v 4, which we kept changing around. Strangely in the first half my team were dominating when we had 5 (as you'd expect!) but when we gave up 1 player to go down to 4, we still managed to keep in front, mainly due to poor finishing from the other team and hard work on our part to create space whilst attacking, using one player to draw defenders out of space.
I found it interesting because when we dropped to 4 players we immediately started playing differently, moving around more and playing more one/two touch football without allowing the defence of the other team to settle. We didn't talk about this, it just happened naturally.
I really am enjoying 5 a side. I haven't played any football at all (other than just kicking a ball around) probably since my second year at uni, so at least 8-9 years ago. It's a good run about, wiht adequate standard and alsos good fun.
I look forward to next weeks game!
I'm also looking forward to getting my homebrew out of the tub and into bottles! I'm hoping this will happpen this weekend, though I have to wait for the brew to tell me it's settled and ready for bottling. Fingers crossed!
Well, on thursday i did 20 minutes on the cross trainer, with a bit of interval training (100m sprints, 100m slower) thrown in. I've realised i may be focussing on strength training more recently, whihc doesn't help loads for the athletic, running based sport of ultimate. So I'm going to try to throw more cardio when possible.
I also did some core work, which always makes me feel good.
Without actually trying too hard, it seems that I've lost around half a stone ish, it seems to have shot off in the past week. It's odd because I was doing 3-4 gym sessions a week before easter (from miud january) without any change, and since easter I seem to have started to get going on weight loss. I'm only trying to lose a bit, as I'm just a bit higher than I think I should be.
I also seem to need a new notch on my belt, which is a more uplifting sign of more exercise.
I also played 5 a side again on thursday night, there were only 9 of us so it was 5 v 4, which we kept changing around. Strangely in the first half my team were dominating when we had 5 (as you'd expect!) but when we gave up 1 player to go down to 4, we still managed to keep in front, mainly due to poor finishing from the other team and hard work on our part to create space whilst attacking, using one player to draw defenders out of space.
I found it interesting because when we dropped to 4 players we immediately started playing differently, moving around more and playing more one/two touch football without allowing the defence of the other team to settle. We didn't talk about this, it just happened naturally.
I really am enjoying 5 a side. I haven't played any football at all (other than just kicking a ball around) probably since my second year at uni, so at least 8-9 years ago. It's a good run about, wiht adequate standard and alsos good fun.
I look forward to next weeks game!
I'm also looking forward to getting my homebrew out of the tub and into bottles! I'm hoping this will happpen this weekend, though I have to wait for the brew to tell me it's settled and ready for bottling. Fingers crossed!
posted by Garry at 4:25 pm
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