Chris - Week 12 to Week 15

Guys,

I think we need to try and focus on this blog a bit more and use it to inspire and coach each other along. Si is doing a great effort of being completely honest about his progress and his strengths and weaknesses and without that we might as well not bother.

Fact is, October will be here sooner then we like and the hard work needs to start now if we are going to successfully run and finish a half marathon with some hugely tough obstacles together. I honestly believe we can and will all do it - but how much pain we go through doing so is dictated by the hard work we put in now.

So anyway, the last 3 and 1/2 weeks since my previous post has seen me continue the diet but on a less extreme basis. I have had 4 drinking sessions and 1 or 2 cheat meals a week. Of course this weekend I blew the diet out of the water but it was massively worth it. Had my final session this morning and my last measurements are in before I go on holiday on Thursday. I set them out below together with my target for 12 July and a summary of my average weekly exercise as a guide:

Current Stats                                               Target Stats for Si's Stag Weekend
Weight - 85kg                                                82kg
Body fat - 16.17%                                         under 15%

Average Weekly Exercise

2 x 1 hour PT sessions (inc. 1km rows, weights, sprints etc - most exhausting sessions I have ever done)
2 x 10km cycle (on machine at gym)
2 x super-set weight circuit sessions (on my own)
Running club on Weds evenings and another 5km run as fast as I can.
Football (when its on...)

In terms of pictures and progress from back in Feb when I started the regime:

The holiday won't completely stop us exercising - I have been given a 30 min intensity workout that Jen and I will do every other day and on the days in between we have an abs routine which involves 500 reps of different sit up exercises. Plus we should be doing some walks, a couple of runs and swimming (weather permitting!) Should be enough to stop the rot whilst I am away -  hopefully we stick to it!

Chris