What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Of all things, my left hand was really hurting last night. Guessing it's from increasing the Drag Factor on the rower and learning guitar at the same time.
Decided to do Assault Bike today and supersets earlier in the AM. Did 12 X 99 seconds/30 seconds rest. Was tougher than I thought it would be. Legs were dead by the last couple of intervals.
Have my day off tomorrow. That should rest the hand enough.2 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »Of all things, my left hand was really hurting last night. Guessing it's from increasing the Drag Factor on the rower and learning guitar at the same time.
I think my shoulder irritation from last month was a combo of trying to increase pushups and learning to play piano. Apparently music and working out requires some careful balancing!
Hope the hand feels better soon.
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My standard 45 minutes on the elliptical. All HR zone 2 and below. I also did my normal mini strength training but had to cut the squats short as my knee was acting weird. No injuries!!3
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Only a 1000 metre row today, which took me just over 5 minutes.2
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Went for a casual 10k lunch jog. Had some decent consistent times across the entire jog.
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Rowing machine, same ol' 3 x (2k on, 2' off/CD). Not excited about it, just decided to try to hold under 2:30 split, letting the rating (spm) fall someplace that wasn't very strength-y. (That's to be knee-sparing, in the context of adding some early-Spring outdoor walks this week: Walking has an edge, for me, need to manage the narrow border between "hurts while I do it" and "causes more damage". I don't think there is a "feels fine" for me, but staying conditioned to some few-miles walking is important to my overall quality of life.)
So, 6,762m rowed overall (with the CD and row in/out) in about 35:41. Mostly Z3 (24'), about 5' at the end in the lower half of Z4, remainder below; peak HR at 75% reserve, 83% max.
2k pieces at:
9:55.7, 2:28.9 pace, 23spm, 106W.
9:51.6, 2:27.9 pace, 22spm, 108W.
9:49.3, 2:27.3 pace, 20spm, 109W.
I don't much mess with the DF, last I checked it was . . . can't recall exactly . . . somewhere between 100 and 110? I just try to make it feel "boat-y", for my commonest boats.
It's still episodically pretty cold here, not to mention rainy, windy, and sometimes snowy . . . but I'm getting pretty out of patience with this indoor workout stuff, TBH.dralicephd wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Of all things, my left hand was really hurting last night. Guessing it's from increasing the Drag Factor on the rower and learning guitar at the same time.
I think my shoulder irritation from last month was a combo of trying to increase pushups and learning to play piano. Apparently music and working out requires some careful balancing!
Hope the hand feels better soon.
That's alarming . . . so far, I haven't had any cross-injuries between rowing and banjo playing. Maybe the secret is to be truly awful at the musical instrument part? 😉😆
I won't try to convince either of you to try s*cking at music, though . . . and I hope you're able to find a happy solution, plus speedy resolution of any acute issues!3 -
We believed the weather hype and three of us got outdoors for a first training type effort today. The conditions turned quite a bit cooler and windier than expected, but we squeezed in 38 miles before dark. Nothing crazy for intensity, since I did both strength and indoor riding yesterday. My legs felt fresh once I got warmed up. We averaged 15.8mph and got in just over 2k in climbing while remaining conversational during the ride.
I'm very happy to be back on the bike. My fitness isn't perfect, but I was fairly pleased with my climbing improvements due to weight loss so far this spring. The climbing should continue to improve with more outdoor miles and losing the remaining off-season weight.2 -
That's alarming . . . so far, I haven't had any cross-injuries between rowing and banjo playing. Maybe the secret is to be truly awful at the musical instrument part? 😉😆
I won't try to convince either of you to try s*cking at music, though . . .
I never said I was GOOD. I just try really hard! (Clearly, a little too hard.)
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Stationary bike, of course, 10k + 3' CD. On the bike, I just set off, get myself above 75-80W, then settle in wherever it feels good that day . . . and play games on my phone as a distraction. Or should I say, stay seated in aero position? That sounds better than "hunched over my phone playing games" . . . 😉.
Today, apparently I failed to hit the start button on my Garmin, so no details. Bike said 103W on the 10k piece, which took 28:19 overall including the CD, and accumulated 11,091 pseudo-meters. HR seems to have peaked at around 75% reserve and 83% max, based on what Garmin saw without a workout started . . . but it might have gone a little higher (from past experience), dunno.
Tomorrow's a rest day, which might be good. Left ankle is a little wonky for some reason, maybe hyperextended at some point doing I dunno what? I did raise my bike-seat height by one click, but I don't think the ankle thing is that. Hoping the rest day will take care of it, whatever the trigger.2 -
Got outside for a very easy 35 minute run/walk on a local trail. Took my Labrador out to run with me, knowing that we would stop running when approached by other dogs/owners. Sure enough, seeing others on the trail provided a few walk breaks to be sure I didn't overdo the run. No calf pain or soreness, so I should be able to restart short easy runs over the next few weeks.2
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10 km morning walk. Took me 97 minutes.2
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I cycled 70km around a lovely lake and marshland yesterday while geocaching. It was sunny, great weather, perfect to get the racebike out. If not... I have some muscle problems in the thoracic spine at the moment and am getting massages. This helps. But it also loosened my muscles in the lumbar spine - and that for me always means lower back pain (the joy of being hypermobile). Basically, near the end of the ride I had to stop every 5km or less because my back was hurting so much. Ouch!4
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I cycled 70km around a lovely lake and marshland yesterday while geocaching. It was sunny, great weather, perfect to get the racebike out. If not... I have some muscle problems in the thoracic spine at the moment and am getting massages. This helps. But it also loosened my muscles in the lumbar spine - and that for me always means lower back pain (the joy of being hypermobile). Basically, near the end of the ride I had to stop every 5km or less because my back was hurting so much. Ouch!
Wow!! Kudos!! You really cycled 70 kms? In a day? How many hours did it take? Do you workout like this everyday? I mean obviously that would speed up the weight loss right? I'm just genuinely curious, I hope you don't mind??🌸💐0 -
Mangoperson88 wrote: »I cycled 70km around a lovely lake and marshland yesterday while geocaching. It was sunny, great weather, perfect to get the racebike out. If not... I have some muscle problems in the thoracic spine at the moment and am getting massages. This helps. But it also loosened my muscles in the lumbar spine - and that for me always means lower back pain (the joy of being hypermobile). Basically, near the end of the ride I had to stop every 5km or less because my back was hurting so much. Ouch!
Wow!! Kudos!! You really cycled 70 kms? In a day? How many hours did it take? Do you workout like this everyday? I mean obviously that would speed up the weight loss right? I'm just genuinely curious, I hope you don't mind??🌸💐
Well, 70km is not really that much. On a racebike you can easily cycle 20kmh, thus the trip would only be 3.5hrs long. Of course there are traffic lights, people walking on cycle paths, or the cycle path being a rubble path or a promenade, and you're slower in the end. But what I'm trying to say is that it's not really that far even though it does sound like a lot 2 -
did one round of my current kettlebell workout with a 10k kettbell. I think I can do most exercises with the heavier weight. Will need to work myself up with clean and press, and obviously still need to work on Turkish getups with the 8kg kettbell, but otherwise things look good.1
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Did a bonus elliptical workout yesterday, because I needed some endorphins.
Today was my normal elliptical (45 min... split between Zone 2 & 3) followed by some light strength training.1 -
I find doing light workouts work best for me. I have PCOS and I find if I am wanting to lose weight it is best for me to walk on the treadmill for an hour on incline is more effective than running for 30 minutes. I also enjoy doing fitness by Marshall sweat sessions! They are so much fun and I feel great afterwards
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I did 10.66 kms of walking today. It took me 104 minutes. I wish I couldve done a complete 11 kms but it's too hot and humid here now and my legs were killing me!!1
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Getting really grumpy about Winter workouts. It was mostly in the 20s F today, think it hit 30 in later afternoon, but for sure below freezing. Most of the weekend's snow has melted. I try to avoid complaining about whether because why: Changes nothing. But Spring is coming late this year, and my floral Facebook memories assure me I'm not making this up.
So, a ticked-off rowing machine workout, on the short side, late in the day (9:45PM). 2 x (2500m on, 2' off/CD), then an extra 5' CD because, well, I felt like I needed it (2nd 2500m piece was a little strength-y-er). Total 6420m overall including the extra CD. This time more Z4 (about 27%), remainder Z3 and below. Peak HR at about 80% reserve, 86% max (and 1 bpm above 220-age 😆).
2500m pieces at:
12:19.1, 2:27.8 pace, 22spm, 108W.
11:52.8, 2:22.5 pace, 21spm, 121W.
Tested the DF, it's 100, so pretty light. (Splits and watts adjust with DF, so they're comparable across DFs).
The extra CD was timed, not a "rest interval" as usual, so I got splits and C2 calorie estimates. I'd figured I usually CD around 2:40s, 2:50s. This one was 2:51.2 pace. C2 says that's still a rate of 539 calories/hour for their imaginary 175 pound rower, and 458 per hour for me. I could do that pace for a steady hour, except for the boredom. The 2:22 pace for a steady hour, for 634 weight-adjusted calories per hour? Not so much. 🤣3 -
On Saturday, I went climbing for 2 and half hours. I was out of form. I had new shoes, and I may have downsized too aggressively, although I'm sure I will break them in soon. I felt tired afterwards, but found the energy to do a couple of walks, ending he day on 15 miles.
I went for a hike on Sunday. It was nice, I ended up doing a very hilly 20 milers. I'd originally intended a rest day, but I got carried away.
On Monday, I was tired so treated myself to an early night.3 -
Gym session this morning was a high rep affair. Bunch of different movements done as 20 reps x 2 sets. The sets of hamstrung curls done by lying on back, holding a bridge and using sliders to extend and retract legs almost killed me.
Will do a Zwift ride tonight, probably from the FTP Booster series.3 -
Yesterday
Dumbbell RDLs
Machine Pulldowns
Machine incline press
Seated rows
Leg Press
Today
Leg Press
Machine chest press
Seated rows
Dumbbell shoulder press
Pulldowns
Seated leg curls2 -
Getting into running again. Just 2km on a 400m track because I happened to be at a shop opposite the track.2
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Did an HD on my 4 X 2K today. (HD is rower's verbiage for quitting -- Handle down). Haven't felt great last couple of days. Did first set at 2:04, then 2:06. Did another 1K and just didn't have anything left. Did a 1K C/D hardish unstrapped (at 80% max or so) and called it a day.
Wife has surgery tomorrow so I'll be out of pocket for like a week.2 -
I did 186 minutes on the Elliptical for 14.25 miles.3
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Treadmill 5k and nothing else on this glorious day… 🌮 mofo Tuesday….. 🤣3
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Was undecided whether to run or do strength today. Weather decided that it'll be running as the weather will not be good tomorrow. Was restless though and ran too fast. Instead of slowly building distance/time up again I went far too fast... and ran 2km again, like yesterday. Oh well.. next time. It was fun though.2
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The usual: Elliptical. 45 min. HR Zone 2/3. Keep on, keepin on... 1
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