What Was Your Work Out Today?

I did this and 32 min elliptical. I don’t know if I’ll get to walk. Cold and rainy and I’m a baby about it. I’ll do the elliptical again. (I’m in this stupid step challenge that currently rules my life. I don’t normally use an elliptical this much. So weird. So dumb. Me.)

1 Hour Row today, what a shock, right?? Really slow today. More than usual and my usual is pretty slow these days. I think it has a lot to do with the amount of meters I'm putting in. Been over two years since I've done this much rowing. Body still getting slowly acclimated to it. DF up to 110 today. So I'm also upping the strenght it takes per stroke while keeping the HR relatively low. This was a SS (steady state, slow day) workout. Roughly 850 calories.

I did 5k on my C2. It's a while since I used it, as climbing took over my life and became my main exercise. But now the gyms are all shut.

Pace 2.16; stroke rate 24. I will try to lower the stroke rate on future efforts. But I don't seem to have totally forgotten how it works.

CrossFit
Strength - Front Squats
15 reps @115

Wod time cap 20:00
Hang cleans, hspu scaled to box, wall balls
3-6-9-12
Squat cleans, box step overs, wall balls
3-6-9-12
Power cleans, burpees over box, wall balls
3-6-9-12 (made it to this round completed thru 6 burpees over box, cap got me there)

Last day gym is open (covid restrictions). Hope I have the motivation to continue from home.

Got to take out some pent up emotion on the rower today. 4 X 1000m with 4' (minute) rest. 10 minute warmup and 20 minute cool down. 10K meters total. 1000 calories. Slow by most I compete with's standards, but I'm 55 and they recommend you don't go into the "red zone" to keep your immune system strong. I went right up to 90% of max but no more on each interval (around 2:06 average for the intervals). Just two years ago, I was at 1:55, so I think I'm still getting used to all the meters again. I might hit 300K meters this month.

My lunchtime workouts have been one of the few normal things left of my day. I relish them.

Did some arm resistance/upper body work on the pulley machine and 30 minutes on the elliptical. Have access to my school's weight room.

Oh dang haven’t been to this thread since August. Well, in the time of corona and no gym to access it was a 5 mile run for me during the early morning

Did an hour and five minute row today, then went with my wife and son on a 3.4 mile "easy" rated hike in Catalina State Park, part of Coronado National Forest. Beautiful trail with a waterfall and lots of huge Saguaros, wildflowers and gorgeous rocks. Also right at the foot of Pusch Ridge, around 8000 feet high mountain with dramatic rock formations on top.

Very light because yesterday I overdid it. I guess staying so much inside made me compensate yesterday and today I am paying for it.

Hour row today. DF likely too high (110) for me at this stage. Back a bit tight. Did it a little harder, also not wise. Tomorrow is supposed to be short, fast work. Might have to reconsider that. We'll see.

Mon March 23: Day 1 of 30 days of yoga with Adrienne: home.
Day 1 of 5 day fitness challenge on fitness blender ( included more than 10 burpees)

Chest and arms, light....oh so very light...I miss the gym. My home gym isn't cutting it!!

50 Leg Raises
10 Pullups

4 x 10
Dbell Chest Press
Lat Pulldown
Dbell Swing
Shoulder ROM
VBar Pulldowns
Seated Rows
VBar Tricep Ext
Bicep Curls

Dirty 30
Sit-ups / Flutter Kicks / Leg Raises / Knee Tucks / Mtn Climbers / Plank Toe Taps

20 mins run

Increasing in weight each set (Two minutes between sets):

Squat 4 x 10

Bench 4 X 10

Bent over row/Tricep Dips (Superset) 3 x 10

Standing Bicep Curl Bar/Hamstring Curls (Superset) 3 x 15

Leg Extension/Ab Pull down (Superset) 3 x 15

Russian Twist/Calve Raise (Superset) 3 X 15

Did one of my new favorite workouts. Row for an hour but warmup 5 minutes, 25 hard strokes, let HR fall to 140, repeat until an hour is up. Great workout for Lactic Acid clearance/tolerance and utilization. Also great anaerobic threshold workout. 1000 calories roughly burned.

Today is also lifting day as well. 100 pushups so far and around 100 pressups each arm.

All outside by the way. Haven't been to the gym in a month or more. I'm lucky to have quite the home gym set up -- C2 Rower, Assault Bike, Heavy ropes, Jump Box, 50 lb adjustable dumbbells, heavy KBs and more.

Thinking Landmine setup, a power tower and an Endless Rope Drum machine and I don't think I'd ever step foot in a gym again.