Tiree Fitness

Simple workout challenge: 10 minutes to do as many as you can

Long arm chin ups

Press ups

Both exercises have got to be done with perfect form every rep. All the way up and all the way down. Break up the sets however you like. Scratch up your scores and let me know how you do.

A small island out in the Atlantic; a cold blustery January Saturday morning 9:30am and a few hardy local residents turn up for Boot Camp. Half an hour running outside followed by some circuits in the community hall. Braving the weather was also the new recruits for Junior Boot Camp. Well done everyone for a really great workout, it was good to see such a range of ages all enjoying being active on Tiree.

Later on the same day we did a 5km run along the reef; this is the first in a regular end of the month challenge leading up to the Tiree 10k in May. Well done Andrew, Becky, Anne and Fiona for rising to the challenge despite grim conditions. Personally I enjoyed the hot chocolate whilst doing the ‘timings’ from the car.

Saturday night was Indian night with some amazing food and a quiz organized by the tapestry group. A great evening and thank you to all involved in putting that together.

And lastly, I failed to get any photos of the above activities, so here is my best effort at inspiring you to eat healthily. This is Ironman food, quite literally. A steak, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and in case that wasnt Iron rich enough it was washed down with a glass of Guinness. I challenge anyone to beat that.

Have a great week of training everyone. Remember, you’ve got till friday to register your 5k. Get to it!

So, it’s coming up to the end of the month. As agreed that means it’s time for the 5km trial. You can run, jog, walk or a mixture of all three. Nothing else counts; no bikes, horses, cars, piggy backs. This is a good workout and is a great measure of fitness for anyone training for the Tiree 10k.

The route is as follows: Crossapol, start at the cattlegrid near the garage. Go along the reef to the surgery junction where you turn around and come back to finish at the cattle grid where you started. This is compulsory for all gym clients and it’s got to be done by next friday (3rd Feb). Let me know your time so we have something to compare when we do the same again next month.

There will be a group doing the 5kms tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm so come along if you can. If you cant make it, do it in your own time and let me know how you get on.

Tiree was back to blue sky sunny days today. An hour and a half out and around the island to loosen off the legs ready for a few more intervals tomorrow. Boot Camp is on tomorrow as usual; 9:30am at An Talla. It’s a special Junior Boot Camp tomorrow with some kids coaching activities on the beach followed by some circuits. New recruits for Team Tiree!

First hill session of the year done; 6 reps up Ben Hynish, the ride was made complete with some lovely rain and sleet, it really made my day. Looking forward to circuits later.