What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Strong Lifts 5x5 workout B, plus the usual 12k steps just puttering around, staying warm. Oh, and I need to do my shoulder PT tonight. :P1
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30 minutes on the rower and 15 on the Assault Bike. Fairly easy stuff. No HRM -- strap was aggravating this skin blemish on my side -- right where the metal clip buckles, so I've been unstrapped all week. Feels good not to have to monitor HR. 2:19 / 18 or 19 SPM pace on the rower for the 30 minutes and 125 or 130 Watts on the bike (really light).2
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Erg: 3 x 10min on/2min off keeping my HR in UT 1. This is the first time I've erged with the goal of keeping my HR in a specific zone and it was interesting (I used my HR strap). Definitely worth doing again. I'm trying out the 40 min fitness plan from the Indoor Rowing Training Guide (pdf).
I've learned that it is fairly difficult to keep my HR in UT 1 (70-80% max HR) and feel like I'm really working (though clearly I was). I basically spent my time just barely above it (I'm using my max HR from my 5k for my max HR) My split was slower than I'm used to, but I also didn't feel like I turned myself inside out which was nice. As I'm wont to do, I fell out of the habit of cycling and erging so I'm trying to get at least one of those back on track. Erging Mon/Wed/Fri is logistically convenient right now and who knows when my rowing club is going to start erging again (sometime later this month maybe).3 -
120 push ups & 40 min spin bike3
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90 minutes bouldering.
This session rocked. I got nearly all the routes I tried, including a V2/V3. The grading at this gym is way harder than any other I have been to - it would be a v4 or v,5 elsewhere.4 -
Finafoshizzle93 wrote: »60 min swim (3000 yards). Focusing on endurance so 3 sets of 500 yards without stopping with shorter sets to break it up
What do you use to estimate cals for swimming? I find MFP kind of high.
I swam 2500 today. Mostly 300s with a set of 100s at the end and 100 drill between the 300s. I input pace, time and weight into a couple of online calculators and the range I got was 525 to 775. So, I'm going with 525.
Just curious if you have a calculator you think is accurate?0 -
I had a theory that I'd do 3 x 10' on the rowing machine, one before breakfast, the others in the afternoon. Yeah, no. I did the morning one, and in the evening some sets of OHP and bench, some li'l dead hangs, and a few Swiss ball roll-outs. Gonna have to do.
Forgot to report yesterday's totally routine spin class, but it did happen.2 -
Saturday
Cycle to and from bootcamp - around 7miles altogether. Managed to get an 8th place trophy on strava which isn't bad considering it was in to the wind and my bike isn't exactly a racing bike, in fact it's just a commuting bike.
Bootcamp - lots of running and far too many burpees. DOMS kicked in massively during the burpee section to the point where it actually hurt to run.
Going to be spending around 6 hours walking round a very hilly zoo this afternoon3 -
Workout Today (so far):
Day 0002 of 1531 or so.
Elliptical
0.68 miles - 7 Minutes Warmup Run
Squat - These are tough.. Hard to get my arms back farm enough without going super wide. The actual squatting part is easy enough at such light weights.
2 x 8 @ Bar + 50lbs
1 x 8 @ Bar + 90lbs
Leg Press
3 x 10 reps machine + 4(45lbs)
Stiff Legged Barbell Deadlift
3 x 10 Reps @ Bar + 90lbs
Seated Leg Curls
1 x 10 - 120lbs
1 x 10 - 140lbs
1 x 10 - 100lbs
Leg Press Calf Raises
1 x 20 @ 160lbs
1 x 20 @ 240lbs
1 x 20 @ 200lbs
Crunches:
3 x 10 Reps
Hanging Leg Raise:
3 x 10 Reps
Treadmill:
7 minutes to cool down.
One thing is for sure: I wish I had a personal trainer to teach me the basic moves/exercises. Trying to mimic a 15 second bodybuilding.com video is tricky af.
Good workout overall I think. Tomorrow is a rest day. I might go in to just hit 10,000 steps walking and do some stretches to get out of the house. Won't be working out other than that. Back to upper body on Mondag. I'm trying not to go nuts and do way too much. Hitting my sets and moving on, regardless of what pride/bravado/hubris tells me.
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Meant to get outside on bike but it was 31 degrees so did a 60 min spin. Didn't feel great.2
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HIIT on the elliptical.
Ab exercises3 -
brisk 68 min walk in below freezing temps this morning, 100 pushups.3
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30 minute cardio workout (day 13 of 21 Day Fix)1
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Workout was not as long as I normally prefer it to be since my time was squeezed, so will probably add on more exercise later (the ones I missed)
15 min stretch
10 min warm-up rowing
60 min strength training... barbell dead lifts, abs, triceps, rowing, KB get-up... a bit all mixed up today and not very organized... but got some of my routine in there...
added some push-ups at home
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Didn’t make it to the gym today so did an at home
Workout (which had me working hard). Upped my weights (45 seconds to one minutes of each exercise), plank, up and down plank, jump rope, fire hydrants, high knees, etc. 30 minutes total1 -
Enjoyed a beautiful autumn morning in western Pennsylvania by running 9 miles and walking an extra 3.
The photo below is a small sample of the scenery that greeted me.
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I did some rowing... 20 minutes or so with some hard intervals2
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Went for an early morning run 10K again, looking at increasing distance next week. Will be going for a walk alter just to keep the muscles moving gently as well as doing the shopping2
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Sunday- I know it's supposed to be active rest but was feeling stressed and I didnt do much more than usual.
5min row to warm up
Round 49 of PiYo Live - this is a tough one and I'm working on mastering flips.
2.5km progressive treadmill run (actually took less time than my hill loop from last month.
2500m rower cool down (well kinda cool down)2 -
10k in a double on very flat water and really nice weather with one of my favorite people who hadn't been able to come down to the boat club in about a month. Our newer coach was the only coach today and it was a fun row. 5k warm up then 2 and a half sets of 5x1 min on 30sec off at a 20, 22, 24, 22, 20. Our goal of "get in front so we're not worried about other boats" was mostly successful, especially when we actually talked about it (we flew past a quad at the beginning of the last set).
Thing to work on: soft hands during the recovery.3 -
60 minute swim alternating between breast & back stroke and water jogging, followed by an hour long walk. Letting lunch settle then will be going for another walk.2
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Welp that was a good "rest" day.
10 minutes warming up with streches.
Elliptical
07:00 @ 0.57 Miles
Erg'ing
10:00 @ ?? because machine wouldn't start the program.. So after 10 minutes of erg'ing, I just gave up on it.
Treadmill
65:00 @ 3.45 Miles - Almost 2 at a jog/run. I started out at a hiking incline. When it put me above 4mph and I had to start running, I was surprised. I didn't expect to run at all.. I just sort of went with it, figuring I'd quit and drop the speed in a minute. Many minutes later, never dropped my speed or intensity through the end and cool down. Was a good feeling. I forgot I am not at the state I was last year.. and have biked hard for 2,000+ miles in that time, which gives me a nice base of endurance. Wasn't out of breath at all. Probably could have been running easily for ages now... ah well. The things we learn as we try them.
Good rest day. Back to upper body Monday, Lower Tuesday, and a full break Wednesday, Upper Thursday, Lower Friday, and a full rest Sat/Sunday. Need to get my nutrition set in stone this next week. I've been reactive eating way too much.
Now, I need a good soak in some scalding water. This has reminded me that I want an outdoor hottub to decompress in. Winter goals, I think.
Good luck to everyone else!3 -
RunnerGirl238 wrote: »My workout yesterday: Marine Corps Marathon #notsohumblebrag
Well done you!! So inspiring!0 -
Analog_Kid wrote: »Enjoyed a beautiful autumn morning in western Pennsylvania by running 9 miles and walking an extra 3.
The photo below is a small sample of the scenery that greeted me.
Gorgeous photo. Thanks for sharing !0 -
Got in a jog every other day (Thursday and Sunday) of the long weekend. Also did some push-ups although less than I could have!1
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Just under 45 mile road/trail flat ride at conversational pace except for two short but very high grade hills. Good week overall.
In a push to get halfway to weight loss goal by thanksgiving. About 2 lbs to go.
Two of my cycling buddies went 80 miles yesterday. I'm both impressed and intimidated. That's solid mileage for first week of November.
I'll settle for my 45.1 -
Really boring but necessary work today -- 85 to 90 minutes of easier cardio. 30 on the rower, 20 on the stairmaster, 30 on the bike and 10 on the Endless Rope Machine.2
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Shoulders (press, lat raise,upright row, shrugs) and cardio (elliptical one hour).2
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Day 2 of 21-day fix. 2+ mile walk this morning2
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