What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Yesterday my "workout" was the increase in heart rate when I learned that the tree-trimming I'd planned on 7 very big maple trees needed to be rethought as removal of most of them (internal rot), with a cost-estimate increase from 4 figures to 5 figures. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Yikes 😬 that's not really a negociable expense, I imagine (dangerous situation?).
My workout today: 9km, at a steady speed of 8.8kph for 45 minutes and the rest at 9.3kph. Autumn has arrived, which is a bit depressing, but at the same time so happy my basement is cooling down now.
My Garmin estimated calorie burn seems even more off today than usual: only 425 calories, according to exrx.net it should be around 600!1 -
Took a quick ride after work tonight, lasting just under an hour. Rode one of my regular weekday routes. Didn't bother with the garmin, but I think this route is 16 miles.
I've learned to keep an eye peeled for bears, since they eat raspberries along the river, then amble through the woods up the hill, often crossing the road just before dusk.4 -
Intended to do an easy elliptical hour today (I'm a little sore from Monday), but then I ended up just doing the same pace as last time.
It was good to be moving.
P.S. Tried out my new air purifier today. Wow, it smells so fresh in the room! Why didn't I get one of those before??? It will be interesting to see how it does against smoke whenever the next fire hits.2 -
Thursday morning gym session with trainer. Chest press lying on BOSU ball, KB RDLs, KB squats, plus core work including crunches w/dynamax ball, etc. I really miss going to the gym during the summer break, so it's great to be back. Best part was the trash talking in advance of the 7 week Fall Challenge.
May run tonight if the rain stops.3 -
Ran a 5k4
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Yesterday my "workout" was the increase in heart rate when I learned that the tree-trimming I'd planned on 7 very big maple trees needed to be rethought as removal of most of them (internal rot), with a cost-estimate increase from 4 figures to 5 figures. Ouch, ouch, ouch.
Yikes 😬 that's not really a negociable expense, I imagine (dangerous situation?).
My workout today: 9km, at a steady speed of 8.8kph for 45 minutes and the rest at 9.3kph. Autumn has arrived, which is a bit depressing, but at the same time so happy my basement is cooling down now.
My Garmin estimated calorie burn seems even more off today than usual: only 425 calories, according to exrx.net it should be around 600!
I don't know if this might be a consideration or not, but sometimes you can find people that know what they're doing that will do it at a discount for the wood. I had a neighbors tree fall in my yard around 10 years ago in Ohio. It luckily only broke my split rail fence and not my shed. I actually offered to pay to clean it up (much cheaper than taking one down) in exchange for the firewood and if he fixed the fence. It was a young couple with small kids, so I didn't want to see him pay a ton for it. The wood alone was probably worth $500 and I paid two guys to clean it up and stack it $250. And this was a huge Walnut Tree.
Today was back at the 8 X 2 minute/2 minute recovery row. Finished it this time, despite it being hot again and staying out late last night at Senior Karaoke night. I finished with a 1:57.6 average, pretty respectable for where I'm at now in my training. Crushed Karaoke night better (did Eric Clapton's Forever Man -- his voice is right in my wheelhouse). Just glad to get the row over!
Tonight is normally gym night. Might just lift at home. Not really easier but I don't have the travel there and back (an hour total drive). Nothing's really close where I live. My wife calls it "desert country". In truth it's a beautiful area, just 20 minutes from nearly anything.1 -
Like I said, I skipped Tuesday's usual bike ride, so I decided to try upping today's distance above my usual. Ended up at 31.89 miles, and a bit slower than usual, 10.0mph moving average. Partly, that was not wanting to add both distance and intensity, partly it was that several miles of the ride were out in the open, heading straight on into a 16-18mph North headwind. I also added an extra hilly bit at the end: Finally needed my easiest gear set on the hybrid, even though it was paved!
I supervised open rowing again tonight, but didn't row. I did take my handy beach towel, and did some yoga/stretching on the dock for a while, when waiting for the rowers to finish their circuit. That felt good!
@MikePfirrman, I appreciate the suggestion, but I'm afraid two things make that kind of approach difficult. First, this is urgent: The trees are rotten in the center, and could threaten my neighbors' house - very bad news. (They have a critically ill son in their home, so the thought of damaging their house is even worse than average.) Second, these are not just trees. These are *TREES*. We're talking 6 maple trees twice or more the height of my two-story house, probably at least 15-18" in diameter, and some of them rotted enough that the tree service's climber wasn't willing to climb all the way up them. This is big lift trucks to do the cutting, and many loads of (partly-rotted) wood to haul away or chip onsite. Multi-day project, multi-worker. Gotta be done, though.🤷♀️2 -
@AnnPT77 -- sorry about that! That's very tough.
Did my lift tonight at home and scrapped the gym. My home lifting sets are harder when done in 40 minutes than my usual spread out through an entire morning, but got done with the 30 compound reps for shoulders, chest and legs X 5 sets. Definitely pooped now.1 -
Two aquarium dives. Scrubbed and used the siphon.
Stomped around in the very steep woods afterwards looking for mushrooms. I found essentially none.
Rode my bike to go see the Vaux's Swifts again.2 -
Wednesday was pull day at the gym:
Pullups, BB row, BB shrugs, high machine row, preacher curls
Abs (Side) - BB side bend, side plank
Today was push day:
Cable twists, bench press, incline DB press, decline cable fly, standing overhead press, cable pushdown
Abs (Twist) - Perloff press, cable woodchoppers (low, mid, high)2 -
Yesterday: absolutely nothing. I had hoped to have time, but I seriously misjudged prep time for dinner.
Today: postponed my run till after dinner, and made it a bit shorter than originally intended.
6.5km in 45min 25sec (8.6kph). Didn't feel terribly smooth, but hey, getting my mileage in.
Been stagnating a bit lately, I might have to look into a real training program instead of just 'doing my thing'.2 -
Not hard to guess: Row day. Ski team out again, did the double upstream loop, for about 9k. In the quad, I was in 3 seat (behind - or is it ahead of? - stroke rower, who's in the stern).
Chilly enough for pogies for the first time this Fall, today - 40sish F, to start. (Pogies = funny mitten-ish, cocoon-ish thingies that go over the oar handle, enclose your hands in warmth.) I'm not colder after weight loss at all . . . except for my finger tips, when out in cold weather. I rarely used my pogies when overweight, now I appreciate them every Spring/Fall when it's cold.)
We did some race starts, some power 10s. One of the club's best rowers - one of the learn-to-row coaches - was out in her single today, prepping for the Head of the Charles, the biggest rowing race in the world, coming up in a few weeks in Boston. So it was our quad, a single from our group, and her single.
Not rowing tomorrow as we usually would, as the university women's team has a scrimmage on our river and it'll be a madhouse. (I might go watch.) Thought about rescheduling to Sunday, but the forecast is all day grim, cold rain. Might bike tomorrow, might not. We'll see. Back to my usual bike/row schedule once the weather sorts out.
I can feel Winter coming. I don't mind Winter generally, but I grieve the coming break in on-water rowing, trail biking, TBH. Machines are just not the same.3 -
Off today but no elliptical. But I did go to a store, Christian's Fitness Factory in Lancaster, PA, that buys, re-furbishes and re-sells, gently used, gym quality equipment, just off lease &/or gym closures, and ships all over the country. I bought a Precor EFX 835 Cross trainer with converging ramp. Over the next 5 days they will go over the whole machine, take it apart and lube, tighten and replace anything not up to PreCore standards and I will get it after that. (So probably about 2 weeks with my work schedule.) And for about 25-30% of a brand new one. This will hold up to my hours on a elliptical. And a workout, with using the ramp, I may have to do shorter times anyway. The guys that came to look at my old elliptical have worked with this store and will do the pickup, delivery and setup in my basement and get rid of my old one for me.6
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Still fighting some fatigue, so I skipped the elliptical yesterday. I was just not feeling like working out at all and almost skipped all exercise entirely. Instead, I decided to stick to my lifting schedule and did some strength training.
I hope to get out and do my "weekend workout" today (aka mow the field and back yard).3 -
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I'm a procrastinator! After lounging around today, i still needed to get my run in before getting ready for a board game evening with some friends. I decided to make the most of a short workout and set a new PB: 5km in 29min 34sec.
I made the mistake of comparing my time with others (comparison is the thief of joy): "over 5 km you're faster than 27 % of female runners aged 39".
But still glad to be improving my times 😛3 -
I went climbing on Thusday. It was good fun, I was in the best form I've been in since I had COVID. I got loads of new V3/v4 routes.
After that. I travelled up to the Orkney Islands. Hopefully I should get some nice dives in.2 -
My screechy elliptical today. 180 minutes for 12.01 miles. I'll be counting the days till my new(used) one gets delivered!4
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Paddled 21 miles from Harrisburg to Peoria. Not Pennsylvania to Illinois. All between the Cascades and the Coast Range. Explored a little backwater. Looked for invasive species. Enjoyed an adult beverage. Had a great lunch on a high spot with a 180-degree view of a big bend in the river. Joyous.
It was ~SO~ crowded out there. There were three of us - two canoes and a kayak. We saw another group of paddlers with a canoe, an inflatable kayak, a paddle board, and a sit-on-top kayak. We saw another group of two packrafts. We saw some folks fishing for sturgeon from a motorized boat.
So crowded....
Gorgeous early fall day. Only saw five Bald Eagles. Also some Northern Harriers, swallows, coots, herons, killdeer, ducks, and turkey vultures. A few others as well, but oddly enough no Osprey. They must already be heading south.4 -
Full-Body Lifting
Deadlift, Hack Squat, DB Press/Row, DB Front/Side/Rear Raise, DB Curl, EZ Bar Extend
Plus an hour of pushing around a grocery cart to feed 9 humans, 6 cats and 3 dogs. Don't know if it helped me lose weight, but my wallet sure is lighter!5 -
Three of us rode through some chilly, raw conditions this morning. We started in NW Connecticut and took a back woods route into western Mass. There were almost NO cars and the roads had been freshly paved. We turned off the route early, since one cyclist had an issue with her front tire and wanted to shorten the ride. The unplanned turn off onto route 57 east was a great piece of luck, since this road is beautiful, with pristine pavement and a FOUR MILE continuous descent.
We took it easy due to Kristina's wonky front tire, but still managed 37 miles with 2871ft of climbing at a 15ish mph average.
I can't wait to ride this route again, but this afternoon I'll just have to entertain myself by stalking three friends racing IM Chattanooga via the IM Tracker app.3 -
After yesterday's 5km PB, decided to do a slower but longer run today: 12.5 km in 1h28min. Took me about an hour to really get comfortable and not think 'how much longer?'
Yet another drastic underestimated calorie burn, 575 calories according to Garmin instead of 825 calories according to exrx.net. I deserved that Chunky Monkey ice-cream, even if my tracker says I didn't 😛5 -
Screechy elliptical again. 200 minutes for 15.18 miles. Should only be 6 (at the most) more sessions on the screechy elliptical till I have my new one delivered.3
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Screechy elliptical again. 200 minutes for 15.18 miles. Should only be 6 (at the most) more sessions on the screechy elliptical till I have my new one delivered.
That Precor pre-owned sounds perfect for your needs! Congrats!
Easy cardio day yesterday. Did 25 minutes walking on the treadmill @ 15% incline (I'm enjoying that as a change of pace -- HR gets in my sweet spot zone for an easy cardio day and I don't have to fight to keep it that high and it feels comfortable), then 25 or so on the LateralX and just 10 or 15 on the Assault Bike.
Treaded around in the pool for another hour after that. Pool season is winding down here in AZ. We have around 6 or so weeks left (if we don't use the heater during Winter, which can get expensive). We, fortunately, still have the hot tub all Winter.1 -
Leg Day Monday FTW!
Squats, BB Step-Ups, Romanian Deadlift, BB Hip Thrust, Seated Calf Raises, Cable Crunches, Planks
Also spent 3 hours yesterday jumping up and down and yelling at the football game, does that count as a workout?1 -
Today was my home lifting workout in the AM, then rowing intervals at lunch.
Finished the lift at 11:30 and rowed at noon. Did 3 X 2K/3 minute rest (8:35/8:36/8:50 times) and then did another 9 minutes on the Assault Bike at a very brisk pace for the fourth interval. HR hit around 90% plus for the last two intervals (92% max was the highest). Nice painful longer interval workout. Glad it's over.2 -
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A bit of hiking. Just under nine miles and just over 2000 feet of elevation gain on a beautiful early Autumn day - not too hot, but sunny. There was haze in the sky from all the wildfires, but it was otherwise a nice day.
I used sections of several of the trails which means I got to see several habitats/ecosystems. I started up the East Ridge Trail, then took the Tie Trail over to the North Ridge Trail, then up to the upper parking lot and up the Summit Trail, then back down to the Meadow Edge Loop Trail before descending back down the East Ridge Trail.
Being among the quiet mature forests were great. The Meadow Edge Loop goes through a fairly rare (for this area) stand of mature Noble Fir. The East Ridge Trail does, too.
The view from the top was too hazy to see the Pacific Ocean. At times I've seen car headlights crossing the Yaquina Bay Bridge - with binoculars. On a very rare day, a person can see that AND some of the Cascade volcanoes. There was even some fall color!
I chatted with some ravens on the Meadow Edge Loop. I love doing that.
On my way back down, there was a cute little Douglas squirrel chowing down on a fir cone. He had some things to say to me too. Happy little critter...
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I recently switched to a 5 day, full body routine. Today was:
Military Press
Reverse Lunges
Chest Press
Reverse Fly
Side Raise
Bicep Curl
3 sets each. Along with that, I got in a 15 minute warmup on the rowing machine, and tonight will be an hour walk around the neighborhood.2 -
Yesterday was back/bis day:
Pullups, BB Row, BB Shrugs, High Machine Row, Preacher Curl, BB Side Bend, Side Planks
I also got in a 5km trot on the elliptical doing hill work.
Today was chest/tris day:
Cable Twists, Bench Press, Incline DB Press, Decline Cable Fly, Standing OHP, Cable Pushdown, Cable Woodchoppers, Perloff Press1
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