What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Fell off the mfp logging bandwagon for a few days, but have been doing elliptical underdesk--maybe one day 13.30 miles, a couple of days 46-49+ miles each, yesterday 31.70 miles (83:16 and 765.2 cals). Today mpf bugged me by 'correcting' the calories--my machine says exactly the calories, times, speed, distance listed, and so I write it all in, but somehow today mfp said nah, 83 minutes is only worth a few hundred calories and not what you specifically and intentionally wrote in. It loses my interest when it says I am wrong and/or lying!2
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I went for a walk, getting a bit carried away and doing slightly over 20 miles.
I had an early lunch before leaving, so I didn't stop (other than to pee).3 -
30 Min. Cardio
15 Min.Stretch
15 Min. Walk on beach3 -
Legs/Core
Barbell Squat
Dumbbell Lunges
Seated Leg Curl
Stiff Legged Barbell Deadlift
Seated Calf Raise
Standing Calf Raise
Crunches
Hanging Leg Raise
Alt Med Ball Touches
Around the World2 -
Upper Power
Bench Press 5x5
Cable Row 5x5
DB Press <superset> DB Row 5x5
Seated BB OHP 5x53 -
Cardio warmup
upper body weights
core and glute work3 -
Only working out MTuW this week, so push/pull combo session today. Also had to perform surgery on one of my adjustable dumbbells mid workout, so felt a little tired when it was time to do iso work.
3x8 barbell bench press. First time in like 6 months doing these due to shoulder pain. Felt great. Did 20 lbs more than I was hoping on working sets
1x5 body weight, 2x8 weighted pull-ups
2x8 barbell shoulder press, 1x10 DB shoulder press (DB was my intention, and this was when I fixed my DB)
3x12 x 2x8 lat prayer and neutral grip chest supported row superset.
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Back at rowing machine, same workout scheme as Friday, 3 x (2k on, 2' off/CD) plus a short run-out. Similar pace and rating as Friday, so 6038m in 29:54.7 (not counting the "off" bits, which did include another 699m of rowing), and 18 spm. (Friday was 30:04.9, 19 spm: Negligible difference.)
HR response was a little better, 40% Z4 today vs. 68% Friday, average HR 138bpm (vs. 145), peak HR 154 (vs. 158). Perhaps fueling (on Friday) with beer and fried mushrooms had a cost.
I'm going to slow the pace a bit when the Holiday Challenge starts Thursday. I fear that that much Z4 with higher volume will accumulate too much fatigue across the week. We'll see.
Yes, I'm a cardio geek. It's interesting to me that most anyone who wants to improve strength/muscularity tracks metrics for strength training (as do I, when I do it), but it seems like fewer people who want to improve cardiovascular capabilities rely on metrics. (It doesn't have to be HR, RPE works.) 2 -
Climbing, 2.5 hours. A good session; I was in form. I even got a double dyno in three attempts. (This is where you jump for the hold and briefly have zero points of contact on the wall.)
Someone was telling me to try to statically lank it, but I was too short for that. And jumping is more fun, even if I am terrible at it.3 -
Cardio Only -
Elliptical - 45 minutes
Outdoor Walk - 45 minutes2 -
Cardio 30 min
Stretch2 -
Son had an appointment with an agility/explosiveness coach, and I did about 3/4 of the one hour session with him.
Then I intended to do my full leg day workout, but one set in, I knew that was out.
1x5, 2x8 backsquats. I did go up 20 lbs in my heaviest working set tho vs last week. But I was toast so I’ll do extensions and leg curls on my next leg session.3 -
Back on stationary bike for 35' + 3' CD, steady state at 100W average (including the CD), mostly Z3, all below 75% HRmax/65% HR reserve. Planning a rest day tomorrow, Holiday Challenge starts Thursday.2
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Back/Biceps
Bent Over Barbell Row
Underhand Pull Downs (Bar)
Barbell Deadlift
Dumbbell Alternate Bicep Curl
Preacher Curl
Cardio - 30 minutes3 -
Push pull day working out with my 12 y/o.
He did one more working set than I did on each exercise, and I went light on volume since I normally do push/pull on separate days and with more than 2 days rest in between.
2x10 Incline barbell press
2x8 deficit Pendlay rows
2x8 lat pull-downs
2x10 weighted dips (kiddo did DB bench here)
3x12 x 3x12 cable curls x tricep extensions1 -
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Mid-day Monday I started to feel off, and by closing time my stomach was a LOT off. Turns out I wasn't immune to the stomach virus that had gone through every other member of my family, I was just the last to get it. Totally tanked my plan to workout M-T-W, as well as my appetite for about 24 hours. But I'm feeling almost normal again, just in time for tomorrow.3
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leg day:
12-3-30 treadmill
hip thrust machine 25 lbs 10x3
wall sit 2 minutes
rdls 12x3 with ten lbs each side
bulgarian split squats with 20 lbs, 2 minutes per side
step ups 45 sec2 -
30 Minute Barre w/weights3
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Chest/Shoulders/Triceps
Barbell Bench Press
Incline Dumbbell Flyes
Side Lateral Raises
Shoulder Press (Machine)
Dips - Chest
Lying Tricep Press
Arnold Press3 -
Cardio 30 min
Stretch2 -
Turkey burn soulcycle! Survivor series. 60 min cycling and hand weights.
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
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Horseback riding.
I searched for "Horseback" within the MFP Fitness & Exercise category and the last post was Jun 29, 2023, and 1 result in this discussion back in 2018. Is there anyone else here that does horseback riding as their workouts?4 -
Horseback riding.
I searched for "Horseback" within the MFP Fitness & Exercise category and the last post was Jun 29, 2023, and 1 result in this discussion back in 2018. Is there anyone else here that does horseback riding as their workouts?
Nice! I don't go horse backing riding but love horses.1 -
Day one of 2023 Concept 2 Holiday Challenge completed, so I guess I'm doing it? I hope?
I slowed down a little, trying to stay in Z3 or lower because of planned volume increase. I jumped literally 2 beats over the (estimated) Z4 line for 3 minutes of the 45 minutes, so not bad. 3 x 2k, 1 x 1k, plus 2' row in/out between the pieces and a 3' CD. Total of 8,329m including the row in/outs and cool down.
It's surprising how much less fatiguing a tiny decrease in pace is. I was trying to stick just below a 2:35 (per 500m) split, so these 2k pieces took only about 20-25 seconds more time for each 2k than the Z4 ones the other day, 10 minutes and teens seconds vs. 9 minutes and 50-something seconds. They felt much easier. I did let myself increase the rating (strokes per minute) by 1 or 2, so using slightly more drive speed and less power to get the pace. (That's sort of bad form IMO, but I did try not to go lower power than 10m per stroke.) It was noticeably less tiring. Cardio intensity is weird.
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Day 2, stationary bike (i.e., C2 BikeErg), 15k plus 3 minute cool down for 16,237 total meters at 103W average to keep it moderate, overwhelming majority Z3 topping out at a mere 75% HRmax.
Starting plan is 6 days on, one day (Sunday) off, alternating the RowErg pattern I used last night with this bike pattern, all moderate intensity at least until I'm sure I won't over-fatigue if I go harder; now through Christmas Eve.2 -
Horseback riding.
I searched for "Horseback" within the MFP Fitness & Exercise category and the last post was Jun 29, 2023, and 1 result in this discussion back in 2018. Is there anyone else here that does horseback riding as their workouts?
I ride every Sunday and mention it on here
although my share horse has been coming back from lameness so we've been a bit limited recently! But you're right there are no active horse riding groups on here unfortunately.
I've done very little all week, my head cold got much worse and wiped me out, and then my motivation has also massively dipped. Have managed a little yoga on Thursday and Friday but did a 7k walk this afternoon.3 -
Back to RowErg, 3 x 2k, 1 x 1k, plus 2' row in/out between the pieces and a 3' CD. Total of 8,331m including the row in/outs and cool down.
Pace on the pieces (excluding row in/out and CD) was 2:33.6 per 500m at average 19spm.
Mostly Z3, aiming for nothing over that, but again I was 2bpm into Z4 5% of the time - close enough.
Scheduled rest day tomorrow.3 -
Short horse ride today, was -1°C when we headed out so I was in no mood to hang about but pony had other ideas! We only managed 2.8km, I had plans this afternoon so a longer ride was out of the question today unfortunately.3
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* Peloton - 45-minutes bootcamp (cycling and full body strength training with weights) w/Tunde.
* Peloton - 10-minutes full body stretch w/Jermaine.
* Peloton - 15-minutes acceptance meditation w/Chelsea.3
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