What Was Your Work Out Today?

@Djproulx - just to take on a triathlon at over 60 is incredible. To finish one where you were in pain is also really inspiring. Lots of things weren't ideal, so that's amazing. I'm glad you got through it and, even though you were in pain, seemed to do the run portion in a smarter way and not destroy your body and more. Congrats on the finish.

I train year round and I'm not in any sort of competition speed right now. You're training and racing! That's a huge win in and of itself!

Also, if most of us would ever have the gumption to even try a triathlon, I think we'd be thrilled just to finish.

I went climbing again. I haven't recently done two days in a row, but I wanted to pick up the jumper I left at the gym.

It was not bad. I was slightly better than last time, although I was out of form yesterday.

I got an 8 mile walk in after the climb.

Morning (for daily steps and to avoid the high temps later in the day)
3hr walk

Afternoon
Various warmup exercises
Ab exercies
4x8 Pull ups
4x12 Barbell incline bench press
4x15 Chest supported row
4x12 bench dips
4x15 Dumbbell fly
4x15 incline dumbbell bench press
12 min on Treadmill

Today was supposed to be a rest day but I think I worked harder than I meant to 🤣 I went to the lake and went swimming, hiking and paddleboarding. However, it was way more fun than my usual workouts. The rest of the week I alternated running (which I do love) with whatever at-home workout I felt up for. Yesterday was one I’ve been struggling with and it was much easier this time so yay!

I also failed in my attempt at a rest day. I still had an arm pump on waking, so climbing felt unwise.

I did an of yoga in the morning. I did an evening walk, not very far - probably 4 miles. I then lifted a little, doing:

3 sets of 10, 70 kgs, squat
2 sets of 8, deadlift, 100 kgs.

Suddenly cool (60s F) and *very* windy this morning. Rowed bow in the quad for the usual 7k-ish, but steering was . . . interesting, in the wind. Steering is bow rower's job: The only steering controls are the things you shout at the rowers.

Pulling the 40-foot boat in alongside the dock ("parking") was particularly challenging. Usually, I take the boat speed way down, aim the bow at the outside corner of the long, narrow dock, then give on oar a little chop at the last second to move the bow-ball alongside rather than on top of the dock, and we glide up parallel with the side of the boat against the side of the dock. None of that works in strong wind. Need to keep the speed for hope of a straight line, and try to estimate how far off the dock to aim in order to blow in parallel to it, as the wind was mostly pushing us away to the downstream direction, but slightly cross-wind to the dock.

One blessing: There's a strict rule that the other rowers may *not* turn around and look at the dock as we're coming in (it turns the boat, messing up bow's predicted course). Therefore, they have no idea how crazy the line and tactics were, they just know whether it worked or not. (And part of bow's job is to give commands without communicating her level of personal freak-out.) Today, it worked. We came close enough, not exactly parallel but just a slight angle that we could easily adjust once we got hands on the dock. Whew!

(Super glad we weren't in smaller boats today - not safe!)

8hrs of walking (due to job)

My exercise today was outdoor walking, 45 minutes. Now I'm about to do some toning with resistance bands.

Yesterday
A tiny bit of rowing (just under 1000m) and core - decline sit-ups and planks

Today
Dumbbell chest press
One arm dumbbell row
Dumbbell shoulder press
Dumbbell RDLs
Stability ball leg curls

dethstar77 wrote: »

Did my first 10K over the weekend! Yay!

Today was bootcamp in the morning.. evening most likely a walk or something simple.

Congrats! That's a major milestone!

Did 55 minutes or so today (not quite a full hour). Around 7500 meters on the rower, then another 10 minutes or so on the Assault Bike.

Hit a milestone myself that I didn't realize until today. 10 million meters on the Concept2 rower (officially). I likely hit that a few seasons ago, but these are those that I officially tracked. This is over around 7 or 8 years of rowing, cumulative. Will get some shirt in the mail from them likely.

Imma hit back today!
Bent over one-arm dumbell ofc in every back workout. I totally feel the motion, great!

15 Min Warm-up and 45 min to train specific muscles.
I'm completing the challenge to get a free shaker you can also get it to go and check: https://onelast.com.au/

An easy pace 5k run this morning. I took an extra rest day yesterday as I had some foot pain after running at the weekend. The extra day has made a big difference and I would say I am back to 100%. Will pick the distance back up tomorrow.

Starting to get a bit antsy after 3 post race rest days, but I've scheduled some minor medical stuff for this week. MD says no running/cycling for a couple days around the test, so I just sit here, lol.