What Was Your Work Out Today?
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1 hour of tennis. A 1.5 hour long walk and 30 minutes of stretching/calisthenics.3
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10 miles | 30:031
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warm-up and boogey-board surfing today for my legs... and for fun! total 1 hr+1
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Today was gymnastic rings training session - so hard but so fun
Workout consisted of 30 minutes movement pattern warm-up (Ido Portal style)
Then
-wrist warmup
- 5x2 Muscle ups using the harness trainer
- 5 x 5 sets up eccentric chin ups using doing 3s pauses at top, middle then just before the bottom
- 5x5 dips
- 3 x 5 assisted chin ups
- 3 x 8 pike push-ups
- 3 x 8 incline dumbell bicep curls.
The 15 minutes of handstand practice after class. My shoulders are so sore right now.2 -
Saturday
Active rest today.
15 min progressive run. And that's it2 -
9/28
Yoga this morning. Maybe jumprope later this afternoon...1 -
Pre-race day mixed 8 practice. We had a partial line up for tomorrow's regatta. After our warm up, we did a 3k sub-race pace piece which felt good until we got to some really squirly water. I think the key for our warm-up tomorrow will be pause drills so we can have an easier time finding each other.2
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Thirty minutes track walking, 5 minute hot tub break, 60 minutes of water exercises, hot tub break shower then home.1
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bench presses
squats
cable rows
i'm wondering if anyone has advice on squats. the fitness center i use has no barbells. would i be better off doing squats with the smith machine, or with dumbbells?
also, using dumbbells for deadlifts...ugh. but i have no alternatives (that i can think of).
i've only been strength training for about 9 months so i'm still using a beginner program (jay's)
I'm not a serious lifter like some are, but I have had to work around a bad back and a terrible structural right knee with dumbbells and kettlebells. I have access to barbells, but I'm afraid that my muscle is stronger than my joints, so I try to get creative. My right knee would pretty much fall apart under heavy weights.
One thing I found that helps me with deadlifts is Pendulum Deadlifts. You can use dumbbells, but I like heavy KBs. They are amazing.
Not sure if I can help you with the squat question. I do mostly Goblet Squats because my knees. I have done some light Barbell ones at the gym, but I don't trust my one knee with heavy weights. I would think a Smith Machine would be a good option for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uA1PLNIWK8
This is an idea for you on the squats. If you go heavy enough, Goblet Squats don't need much equipment and can be a burner.
https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-the-heavy-goblet-squat1 -
stretching 15 min, ocean swim for 45 min, strength training 45 minutes for knee rehab, another 60 minutes full body strength training0
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10 miles | 30:050
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Just started country heat and done my first day......loved it!!!!1
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Long run Sunday.
8miles race pace in preparation for next weeks half.
Last official training run of the year and my PT challenged me to run without the Garmin on my wrist. So I put my chest strap on and put the Garmin in my running bag. Slightly liberating but also quite tough on my aspergers brain, as I usually have it buzzing every 5min.
After next weeks race I'm going to take a couple weeks off the longer runs and then decide with my PT what we're going to focus on.1 -
First head race of the season and of my rowing career! 5k race and 12k rowed in total (including rowing past the start and then turning around to go to it).
Very very wet. So wet. So cold. I've learned that I can in fact row with my rain pants on (they don't get caught in the slide/wheels). There was also a lot of waiting because they race organizers decided that it would be smart to send the singles and the eights to the start of the course at the same time so we had to wait for all of the singles to get to the start, and then ended up waiting an extra 10 min, because why not?!
I also helped some juniors down the very narrow and slippery ramp to the start. And by "helped" I mean, more or less caught a junior who nearly fell because one of her feet missed the last step down and coached a few others down. This is what happens when you begrudgingly agree to be an oar lackey for one of the boats on your team, and then get trapped down on the dock because of the long line of people trying to get down.
This is character building...right?2 -
@Aokoye - great work! Congrats on your first 5K (head) race! That's awesome. Weather sounds God awful but that's all part of it, I suppose. Back when I used to run trail races, some of my most memorable ones were the swampfests. Those don't leave the memory banks.
Today was an epic Slow Steady fail. I don't emotionally (maturity wise) do well at the gym. I'm too competitive. On SS (Slow Steady) days, you're supposed to go right along, very slow and controlled. Abismally boring. So today I cut loose a few times, but I'll pay tomorrow when I'm supposed to do a harder sprint day. I'll likely cut the sprint part down a bit as I did some today, when I wasn't supposed to at all. 90% of Max HR isn't what you're supposed to be doing on 90 minute workouts!
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I haven't logged here for a while.
25 and 26 September
More diving with seals. Here is a video showing a playful pup with one of my friends:
https://youtu.be/kRbedlOmLio
27 September
The drive home was 7 hours'. I stopped off at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for an 8 mile walk en route home.
I lifted in the evening, doing:
Hangboard short hangs
Bench (60 kgs max, just a single. 3 sets of 5 @ 55kgs.)
Deadlift (2 sets of 5, 130 kgs, which is twice bodyweight)
Banded facepulls
29 September
Bouldering for 105 minutes. Not a great session, but not hopeless either.
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33km | 65:07
I hit a wall hard at 26km. Had no energy at all. I didn't get a second wind until 31km in. I wonder if I was low on salt or just exhausted all carbs by that point. I chugged down my second litre of ketorade and felt fighting fit again at 31km in. Could have kept going another 10km at that point.
33km is good enough. This is what I'm hoping to do everyday until the end of the year. Gotta see what I can handle.1 -
85 mins on the bike, 13miles.
Including 10 mins of HIIT that nearly killed me.
18 mins calisthenics. Noticed an improved range of motion in my shoulders.
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Public holiday in my part of the world so a big exercise day. Started off the day with a lower body strength training session with a new trainer whose specialty is parkour so he though lots of jumps would be awesome
- 10 minutes of dynamic jumps on various heights of boxes s
- 3 rounds of barbell back squats 6 reps. I am focusing on depth so kept it light at 50kg
- 3 rounds of split squats with dumbbells 8 reps
- 3 rounds of jefferson curls
- lying on the floor refusing to participate in a running and throwing game as i was hot and sweaty and was about to do a hour long handstand class
Then handstand class with the focus on lots and lots of balance work.
Then because it was a glorious antipodean spring day went for a 7km walk along the beach. My legs are very tired this evening.1 -
My usual 42 minute walk. This afternoon I start incorporating elliptical intervals.1
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TiisTitanium wrote: »Public holiday in my part of the world so a big exercise day. Started off the day with a lower body strength training session with a new trainer whose specialty is parkour so he though lots of jumps would be awesome
- 10 minutes of dynamic jumps on various heights of boxes s
- 3 rounds of barbell back squats 6 reps. I am focusing on depth so kept it light at 50kg
- 3 rounds of split squats with dumbbells 8 reps
- 3 rounds of jefferson curls
- lying on the floor refusing to participate in a running and throwing game as i was hot and sweaty and was about to do a hour long handstand class
Then handstand class with the focus on lots and lots of balance work.
Then because it was a glorious antipodean spring day went for a 7km walk along the beach. My legs are very tired this evening.
Jefferson Curls for the win!0 -
TiisTitanium wrote: »Public holiday in my part of the world so a big exercise day. Started off the day with a lower body strength training session with a new trainer whose specialty is parkour so he though lots of jumps would be awesome
- 10 minutes of dynamic jumps on various heights of boxes s
- 3 rounds of barbell back squats 6 reps. I am focusing on depth so kept it light at 50kg
- 3 rounds of split squats with dumbbells 8 reps
- 3 rounds of jefferson curls
- lying on the floor refusing to participate in a running and throwing game as i was hot and sweaty and was about to do a hour long handstand class
Then handstand class with the focus on lots and lots of balance work.
Then because it was a glorious antipodean spring day went for a 7km walk along the beach. My legs are very tired this evening.
Jefferson Curls for the win!
I had never heard of them. Looks useful for me. Another thing that my new PlyoBox will come in handy for. This type of flexibility is helpful for rowing, actually (and in general for life). I'm not sure I'd ever add in weights, though, for me personally.0 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »TiisTitanium wrote: »Public holiday in my part of the world so a big exercise day. Started off the day with a lower body strength training session with a new trainer whose specialty is parkour so he though lots of jumps would be awesome
- 10 minutes of dynamic jumps on various heights of boxes s
- 3 rounds of barbell back squats 6 reps. I am focusing on depth so kept it light at 50kg
- 3 rounds of split squats with dumbbells 8 reps
- 3 rounds of jefferson curls
- lying on the floor refusing to participate in a running and throwing game as i was hot and sweaty and was about to do a hour long handstand class
Then handstand class with the focus on lots and lots of balance work.
Then because it was a glorious antipodean spring day went for a 7km walk along the beach. My legs are very tired this evening.
Jefferson Curls for the win!
I had never heard of them. Looks useful for me. Another thing that my new PlyoBox will come in handy for. This type of flexibility is helpful for rowing, actually (and in general for life). I'm not sure I'd ever add in weights, though, for me personally.
Weights don't come into play for a while. Usually a broomstick until you have pretty good range of motion. Then very light weights and then like all else progress...1 -
Deadlifts 3x8
Incline dumbbell press 1x12, 2x8
Weighted step ups 2x8 each leg
Seated row 3x103 -
Worked out a bit too hard yesterday, so somewhat of an easy interval day (on the Indoor Rower). 2K easy, then 3 X 500m sprints, then 4.5K easy. Will swim later today (just fun swimming with the wife).2
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9/30
am
Yoga
Sun Salutations - 8 Rounds
Conditioning
Jump Rope - 45s on 15s off x 15
Yoga
5 Tibetan Rites (17 rounds each rite working towards 21)
noon
Conditioning
Jump Rope - 45s on 15s off x 15
Strength
Pull-up - E2MOM (27m50s)
5 rep every 1m50s (75)
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Monday morning sprints, 30min of hill sprints with trainer.
45min circuits class in the rain.2 -
Recommitting to strength training, so today was:
Weighted squats
Crunches
Bench press
Leg press
Chest flies
Crunches
20 minutes elliptical
I've been seeing a trainer once a week for the last couple of weeks and somehow I end up horribly sore for three full days after each session. Trying to keep the motivation up even on those days when the last thing I want to do is lift. It's also still uncomfortable in my gym that seems to always be full of big time weight lifters to be bench pressing only the bar, etc when the only other women in the weight room are toned as all hell and can really hold their own. I just have to remember that their goals are my goals, they just started a long time ago and didn't quit.2 -
Recommitting to strength training, so today was:
Weighted squats
Crunches
Bench press
Leg press
Chest flies
Crunches
20 minutes elliptical
I've been seeing a trainer once a week for the last couple of weeks and somehow I end up horribly sore for three full days after each session. Trying to keep the motivation up even on those days when the last thing I want to do is lift. It's also still uncomfortable in my gym that seems to always be full of big time weight lifters to be bench pressing only the bar, etc when the only other women in the weight room are toned as all hell and can really hold their own. I just have to remember that their goals are my goals, they just started a long time ago and didn't quit.
The soreness for 3 days will pass. If not, fire your trainer. Some are insane and work you too hard relative to your experience. Working out should be challenging, but not dreadful. Pat yourself on the back for getting started. I had a guy working for me for years (my son's friend). He started with just the bar. That's literally all he could lift too. Was a bean pole. Now he deadlifts well over 500 lbs just five years later.3 -
Did Zhumba for fun today 1hr, while I checked out a different gym, and strength training after for 30 min.0
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