Now, I have my mum and dad safe in a care home, I am able to get a routine going again for training.
I have been walking to work every day to get used to walking 7km a day, albeit flat and in nice conditions and only 1 hour 10 mins as opposed to 7 – 13 hours a day in mountainous conditions, but it’s a start. We are climbing Ben Nevis next week on the longest route just to get used to long, slow walks at an incline so that should be fun and an excellent way to train.
The hypoxic chamber at Third Space Gym has been replaced with a brand new system, so we can start doing a bit of hypoxic training too, although I think it may only go to 12,000ft maximum, so it’s not going to be anywhere near Kilimanjaro’s 19,340ft but it’s better than nothing and we plan on doing 2/3 hours walking at an incline with back packs and boots just to get used to the feel of carrying weight in boots starting next week.
I am still doing 15 reps and 4 sets of all over body weights; squats, walking lunges, step ups, single leg press, single leg deadlifts, deadlifts, single arm back rows, single arm lat pull down, back flies, power cleans, push press, rotating cable exercises and specific knee, glute and adductor strengthening physio exercises to keep my dodgy knee and groin in check in separate programs.
Watch me doing glute raises :)
I was in the Daily Mail this week so that is exciting (see article) and on Alaraby TV doing an interview on boxing and how it helps the youth of today stay on track (see you tube clip). Keeping up with PR is a great way to ensure I get as much exposure as possible to raise sponsorship for Alzheimer’s. Having one of the biggest battles of my life to ensure that mum and dad are in an amazing care home and together over the last few weeks has made me even more determined to push for backers to help raise 20k, we are now just short of 7k so 33% there! I still have a battle to keep them there permanently but fingers crossed the universe will throw me some support ha ha.
I have been walking to work every day to get used to walking 7km a day, albeit flat and in nice conditions and only 1 hour 10 mins as opposed to 7 – 13 hours a day in mountainous conditions, but it’s a start. We are climbing Ben Nevis next week on the longest route just to get used to long, slow walks at an incline so that should be fun and an excellent way to train.
The hypoxic chamber at Third Space Gym has been replaced with a brand new system, so we can start doing a bit of hypoxic training too, although I think it may only go to 12,000ft maximum, so it’s not going to be anywhere near Kilimanjaro’s 19,340ft but it’s better than nothing and we plan on doing 2/3 hours walking at an incline with back packs and boots just to get used to the feel of carrying weight in boots starting next week.
I am still doing 15 reps and 4 sets of all over body weights; squats, walking lunges, step ups, single leg press, single leg deadlifts, deadlifts, single arm back rows, single arm lat pull down, back flies, power cleans, push press, rotating cable exercises and specific knee, glute and adductor strengthening physio exercises to keep my dodgy knee and groin in check in separate programs.
Watch me doing glute raises :)
I was in the Daily Mail this week so that is exciting (see article) and on Alaraby TV doing an interview on boxing and how it helps the youth of today stay on track (see you tube clip). Keeping up with PR is a great way to ensure I get as much exposure as possible to raise sponsorship for Alzheimer’s. Having one of the biggest battles of my life to ensure that mum and dad are in an amazing care home and together over the last few weeks has made me even more determined to push for backers to help raise 20k, we are now just short of 7k so 33% there! I still have a battle to keep them there permanently but fingers crossed the universe will throw me some support ha ha.