Insanity
Mood:  energetic
It's just too hot at the moment to do any work. I've done sod all all week and today I decided enough was enough. Managed to get my head down and get some sets of accounts finished off, but it was a real struggle.

The dogs are bonkers. Especially Eddie. He sits in the sun until you could fry an egg on his head and he is panting like mad. It never seems to occur to him to move into the shade. We keep pointing out to them that sitting in the sun in thick black furry coats is not wise, but they ain't listening to us.

In a moment of madness I decided today I would do a Body Combat class before TKD. I dunno what I was thinking. BC on its own exhausts me. TKD on its own nearly kills me. What made me think it was sensible to put them together? Anyway if this blog never gets updated again, you'll know I collapsed in a small heap and didn't make it back.

Goals
Mood:  lazy
So, I've decided this is mainly going to be a fitness blog. I think it will help motivate me if I put stuff down on here and can go back and see how I've progressed.

In which case I'd better start off with where I am now:

Weight 10 st 1 (height 5'4")
Pretty fit
Yellow belt Tae Kwon Do (and seriously addicted to it)
Been weight training seriously for about 5 weeks and I'm starting to see ARM DENTS!! I'm very excited about them :-)

Here are my aims for the next 6 weeks:

Lose 6 lbs
Weight train 3 times per week
Serious cardio 3 times per week, plus other lighter cardio.
Learn the patterns for green tag TKD.
Develop my upper body strength. Hopefully this combined with some loss of body fat will lead to even better arm dents!

Here's my training schedule:

Monday - 40 mins upper body weights, 20 mins interval run.
Tuesday - 40 mins lower body weights, OR longer slower run.
Wednesday - 40 mins upper body weights, plus either lower body or run depending on what I did yesterday.
Thursday - 90 mins Tae Kwon Do training - high intensity, lots of punching and kicking pads.
Friday - rest.
Saturday - 50 mins Body Pump, 45 mins Body Combat
Sunday - 90 mins Tae Kwon Do training - more technical and less knackering than Thursday.

I've been sticking to that more or less for the last couple of weeks, so want to carry on with that and up the intensity and weights a bit.

Today I did a full upper and lower body weight workout. It's a new workout my trainer set for me yesterday. Previously I'd been doing BFL style weights - 12 reps at one weight, up the weight for 10 reps, up again for 8. He told me to make a change from this and swap it round. So now I have to start off on my highest weight for 12 reps, drop it for a second set, and drop again. It was nice to have a change but just about every muscle in my body HURTS!!!

Where to start....
Mood:  happy
There's something quite daunting about an entirely blank blog. Suddenly I'm filled with horror at the thought of having to fill it. Also I'm wondering why on earth anyone would want to read about my not-very-exciting life. Still I guess I'll waffle on when I feel like it and see how it goes.

I just spell checked this entry and it wanted to change blog to bog. Now wouldn't you think that a blog spell checker just might include the word blog in its dictionary? LOL.

Blogging
Mood:  not sure
Hmmmmm well I seem to have just created a blog for no apparent reason. Clearly I need to get on and do some work.

:-)