Weighed and measured

And so it comes to fruition

This morning, as the sun struggled through the overcast skies, I stepped onto the scales. It had been a hellish and stressful week before this moment, so my hopes were not high for my starting point. However, stress and lack of movement seems to have done me some benefits in the weight department!

Weight: 107.1KG
Fat: 25.9%
Muscle: 44.5%

So, scales done, time for the tape measure. My gut was the obvious weak spot, as those of you who have seen it can attest to, and the ruler would not lie here.

Chest: 104.5cm
Waist: 93cm
Abs (gut): 104.5cm
Hip: 114cm

Hmmm... room for improvement for sure.

OK, so onto some strength tests, stuff we can re-run and compare at the end of the challenge. We started with some warm up exercises, checked I wasn't going to die from a heart attack, then got into the embarrassingly unbalanced tasks

Pushups (1min) : 7 (yes, seven, not seventeen or seventy)
Squats (1min): 31
Prone hold (plank): 34sec
Crunchies (not sit-ups) (1min): 22
Wall sit: 33sec

So, not very impressive. Need to add some chin-ups (predicting 3 max) and dead lifts to these to complete the set, but, well, lets just assume they will be equally crap. There were a bunch of other tests done too, all of which were similarly unimpressive.

OK. Baseline set, timetable in place, goals well defined, diet mildly improved and motivation semi-high. Next activity planned (apart from commuting in the drizzle) is a romp in the hills on Sunday and maybe a timed ride around McLeans Island on Saturday. Time to start improving!