{"id":5266,"date":"2018-04-10T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=5266"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T00:39:20","slug":"april-2018-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/april-2018-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2018 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lats April, I exercised 5-6 days a week, but soon after, my trips to the gym and the intensity of my efforts there gradually faded away. As I write this, April 2018 is nine days old, and I have only managed two rather pitiful exercise bike sessions at home. I have been playing guitar more – around 90 minutes most days, and my social life is more active, but I still need to find time to exercise. I’m hoping a glance at last April’s exercise diary<\/strong><\/a> will help me find that missing motivation.<\/p>\n

April 1 – April 3:<\/strong>\u00a0 A slow start to the month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 4:<\/strong> Eleven measly minutes on my newish exercise bike before work. Well, that’s better than nothing.<\/p>\n

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April 5 – April 8:<\/strong> More days without exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, April 9:<\/strong> Twenty minutes on my exercise bike late at night.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 14:<\/strong>\u00a0Back in the gym for some light weights (chest, shoulders, triceps, core, and forearms) and some cardio (25 treadmill minutes and 120 jumps):<\/p>\n

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Sunday, April 15:<\/strong> I walked about 14 kilometers and ate pretty well. I also read a lot and while doing so, came upon this motivating paragraph from Peter F. Hamilton’s Mindstar Rising. <\/strong><\/em>Something to strive for, but I’m not quite there yet – more like the opposite.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, April 18:<\/strong> I made it to the gym for a brief workout. Life has been a little hectic this week, and going to the gym Monday and Tuesday just wasn’t on the cards. No chance tomorrow either, so it had to be today. Glad I made it, even if the resulting workout was brief and not all that intense. These days, any exercise is a win! Light weights: lats, core, calves, and biceps. That was followed by 11 treadmill minutes – time was short – and 120 skips.<\/p>\n

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Friday, April 20:<\/strong> Just 12 exercise bike minutes on a Friday night.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 21: <\/strong>Just a quick cardio workout on a busy Saturday afternoon: 14 treadmill minutes and 120 skips.<\/p>\n

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Monday, April 23:<\/strong> Some sit-ups in the morning, something I should have been doing most mornings for the past decade.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 24:<\/strong> Fourteen exercise bike minutes to start the day on an energetic note.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, April 25:<\/strong> Another morning abs workout. Back in the gym in the afternoon for a pretty intense and breakless 30-minute weight session: chest, shoulders, triceps, sides, lower back, traps, and calves. That was the hardest I’ve worked my muscles in a long long time.<\/p>\n

Friday, April 27: <\/strong>Some abs and calves in the morning, and a gym visit in the evening: sides, lower back, forearms, a little more abs and calves before 18 treadmill minutes and 120 jumps with my trusty skipping rope.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, April 28:<\/strong> Seventeen treadmill minutes on a quiet Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, April 29: <\/strong>Abs and calves at home in the morning. Later, in the afternoon, some sides and lower back extensions after buying this:<\/p>\n

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Monday, April 30:<\/strong> I ended the month with some weights (lats, back, and biceps), 11 treadmill minutes, and 120 jumps.<\/p>\n

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