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Hi Guys,

For those of you who have intake dates approaching i was just curious as to how much training you are doing a week at the moment. I have 4 weeks to go until my intake and at the moment im doing as follows:

Monday : Circuit Training and Body Balance (for my stretching)
Tuesday : Run for 45-60mins and 1 hour high intensity weights.
Wednesday: Run for 20-30 mins and 1 hour high intensity weights.
Thursday : Circuit Training and Run for 20-30 mins
Friday : Heavy weights session
Saturday : Run 45-60mins
Sunday : Light weights session

My scores at the moment are around :

3 mile : 18.30ish
Push ups : 105
Sit ups : 200+ (dont know how many in 2 mins)
Pull ups : 11 - 12

Guess it might just be the pre-entry jitters but it would be good to know how others are gettin along.

Cheers Will

Will, you ever heard of over training?!?!?

Don't forget training is progressive mate, i know we all get the pre-training jitters but i'd start easing off now. Its not suprising your starting to get niggly injuries, you need to chill out a bit buddy. Just keep your fitness level at a reasonable standard do a couple of runs and swims a week and you'll be sorted.

Remember, your supposed to be a super human fitness machine after training not before.

Cheers Ian

Will,
Not sure if you know about tapering, if you do don't read the rest. As you said you have four weeks left I would start to gradually decrease your training load two weeks before your training commences. Training for any big event be it a marathon or marine training requires the body to peak physically. If you carry on at the rate you are going you may approach training in an already fatigued state, which could also have an effect on you mentally. Anyway might be something to think about.

Will, as th eothers say, add another rest day into the schedule, or stop about 4 days before joining.

Cheers guys,

Tom yeh i had heard about that and was gonna train up until a week before i go, and then just do a few brisk walks or swims just to keep my body active, same as i did before POC.
Point taken about throwin a rest day in.

Would still be interested as to what other people are doing in preparation for entry.

Will

Rugee wrote:Will, you ever heard of over training?!?!?

Don't forget training is progressive mate, i know we all get the pre-training jitters but i'd start easing off now. Its not suprising your starting to get niggly injuries, you need to chill out a bit buddy. Just keep your fitness level at a reasonable standard do a couple of runs and swims a week and you'll be sorted.

Remember, your supposed to be a super human fitness machine after training not before.

Cheers Ian

How do you know he hasnt worked up to that level? I actually do more than that, i train twice a day most days, and only have 1 full rest day. (my precious saturday) I've worked up to this level gradually and I feel good doing it. As long as you eat and rest enough in between training I don't see a problem. It's true that you don't need to be superfit before training but it helps. And yes, I'll cut down then take a break before I start my training just to recharge my batteries, and I'd reccomend that to anyone.

I knew you had to be fit to be a toff, but bloody hell! I've got entry a week after you:

60-65 press-up
60-70 sit up
8-9 pull up
3 miles - 19min(ish)

My preparation consists of a shit-load of overtime at work to try and pay off a bit more debt, nowhere near enough training and far too much drinking. I train four days a week currently, down from six before (and for a while after) my PRMC. My scores haven't improved for probably the last 6 weeks or so.

i don't know if it's true but i've read somewhere that eating late on a nite can actually decrease the rate your fitness increases

Yeah i've heard that eating late on does decrease fitness levels, not sure if my mate was taking the piss though. Eating late into the nite does help you add on lots of body weight, coz that body does not burn off the callories as all it is doing is sleeping. Best this is not to eat late on but if this can't be helped take some protein supplements, the body love this.
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I thought the body uses more energy at night than during the day, that is why you feel very tired if you sleep alot.

i don't think it's really about the energy i think it's just about how well it digests

i don't think it's really about the energy i think it's just about how well it digests

Eating carbohydrates late in the day is not advisable if you are trying to lose weight.

I have never heard of it affecting your fitness level.

OK to round this little discussion off, eating before you sleep is not good for you.

1. When you sleep your body burns fat reserves, if your stomach is fulkl your body doesn't do this, i uses the fresh carbohydrates being digested.
2. The aim of sleeping is to let the body recover and repair. If you eat before you sleep, energy is diverted away from the synthesis reactions which is where new cells are built, decreasing recovery times both from exercise and injury.
3. When your body is digesting food it is active there fore it is unable to shut down and go into a deep sleep, therefore using more fluids and making you feel dehydrated, and more tired in the morning.

You should refrain from eating within a 2 hour time period before you go to bed, and should drink only water or weak squash to make your recovery process the most effective. (Finally got to use that human biology a-level for something!!)

So now thats cleared up....anybody else got a training programme they want to share and compare?

Will

nooooooooooooo I'm always starving at night. After work and the gym I don't get home until 7ish. Then I eat a meal. I always eat loads at night because I don't get as much chance at work. I get up at 5:45 so I'm in bed by 10. So I've only got an hour 7-8 to shove as much food down me as I can? That's ruined my day, that has. In fact, no, it's ruined my life. Thank you all very much.