What Was Your Work Out Today?

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  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Cycled partway to and from work again yesterday, another 10k done. Rest day today.
  • cewaters77
    cewaters77 Posts: 1 Member
    Today is actually a rest day that I might take... I normally don't but...
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    Had an active day today. Started by pulling 4 old room air conditioners and some other stuff out of the cellar to donate and/or throw out. Then moved outside for the first round of leaf blowing followed by mowing the lawn. Sunny and mild today, so after the chores I got out for a quick ride. 16 miles in 58 minutes, or just over 16mph.
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,130 Member
    edited October 2023
    I got a cold. I decided to recover by having a three hour climbing session on Monday. It was fun; I was reasonably powerful. I found a bathang from a kneebar in a cave. I didn't really need to rest at that point; but I was so comfortable I hanged upside down for a good while.

    Today. I did an hour's yoga.
  • Dogs_and_bikes
    Dogs_and_bikes Posts: 1 Member
    Wrapping up the third week in a four week cycle of daily undulating periodization. Looking forward to deloading next week.

    ** Deadlift **
    - 135.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 8 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 8 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 8 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 8 reps

    ** Barbell Squat **
    - 135.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 4 reps
    - 225.0 lbs x 4 reps

    ** Push Press **
    - 22 reps
    - 22 reps
    - 22 reps

    ** Barbell Row **
    - 135.0 lbs x 10 reps
    - 135.0 lbs x 10 reps
    - 135.0 lbs x 10 reps

    ** Farmers walk **
    - 176.0 lbs - 40.0 m
    - 176.0 lbs - 40.0 m
  • DiscusTank5
    DiscusTank5 Posts: 687 Member
    cewaters77 wrote: »
    Today is actually a rest day that I might take... I normally don't but...

    Same here.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,622 Member
    Big surprise, rowed again, bow of the quad. Carried a few boats at open rowing tonight (as volunteer supervisor) but didn't row myself.

    We're running out of rowing weather here in the North. ☹️
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Did a workout with my 7th grade son.

    I did 3 warmup sets on squat (including one significantly heavier than my working set).

    Then I did one working super set of leg extensions to failure immediately into a set of squats.

    Then I did 3x12 of extensions and seated leg curls .


    Kiddo’s workout was as follows:
    3x10 barbell backsquats
    3x10 dumbbell bench press
    3x10 dumbbell should press
    3x10 Pendlay rows
    3x10 palms facing pull downs
  • scavonedan
    scavonedan Posts: 15 Member
    Just my usual morning "run". 3.2 miles, about 28 minutes. Will get a walk in later.
    62 yrs old
    169 lbs
  • DiscusTank5
    DiscusTank5 Posts: 687 Member
    edited October 2023
    scavonedan wrote: »
    Just my usual morning "run". 3.2 miles, about 28 minutes. Will get a walk in later.
    62 yrs old
    169 lbs

    Nice work, but man--if we have to give our age AND weight on this thread, I'm out!

    I got in the usual walk with my dog, then biked to work and back. (About 25 minutes--faster going because it is mostly downhill.)
  • Jima102250
    Jima102250 Posts: 16 Member
    I rode my exercise bike twice today. Each time 100 minutes for a total of 78 miles at medium resisrance.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Gym today for full body workout. Struggled through for some reason, have had past two days off so no clue why.

    30 minute walk after lunch too.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Short gym workout and then went to boxing class. Usual instructor wasn't there today so we had a taekwondo instructor instead and have to say I really enjoyed it! Something very satisfying about it, may have to look into that a little more...
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    Spin class this morning. I wasn't crazy about the rapid standing/sitting transitions during class today, but there's no question that the workout pushed me a bit.

    Looking forward to an outdoor group ride tomorrow. It's been advertised as a social paced ride, but I know better, lol.
  • DiscusTank5
    DiscusTank5 Posts: 687 Member
    Dragged myself again to the gym today for 22 min. on the elliptical. Hate that I'm off my routine of regular workouts.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,622 Member
    Rowing rained out (with cool temps and unfavorable wind besides) yesterday and today. I previously mentioned running out of season: This would be the start of that slippery slope.

    I assume I'll go through my usual denial/doldrums phase again this year and skip some workouts for a while, but I'm working on attitude adjustment.

    It's some time since I've biked even outdoors, but I got on the stationary bike this evening for a mere half hour (plus 3' CD), around 7.8 pseudo-miles, to try to start gradually phasing in some Winter routine. :| Mostly Z2/Z3, a little Z4.
    DiscusTank5 wrote: »
    scavonedan wrote: »
    Just my usual morning "run". 3.2 miles, about 28 minutes. Will get a walk in later.
    62 yrs old
    169 lbs

    Nice work, but man--if we have to give our age AND weight on this thread, I'm out!

    I got in the usual walk with my dog, then biked to work and back. (About 25 minutes--faster going because it is mostly downhill.)

    I'm much more willing to freely give my age (67) and weight (133 pounds this AM) than to admit how sub-par my exercise activity has been lately, but I'm admitting it anyway. :D

    Demographics optional, though, AFAIK. ;)

    Onward.

  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Spin class this morning, 20k completed and really pushed as hard as I could muster!

    Then went to see my horse, rode for an hour but only in walk as he's recovering from lameness.

    Legs and hips are definitely feeling it this evening!
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,834 Member
    Disc golf.

    It was a slow 3.5 mile "walk" (hike) on a course on private property out in the Coast Range called Blodgett Woods. The property is owned by a friend of a friend, and I've been encouraged for quite a while to go out there. I finally did. Gorgeous day, and I didn't lose any discs. Pretty difficult course. Very tight fairways, and lots of hills. We had five people, so we could always have a spotter for holes where it's easy to lose discs. I'll go back again. I might even start playing more in general. I haven't played a round of disc golf all year, and I only even threw an Ultimate disc a couple times over the past year - once in Redwall Cavern down in Grand Canyon and one morning at Oregon Country Fair I joined a few folks hucking a disc before the fair opened to the public. I might just go play the local course a mile and a half from my house tomorrow.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Rest day today, yesterday's exertions flared up my facet joint/SI joint issues. Did 45 minutes of yin yoga this morning which really helped and then went for a 90 minute walk this afternoon in the local countryside. Lots of horses, good for the soul :)
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,130 Member
    edited October 2023
    It was my birthday. (I'm 52 now).

    So I went scuba diving over a long weekend in Cornwall. It was cracking. On the Sunday, we had:

    Thornback rays, blond rays, cuttlefish, dogfish (including a baby), angry crabs pursuing us, loads of shrimp, scallops, lobster and conger eels.

    We were blown out yesterday, do I go home early enough to go climbing. I was terrible.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,622 Member
    I had planned to row yesterday, but the group I coordinated ended up (unexpectedly) with an uneven number. Given that it was chilly, I volunteered to cox so that the rest of the group could row with no one needing to steer while rowing. (The coxswain steers.) I also ran some technical drills for the boat, and they did make a difference. The boat felt increasingly synchronized and smooth as we went on. No exercise for anything except my vocal cords, shouting down the 40-foot boat. :D

    Today, I just did a casual walk with a friend, only about 3 miles.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,622 Member
    drmwc wrote: »
    It was my birthday. (I'm 52 now).

    So I went scuba diving over a long weekend in Cornwall. It was cracking. On the Sunday, we had:

    Thornback rays, blond rays, cuttlefish, dogfish (including a baby), angry crabs pursuing us, loads of shrimp, scallops, lobster and conger eels.

    We were blown out yesterday, do I go home early enough to go climbing. I was terrible.

    Happy birthday, @drmwc!
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Yesterday I cycled halfway to and from work, 10k total. It was COLD, definitely wasn't expecting that and wasn't dressed for the change in weather!

    Today I did pilates first thing, got a 30 minute walk in and also went to the gym just now for an arm session.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    back day.

    3x10 pendlay rows
    3x superset of
    Lat Prayers (standing pullovers)
    Palm facing close grip lat pulldowns
    Went till form broke on the lat prayers (usually when I start feeling my triceps try to help)
    Goal was a weight I could do 10ish reps with the pulldowns with my lats exhausted, so much less than I either pullup or do normally here.

    3x15 Bicep Curls
    3x12 Ab machine

  • Fattyohfat
    Fattyohfat Posts: 54 Member
    Today was push it day. Normally I go about 45 minutes to an hr. Today I went an hr and 20 minutes. at this point I am just trying to get in a minimum of 45 minutes of exercise.
    6 sets 12 reps of the following
    Triceps push down(cable)
    Bench press(machine)
    Back row(machine)
    Chest Fly(machine)
    Bicep Curl(free weight/machine)
    Shoulder Press(machine)
    20 minutes(instead of 15) on Upper Body Cycle.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,622 Member
    So grateful I got to row today (even though willing to cox for the good of the collective!). We were able to launch a quad (4 rowers) and double (2).

    I rowed bow in the quad, with our club's board president rowing in with our group for the first time. (She's a great athlete, was a Div I basketball player back in the day; a good rower, delightful human, but not out of our league technically now.) With the line-up we had, and lovely weather, it was an excellent row, the usual 7k-ish.

    Stroke (the one who sets the tone) was my 77 y/o buddy J, who is technically precise (good model to watch), very strong (lifting for decades), and soooooo regular in rhythm (strokes per minute). 3 seat, a visiting PhD student from Turkey who's way younger than most of us, a coastal rower (big boats on big water!), very petite, solid technique. 2 seat, the club pres I mentioned, strong and experienced. Then me in bow, calling the row, steering . . . and no one else in the boat can see me so it doesn't matter if I'm sub-par. :D Everyone 60+, except 3 seat.

    It was lovely rowing weather: Around 40s F (maybe around 6C), mild South (cross-)wind so flat water, intermittent sun. We did power 10 intervals (ten strokes, focusing on leg strength), and it felt really good. Happy row.

    These few beauteous days toward the end of the season are such a gift!
  • Meusmemento88
    Meusmemento88 Posts: 4 Member
    My workout today is back
    Pull-down machine
    Standing cable pullovers
    Cable rows
    T rows
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,130 Member
    I went running on Tuesday. I don't know why; I don't really like running. I did 7k.

    I went climbing on Wednesday. I was out of form; I felt unrecovered from Monday. I got a one v4 and a couple of new v3s, though. 2.5 hour session; Fitbit reckons I'm on 500 active minutes for the week already.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Yesterday was boxing class, instructor took it easy on us for a change, found myself a little disappointed not to be exhausted at the end! :D

    Today I did my usual full body workout this morning, a little less focused on legs as I've overdone them a little this week.
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    push day

    3x10 incline dumbbell press
    3x15 Flys
    2x10 weighted dips
    2x12/1x failure seated skull crushers (machine)
    Last set there was supersetted with a set of unweighted dips to failure

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