update of my fitness

Went for a run the other day and beat my time for running 1.5 miles by 44 seconds I can run it in 10mins and 36secs, it won't be long before i get it down to 10mins. Although my times are getting better and I fill fitter I'm still struggling with completing the run without feeling like I want to stop during the run. Maybe with time that will get better and I won't have that feeling. I think it's where I'm improving my times so I'm pushing myself each time so that's why i feel lik,e stopping.

I've been training my abs for just under 3 weeks now and finding that there is an improvement in the look and the feel of my stomach. I do on the other hand have an issue with staying away from sugar, you know the same old things like biscuits and cakes. I know that to get good results I need to control and maintain a good diet but it is proving harder than I could image.

It's time to get disaplined and get on with it and that's what I will be doing.

17th January 2011 this is me

Hi my name is Michael and I am 36 years of age, I have been going to the gym ever since the age of 19 before then I used to do workouts at home.

My back ground is what made me what I am today. From an early age I was always very skinny, what with constant Mickey taking from other kids at school and people out side of school I felt that I had to do something to improve my confidence of which was at an all time low. So I asked my parents to buy me some weights so that I could train at home, this didn’t really make much difference.

When I reached the age of 17 I started a job and yes I started getting the same comments I did in school, mainly name calling. Even though I was used to it I found my lack of confidence got in the way of work and other aspects of my life, so I joined a gym. As most of my Mickey taking was about how thin I was I concentrated on putting weight on and building muscle.

I found it hard going as in I put a lot of time and hard work in with little improvement but I stuck at it and with help and advice from others I started to put weight on and feel better about myself. Like most things in life you always want more, I remember when I started the gym I was 10st 10lbs at 6ft 3inchs, now that’s thin. I remember telling myself that if I got to 12 stone I would be happy. Not a chance I looked better but was still thin and after a year of training I seriously had the gym bug.

 I have now been training for 17 years and currently weigh 14st 7lbs, it’s become a part of life for me and given me lots of things, but mainly confidence. I used to get people saying to me that I only train because I want to pose to which annoys me as in a way it was other people that made me question my appearance that got me started on the gym in the first place. I used to go training for others because I didn’t like the bullying but after a while you do it solely for yourself and stuff what anyone else thinks. Training is what gave me the confidence I have today along with other aspects of my life, so when someone asks me why I train I answer for confidence and health.

Anyway in all the time I have trained I never really done any cardo, you know like the treadmill, bikes, rowing machine and so on. Because I was obsessed with putting weight on and always associated fitness with weight lose which I felt would take me away from what I have achieved, What a load of rubbish. I can’t believe it’s took me this long to realize that fitness don’t have an impact on my overall weight but does have an impact on my overall health.

So since the New Year I have started running both out side and in the gym, on a treadmill of course. I do favour running outside to that of running on a treadmill the only up side to running indoors is no wind. For the past year my wife has been training, she joined a gym with me and does a lot of fitness to which I think has inspired me to do some fitness, that and I don’t want her being fitter than me J. The fact my wife has done extremely well and lost over 5 stone of which I am very proud of her, has made me realize I have to up my game and seek new goals and not stay doing the same old stuff.

I have also start working my stomach to which I never really bothered doing before, the excising is not the problem it's the not eating cakes and white bread that I have the most problem dealing with. I have seen an improvement already in the stomach area. when I first started to run just a few weeks ago I couldn’t believe how many times I had to stopped, I think I aimed a bit to high at first. I started with a 2.5 mile run to which I stopped about 7 times, I didn’t realize how much discipline and self control that was required when running. I decided to reduce my run to 1.5 miles to which I found a lot more comfortable and didn’t have to stop, but that don’t mean I didn’t want to stop because I sure did what with the wind nearly taking my head of, it was tough.

Any way I will keep you all informed on how I get on in the coming weeks.