What Was Your Work Out Today?

Bootcamp in the morning. Need to get off my *kitten* and continue with my running as I have a half marathon in less than 3 weeks.

270 minutes on my Elliptical for 18.13 miles.

yirara wrote: »

My workout today was to briefly sit on the bed to put on fresh socks for running... then sleeping for nearly two hours. I'd say I totally smashed it

LOL! I guess your body had other plans. Sometimes you just have to take those rest days as they come.

Stationary bike for 11,126 meters. Set off with a little quicker ramp up than usual (without really trying) for some reason. Until a little push near the end (1:25 long) before the CD, it was all Z3. Peak at 150bpm, about 75% reserve, 83% max, but I wasn't near there for long.

Followed up with 16" core exercises, mostly with the ball.

@MikePfirrman, nice splits (good improvements) on the 2k pieces, especially having had the recent bumps in your path!

Lietchi wrote: »

dralicephd wrote: »

Lietchi wrote: »

Today was my first time cross-country skiing in my life (and I've only done alpine skiing 3 times in my life, so nearly 0 skiing experience).

OMG. In the tracks and on level terrain (or even uphill) it was fine, but the parts without tracks and downhill were tricky and even scary. Zero control 😳 I got technique tips from passersby when attempting to slowly go down a tiny slope, how embarrassing, lol. I'll admit that choosing to try this sport, as someone who is afraid of heights and slippery surfaces, is quite... illogical 😁

8 kilometers in total and I am physically wrecked. Lovely views though!

I've gone cc skiing exactly once in my life and had the same experience! (I've never been in downhill skiis) Any slight incline and I was out of control and on my butt. At some point I just felt like I was in a fist fight with the snow and was definitely not winning. Lol.. I'm glad I tried it though.

I think snowshoeing might be more my speed. I'll have to try that sometime.

My problem wasn't falling, my problem was not being able to slow down! At one point I just had to cross my arms in front of my face while flying through a series of overhanging tree branches and hope for the best, waiting for an uphill slope to slow me down.
Snowshoeing is definitely on our to do list too (we're here till Friday) which should be less scary, I hope. I much prefer a physical kind of workout than an adrenaline inducing one 🙂

I hope it was at least vigorous on the flats? There's a reason why XC skiing has a rep as one of the most CV-intense exercise forms. 😉

I hear you on the downhill parts, though: They can be . . . exciting? . . . especially at first, without heels tied down. I used to XC ski, would try to snowplow to slow on the downhills, get my skis totally crossed and of course fall, usually halfway down the hill where I had trouble getting up again without sliding bodily downhill. Not pretty! 😆

My bigger problem was uphills, though: I'm not great at skiing up, ski-running up, or herringboning up. Sidestepping only works if wiiiide tracks. Fortunately, most of the the places to XC locally are fairly flat, or I'd probably still be out there floundering trying to climb some $%&% hill.

I watched my late husband snowshoe (on the old school beavertail style wood & rope snowshoes he'd used to run traps during high school in the 1960s). It didn't look fun to me. I should keep an open mind, though: The newer lightweight recreational snowshoes look more manageable. 😆

Good show, both of you, @Lietchi and @dralicephd, trying a new thing! I'm kind of fearful to try XC these days: None of my friends ski; I used to go out alone, but my skiing skills and osteoporosis are not a good combo for solo skiing these days, I feel like. Fun thing, though, and I do have the equipment. Once in a blue moon, we still even get enough snow to do it here.

Today’s workout was a 4 hour 850 calorie walk in Bouddi National Park. Today was Australia Day and a national holiday so it was nice to spend time with family.



Current Weight - 159.3lbs
Goal Weight - 135 lbs
Height - 5’4”
Age- 45

MikePfirrman wrote: »

dralicephd wrote: »

The physiology of stress is real, y'all. The pandemic is making my work week very stressful and you can see it in my heart rate: It was at Zone 2 when I first stepped on the elliptical! Overall, I did 45 min. with ~35min. in Zone 3, ~5 min. in Zone 4, and ~5 min. in Zone 2. Nuts.

Anyway, the endorphins were greatly appreciated. Also, the burned calories will allow me to have some comfort food.

I have really gotten into meditation the last few years. Really helps a lot with anxiety and feeling overwhelmed and stressed out. I also have a controlled breath/lung exerciser which has seemed to calm and make my breathing deeper. Allegedly (I have seriously low BP anyway), it's supposed to improve your blood pressure.

10K today unstrapped (with the bungee again) on the rower. Very easy stuff. Also did an hour yesterday split between LateralX and Assault Bike, again all easy steady state.

Interesting. I meditate daily, although in a slightly eccentric way. I do deep breathing exercises, which culminate in seeing how long I can hold my breath on an exhale under a cold shower. It's hard to time, but I think I'm at around 2 minutes now. The cold shower is noticeably more bracing in winter. I haven't been doing this too long, in the grand scheme of things - around 3 years.

7-8 am:
Mobility - (30m)

GtG - (15m)
HSPU 1-2-3-4 (10)
Pull-up - 1(50lbs)-2(25lbs)-3-4 (10)
Dip - 1(50lbs)-2(25lbs)-3-4 (10)
Ab Wheel 1x10 (10)
Pushup 1x10 (10)
Row 1x10 (10)
Swing 1x10 (10)
Squat 1x10 (10)

3-4 pm:
RDL -175lbs - 3x3 (9)

Managed 45 min. on the elliptical at a slower pace, hugging the HR Zone 2 and 3 border the whole time. Earlier in the day I was tempted to skip it, but my back relaxed as I moved around more, so I thought it might help to keep moving. We'll see tomorrow (when I'm back on my feet at work) if that was a good decision or not!

The great body experiment of 2021-22 continues...

Finally tried out a Apple+ workout. All I can say it was definitely a challenge doing an interval treadmill session. Wife walked by when I was huffing on one of the all out intervals.

Treadmill run for 2 miles with inclination, the beast abs workout Crunch - 4 sets
Russian twist - 4 sets
Hip up - 4 sets
Crossed tuck in - 4 sets
Cobra - 4 sets
Spider-Man crunch - 4 sets
Bucket drop - 4 sets
Windshield wiper - 4 sets
Beast abs - 4 sets

Feels the burn. If I can do this 2-3 times a week, I’m sure I’ll have the definitions that I want! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Gym this morning. 4 rounds of TRX pull ups, elavated pushups, KB deads, KB lunges, then 3 rounds of stability ball body saws, turkish get ups, overhead dumbell press.

Maintaining good form on the complete TGU's when bridging/lunging section is done while using my left leg/side. Still weaker balance and less range of motion on the right side, so limiting the weight when performing TGU's on that side.

Planning to join my tri club pals for a one hour group ride on Zwift tonight. Looking at the list of riders, I expect it will be a true sufferfest.

Today was technically my rest day, but I went on 3 walks that totaled about 45 minutes.

Swapped up the schedule a bit this week. Machine rowing today, the usual 3 x (2k on, 2' off/CD) format, 6689m including the row in/out and CD, 2:26.4 pace/19spm on the 2k pieces. Each of Z4 and Z3 represented 42% of the time (about 15' each), the remainder of the time in zones below. HR peaked at 157 bpm, around 82% reserve or 87% max. That's definitely "short sentences only" territory, for me. (220-age estimate fails again!).

Followed that with 44' playing with dumbbells.

I'd almost talked myself out of doing today's workout, then I remembered that this one wasn't optional. 😉

yirara wrote: »

My workout today was to briefly sit on the bed to put on fresh socks for running... then sleeping for nearly two hours. I'd say I totally smashed it

@yiyara, I had an equally nonstandard workout day yesterday, but - shockingly - mine was more premeditated. I went out for brunch and a beer with a friend, figured it was a better planning to skip any serious workouts after, stick with chores/errands for the rest of the day instead. Not sure I should consider that an extra recovery day . . . . 😆

Got the booster jab yesterday and the annual flu shot as well. I had a bad incident back in April after the second Covid shot where my HR went up after a 1K sprint (3 days after the shot) and I had exercise induced asthma -- scary as hell. So today, it was relatively easy.

Did four weight supersets and then 10 or so 100m fun sprints on the rower. Hit some nice 1:30s. Ended with a C/D 2K @ 2:25 pace unstrapped.

Another boxing video today. I didn't love this one, but it was alright.

https://youtu.be/YJ3QuchrUNA