Awesome, fantastic dedication. Well done. You are to be rewarded with a new wardrobe of much smaller clothes!
Yoga this morning, and 20 mins of intense circuits of DB squats, KB swings and DB calf raises. Determined to strengthen my legs and try to avoid further injuries.
About 5 weeks behind in my running training so canāt afford another lay off.
Fucking brilliant, well done.
Well done, looking forward to seeing your loaves again in July !
I think Iām going the other way
@crimsondonkey what do you think a good time to hold plank position on elbows is?
Depends. As far as I can tell thereās two type of standard plank - passive and active. Basically passive is what most people do and try to hold their position and tough it out for an extended time. Active is my preference, which is to squeeze your core, glutes etc as hard as you can for a shorter period.
Passive times are 1-3+ mins typically
Active - 20-30 seconds each set, using 2-3 sets
Yesterday was upper body - presses on rings; lying ring rows; pull ups and bench press.
Iād forgotten how much ring presses work your core - jeez I can feel it today 
Today - DB squats; DB calf raises
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Good news - I saw the doctor today - My shoulder damage is not rotator cuff but something simpler that may be fixed by physiotherapy. It does now seem to be a little better. One the good news front the diet is all but done. Three and a half stone lost. My waist is five inches smaller and I have so much more energy - Today I was late for the doctors so I walked and ran the 1.6 miles (auto route verified) in 18 minutes. Then ran and fast strolled back in 16 minutes. I now fancy taking up running something I havenāt done for 35 years.
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Wow! Well done
Had a proper go at running tonight in trainers and shorts not daps, like earlier - 1.21 miles without stopping in 13.67 minutes.
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Thanks- I was using it more as a test rather than an exercise.
I did 2.5 min passive- prob could have kept going if Iād forced myself.
Down to 15 sec between sets of 10 push ups. Tried a 4th set and failed on 5
Really keen to get to >30 pushups continuous, >40 ideally
Still on 5 chin ups, but not made any sort of concerted effort to progress. Managed a single pull up 
Itās been hard to keep any sort of focus on non-cycling exercise as Iāve upped my cycling volume/intensity this past month.
I have 2 weeks from the end of that training block until the club weekend away. I definitely gambled with overdoing it this training block so inclined to err on the side of recovery- if I lose a bit a bit more fitness than I necessarily need to then so be it. The weekend will still be a challenge because itās 3 days in a row reasonably big rides, which I havenāt done up until now. Then I have 3 weeks until my planned ride to and from aviemore (which will probably be ~500 miles in the space of a week). After that, I have no idea what Iām going to do- whether to use that as a springboard to train for something in Sept, or just enjoy the rest of the year cycling without anything particular in mind, and divide my time between strength (take up kettlebells etcā¦) and refining cycling fitness without worrying too much about progressing. I think if i recover properly, then the club weekend, followed by aviemore should give me a couple of jumps in fitness, although Iām not entirely sure how to bridge from the club weekend to aviemore. At the moment Iām thinking take it easy the following week with a 100 mile ride on the sunday, 2nd week do two midweek 1.5 hour interval rides, and a century ride that Sunday then rest up the 3rd week before setting off on the Fridayā¦
I am fucking ravenous this week, and i want to eat carbs and sweet things- problem is I canāt quite convince myself that this is a bad idea, and that it wonāt help my recovery (carb loading excuseā¦ )
I have done no training during May and really need to start again tomorrow. Need to get back into the swing of things. I eventually got all the pieces delivered to make a cable pulldown in the garage, so have something new to add into the mix at some point.
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My legs were a bit achy after my first run so I deferred my second effort until later today.
Pleased to report that I managed to jog (without stopping) 1.53 miles in under 17 mins.
I have found that my previous 1.6 mile walk/ run was a fake distance. So this run is actually my best to date.
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Good effort, glad youāre enjoying yourself
I managed 25 push ups continuous today. Really want to get to 30+
According to this site Iāve just peeked out of the average range for my age range 
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@crimsondonkey I attempted your squat/ push up test yesterdayā¦ disappointingly, I failed on the last set of 10 Push upsā¦ I had made an attempt at how many push ups I could do in one go (24 yesterday) not long beforehand so perhaps I could have made it all the way if I was fresh. Anyway, resting in position to get through it I completed it in 4:20 so not even at the āacceptableā level in your original postā¦
It is fucking hard! The last 2 sets of press ups are really tough going.
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Ughā¦did not feel as recovered as I would have liked on yesterdayās ride, despite taking it easy all week. I felt a bit under the weather on Sat and thereās a cold going around so that may have been to blame. Crashed out at 9pm last night, bit still feel wrecked today. Will take it easier than planned this week I think.