Monday lunchtime

Bench Press
55kg - 6 - 7 - 6 - 4

Deadlift
56kg - 11 - 12 - 12 - 7*

Seated v crunch
65 - 63 - 65

Kneeling row
R 20kg - 11 - 12 - 12
L 20kg - 12 - 12 - 12

* ran out of time

SHOCK HORROR left my protein shake at home :(

Good news I brought my home made protein bar with me.

Sunday

Great Sunday morning run. Along regents canal, and park - stopped by some armed bobbies to let Michelle Obama leave the American Embassy. Back up through St Johns Wood and got soaked. Fantastic run!

10km 51min.

Friday

Cycled to work 5 miles 20min (and back again, 5 miles 23 min)

Bench Press
55kg - 6 - 5 - 3 (what?!)

DBTs
32kg - 6 - 4
28kg - 7 - 6

LAWC
10kg - 31
12kg - 28

SwBSU
60

Some light skipping and a few barbell bicep curls (not worth writing home about).

Update

Monday
Knew I wasn't going to make it to the gym.. so did some body weight exercises at home

45 chin ups
~60 press ups (maybe more, wasn't really keeping track)
~120 seated Vs

Tues
Played pick up ultimate in Hyde Park for approx 2hrs in approx 30C heat! Great cardio.

Weds
Lunchtime gym workout

Bench press
55kg - 6 - 6 - 6 - 4

Lat pull down
70kg - 8 - 8 - 6

Dead Lift
56kg - 10 - 11 - 11 - 10

Seated v
62 - 60 -

Ran out of time.. it was lunch time after all!

London Running

Back to it!

7.32km in 36min.

Lovely run down to Regents Park / Canal.

Friday

So first week back has been a little slow exercise wise, so yesterday and today set out to remedy that.

Thursday managed 42 chin ups throughout the day.

This morning cycled to work for the first time. Cycled about 70-75% effort and found it was pretty quick!. A 45 min terrible commute of bus and tube turned into 20min of nice cycling through london. Finished off with quick gym trip and breakfast in the restaurant.

Bench press
50kg - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 (proper BP and good form. Will move to 60kg next).

Seated v crunch
62 - 60 - 58

As we all know - Wiggo is from Kilburn and proud of it. So with him all but crowned the tour champion - will Kilburn see a rise in cyclists? Who knows!

Cycled home (obviously) - took me a little longer - seemed to be mainly uphill!

(45 min total, 10 miles)

Update

Monday

Ran 6.5k in 32min.

Nice to be back in London and running the streets. Running an old favourite route reminded me why I love London and living in a city!

Wednesday

Haven't yet managed to get to the work gym - but cleaned my bike down (having sat on my balcony for 4 months) and cranked out 70 ish press ups.

Really want to sign up to the London Duathlon for the classic distance (10k run, 40k bike, 5k run) however I've been told I may need to be back in the US that week... so waiting to hear before I commit. Also is there ANY justification for entry being 70GBP... don't think so.

I think I will start training as if I am doing it. And then if I have to be away - then so be it!

Pre flight prep

Chin up
10 - 8 - 6 - 6

Chest press
58.5kg - 7 - 7 - 6 - 5

Leg press
127kg - 10 - 11 - 10 - failure

Seated v crunch
60 - 62 - 60

DBTs
60lb - 10 - 8 - 9

Thursday

Chest press
58.5kg - 6 - 7 - 6 - 5

Chin up
8 - 6 - 6 - 5

Deadlift
100lb - 13 - 15 - 13 - 13

Seated v crunch
90

Monday

Sat - picked up Lu (rest day)
Sun - sat in 31C+ heat to watch Yankees beat White Sox - awesome day! (rest day)

Back to gym this morning at start of holidays - pre breakfast to see how I fare with fasted workouts!

Chest Press
58.5kg - 8 - 8 - 5 - 4

Leg Press
127kg - 13 - 12 - 13 - 9

Chin up
8 - 7 - 6 - 4

Seated V Crunch
60 - 64 - 52

DBTs
70lb (35lb x 2) - 9 - 7

Seems like it was fine - although later sets seemed to suffer from lack of energy. Fairly good workout though. Off to walk long distances round NYC now!