Gareth
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INTRO
Greetings. Welcome to my training log. My name is Gareth and I'm a 39yr old guy living in Perth, Australia.
I'm putting this log up in an effort to gain some accountability in my training. For a long time now I've been trying to get into strength training but find myself struggling to stay consistent and I've not made much progress because of this. Well, I'm turning 40 in a couple of months and it's time I got serious.
BACKGROUND
I've been swimming for the last few years, but mainly over summer. Between November and April when my local pool is open I'll swim every day I'm not working ( 7 days a fortnight). But over winter when my local pool is closed I have to drive 25mins to the nearest pool and I only end up swimming 1-2/week. I've been doing a little strength training lately, but not on a consistent basis.
GOALS
My goals are very modest, I mainly want to be fit and healthy. I found an article by Dan John on strength standards, so I've based my goals around that.
ROUTINE
I've written my own program based on my goals. I work 12 hour shifts and when you add the commute I only get 2hrs to myself each day if I want to get 8hrs sleep. Of course, I never get 8hrs sleep and that's half my problem, I always feel burnt out and miss training because of it. I also work a weird roster because of the 12hr shifts, I work 7 days out of 14. Previously, I've tried to train on days that I work, but it just doesn't work for me.
I've based my routine around the squat, press, chinup, kettlebell swing and TGU. I want to build up to doing high volume swings so I'll program them accordingly.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Well, tomorrow will be my first session on this new routine and I'll be posting my progress for the world to see (first time for me). I'm hoping the accountability will lead to progress, so we'll see. All comments and chat welcome.
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Greetings. Welcome to my training log. My name is Gareth and I'm a 39yr old guy living in Perth, Australia.
I'm putting this log up in an effort to gain some accountability in my training. For a long time now I've been trying to get into strength training but find myself struggling to stay consistent and I've not made much progress because of this. Well, I'm turning 40 in a couple of months and it's time I got serious.
BACKGROUND
I've been swimming for the last few years, but mainly over summer. Between November and April when my local pool is open I'll swim every day I'm not working ( 7 days a fortnight). But over winter when my local pool is closed I have to drive 25mins to the nearest pool and I only end up swimming 1-2/week. I've been doing a little strength training lately, but not on a consistent basis.
GOALS
My goals are very modest, I mainly want to be fit and healthy. I found an article by Dan John on strength standards, so I've based my goals around that.
- 15 x bodyweight bench press
- 5 x chinups with 32kg
- 5 x press single 32kg kettlebell
- 2x bodyweight deadlift
- 15 x bodyweight squat
- Trail run 1.5hrs. Not bothered about pace, I just want to be able to run.
- 1500m swim in 25mins (1m40s/100m pace).
ROUTINE
I've written my own program based on my goals. I work 12 hour shifts and when you add the commute I only get 2hrs to myself each day if I want to get 8hrs sleep. Of course, I never get 8hrs sleep and that's half my problem, I always feel burnt out and miss training because of it. I also work a weird roster because of the 12hr shifts, I work 7 days out of 14. Previously, I've tried to train on days that I work, but it just doesn't work for me.
I've based my routine around the squat, press, chinup, kettlebell swing and TGU. I want to build up to doing high volume swings so I'll program them accordingly.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Well, tomorrow will be my first session on this new routine and I'll be posting my progress for the world to see (first time for me). I'm hoping the accountability will lead to progress, so we'll see. All comments and chat welcome.
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