What Was Your Work Out Today?

Spin class at 5 am

MikePfirrman wrote: »

jnomadica wrote: »

aokoye wrote: »

jnomadica wrote: »

60 minute Krav Maga class. Lots of drops to the ground and one accidental hit to the face, so I now have a killer headache.

Crossing my fingers that you didn't end up with a concussion.

No worries, no concussion! The hit to the face wasn’t very hard. I’m brand new to the sport so I’m just trying to get used to the level of physicality!

Huge parental fear of mine. My son trains pretty seriously in BBJ and Muay Thai. He got "accidentally" knocked out for a second last week for the first time against his Muay Thai instructor (that is a 22-0 fighter). His BBJ partners are even better (one top 10 in the world from what he's said). My son thought it was funny. Dad not at all. He said no concussion symptoms but anytime you go lights out, even for a split second, that's serious. Be safe!

Did 5K row today at 2:13. That's a massive drop in rate for me. Feel like I'm having beginner improvements all over again. I took one day off on Sunday for Mother's Day and then played Pickleball yesterday and didn't do cardio other than that. Wasn't really pushing hard either, maybe a 7 out of 10. Also did 30 on the Assault Bike at 155 or so Watts.

Yeah brain damage is no joke and getting knocked out is no good, not good at all. Concussions are actually the one reason why I'm glad my mom didn't let me play soccer because while it's not a contact sport in the same way something like Muay Thai or boxing is, brain damage from heading the ball is most definitely a thing and concussions are a heck of a lot more common than in the sports I did/do engage in.

Well done on the 5k as well. Improvements related to recovering from injury can be amazing.

Rowed a four for a too-short while. Tonight was the annual event where my breast cancer survivors rowing team rowed together with varsity rowers from the major university team that sponsors us, before their conference championship, and our last row of the academic year. There were three fours out, mixed varsity rowers an li'l ol' ladies (at 63, I'm maybe the youngest of our team).

Imagine working out with your favorite university team, in your favorite sport, whatever that sport might be: That thrilling, that much fun!

Like most non-revenue sports, these women are in it mainly for the sport itself (any scholarship dollars are scant compensation for the time they put in): The commitment is daunting, on top of academics. Plus they're the most amazing young people you'd ever like to meet: High GPAs, into all kinds of additional activities, friendly, kind . . . a perfect antidote to "kids these days" myths.

So fun!

one hour walk (5K) with the dog

Fun for me, boring for the reading audience: Another nice row in a double, on a beautiful day.

Wednesday

Early morning sprints with PT

4.5 mile build up run - was supposed to start slow then increase pace through run. Started too fast but managed negative splits through mile 2-4.5

Chest - still benching more than I'm squatting but less than before I took a break. Pyramids up to 45kg which I amraped at 5. Usual accessory stuff but added in some decline press ups, was surprised at how much more my core was involved. Only did a few this time 5/6/7/8 going to work up to 3 sets of 10 and then increase the angle.

Zumba still see this more as fun than exercise

First learn to scull class. We didn't actually go out on the water in full today which makes sense I suppose. We went over the structure of the class, talked about the shells, discussed the roles of the seat positions, practiced arm positioning on the ergs, practiced squaring and feathering, etc. After that we took a quad down, got in, and practiced going from the catch to the finish while on and then just barely off the dock (close enough for our coach to keep hold of the stern of the shell).

I think it'll be a good class and the progression after this is up to the development group which is coached by one of my favorite coaches which I'm pleased about. I'll also probably take erging down to once a week once that happens, but we'll see.

Swimming: 1,300 yards mostly freestyle.

I use fitstar app and did 30mins strength training.

Yard work, mostly moving rock around. It was so fun.

I walked a mile at lunch, and did C25K week 6 day 1 this evening.

Ran 3 miles... just getting startes again

800m swim

160 minutes of mowing the lawn, assists off.

Will be biking later once I have something to eat. Working out/doing work when fasting is a trip. I think I'm gonna pig out on naked wings tonight and call it a OMAD type of day.