Week 4 Day 2. A Barrage of Crunchy, Curled, Ham Planks

My Personal Torturer oops, I mean Trainer, AKA Bryan Shelbourne, decided that he would like to do a gym session with me yesterday, to see how I was getting on.  He also needed to explain what the hell an 'alternate, bent arm plank' was, as I couldn't find anything that made any sense on YouTube.

...but first, the run...

Up early and walked the wife to central station where she caught a train to Exeter, to attend a meeting.  She v smart, me in running kit.  From the station I ran to the barrage again and then back home, through town.

I can't run at the pace we normally do, when I'm on my own and the entire run was hard work.  I later found out that I'd done the 7 miles @ 10 to 15 seconds per mile, faster than our normal pace.  I felt good though, if not a little self conscious as I marched my malodorous way through the throngs of fragrant freshers, to get home.

The 3 Ss completed, I sat down to compose yesterday's post, apply for some contracts and work on some photo's before the aforementioned torturer turned up to cast an expert eye over my hamstring curls and make sure I wasn't cutting corners on my crunches.

...and what about those 'alternate bent arm plank', things?

Oh, yes. - Feet slightly wider than a normal plank - take one arm out to the side at shoulder height - replace and repeat with other arm - repeat for 30 seconds, all the time keeping your body straight and rigid in the plank position.

Torture, but boy, it works those abs!

A good session that got the heart pumping, the sweat flowing and the muscles burning, and the boy didn't do bad for a youngster either!

What do you think to these next week then...?