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1000 page views

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  1000 pages views so a quick note to say thank you. Also to take the opportunity to remind you that you can subscribe to my blog and leave comments or ways to improve my blog.  👍🏼

Triceps

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  It’s a return to the gym after a recovery day and it’s Tri’s today.  It was cross trainer to start and intervals on 15 after a day patrolling at work it was a lot of pressure on my knees but I got through it.  It was on to the cable machine named started with a flat bar on a low 13kg to kick off and working up to 28.5kg which was feeling heavy today.  Overhead pull next starting at 16kg and again struggling up to 28.5 kg  Rope pull down starting low again at 13kg and moving up to 23.5 kg.  On to the triceps machine and kick off with 33kg and working up to 57.5kg feeling good. With a fixed bar next and using a 20kg bar to start and then up to 30kg not quite ready for a jump to 35kg yet.  Some chest press to finish nice and light 19kg up to 26kg to finish the session off.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

My April Apple challenge!

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  A bit late but my Apple fitness challenge for April is to complete at least 92 mins of exercise a day for 14 days and I’m half way through !!  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

Rest day

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  It’s a recovery day today so instead of going to the gym it’s a food shop. I’ll try and get to the gym tomorrow.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

Biceps

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  Back to the gym and I’m using a new gym diary ! It was rowing to start just nice and easy 3800 m in 30 mins  It was on to curls with the machine starting at 20kg and going up to 35kg. Preacher next and with two 10kg plates to kick off and then adding 5 kg and going slow.  Preacher on the machine next starting with a 15kg plate and the upping it to 20kg.  Cable curls next and starting off with 13kg and going up to 25kg nice and slow.  Moving on to bar and using a 17.5 to start then upping it to 30kg to finish.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼

Silkwood 1983, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Fred Ward

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  In 1983 I was 2 so this movie passed me by the first time around surprisingly. A friend of mine recommended I check it out so I am. It’s an early role for Meryl Streep well she’d only won one Oscar and had 4 5 nominations by this point that’s out of three wins and too many nominations for this lazy blogger to count.  The 70’s and 80’s are a different world from where we are now, health and safety was having an accident book and a pack of plasters. A risk assessment was someone telling you to be careful and possibly a chat about it after in the work canteen. Now of course it’s a different world where things are taken seriously and risk assessments are important and you will be nannied when doing anything slightly risky.  Karen Silkwood works in a nuclear processing plant that makes fuel pellets for reactors, she’s in her late 20s and is estranged from her young family. There’s a mistake on the line and some contamination occurs, Karen is blamed for the mishap. When anoth...

Back to the gym chest day

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  It’s a return to the gym after enjoying the sunshine yesterday. It was cross trainer to start and a nice easy pace 2.7 km in 30 mins and 440c.  On to my chest workout and it was flys to start on the machine starting with 47kg and going up to 65kg  Incline press next and starting with 10kg on the bar then upping it to 20kg it was ok I should go a bit higher next time.  Decline is next door and was free so I matched the incline press weights. Cable flys next and starting with 7.5kg a side nice slow flys working up to 12.5kg a side.  Machine press next starting with 19kg and upping it to 36kg to finish. Abs to finish and starting with 57kg and working up to 72.5 kg yo finish.  Have fun stay safe 👍🏼