Tuesday 14th September

Finally managed to make Marc quit on legs today. Whoever I am training with I never ask them to do anything that I don't do, so today we did an enhanced version of "the 300" which I found hard; but Marc actually collapsed on the last set. He rarely does legs with me at Golds so I have to punish him when he does, how I wish I could train him every day, he has such potential. With the news of Ricky Hatton succumbing to what I call "the national disease" swiftly following the Haye v Harrison joke you might think that British boxing is a mess, but it isn't, just take a look at Ricky Burns, who recently became the new World Super Featherweight champion, that will restore your faith in British boxing.

Sunday 12th September

A hard day yesterday, mostly because it was exactly 10 years to the day that I lost my Mum. I spent some time at her grave yesterday, they say the passing of time makes it easier, they are wrong. I also spent some time with Eddie and he cheered me up, he says that I'm exactly where he wants me to be at 4 weeks out, for those of you that don't know Eddie, I should explain that this is as close as he gets to giving a major compliment! We made a slight modification to the diet and then today I saw my good friend Perry Knight and he gave me some useful advice too, so it's all looking good. Here's Colby with me feeding him an ice cream last week, I was very tempted to steal it I must admit!

Wednesday 8th September

Just four more weeks of dieting left! In exactly four weeks time I will be carbing up which is actually worse than the diet as it makes you feel like you are pregnant for a couple of days while the muscles absorb all of the carbs. The diet is hurting all of the "Golds Gym magnificent seven" as I call us, yet we are all staying totally focused. As you know I like to use a topical joke whenever possible, this is made easy today by the news of David Haye's next fight. I'm a big fan of David's and have paid a lot of money to see him fight and it has been worth every penny, but he has let his fans down by asking them to finance the retirement of "Ordinary Audrey Harrison". I for one wont be paying £250 for the pleasure of seeing that particular joke.

Monday 6th September

A big day today! Went through everything with Marc and he is looking great. So great that I could have let him have an easy session today.... no chance! Made him throw up and it wasn't even legs day so mission accomplished! He does all of his important work at Golds and that's why he will be one of 7 people competing for my gym in Nottingham. I'm where I want to be too, as you can see from the pic Im still a bit smooth but after what happened in May I will be doing a long slow depletion starting in 10 days time followed by a mini carb up. So all in all, although I'm still over 17 stone, I'm happy with where I am at the moment, although I will see Eddie on Saturday so may have to retract that statement afterwards!

Friday 3rd September

So after the 300, the 500, that was this weeks hamstrings workout. My hamstrings have always been my weakest point, this is common in older bodybuilders, it's where we carry excess fat, but I have been working hard on them and they are already looking as good as they did in May but they have to go on at least one stage from there for Nottingham, hence the 500. Thats 25 sets of 20 reps, all heavy of course, but style and form, as ever, are more important than weight. Just 5 weeks to go now and tomorrows early morning weigh in will tell me if both Marc and I are still on target. Im sure that we are and I will get some new pics to post next week. Meantime here's the Princess with her Dad, my son Steve, who runs this website brilliantly, thanks mate!

Tuesday 31st August

Have you seen that film "300"? I love that movie and I've devised a quads workout that I call 300. It involves 20 sets of 15 reps (=300!) of the hardest leg exercises possible, all done with maximum weight, to maximum depth and must be completed in less than 1 hour. Throwing up in the drain in the car park afterwards is not obligatory but I usually do. It means that you are confined to sitting down for the rest of the day, hence me sitting here writing this! My legs are already looking so much better than the last picture that I posted here, I'll put a new one on soon but as I have a new batch of Lilybelle pictures, thanks to my gorgeous daughter in law Amy, here's another one. Can you see why I call her "The most beautiful thing I have ever seen"?

Sunday 29th August

Busy times again! Yesterday I saw just about everyone that I am working with at the moment. The posing class went well, many thanks to Matt and Annie for their help, and we were all pleased with Martin Duckett who posed with me. Eddie was happy with me, he says I'm just carrying a bit of water so we have addressed that and it will soon come off. Marc is coming in on target but we both have "the hard yards" as I like to call the final six weeks, to do, starting from tomorrow. Rob is ahead of schedule for the stars of tomorrow and will look the best he has ever looked by November, guaranteed. I only have one other person and they are struggling with the diet but we are working on it. Here's my gorgeous Princess Lilybelle having a little nap.