What Was Your Work Out Today?

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  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,994 Member
    Upper body power day in the weight room, featuring 5x5 bench press and cable row. Total beast mode!
  • mrmota70
    mrmota70 Posts: 537 Member
    Kicked off the week with a 5 mile run. Left when it was 84 and got back home at 92 🥵. Humidity was 70%. Didn’t feel to insane since I got 15+ mph winds on about 30% of the run. I actually enjoyed running into the wind more that when running with dead wind. Sun was a beat down during the last 1.5 miles. I improved on every single mile so happy with the run overall. Missed a 10:15 avg by 15 secs. Will hopefully do better on the next run. I intended to leave by 8. Didn’t leave until about 10:30.

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,427 Member
    edited June 2023
    Normal row, 2 seat of the quad. Gloomy and humid, but serious rain held off until shortly before we pulled into the dock, and carried up the boats. Slippery underfoot on the dock, got pretty soaked, but only briefly, and at least we got a row in.

    Learn to row class again tonight. I spent most of the class flat on my stomach on the dock, holding the stern of a single steady, and coaching several of the class members primarily about bladework and how relaxed hands are a key part of it.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,994 Member
    Power leg day in the weight room, but had an early meeting at the office which meant I only had time for half my normal workout. In this case that meant one-leg presses to warmup, knock out the 5x5 deadlifts, and hit the showers.
  • mrmota70
    mrmota70 Posts: 537 Member
    5 mile run 10:15 avg. 75% humidity. Some windy spots which helped with cooling off during the run.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Today I did spinning first thing, lots of heavy climbs, am already feeling my legs! Won't be able to make this particular spin class for a month due to work commitments so will have to find another suitable one.

    I've also done 30 minutes core pilates this evening and have walked for about 45 minutes at lunchtime.
  • mrmota70
    mrmota70 Posts: 537 Member
    Felt like I should take it easy so decided no outside activities. UV level was in the red before 11 so I think I choose correct to stay in doors. Prepped lunch for the family then knocked out a slow and steady hump day 10k.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,427 Member
    Terrible air quality here, too (red/"unhealthy"/"everyone may begin to experience health effects"). Perhaps foolishly, we rowed as usual this morning (in a quad), but kept it easy pace. I skipped the Fitlot circuit outdoor class, and our learn-to-row class was cancelled tonight (a decision I was in on).
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Boxing/HIIT class this evening, don't get to make this class often so am glad when I did. Lots of squats alongside the boxing so a good full body workout.
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,116 Member
    My logging has been weak. I've been pretty active, but I have a slight tweak to (I think) an A4 pulley, which means my climbing has been poor.

    My last session was on Wednesday, 3.5 hours. It was probably too long; I couldn't walk afterwards.

    I started well; flashing a bunch of v3s in my warm up. But it went downhill from there very sharply. Fitbit reckoned it was 250 active minutes; so it was all a bit like hard work.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,994 Member
    Yesterday was upper body hypertrophy day in the weight room, today lower body hypertrophy day. Coming up is grocery shopping for a family of six, including two teenagers and two young adults, so pushing around the fully loaded cart should count as cardio (not to mention how much lighter my wallet will be after!).
  • mazengharz
    mazengharz Posts: 7 Member
    Today I did basic cardio: interval walking - about 30 mins, 2.4 Kms; 3rd day of the 12-day Programme I am currently following.
    Plus: strength training- under one hour: back, shoulders, biceps, abs and forearms (one type of exercise for each)
    2 consecutive days of exercise!
    Tomorrow, Saturday, I will take a break from strength training (and resume on Sunday), but will do Day 4 of the Walking Programme I am following…towards 3 consecutive days!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,427 Member
    No workout yesterday. Both the Wednesday and Thursday learn-to-row classes were cancelled (air quality really bad), so I didn't do that. No workout at all Thursday, in fact.

    Today, we were back on the river in slightly improved air conditions (AQI around 150 instead of around 250), still sticking with moderate intensity. Warm, humid, sunny, hazy (from the smoke). I rowed stroke in the quad for the usual - just under 7k.

    Later, casual walk with a friend, still hazy, sunny, humid and hotter (around 85F). Just under 3 miles. No idea why, but something about that much-paused ramble caused Garmin to drop my walking "fitness age" another couple of years, now 28. 🤣 The knees definitely feel 67, gotta say. ;)
  • mazengharz
    mazengharz Posts: 7 Member
    Today I did a simple cardio exercise: steady pace walk, including a short warm up and, at the end, light stretching - 2.1Km and altogether about 30 mins. My calve muscles were sore because on Thursday I did some strength training exercise on those muscles (good sign)- so my pace was slower than usual.

    I know it sounds like a light cardio: but it is my third consecutive day of exercise- broke my pattern of zero to two days a week, and want to keep the momentum.

    Tomorrow: light cardio and strength training
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,814 Member
    I dragged out my whitewater canoe and joined some friends for a paddle trip. About twelve miles in about four hours. We stopped for lunch and one other time. Still, after kneeling that long, the last two miles were brutal on my knees. Mostly Class 2 with a couple small Class 3 rapids thrown in for good measure.

    Nice weather.

    We had one swim when a kayaker went into a bad place. Oops. Oh. We had another swim from an inflatable kayak, but she climbed right back in, and someone rescued her paddle.

    I'm glad I remember how to paddle a whitewater canoe. It's harder than a whitewater kayak, and it's tons o' fun.
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    edited July 2023
    Nothing yesterday due to work commitments, spent about 8 hours in my car, horrible way to spend the day in my book!

    Today was boxing class, but usual instructor wasn't there and didn't enjoy it as much as it was much slower paced. Will get some yin yoga stretching in later.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,427 Member
    Fun morning, if a bit warm/humid: We had a coached row, with the coach of the university's club team. He's a good coach.

    I rowed bow in the quad (harder than usual with all the boats on the water, while doing drills). In the coached group were also a double and two singles. All of us tended to be rowing near one another loosely in "lanes" Also on the water were 3 singles with newer, less skilled rowers in 2 of them, and one of our club's learn-to-row coaches in the 3rd (usually not mixed in with us, except when passing). That, and a couple of recreational power boats meandering around (probably cross with us for taking up so much river width, TBH).

    Row was longer than usual, a bit over 10k, a mix of varied pause drills and timed pieces with target ratings (ratings = stroke per minute). Very useful.
  • mazengharz
    mazengharz Posts: 7 Member
    Today, 2 July, I did some basic cardio- Progression walking, over 2.5Km, under 30 mins - plus strength training: chest, shoulders, legs, abs & glutes. Tomorrow will take a break from strength training but will try to do another day of basic walking cardio...
  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    Not much today, did some ground work with my share horse so lots of walking. Did a few dumbbell exercises when I got home too.

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