Super Fit Dad

27/11/2021

Third year at the Blue Goat Backyard mountain marathons.

Last year and I did this race (hungover) in 40 degrees heat.

Today it was 8 degrees and the rain turned the course into a mud-bath.

I turned up late, missed the start, and didn’t finish.

Needless to say, I’ll be back next year. To me, this race is what trail running is all about.

24/11/2021

Post bootcamp sweat-fest penance with Derek. We apologised for our multiple sins.

30/30 40/20 50/10 seconds work / rest ratio:

Lunges
Push-ups
Sliders
Sumo double-scissors
Badger squats
Frog thrusts

1 minute rest between rounds.

10 minute warm-up. 5 minute cool-down.

12/07/2021

Good job Derek pulled through, otherwise I’d have no lockdown training partners left.

Today we did this EMOM-type workout with dumbbells for 25 minutes:

Min 1-5 - 20 squats

Min 6-10 12 push-ups

Min 11-15 20 deadlifts

Min 16-20 14 push-press

Min 21-25 20 snatches

Wasn’t very pretty but we tried hard.

23/06/2021

When your crew rolls in for a hospital visit 🏥

fights on ❤️

17/02/2021

Epic.

13/02/2021

Not the Netflix & Chill I had in mind 🧊

- Compression
- Sauna
- Hot / Cold immersion

Went in feeling a bit broken and left feeling great. Highly recommended.

09/02/2021

No idea how we’re smiling after that workout 🏋️‍♂️

Run 600m
Dumbbell cleans / toes-to-bar
Rest

On repeat in a team of 3 for 20 minutes.

Good, honest movement but hideous at the time 🤮

08/02/2021

Annual review of the football season - 2020 edition.

Lots of lows, a road to redemption, a Covid scare and a cliffhanger finish.

I asked 's mum if she got to the part about the orgiastic den of iniquity.

She said the only such thing was the "o**y of self-adoration," which seems harsh. But probably true.

Tough crowd.

The football season (and by ‘football’, I mean proper football / Association Football / the English kind) normally runs through the Australian winter, April to September. This year, 2020, the world got turned upside down in March and group sports…

01/02/2021

Shedding a few pre-season kilos with the gaffer. Well, one of us is...⚽️ .4446 . Missing though and Clive 🔭

22/01/2021

Beach volleyball father / son champions 2023.

leading the team.

@ Coogee Beach

16/01/2021

Never skips a day

Workout, swim, coffee, arguments. Perfect start to Saturday

P.S. It’s 25 degrees in case anyone was wondering.

Workout: 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2 ladder

5 stations spaced 10m apart

Bear crawl between stations

Lunge back to start after last station

12/01/2021

Fasted CrossFit: not recommended. At least I won the workout 💪

Workout: Team of 3 - Runner sets the pace

- Run 600m
- Max box jumps
- 15 push-ups / 15 DB cleans

2 rounds in about 15 mins