matoatoa’s BodyBlog

Last night I ran for 50 minutes and did a full chest workout. Tonight I just settled for a fast paced 30 minute run. The scale tells me I am still losing weight. It’s not long till months end when the tape and pictures will reveal the truth.

If you have been reading here long enough you will know that I have a goal of doing 12 palm down fully extending arm pull-up/chin-ups in a row. Well I can do ten in a row right now with good form…but I have decided to attack the goal by doing three sets of six twice a week (starting last week). One day in the next four weeks, without any major pre-meditation or planning, I will just try and and eek out that 12 in a row. Anyway…tonight I hit the gym working out the back and I then hobbled out a 45 minute run on the dreaded rubber road…aka treadmill. Its better than that ugly betty show though.

yesterdays workout was a good 50 minute run and then biceps and triceps to top it off. The weight is still dropping so hopefully this week it won’t come up on me. I need to keep the daytime diet clean somehow. Today I ran on the treadmill for 90 minutes which was a killer, especially as my favourite rugby league team lost badly. I came home and had fish for dinner, then my kids made me watch Ugly Betty with them. I sprinted from the couch to my room as soon as it was over. It is an evil show in some ways….disturbing even .

Last night I blatted out a 40 minute run and worked the chest via dips, incline flyes and seated flyes. I rested tonight as it was pizza night. Kids loved it…

well my week away was a sauna for three days then a tropical downpour for the rest of the week. It fined up only on the weekend. The place was so flooded and waterlogged I only only managed two runs. Both times the locals looked at me as if I was crazy. The first run I did was on a playing field. Two kids kicking a ball around asked me if I was allright or looking for someone… the second run was on a massive field through shin deep grass near the Vanuatu parliament. The day after I ran they mowed the lawn. Someone must have seen me and felt sorry for me. Then it rained non stop for almost four days. It was a great time away though and an amazing place to revisit. Last time I was there in 1997 I got lost for for two days in the jungle on this big island called Ambrym. After a week I could see my ab’s. An amazing fact is that in Vanuatu, a kg of potatoes costs more than a kg of steak. I kid you not. They import potatoes. My friend ordered steak and chips and got six chips.

After two days recovery…(I was ultra tired for some reason) I went to the gym tonight, worked out the back and ran for 47mins. My legs felt heavy but I haven’t gained much weight. I guess I am back into it.

I am in Vanuatu this coming week for work so I won’t post an assessment of April until later. Vanuatu is a group of Pacific islands in Melanesia.  In WWII many US servicemen were stationed there and they filmed Survivor there once. I have been there before and it is a humid sauna like environment. I hope to get some training in.

Bottom line for April is I gained weight, but if my resting HR is anything to go by I think I am marginally fitter, although I don’t know how. I might be able to hit an internet cafe there. If I get the chance to access BB.com in the coming week I will do so. If anyone checks in here…best for your coming week and the new month.