What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Thank you Ann and all dralicephd
I do like all the workouts that I do, it's just down to motivation some days and I don't want to ruin the work that I put in last week.
Back to it tomorrow and I really do appreciate your replies xx4 -
Bike today. Not really a training ride though. We just upgraded my 12 year old to a Specialized Hot Rock 26...basically a junior MTB. Going to hit the single track down by the river this afternoon and do the 12 mile section.7
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Chest/shoulders day lifting weights. One could almost say the shower after was another form of exercise, as the cold water prompted VERY quick motions to get clean and out from under that stream, lol. (Not by choice...just a one-off problem at the gym, no doubt fixed by tomorrow.)5
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I was a bit apprehensive about exercise today but I had no negative consequences from my period tonight ánd my twisted ankled healed to where it was before I twisted it, which is still not 100% fixed but much, much better.
At some point in the past - yesterday? Last week? Who knows - I convinced this random dude at the gym to come do oly classes with me on tuesdays because all my regular pals stopped coming to the classfor various, very valid reasons. Whatever, I did a sales pitch and two people showed up!
One complained that it was all my fault that he was suffering 😂 but he's committed to showing up every tuesday now (yay!) and the other one said he had so much fun at the class so I'm hopeful. Though idk how he'll feel after we do overhead squats...
The actual workout was a 12 minute emom (every minute on the minute) of one snatch high pull and one (squat) snatch as low as you can go, 4 min at 60%, 4 min at 70% and 4 min at 75%. Then 8 sets of 4 reps of snatch grip deadlifts (no set time limit but we had 15 minutes left of class time) at 110% of your 1RM snatch. And it went well! The coach said I was consistent throughout, good at every set (which never happens so yayyyyyyy!!), and he always suggests we go up in weight a little more on minute 12 and I did and that went well too! And in my own opinion my high pulls have never been better!
We did a 1RM snatch 2 weeks ago and it was the first time we actually worked towards it consciously since I started taking oly classes. Until a month ago I'd stuck to max 27,5kg, thinking that was my 1RM-ish, but then 3 weeks ago I did 30kg and 32,5kg power snatches so my mind was already blown but at test week 2 weeks ago I got to 40kg. It was 100% fear holding me back from doing more. My goal was 35kg and that seemed terrifying so 40kg took A LOT of (mental) support from very experienced lifters but I did it. And then today I casually and fearlessly did a 32,5kg squat snatch. So maybe I can do a 40kg squat snatch too and maybe even more?
Anyway, my hands are a mess, blisters everywhere, but I feel so good.7 -
My 5 week old refrigerator decided to stop working today, so I cut my workout short. Did supersets in the AM and then rowing sprints (just like 5) and went to get a small refrigerator. Lowe's is bringing us out a new one on Thursday.
Hard to feel too sorry for myself on a day like today.Walked in to see the news in TX. Just so horrible and predictable at the same time. I'll just leave it at that.
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I did about an hour of light gardening this morning (cutting the spent spring bulb leaves to the ground.. see you next year!). After a pretty lazy day, I felt like moving some more but I didn't want to overdo, so I did a slow, easy 30 minutes on the elliptical (Zone 2 and below.. only 1.5 miles).5
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Elliptical 190 minutes for 13.05 miles today.6
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Huffed and puffed through a very slow trail run tonight. Gawd, I really need to step up my running.
Will drag my lazy butt out of bed to swim tomorrow am and look forward to a bike ride after work.7 -
Snuck in a bike ride after running errands today, by missing the first part of the rowing club board's Zoom meeting. (I'm not a board member. I'm just an active member, and the board welcomes members attending their meetings.)
We have a lot of rain the in the forecast the rest of the week, so I wanted to get a ride in today. It was getting toward the low-angle evening light that I don't like being on the road (with cars) during, so I didn't go crazy.
So, 13.62 miles, 11.4mph average moving speed, just over a minute of Z4 (some hill someplace? 😉), some Z3, mostly Z2. The rest of the week could be indoor-ish. Or lazy.4 -
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On Monday, I was a bit time constrained. So all I did of note was front squats (3 sets of 5, 45kgs.)
Yesterday, I went climbing. It was really fun. I was in the gym for over 2 hours; I left when they threw me out. I got a couple of hard routes right at the end. This was on a wall which was reset recently; I got none of the routes last time.
I got over 10 miles walking both days.
I am unsure of my plans for next week. My initial idea was to go to Wales for some caving on Saturday and Sunday; come home on Sunday as I'm giving a couple of people a lift; go to Wales for some canoeing on Monday; go to Dorset on Wednesday to pick up my drysuit from repair and get some scuba in; come home on Sunday.
I think this may be a bit insane. So I am likely to skip the canoeing portion if the plan
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pool swim this morning, after a 2 week break to clear up a sinus infection. Nothin' fancy. 1800yds done as 600 Warm up (200swim/200kick/200 pull) then main set of 6 x 100 on 10R, then 1 x 400, then 200 cool down.
75 degrees and sunny today, so I'm going to take the bike off the trainer and get out for some climbing.5 -
Snuck in a bike ride after running errands today,
So, 13.62 miles, 11.4mph average moving speed, just over a minute of Z4 (some hill someplace? 😉), some Z3, mostly Z2. The rest of the week could be indoor-ish. Or lazy.
You're becoming a regular roadie! 11.4mph is moving right along on a hybrid.2 -
An hour of Barre/Pilates and Rock Band3
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Today was one of those days that the workout I did and the workout everyone else was doing are unrecognisable as the same thing, that's how much I had to scale it. But that's okay, because those just identify the areas I need to work on.
The original workout was a 12 minute amrap (as many reps as possible) of 10 toes to bars, 20 box jump overs and 30 double unders. It was preceded by some skill stuff on the pull up bar and the cooldown was pallof's presses (idk how to spell that, they're deviously simple and kill your arms and shoulders, we did 4x10).
I posted in the nsv thread in success stories about hanging from the pull up bar for the first time in my adult life a few weeks ago (I can deadlift maybe 5 lbs less than my bodyweight now so that gave me courage) and today is the first time since then that I hung from it again. For the skills part I did 4 sets of 4 strict knee raises. Kippings scare me a lot so I was really glad the coach told me to do strict ones.
Then for the amrap I did 3+2 strict knee raises (my max is 4 but takes a lot of effort and is unsustainable in a fast workout), 20 box step ups but without extending at the top, so stayinh squatted on the box, then stepping down from that position, and then 12 calories on the ski machine (because while I can jump a little, my physio advises against any jump rope stuff. I did 20 jumping jacks during the warm up and while they didn't hurt my leg got really tired). I managed 3 full sets and 3+2 strict knee raises. My heart was racing during parts of it.
My hands are even more blistered now because I did the warm up stuff on the untaped part of the bar. The tape really helps. I got on the taped part during the workout and it was almost easy.
Tomorrow is the benchmark wod DT and I have no idea how my hands will handle it. I'm definitely not RX'ing it, that's for sure.4 -
Snuck in a bike ride after running errands today,
So, 13.62 miles, 11.4mph average moving speed, just over a minute of Z4 (some hill someplace? 😉), some Z3, mostly Z2. The rest of the week could be indoor-ish. Or lazy.
You're becoming a regular roadie! 11.4mph is moving right along on a hybrid.
Thank you - that's so nice of you to say! I'm never really sure how to look at my cycling metrics. I admit, I'm mostly just trying to have fun and get a little variation in outdoor activities, but as a non-cyclist it's really hard for me to understand if what I'm doing is reasonable or not, since bikes and terrain vary so much.1 -
Will wonders never cease: I actually did the rowing machine workout, since on-water was cancelled today because of weather issues. I didn't manage to start until just after 11PM, having spent a chunk of the day driving a couple of hours to put flowers on family graves before Memorial Day. That suggested I keep it at an easy pace, to avoid getting so energized I'm up all night. Shot for a split in the 2:30-2:35 range at whatever SPM felt non-stress-y, averaged 2:32.6 at 22spm.
I ended up having some heart rate (or HR measurement) weirdness similar to what Mike reported recently. I was feeling all easy-like in the 2nd of 3 2k pieces, looked down at my watch, and saw 160bpm (just under 90% max) and it climbed to 170 (almost 95%). I wasn't even breathing hard, so it wasn't oxygen demand. I felt normal, so I'm inclined to think it was the HRM, not my heart, but who knows. Another hint that it was the HRM: In the drink break between 2nd/3rd 2k pieces, I moistened the back of the chest belt with water from my water bottle, then the rate reading settled into the upper 130s (a little over 75%) for the 3rd 2k.
For your amusement, it looked like this:
It trails off like that at the end because I neglected to stop the workout for a couple of minutes after I was actually done with the CD.5 -
I got in a pretty decent climbing effort after work last night. Rode for 90 minutes, covering only 21 miles, but it included lots of short, punchy climbs.
Trainer session this morning was 3 rounds of a six station circuit, with each movement done on a 45 sec on/ 30 sec off cadence. TRX Pull ups, 24in box step ups, Assault bike, crunches w/med ball held between knees, pushups w/toe taps with feet elevated on BOSU, weighted lunges. AMRAP in each 45 sec effort. The last round of this was tough. Trainer told the group that she picked this workout "because Dave needs more cardio", so that didn't win me any friends, lol.
Joining a group trail run tonight.
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Snuck in a bike ride after running errands today,
So, 13.62 miles, 11.4mph average moving speed, just over a minute of Z4 (some hill someplace? 😉), some Z3, mostly Z2. The rest of the week could be indoor-ish. Or lazy.
You're becoming a regular roadie! 11.4mph is moving right along on a hybrid.
Thank you - that's so nice of you to say! I'm never really sure how to look at my cycling metrics. I admit, I'm mostly just trying to have fun and get a little variation in outdoor activities, but as a non-cyclist it's really hard for me to understand if what I'm doing is reasonable or not, since bikes and terrain vary so much.
I think cycling in general "checks a lot of boxes" for adults concerned with longevity, health span, etc.
When easy cycling, we are putting in a bunch of time in Zone 2, which is a key health practice, according to many who study healthspan (Thinking of Peter Attia's youtube podcasts,etc.)
Plus riding the bike a nice complement to rowing, strength, etc. I find that the easy rides help to flush out the lactic buildup from hard efforts.
Finally, for me, the biggest reason is that it is such a fun way to be active. There is both an exercise and social element to riding outdoors, with very little residual fatigue from Z2 outings.
Just stay away from power meters and FTP tests, since they drain the fun right out of it!
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Yesterday was cardio day (compared to lifting day the rest of the week), so 45 minutes on the elliptical.
Today was back/bi's day, so pullups, lots of rows, and arm curls.2 -
I hate cycling
but maybe that's because it's been my primary mode of transportation all my life and I'm just tired of it. It's not super tiring and it's efficient and good for the environment and I'm actually pretty good at it but I'd rather walk places if I don't have to wake up extra early to do so, because I hate getting up early more than cycling.
Today we did the benchmark wod DT, which is 5 rounds of 12 deadlifts, 9 hang power cleans and 6 push jerks. I didn't realise quite how not ready I was for this workout until I tried warming up with a 25kg bar but it was so hard and I only did half of a single round with it. I kinda felt my shoulders more than necessary because I did all the knee raises yesterday but it was mistly my wrists that were holding me back.
I used to waitress for a few years, holding really heavy trays, and I did a lot of self-defense stuff with hapkido and taekwondo at the time so my wrists have been extremely overworked. Add to that very limited wrist mobility and a few broken wrists in childhood - I was such a clumsy kid - and I was struggling to do the workout with a 20kg bar. But I did it and it took me 12 min 6 seconds and afterwards I did a whole hour-long pilates class as well.3 -
Missed yesterday's workout because life got in the way (fun stuff, at least). But I woke up way too early (stupid nighttime hot flashes!) and couldn't go back to sleep, so I'm just feeling off today. But I persevered and got my tired butt on the elliptical. I managed an hour, 3.2 miles, about half of that in zone 3, the rest zone 2 and below.
My brain is kind-of funny. I was tired and wanted to stop, but it felt wrong to get off the machine if I didn't get to a nice round number - somewhere. Usually I end at an even mileage, but that wasn't going to happen today so I had to decide between an even calorie number or time. I went with time: 1 hour exactly. Yeah, I'm weird.... As if the 4 minutes, 0.2 miles, or 20 calories was going to make or break me, right?3 -
dralicephd wrote: »Missed yesterday's workout because life got in the way (fun stuff, at least). But I woke up way too early (stupid nighttime hot flashes!) and couldn't go back to sleep, so I'm just feeling off today. But I persevered and got my tired butt on the elliptical. I managed an hour, 3.2 miles, about half of that in zone 3, the rest zone 2 and below.
My brain is kind-of funny. I was tired and wanted to stop, but it felt wrong to get off the machine if I didn't get to a nice round number - somewhere. Usually I end at an even mileage, but that wasn't going to happen today so I had to decide between an even calorie number or time. I went with time: 1 hour exactly. Yeah, I'm weird.... As if the 4 minutes, 0.2 miles, or 20 calories was going to make or break me, right?
LOL, See...it gets sort of addicting. With me it's either, I try for the even minutes or even miles on the Elliptical.2 -
And..... got my new fitness watch today, so I had to try it out. I did a short strength training session of upper body only.3
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Speaking of which...I worked today, so not a usual exercise day. But we didn't have many patients to fill my 10 hour day so I got to leave 2 hours and 40 minutes early. I thought, "I'll put the time to good use and hop on my Elliptical for 2 1/2 hours." Well as I said above, it can get a bit addicting. I have to finish a show/movie, get a certain number of minutes or a even mileage. I ended up doing 185 minutes for 13.1 miles. It's hard to get minutes and miles all even at the same time!!!4
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Drizzle-y day today so I did a 10k + 3' CD stationary bike, easy to moderate pace, all but 1' Z3 and below, 90W average including the CD. HR maybe a little higher than usual near the end, but not dramatic like yesterday's machine row.
I've gotta remember to turn on the ceiling fan when I do this, since it's not Winter anymore (AC not on yet). If sweat were the measure of workout quality, I'd be a champ, since I sweat easily and lots even at low intensity: Even with a terry sweatband just above my eyebrows, I was getting sweat in my eyes by the end, and the backs of my hands were visibly wet (!). Jeesh.2 -
I've gotta remember to turn on the ceiling fan when I do this, since it's not Winter anymore (AC not on yet). If sweat were the measure of workout quality, I'd be a champ, since I sweat easily and lots even at low intensity: Even with a terry sweatband just above my eyebrows, I was getting sweat in my eyes by the end, and the backs of my hands were visibly wet (!). Jeesh.
I was thinking along those same lines today too. I was a bit warm on the elliptical this afternoon and thought "I'm bringing a fan down for tomorrows minutes."2 -
Sweat app my fav , so many workouts2
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I walked 2 miles and played frisbee at the park. I've been so bored with workout routines, I needed something a little more fun today.4
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On Wednesday, I was a bit time constrained. (There was an office party with a 3-line whip to attend), so I just did deadlifts. I worked up to 1 set of 7, 110 kgs. I did my customary lots of walking.
Yesterday, I went climbing. I wasn't in particularly good form. I repeated a lot of stuff I'd done before, but didn't get anything new. 2 hour session.
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