Today I feel pretty good, my muscle ache is at a minimum.  I could probably cope with another workout tomorrow if it were possible.

Unfortunately due to time constraints I cannot workout again until next Monday, but that only means my muscles will get a really good rest and a chance to really repair themselves 100%.  Given the extent of my workout I would say that the creatine is helping, not only did I achieve a great workout, but I then went out and did some parkour which included some pullups, pressups, cat crawling and another exercise known as "Archimedes cock".... this is where you place your feet about a meter off the ground against a wall of some form and walk around the wall/object with your hands.  The name comes from the Manchester parkour crew who do this exercise around a statue of Archimedes.

The parkour (PK) last night was great, I learnt some good basics and got to see what obstacles were about and how to traverse them.  I also met a great bunch of lads who were more than happy for me to tag along.  Next time I do some PK though I won't go to the gym on the same day as this severely limited my ability to pull myself up walls!

I have just gotten back from the gym, I didn't feel ready for it yesterday as there was still a faint muscle ache and I believe in listening to my body.

I was up at about 8:00am, I got my stepson ready for school and took him to school for 8:55am, I then prepared my morning fuel.... 2 eggs scrambled on two pieces of toast.  I followed this with some red bull style drink.  I then took the dog for a walk to get me body awake and the energy moving... this also serves to get the digestion moving to provide energy.

Before leaving for the gym at around 10:30 I took my creatine with some more red bull energy drink.

Todays workout was great, I felt like I was really making some good progress, if anything needs changing its only the routine now.  The problem with the current routine is that a lot of the exercises hit the biceps as a secondary muscle, this makes them tire before the primary muscle groups which I want to work at, si the result is that I cannot complete full sets of some muscle groups.

During the workout it is important to get a lot of water into the system. Post workout I took the rest of the daily creatine advised. When I returned home I drank some more water and had a tuna sandwich followed by some pineapple to aid recovery.

Hopefully I will have a fast recovery time from this workout.... I'll post tomorrow details of how much I ache or not!


Tonight I am off to train with some local parkour lads, but I fear having already done a workout that I will not be much use.  It will be good to show my face and see what they are upto anyway, tonights training is a HELL night..... this means intense workouts designed for parkour in an urban setting.

I have been planing to get into Parkour for a while now, only problem being time and lack of friends who share the same desire.

Up until now I have been watching a lot of amazing videos and have been training in the small ways that I can.  I have been practising holding myself vertically on rails and performing vertical pushups.  I have also been attempting to learn to do flips forwards and backwards.  The thing I really need is some good parkour friends!  Its so annoying when I walk to pick my stepson up from school, and I see loads of great opportunities to jump on and off of things, but I would just look like a complete tit doing that on my own when other parents are about!

I plan to attend the Hub festival in Otterspool, Liverpool which takes place on the 14th and 15th of July, they will be hosting some example parkour so that should be cool.

For those not in the know about this sport, I advise searching youtube for some great videos.

Okay so today I am aching.  This for me is unusual as normally once I have broken in my muscles they do not ache for future workouts.

Having said this, I have read about people who train hard whose muscles regularly ache which makes me wonder.... did the creatine allow me to push my muscles that little bit harder to create this ache?  its possible, only time will tell, if this happens next time then it will confirm it for me as I know what is normal for my body.

I now need to research if I should be taking more creatine on the days that I am not working out.  According to the box for the CEE I don't take it unless working out because it does not need loading, but I want to know if taking it will speed up the recovery phase.

Pineapple here I come! (read previous muscle ache post about this)

Today I made my first use of CEE (Creatine Ethyl Ester).  Creatine in this form does not require a loading phase, simply four pills before an intense workout and 4 after.

The workout started well, I am not far enough into a gym routine to state any definite differences.  However the workout then went downhill.  This was not due to the creatine, but from either tiredness, lack of energy or the fact that I have not fully recovered from a recent chest infection.  In any case I didn't want to push it so I had to end early.

I shall return on Monday after a good rest and see how things go.  In the meantime I am interested to see if I have any aches tomorrow from the parts of the workout that I did complete.