What Was Your Work Out Today?
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17 minutes on an elliptical, regular 'first thing in the morning' routine.
45 minute group fitness class at the local YMCA later in the morning.
An hour of dragon boat paddling practice in the evening.4 -
Saturday I took a couple friends up a local mountain. In all their years, they had never been. We had a nice hike, but it started raining and hailing on us as we got to the top. No good views. Just cold wind and rain. They'll go back.
Today I took another friend who's lived in the area about three years and had never been. He drove because he has a "new" car - a 1998 Subaru. He was carless as long as I've known him. The hike was a bit of a stretch for him, but he enjoyed it. We had views of the Cascade volcanoes from Mt. Baker to the south to Mt. Rainier over 200 miles north. We could also see waves crashing onto the shore over on the coast. Gorgeous day, and not even too windy. Lots of wildflowers!
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Great workout this morning. Cardio, Push Day and Core.
Stretching
65 minutes on the spin bike: HR 127/156.
35 minutes on the treadmill: HR 110/120.
64 minutes lifting weights: HR 109/140.
Barbell Bench Press: 12@135, 10@155, 7@175, 5@195, 6@165, 10@135
Barbell Overhead Press: 10@75, 8@95, 6@110, 4@120, 6@95, 8@75
Cable Crunches: 12@90, 10@100, 8@110, 5@120, 12@90
Incline Dumbbell Press: 12@45, 10@55, 7@65, 4@75, 6@60, 10@45
Cable Triceps Press Downs: 12@50, 10@70, 8@85, 5@100, 8@70, 8@50
Landmine Twists: 10@20, 10@30, 10@40, 8@50, 8@20
One-Armed Landmine Overhead Press: 10@30, 10@40, 8@50, 10@30
Dumbbell Chest Fly: 10@25, 10@30, 8@35, 8@25
Overhead Cable Triceps Extensions: 10@40, 10@50, 8@60, 8@40
Dumbbell Cross Body Raises: 8@25, 7@30, 6@35, 6@25
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Lower Body
Rack Pull 5x10
Leg Press 4x15 <<superset>> Seated Calf Raise 4x20 <<superset>> Cable Crunch 4x15
My commute via interstate between cities for my job has been a nightmare this week, with a different accident every day causing massive traffic jams and turning a one-hour commute into two+ hours. It's really zapped my energy to hit the gym after work, which is why I'm only on my second workout of the week on Thursday. Combine that with a hitch in my hip limiting what leg movements I could do comfortably today, and not exactly my best workout.
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Good to you here as well @nossmf. I won't let losing the newsfeed impact my workouts or motivation. Still hitting it hard as ever between Cardio and Weight Lifting. I really need to get back out on my road bike this summer and get some good miles in to add some more variety.
It is a shame they took away the newsfeed, it was a great motivator to see all those people in my friend list working hard. Good to see that folks here are still at it!Glad to see you back in here, @bigmech. Was wondering if the loss of the newsfeed would put a damper on your workout spirit, but obviously not!
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Even though your "light" workouts are still twice the burn of my intense ones, lol.2
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Awesome workout this morning. Cardio, Pull Day and Core.
Stretching
65 minutes on the spin bike: HR 127/159
35 minutes on the treadmill: HR 120/130
77 minutes lifting weights: HR 105/138
Prone Grip Lat Pulldowns: 12@130, 10@160, 8@180, drop set: 5@200, 6@165, 8@130
Dumbbell Concentration Curls: 10@30, 8@40, 6@45, drop set: 4@50, 6@40, 8@30
Landmine Twists: 10@20, 10@30, 10@40, drop set: 8@50, 8@20
Bent Over T-Bar Rows: 10@115, 8@150, 8@175, drop set: 6@200, 6@150, 8@115
Face Pulls: 10@40, 10@50, 8@60, drop set: 6@70, 8@40
Kettlebell Pass Arounds: 10@30, 10@40, 8@50, 8@50
Barbell Shrugs: 10@185, 8@255, 6@305, drop set: 4@355, 6@255, 8@185
Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns: 10@50, 10@60, 8@70, drop set: 6@60, 8@50
Dumbbell Cross Body Curls: 8@30, 8@35, 6@40, drop set: 6@45, 8@30
Cable Crunches: 12@90, 10@100, 8@110, drop set: 5@120, 8@90
Shoulder Mobility Exercises
Stretching
Felt great today and hit the cardio hard and thew around some good weight. If only every workout could be like this!
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Incline press 3x12 (40lbs)
Decline press 3x12 (40lbs)
Chest press 3x12(45lbs)
Shoulder press 3x12 (40lbs)
Pectoral fly 3x12 (55lbs)
Triceps press 3x12 (85lbs)
Torso rotation 3x12 (90lbs) both sides
Abdominal 3x12 (145lbs)4 -
Yesterday, exercise was a twilight row in the barge, a summer solstice party at the rowing club. I got home too tired to post, but it was very fun, and a pretty night. I feel OK posting this photo (taken about 9:45 PM), since I think no one is identifiable. (The bright yellow shoulder on the right-hand side of the photo, farthest from the camera, is me.) Several people from this year's learn-to-row class joined in, which was fun, too.
Today, I rowed bow in the quad, with one of my longtime rowing buddies in stroke and 2 people from last year's learn to row class (mother and daughter) in 2 and 3 seats between us. The daughter had never rowed any multi-rower boat before, just singles. She did fine - both did. It was already hot (on its way to 90+ F later, 32+ C), and probably around 90% humidity after storms last evening (before the night row) and fog this AM. We didn't row hard, but every piece of my clothing was sweat-soaked by the end of the row. At least it was overcast: Full sun would've felt even hotter.3 -
Upper Body
Bench Press 3x10
DB Bench Press 3x10
BB Row 4x10 (2 sets pronated, 2 sets supinated)
Pulldown 3x10 (1 set each hands over, under, neutral-grip)
Face Pull 3x10
DB Upright Row 3x10
DB Shrugs 3x10
Preacher Curl 3x10 (3-second negatives)
Cable Pushdown 3x10 (5-second negatives)
Perloff Press 3x15sec2 -
Awesome workout this morning. Cardio, Leg Day and Core.
Stretching
53 minutes on the spin bike: HR 125/157.
35 minutes on the treadmill: HR 112/128.
72 minutes lifting weights: HR 108/160.
Leg Press: 15@180, 15@270, 12@360, 10@450, 8@540, 6@590, drop set: 4@640, 6@450, 8@270
Cable Curls: 15@90, 12@100, 10@105, 8@110, 6@115, 5@120, drop set: 4@125, 8@85
Hex Bar Deadlifts: 10@125, 8@175, 8@205, 6@235, 5@255, drop set: 3@275, 4@225, 6@175, 6@125
Kettlebell Pass Around: 12@30, 10@40, 8@50, 8@50, 8@50, 8@50
Barbell Box Squats: 8@45, 6@65, 6@85 6@105, drop set: 4@125, 6@85, 8@45
Shoulder Mobility Exercises
Stretching
Pushed hard on leg day today, though I started to run of gas by the time I got the box squats.
In other news, I finally got back below 300lbs, 299.2 this morning!
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Mid row 3x12 (145lbs)
Row 3x12 (65lbs) single arm
Front pulldown 3x12 (90lbs)
High row 3x12 (80lbs)
Lat pulldown 3x12 (85lbs)
Bicep curl 3x12 (25lbs) single arm
Back extensions 3x12 (150)
Abdominal 3x12 (165lbs)
I went up 20lbs on mid row, 20lbs on abdominal, 5 lbs on single arm row and 5 lbs on back extension today.3 -
Coached row, just a bit over 10k. Mostly one- and two-part pause drills, cut the cake, and that sort of thing. Two 1k hard rowing with spm rating capped at 24 just before the ending cooldown, with a brief paddle down and water break between the 1k pieces. Seven boats lined up across the river, so slightly complicated traffic pattern at times. I was advantaged in that by being the slow boat (li'l ol' lady in a wide recreational single, not even a racing single
), so when we gathered to start a drill or piece, most of the boats got ahead of me (out of my way ) quite quickly. Only the women's double from our club was even close to me (just a bit faster) most of the time.
Amusing moment, to me: At one point while we were gathering the boats so chatting, I said something about my wide boat, and one of the college guys rowing a skinny racing single said "that thing cuts through the water like a knife through steel".
It was "only" around 75 F (24 C) at the start, but full sun and very humid, so every item of my clothing was fully sweat-soaked by the end. I'm sure partly due to the heat/humidity, well over half the time was Z3/Z4, and HR topped out 11bpm above 220 minus age. Chart looks like it stayed close to that for around 5 minutes with the last 1k piece. Down by around 50 bpm by 2 minutes after the end of the piece, though we were still rowing (cool down pace) most of that time. I'm reasonably happy with that.3 -
Lots of amazing beach walks here on Prince Edward Island.4
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8k run and swimming3
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P90X Chest and Back. 1hour3
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Another great weekend workout this morning. Cardio, Push Day and Core.
Stretching
70 minutes on the spin bike: HR 128/160
35 minutes on the treadmill: HR 117/126
73 minutes lifting weights: HR 112/140
Barbell Bench Press: 10@135, 8@165, 6@185, drop set: 3@200, 6@165, 8@135
Barbell Overhead Press: 10@65, 8@85, 6@105, drop set: 4@125, 6@95, 8@65
Cable Crunches: 12@90, 10@100, 8@110, drop set: 5@120, 8@90
Dumbbell Incline Press: 10@50, 8@60, 6@70, drop set: 5@70, 6@60, 8@50
Cable Triceps Press Downs: 12@50, 10@70, 7@90, drop set: 4@105, 6@75, 10@45
Landmine Twists: 10@25, 10@35, 10@45, drop set: 8@55, 10@25
Single Arm Landmine Overhead Press: 10@25, 8@40, 8@55, drop set: 6@65, 8@45, 10@25
Dumbbell Chest Fly: 10@25, 8@30, 8@35
Cable Overhead Triceps Extensions: 10@40, 8@50, 8@60, drop set: 4@70, 8@40
Dumbbell Cross Body Raises: 10@25, 8@30, 8@35
Yeah Buddy! I love these weekend workouts where I don't have rush my lifting. A little extra rest between sets means I can lift a little heavier.
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Leg press 4x12 (140lbs)
Calf raise 4x12 (115lbs)
Leg extension 4x12 (65lbs)
Leg adduction 4x12 (140lbs)
Leg abduction 4x12 (140lbs)
Abdominal 3x12 (165lbs)
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I took my whitewater canoe out for a nice paddle. It was a class2+ or 3- section of river that's pretty busy and continuous. I was constantly looking for the dry lines around the waves and holes.
The rest of the group were kayakers. We had three swims - all kayaks. One was a longer swim, but the paddler stayed with his boat. We had another swim that wasn't THAT long but that took us a long way to get the boat to shore. I felt good about being the one to finally get the boat to shore because my friend suggested, "This might not be a good section for open canoes." Now she knows that some canoes are capable. If I hadn't hopped out of my boat and dove onto the kayak to grab it, it would have gone another half mile before the next eddy.4 -
5k run and boxing class3
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nicsflyingcircus wrote: »Leg press 4x12 (140lbs)
Calf raise 4x12 (115lbs)
Leg extension 4x12 (65lbs)
Leg adduction 4x12 (140lbs)
Leg abduction 4x12 (140lbs)
Abdominal 3x12 (165lbs)
Also did leg curl 100lbs 4x123 -
Great workout this morning. Cardio, Pull Day and Core.
Stretching
49 minutes on the spin bike: HR 124/162
35 minutes on the treadmill: HR 113/127
67 minutes lifting weights: HR 103/139
Prone Grip Lat Pull Downs: 12@130, 10@165, 7@185, drop set: 5@205, 6@170, 8@130
EZ-Bar Curls: 10@55, 8@75, 6@95, drop set: 3@115, 6@85, 8@55
Landmine Twists: 10@30, 10@40, 8@50, drop set: 6@60, 8@30
Seated Cable Rows: 12@130, 10@165, 8@190, drop set: 5@210, 6@170, 8@130
Resistance Band Face Pulls: 10, 10, 10, 10
Kettle Bell Pass Arounds: 12@30, 10@40, 8@50, 8@50
Barbell Shrugs: 10@185, 8@255, 6@315, drop set: 3@375, 6@265, 8@185
Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns: 10@60, 8@70, 8@80, drop set: 6@90, 8@60
Dumbbell Curls: 10@30, 8@40, 6@50, drop set: 5@50, 6@30
Shoulder Mobility Exercises
Stretching
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Upper Body
Bench Press 10x3x81% 1RM
Cable Row 4x10
Machine Decline Press 3x10
Machine High Row 4x10
Seated Arnold Press 3x10
DB Curl 3x10 (Twist Curl, Hammer Curl, Concentration Curl) <<superset>> DB Lying Skull Crusher 3x10
Cable Woodchoppers (Low, Mid, High) 3x101 -
Incline press 3x12 (40lbs)
Decline press 3x12 (40lbs)
Chest press 3x12(45lbs)
Shoulder press 3x12 (40lbs)
Pectoral fly 3x12 (50lbs)
Triceps press 3x12 (85lbs)
Lateral raise 3x12 (10lbs)
Abdominal 3x12 (165lbs)
I dropped the pec fly by 5lbs to increase my range of motion and added lateral press, moving the rotational ab machine to leg day2 -
Never be ashamed of reducing weight and feel you need to justify it. If done for safety or to improve form and technique, that's a very smart reduction. Some days you just don't have "it" and the lifts feel heavier than normal; some days you feel like a beast and the same weight feels easy.
Just go with the flow: I have a rule I can drop 10% off any given weight during a workout with zero questions asked, only a note in my log. If I have to drop the weight two weeks in a row, I may question whether I'm actually ready for that weight in the first place, and will permanently drop the weight until I can prove to myself I'm ready to tackle it again.3 -
Big surprise, more rowing. Our rowing buddy who's a former Big 10 champion rower was back for the first time this season, so of course we put her in stroke seat so we could watch and learn. Then another person volunteered to bow (steer) so I got to be in 2 seat, the engine room, which made me really happy: I could focus on all the technical details I need to work on from our coached rows. So good! On top of that, it was a lovely morning.
Tonight, back at learn-to-row class, nothing more vigorous than carrying a few boats; mostly helped supervise/instruct people learning how to get back in after flipping out of a boat.2 -
Just getting back into it after a year off. Body Pump On Demand today. Goal is to get three strength training workouts per week to start.3
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Good workout this morning, Cardio only.
Stretching
75 minutes on the spin bike: HR 129/156
45 minutes on the treadmill: HR 121/148
Stretching
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