Lovely frosty Sunday morning in Edinburgh before heading up to Knockhill Racing Circuit to help promote some of the SMRC race series…
Tuesday morning, in the driveway, some lovely frost beads just before the snow started…
2019
This Saturday (19th Jan) saw the second session of the 2018-19 Scottish Motor Sports Academy programme being held at Knockhill Racing Circuit.
The SMS Academy coaching team delivered sessions and facilitated discussions on fitness, nutrition & hydration and an introduction to sports psychology with the athletes.
Additionally, Motorsports UK Level 4 coach, James Wozencroft attended to deliver the Introduction to Coaching course to the athletes’ parents.
…and create some new hurts whilst I’m doing it! Giving away my age a bit with that song lyric, but it’s on my gym playlist so I went with it.
2 weeks in, I’m starting to see change and not just on the scales. Belly is gradually being beaten in to submission!
Aside from the shape change, I feel physically better for having done more exercise. In the mornings I feel more alive and alert having done my gym session before work.
Sweating out endless hours of cardio is fine if it is needed for your goals, it’s not needed for mine. So all my workouts have been under 20mins, from warm up to cool down.
Overall body fat percentage has dropped along with weight, down 2%, but that still leaves around 14% left to go.
Weight loss has been steady and I’ve been paying lots of attention to my macros tracked on MyFitnessPal. Again, it’s important to know your goal and if what you are doing supports that goal.
Strength is building nicely, I’m not trying to get big, but I’m already able to do more reps in my circuits.
Decided to have a go at giving the car a touchless wash using just Snowfoam, no separate wash.
3 weeks since it’s last wash but the roads here actually haven’t been too filthy.
Also proof that the wing vents must do something on the 4 series, even if it is just accumulate road grime and salt crystals!
Used a bit of G101 diluted 5:1 in water to help out with the wheels. Rest of the car was just foamed, AutoBrite Magifoam diluted 4:1.
Tools:
Video of the whole shebang:
Mid wash pics:
Let it dwell for about 7 minutes whilst I grabbed a coffee, then rinsed it off (and missed a bit on the rear bumper
Going for some tech talk briefly here, NEAT being “Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis.”
So what’s that when it’s at home? Well, basically it’s any and all energy used which isn’t through eating, sleeping and exercising.
This is really the crux of the “eat less, do more” school of thought for weight loss. The thing that makes it great is it’s really easy to do.
Take the stairs, not the lift or escalator. Walk to the shop instead of taking the car. Go to the toilet at the other end of the building, not the one just across from your office.
Sure, I’ve not been perfect, I’ve not hit my target steps every day. Check out the average though, 2,500 more steps a day so far this year compared to last year.
It’s simple changes like this that can make a real difference in your activity levels and overall weight.