What Was Your Work Out Today?

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  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    Elliptical 130 minutes for 10 miles.
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,123 Member
    edited May 2022
    I intended to have a day off yesterday, as I was a bit broken, but a friend invited me on a hike with her. So I ended up doing a 15 miles hike. My hypothesis is that I am now unbroken, so I'll go for a climb later.
  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    Congratulations @AnnPT77 for being able to finally get back on the water! I think we all know how much you hate your indoor workouts. :smiley:


    55-ish minutes on the elliptical for me today. I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles. Mostly Zone 2, with ~10 minutes in Zone 3. This was followed by my easy strength training circuit. You know, I'm not lifting very much and I'm not really following any particular lifting "program" (except the "don't hurt yourself" program.. haha), but I can visibly notice more definition in my arms, shoulders, and legs. It's pretty cool how little it takes to add a little bit of muscle when you start with nothing.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,558 Member
    edited May 2022
    dralicephd wrote: »
    Congratulations @AnnPT77 for being able to finally get back on the water! I think we all know how much you hate your indoor workouts. :smiley:

    Thank you. I wouldn't say "hate" . . . so maybe I've just been complaining too much? 🤣

    They're just not very fun (which rowing on water and biking on trails are), and I get pretty tired of them by the end of the Winter. This Winter was particularly dragged out, it seemed like. I do feel much better overall (physically and psychologically) if I keep working out, and I'd detrain pretty severely - I think - if I didn't do Winter workouts (plus starting over from zero in Spring stinks), so I do them. I just get impatient for the fun part.

    55-ish minutes on the elliptical for me today. I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles. Mostly Zone 2, with ~10 minutes in Zone 3. This was followed by my easy strength training circuit. You know, I'm not lifting very much and I'm not really following any particular lifting "program" (except the "don't hurt yourself" program.. haha), but I can visibly notice more definition in my arms, shoulders, and legs. It's pretty cool how little it takes to add a little bit of muscle when you start with nothing.

    It seems like there's a bit of definition, and a nice sort of taut feeling, that comes even before much muscle mass is added - an early reward? And of course, substantial strength improvement precedes mass gain when we're new (or resuming after a long hiatus), and that's pretty great, too! Congratulations to you on finding a route through injury avoidance to strength improvement: That can be tricky!
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    After my neck feeling bad all last week and a headache most of it (felt like I was fighting something off), back at it today. Just a 30 minute row (6300 or so meters) and LateralX to complete an hour.
  • RaquelFit2
    RaquelFit2 Posts: 208 Member
    My body is still sore from all the landscaping. I took it easy today and did 30 minutes yoga concentrating on holding stretches that are good for my back.
  • Sinisterbarbie1
    Sinisterbarbie1 Posts: 711 Member
    90 minutes of gardening/landscaping for me today. Hoping the deer and squirrels don’t dig the young plants right up/eat them!
    Plus a 3 mile hike
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    dralicephd wrote: »
    Congratulations @AnnPT77 for being able to finally get back on the water! I think we all know how much you hate your indoor workouts. :smiley:


    55-ish minutes on the elliptical for me today. I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles.

    @AnnPT77 She's correct. We all realize you like the water better!

    @dralicephd See now your sounding like me! "I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles."

  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    swimmom_1 wrote: »
    dralicephd wrote: »
    Congratulations @AnnPT77 for being able to finally get back on the water! I think we all know how much you hate your indoor workouts. :smiley:


    55-ish minutes on the elliptical for me today. I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles.

    @AnnPT77 She's correct. We all realize you like the water better!

    @dralicephd See now your sounding like me! "I went a little longer just so I could hit 3 miles."

    Well, you can't just leave it at 2.7!!! :D
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,123 Member
    edited May 2022
    drmwc wrote: »
    I intended to have a day off yesterday, as I was a bit broken, but a friend invited me on a hike with her. So I ended up doing a 15 miles hike. My hypothesis is that I am now unbroken, so I'll go for a climb later.

    I was indeed unbroken. (The second time I did a 28 mile hike, a few years ago now, the day aftwerwards my younger niece was visiting. I was a lot less fit then. She observed that: "You are a toy and and you are broken!")

    Climbing was fun. I was time constrained, so only had 90 minutes. I pretty much flashed all the v3s I tried - one pumpy overhang out of a cave took a few tries. The v4s are way harder, I eventually got one, which took many tries. I didn't have time to do too many of the others in earnest; they are certainly above my flash grade. I got a couple of dynos, maybe I'm finally improving at them.

    I got 9 miles walking in throughout the day.
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    I was carrying quite a bit of fatigue from the weekend long ride, yard work and truck hauling duties, so my trail run turned into a short run/walk last night.

    I really need to swim more, but until my sinus congestion clears up, the pool will have to wait. It will be perfect weather today, so I'll plan on an easy bike ride tonight.
  • Bodenista
    Bodenista Posts: 146 Member
    azuki84 wrote: »
    3am workout (i love it!!!)
    55lb dumbells reverse lunge 3x8
    75lb Cable crunch 3x10
    335lb leg press 3x10
    135lb leg curl 3x8
    120lb leg ext 3x10
    60lb hip thrust 3x10

    Wow 3am, I admire the dedication - well done!!
  • RaquelFit2
    RaquelFit2 Posts: 208 Member
    Two hours gardening. Still a bit fatigued but I was able to get some good work done.
  • bojaantje3822
    bojaantje3822 Posts: 257 Member
    12 minutes of 1 muscle snatch and 1 high hang snatch, 4 min at 50%, 4 min at 56ish%, 4 min at 70%, then 3 sets of 4 front squats at 60%, 70% and 80% respectively. It was supposed to be 5 sets of 4, with the last 3 all at 80% but I couldn't mentally bring myself after the first set at 80%. It's so heavy. Apparently it's preparing us for some kind of competition? Not sure if I'm expected to participate considering I've only done like 15 oly classes so far in my life, 14 of which were snatch-focused, I remember doing a heavy c&j once exactly.

    Also I twisted my already bad ankle yesterday so walking hurts and I've been exhausted and unfocused from the pain but acc to my physio I'm allowed to do everything and surprisingly jumping, even during snatches, does not hurt at all.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    edited May 2022
    Trying to get back in the swing of things today. Felt mostly good, just a minor headache.

    Did supersets in the AM (complex legs, chest, shoulders -- 4 sets so far, will likely get 2 more in by day's end). Wanted to push a bit on the rower, even though it's somewhat hot outside -- 91 by lunch.

    Decided to do a 30 minute row pushing for four minutes, slowing down for one, repeat for the duration (not stopping). Finished 6730 meters (2:13.7). Not bad considering my slower minutes were in the mid 2:20s. HR hit 95%, so I guess I wasn't as conservative as I thought I would be!

    I haven't honestly seen 95% of max HR in quite a while, so I was able to push it really hard. Cool down for 15 on the Assault Bike after.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,558 Member
    Another road/trail bike ride at easy pace. Schedule permitting, my plan is to keep the pace easy, but increase volume gradually. The on-water rowing, when weather lets us do it, will be more volume than the indoor rowing, plus the outdoor cycling is a bit more than the stationary biking I'd been doing. If that all goes well knees-wise, I'll add some intentional walks after rowing.

    (I think I screwed up the latter months of Winter by increasing indoor row/bike volume too much all at once, kind of got burned out physically and psychologically in the context of standard overall Winter doldrums, stayed grumpy rest of Winter season. 🙄 Bad plan.)

    So, today was exactly 15 miles at a very easy 10.3mph moving average on the hybrid bike, with 20" in Z3, the rest below (mostly Z1! 😆 Barely working.)

    On-water rowing already cancelled for tomorrow, due to grim weather forecast for both rain and wind. We'll see if I do a machine row instead. Heh.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,558 Member
    Another road/trail bike ride at easy pace. Schedule permitting, my plan is to keep the pace easy, but increase volume gradually. The on-water rowing, when weather lets us do it, will be more volume than the indoor rowing, plus the outdoor cycling is a bit more than the stationary biking I'd been doing. If that all goes well knees-wise, I'll add some intentional walks after rowing.

    (I think I screwed up the latter months of Winter by increasing indoor row/bike volume too much all at once, kind of got burned out physically and psychologically in the context of standard overall Winter doldrums, stayed grumpy rest of Winter season. 🙄 Bad plan.)

    So, today was exactly 15 miles at a very easy 10.3mph moving average on the hybrid bike, with 20" in Z3, the rest below (mostly Z1! 😆 Barely working.)

    On-water rowing already cancelled for tomorrow, due to grim weather forecast for both rain and wind. We'll see if I do a machine row instead. Heh.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    So I'm wondering with my above post, about having to schedule a DEXA scan, how does it interpret loose skin? I'm thinking it will be considered fat. I can't find anything online. Does anyone know?
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,123 Member
    edited May 2022
    I lifted weights, doing:
    3 sets of 5, 40 kgs, front squat. These were fun; I've not really done them before. I will definitely add these to the routine.
    3 sets of 5, 60 kgs, high bar back squat. I normally do low-bar, but I was in the mood for experimenting. I went light (I weight 65 kgs) as it's not something I've done for years. I think I preferred it to low-bar; it is easier to get bonkers depth.
    Bench, 3 set of 7, 50 kgs.
    Hangboarding (12mm ledge, 7 second repeaters).
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    Early morning class today. 45min of high intensity spinning. Heading out for a trail run tonight.
  • RaquelFit2
    RaquelFit2 Posts: 208 Member
    30 minute walk with dog and 2 hours landscaping.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Starting week 2 C25K today at lunch. Not my favorite thing in the world. Looking forward to tomorrow's spin class and Friday's swim...then another C25K on Saturday morning, but the fellas and I are getting together for some MTB on Saturday afternoon for a few hours, so that'll be fun.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,558 Member
    swimmom_1 wrote: »
    So I'm wondering with my above post, about having to schedule a DEXA scan, how does it interpret loose skin? I'm thinking it will be considered fat. I can't find anything online. Does anyone know?

    I think you'll need to ask the tech, or the doctor who reviews the results with you. IME, a DEXA report focused on bone density may not provide all the useful information you'd like about other aspects of body composition. Whether they can provide it, I don't know.

    I've had a couple of DEXAs for bone density. The reports looked quite different from reports folks have shared here from their DEXAs for body composition assessment.

    Off the cuff, I think that part of what most of us think of as loose skin actually is subcutaneous fat. True loose skin is quite small wrinkles, like the wrinkles in a medium weight fabric. Folds or rolls that are 1/2" or so tend to have some subcutaneous fat within the skin. I'd assume that the DEXA would see that fat as fat, and skin as lean tissue, but that's a purely naive assumption, not research/expertise based.

  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    Another long-ish elliptical session today, just to see what I could do. :smile: 90 minutes with about 50min. in Zone 3 and intervals into Zone 4 (about 20 min. total); machine says 5 miles. We'll see how that sits in the body over the next day or so. I have a sit-on-my-butt-for-hours kind of workday tomorrow, so I should be able to recover well.

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