Unwinding

First day of the holiday that I snuck in a nap at lunchtime just for twenty mins...felt not great afterwards,really starting to unwind here which is lovely but trying hard not to drop the intensity of my sets, I think the lack of sugar and maybe more importantly salt is giving me a dull headache, I am drinking a lot of water but I am really sweating hard by the end of my workout, doing it from seven till eight in the morning and it's still WARM....
On a list of my most favorite foods glass noodle salad black pepper prawns and Thai green curry are probably all in the top ten....I am resilient but it's tougher than I thought...in holidays past I would have eaten these three everyday all week....I am pleasantly surprised at my dedication however and the fact that Sasha is here with me and sticking to her program and diet as well is a huge support and motivation for me so big thanks to my amazing wife...I think her day 16 photo was brilliant you look amazing already my love keep it going....my hamstrings are a little tight but I think the heat may be allowing me to overextend and then they stiffen up afterwards.....keep up the good work team stick to your guns and keep the blogging up it is by far and away the best motivational tool knowing you are all going through it as well...as the sun goes down over the andaman sea I wish you all strength and perseverance on this PCP!!!!

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Buenas dias

PCP from thailand

Here in koh samui for a week with the family and some friends who have four little boys, mad busy day butterfly farm,pool beach frisbee general mayhem did my sets this morning after funny night of baby interrupted sleep, was twenty nine degrees ninety nine percent humidity so heavy sweat by the second hundred jumps, did my incline chin ups on the back of a jeep bumper no chin up bar felt good to keep at it on first day of holiday would not have been so dedicated if I was on my own sasha doing a lot better with the skipping which is great I think leather skip rope is on shopping list for when we get back to Hk one of our friends Ed brought his skip rope with him so we kicked off the day with some group jumping.
Sticking to the food plan is tough with all the curries pad Thai and spring rolls on offer...got our brown rice with jasmine from the supermarket and fruit snacks are mango papaya melon yuuuuuum....will post my weekly photo later or tomorrow....going to get up e a r l y tomorrow to beat the heat...keep up the good work team....hast a luego

FIRST DAY OF PCP - AIMING TO BE 10KGS LIGHTER AND HITTING THE BALL 50 YARDS FURTHER BY DAY 90.....SWING BATTER BATTER SWIIIIIIIIIIING !

running late

have been doing my sets at 6am hit the dismiss buton on the alarm this morning and started at 6.30...not good...skipped like maniac...didnt really rest between sets...was doing squats/pushups as combination instead of breaking...rushed my breakfast not great veggies in the taxi....120 grams of cornflakes is a mountain im not sure its right but then if i had the milk to the cornaflakes i will just have milk and three cornflakes...confusing....any advice there would be great....might just do toast with avocado/tomato/egg/chilli a little spicy superfood bomb to get me going....bed earlier is key as well didnt feel good getting up this morning after crashing at 11pm last night....tons of energy at the moment which is good hope it continues as work is busy and i am enjoying the tightness of all my muscle groups.....onwards and upwards !!!

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Everything goes through me now amigo...it aint weighed it aint going in!

RESPECT

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..may he rest in peace....1000 push ups in 23 mins at age 47 !!!...brown rice/wholewheat/vegetables....done/ done and done....dont need any more motivation than that....porridge / eggs / celery / carrots / milk for breakfast...tuna/wholewheat pasta / more celery and carrots for lunch...crunchy / fresh / colourful...and tasty as :)....
as our little boy likes to say GO GO GO!!!

6.30am sets

Completely different day after that, will continue to do them in the morning from now on, allows plenty of time in the evening to sort out next days food, porridge oats/celery/eggs/carrots/milk for breakfast....super fuel for peak performance:)...can't say I dislike it at the moment....week 2photo coming up...hope everyone enjoyed the weekend keep up the hard work.

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New week new diet new dawn

Really pleasantly surprised with the quantity of my food, a small moment whilst eating brocolli for breakfast washed down with egg and muesli....I know there is method to this madness, did my sets at lunchtime good to get the resistance bands going to work on other muscle groups busy afternoon with the kids but glad the exercises are in the tin and I can put my feet up tonight....wondering whether I can blend the cereal, egg, milk and veg to make breakfast super food!!! Really appreciate the comments and support on the blog...looking forward to my next set, watching the oz open tennis while the brown rice simmers in the kitchen..vamos Rafa!

New year...new project...

New season of American idol...new season of glee....should keep us entertained thru the tough nights of PCP to come....bouncing into the year of the rabbit...it's a new state of mind ! Looking forward to new week already.

I wonder what happened to my stomach muscles

Sit ups today were not a joke...had to use legs,neck and back to get myself off the floor, can i really be that weak, enjoying the jump rope push ups and leg exercises though...looking forward to changing my diet and building up some washboard abs...so far so good....

Push up bars

Make a big difference doing push ups....aiming to kick start the 6am workouts from Saturday onwards. I am not the best morning person...patrick any super snack I can look forward to to lessen the effect of getting out of bed that early :)...prefer leg ups to sit ups by a factor of ten at least..bonne nuit.

Evening sets

The pain from yesterday subsided as I got into my routine, hoping tmrw the sinews don't ache twice as much...plenty of temptation from my "friends" at work with chocolate biscuits and cookies...could be a long ninety days with that going on....feel good about doing the work...keep the goal in my head....I like the fact it needs working on everyday...mañana.

MORNING OF DAY 3

The muscle fiber in my legs is screaming at me this morning...trying to work out whether its better to get up at 6 to do my exercises or do it in the evening and risk the post work battle of not having the drive to crush my sets....for some reason amazon wont ship resistance bands with door anchors to HK.....urgh...sort of feeling hungry....

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first day

Up at 630 for golf in china back home at 745 a four lane highway became 9 lanes due to accident in shenzhen free for all,
Did my sets in 20mins won't jumprope in barefeet again almost lost tow toes! Half dinner now and bed...good day to start!

the night before the 90days

Feels like the night before a big rugby match at school 80 percent excited 20 percent nervous :) really can't wait to get into it...awaiting instructions captain patrick....