Tuesday 16th

Really pushed myself again today, loved every moment of it. Finally finding my fitness again and seemingly getting back towards the level l i was at when taking my black belt.

Tuesday morning i dropped into Stealth Black Belt Academy Coalville and did 30 mins of kicking practice, aiming mainly at trying to build up my basic hook and axe kick technique. After a 30 mins training was cut short by the arrival of craig who them proceeded to tell me about the new Stealth multimedia / school software. Its very impressive, cant wait ot start using it and i reckon it will eliminate about 80% of the paper work that we dont do but should. All good.

Lunch time i was down the gym yet again. Decided to break my usual routine and went for slightly heavier weights and 8 reps rather than the usual 10. Hopefully this should improve muscles and size as well as endurance.

Tuesday night i teamed up with Ross and went on the 3 mile run. I've got my heart rate monitor working now and from here on in i will be providing detailed information on my performance, heart rate and calories burned. If nothing else having a gadget to play with whilst doing exercise routines makes it far less boring and i enjoy being able to look back at what i have done and compare it.

After the run it was straight into the beginners class. Craig put us through an intensive cardio class which involved the 'all new super nasty' for lenghty periods of time. I gave it loads and once Craig had bigged me up in front of the class saying "this is what it takes to be a black belt" i was fired up and gave it even more. Its been along time since i got complemented like that in class. It doesn't bother me, but its nice to know that i can still be surprised and spurred on by such comments.

To top that off me and Keek worked on kankasho (must look up spelling of this) for 30 mins. Trying to remember a kata and perform it well is bad enough for me and my fish brain anyway, to be run ragged for 45 mins first just makes life more difficult. The jumps in the is pattern are critical and in order for the kata to look good they have to be spot on. Practice is required!