Introducing Phat Fighter’s Aerobic Fitness Chart!

I have been to the gym this morning, although it was very difficult to get up this morning for some reason.  I wallowed in bed longer than I ought to have, but eventually I did get up, make breakfast for my partner, and then take off to the gym at about 8:30 – so half an hour later than usual.  Not too bad for a Monday morning really.

I have developed a blister on my foot, and as you will know from my previous posts, the left knee has been playing up a bit as well.  I had put sticking plasters and anti-septic cream over the blister last night, and it felt okay this morning until I got shoes and socks over it.  I decided that I must go to the gym so that you can all read about it today, and also because I have finally completed Phat Fighter’s Aerobic Fitness Chart and was dying to get the first stats on it!  

Yes, at last it is here!  You can click on the link in the links section of this blog to download the spreadsheet that tracks my progress, or alternatively you can click here.  Data from each of my aerobic sessions will be collected and entered onto the spreadsheet more or less daily.  Over time, as I continue on my fight against fat, the graphs should show that I am getting fitter as well as the other graph you all have already that tracks my weight.  

There is also a template version of Phat Fighter’s Aerobic Fitness Chart available on the Fighting Phat website, which is listed on the links section of the blog, or alternatively you can access it by clicking here.  The spreadsheet template is on the spreadsheets page, so be sure to check it out.  Remember you can download the template and change it to suit your own needs.

It sounds strange I know, but having charts and table to complete I find helps me with my quest.  I start to feel guilty if I put off going to the gym when there is a chart there that I am supposed to fill out.  I guess you could say that it helps with the discipline of maintaining an exercise regime.  I hope that it helps some of you anyway.

The cardio session this morning went well, however I was not able to go at full pace due to the blister, however on the good side my knee did hold up well.  The stats are now on the spreadsheet so I won’t repeat them here.  I did feel good at the end, and had worked up a sweat, but it is frustrating to be so eager to do more, but be held back by a small blister on the foot.  I am really looking forward having recovered from it.  

On the bright side, a slightly less than exhausting aerobic workout this morning should mean that I am well placed for my session with the trainer this afternoon at 3:00.  I will head down there a bit early to make sure that I am well warmed up by the time we start.  I was supposed to have my eating plan from the trainer today as well, however she has not yet sent it to my email address.  I will have to ask her about it again this afternoon.  It does seem to have taken an unusually long time to produce, let’s hope it is worth the wait.  Something tells me that I probably wont get it today…a bit disappointing as the session aren’t cheap and I want to start addressing the diet more than I have so far.

I will of course post the experience of that workout later this afternoon.  Be sure to check back later to see how I got on.  In the meantime, good luck to you all in your fight against fat!