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This is when the work is done!

A dull day in november it may be in terms of weather anyway, but days like today are exactly the type of days when you need to be putting all the hard work in if you really want to look fantastic coming up to christmas!!!

The most  important sessions are the ones you never really feel like doing, and once you remember that mantra, you will be much more motivated by days like today. Days like today are also days when you think of summer believe  it or not! It seems way off but the hard work is really put in now for next summer, as there’s no such thing of overnight success in this game, and every bit of progress you get is definitely well-earned!!!!

This time of year is also about finding out how tough you are, and whether you have desire and determination needed to change your body, change your energy levels and change your ambitions so you can be in superior health!!

Another reason to feel a bit smug with yourself this time of year is that finding out you are one of the few who actually exercises outside this time of year. If you are running, walking, cycling etc on a day like this, you are guaranteed not to meet many people out on the way!!! This shows to me and it should show yourself that YOU ARE committed and dedicated to changing your appearance and really focused on looking and feeling good.

This feeling inside alone is enough to brighten up the most dreary of days! You are investing in your future right now, today the 3rd of november if you get out there today and do a workout or stay inside and do a workout. You are really setting yourself apart from the crowd who would have thrown in the towel by now. You are different and you should celebrate that fact!!!

When i said there was 12 weeks to christmas a while ago, some of you probably laughed and thought it was a long time away. Now the facts are that its only SEVEN weeks away and how much close are you to your health and fitness goals!!! If you havent taken it seriously, you STILL have time so lets not waste another minute!!!

Twitt
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Using the great outdoors-Pembrey country park!!!!!!!

Nice to see some of my comments have caused some interest from yesterday anyway!

I try to be open minded and if pembrey country park is left in a bad way after the festival, i will be the first to complain!

With this festival closing the doors  to the country park this week, we really should appreciate it that much more from now on shouldn’t we? And the entire coastline when you think about it.

Jean for instance is well known to use the coastal path and beyond in her training, she swears by it and is pretty annoyed its closed this week (the country park)!

If you don’t use the great outdoors, such as the country park regularly, then shouldn’t you start using it a lot more, not only to enjoy the scenery but to do a whole range of workouts?

You have some great running conditions on the hard sand on the beach, i used to use this for my marathon training and usually do 12 miles every friday. From the car park on the left as you go in all the way to the bombing rane should make sure you get around 1 hour 40 minutes of running in, you can run so far down before you notice all the tornado’s coming overhead!! This is a sign to turn back as well as all the signs and barbed wire of course!!

There are great cycle routes there too, all the way around the park and its so vast that sometimes you can get lost, as even i have done several times! I would start off on shorter conservative routes to begin with, and be more adventerous from there as it can take a long time to know the park, and i don’t think anyone gets to know it all down there!

There are also various hills you can sprint up, from hills in the heavily wooded area, to a crazy hill on the right hand side of the ski slope, that jean herself remembers well, this takes some kind of effort i can tell you, and you be a very good barometer on your fitness!!

There are lots of park benches too you can do press ups, step ups and arm dips on and the point of all of this is to state that this is a magnificent place not only to walk, but to get some hardcore workouts in too.

This week’s closure makes me appreciate it all the more, i can’t wait to get down there and experience all its riches from now on!!

Twitt