{"id":275,"date":"2012-12-31T08:37:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T23:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=275"},"modified":"2015-03-25T08:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T23:43:29","slug":"december-2012-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/december-2012-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2012 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday, December 1:<\/strong> December started with a big bang in the form of a full half marathon in freezing cold Seoul. I was the only runner wearing a T-shirt and shorts &#8211; I figured I&#8217;d warm up during the race. As it turned out, everyone else was right. <!--more-->Oh well, I enjoyed the morning. It was relatively pain free at least; the pain came later. I finished in record time, by the way. That&#8217;s well worth mentioning.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121201.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Marathontime.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/IMG_5350.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Monday, December 3:<\/strong> A return to saner forms of exercise with a 25-minute back, lats, traps, and biceps workout.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Tuesday, December 4:<\/strong> Back in the gym for a thighs, hamstrings, chest, shoulders, and triceps workout. My legs had finally recovered from Saturday&#8217;s successful full half marathon<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Wednesday, December 5:<\/strong>\u00a0First post successful full half marathon cardio session: a steady and steep 45-minute cross-trainer session:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121205.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, December 9:<\/strong> Back exercising with a vengeance after a few naughty and lazy days off due to the cold weather and a slight case of I can&#8217;t be bothered. An hour on the treadmill preceded by a massive back, lats, traps, biceps, and calves workout:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121209.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Tuesday, December 11:<\/strong> A rare home workout: chest, shoulders, and triceps while watching an early episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. I&#8217;m very jealous of Lee Adama&#8217;s shoulders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, December 12:<\/strong>\u00a0Six treadmill kilometres after work, some running and some uphill marching while watching another early episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121212.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Thursday, December 13:<\/strong> An intense\u00a0back, traps, lats, biceps, lower back, and legs workout at Keimyung&#8217;s free gym with Jeff and Chris. And then nothing until&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, December 21:<\/strong> Back exercising after a long Taiwan break with my sister Liz and her family as they welcomed a new Taiwanese addition to the family. I almost went to the gym twice while in Taipei. While I didn&#8217;t quite make it to an actual gym, I did walk around a little bit. Back into it on Friday after work with a 5.5 k treadmill session\u00a0consisting of\u00a0some uphill marching and ten minutes of running:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121221.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Saturday, December 22:<\/strong> A nice legs and core workout in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Monday, Xmas Eve!<\/strong> 45 cross-trainer minutes followed by a back, biceps, and calves workout:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121224.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Wednesday, December 26: <\/strong>Chest, shoulders, triceps, a 3.5 kilometre sprint, and calves:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i827.photobucket.com\/albums\/zz192\/CaptPorridge2\/Fitness%202012\/20121226.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Thursday, December 27: <\/strong>An intense weights session after work: biceps, traps, lats, abs, sides, lower back, calves, thighs, and hamstrings.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Sunday, December 30:<\/strong> A super intense weights session Sunday evening to finish off the year: chest, shoulders, triceps, forearms, sides, and abs. I almost worked out on the 31st. I actually made it to the gym despite waking up with the beginnings of a cold, but the gym was closed. I did do a fair bit of walking in the snow and ice if that counts. And that&#8217;s it, 2012 is done. 2013&#8217;s fitness campaign kicks off tomorrow, assuming this cold doesn&#8217;t stop me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, December 1: December started with a big bang in the form of a full half marathon in freezing cold Seoul. 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