What Was Your Work Out Today?

I went climbing on Monday. My heart wasn't really in it; I think I pulled a muscle in my right leg on the 25 mile hike on Sunday. It meant i didn't really commit to any of the jumping moves .

I went swimming today; 1 km. It was nice; I think my leg injury has recovered.

I do weigh myself daily; I've never noticed any particular correlation with anything other than high salt can increase water weight.)

After yesterday's bike ride, late, I remembered that I was loosely committed inside my own head to another C2 challenge, to (minimum) machine row 5K or stationary bike 10K for 25 days in March. I'd already missed a day other than my normal weekly rest day. Now I can only miss my regular rest days for the rest of the month. Oopsie. I won't die of shame if I don't do it, but I'd prefer to accomplish it.

It was Spring again today (68 F, 20 C), but after tomorrow the rest of the week looks more Winter-like again (close to freezing overnight, rain during the day). Tomorrow I won't have time to ride outdoors even though it'll be decent weather

So today was weird.

I took a short bike ride, just a bit over 10 miles, taking it easy on the hills (only 5' Z3). Then I came home, ate a sandwich, and stationary biked 10k (90 W average, 97% Z2 and nothing above.)

mtaratoot wrote: »

Does anyone else notice scale weight DROP after a strength training session? More important perhaps, if so, why do you reckon that's happening?

I saw this post last night and figured since I had planned a strength session this morning and I usually do morning stuff fasted it'd be a good test. I'm assuming any change on the scale is sweat/exhaled but since I wasn't planning on too much cardio it'd be interesting either way.

This morning was:

9 minute warm up jog
3 sets cable lateral raises
2 sets cable crossover flies (didn't like the setup so did machine flies later)
5 sets bench press
4 sets of dips
4 sets of machine flies
4 sets cable rope tricep extensions

I drank 1/2 a bottle of water and this took about an hour. Weighed myself before and after and was down 0.7 lbs.

If I remember I'll try it again when I do some real cardio, I imagine I'll sweat more but also drink more water so it won't really make a difference.

EDIT: just realized you meant the day after. Well let's see tomorrow!

As predicted, I didn't have time to fit in an outdoor activity in daylight today, and I was tired by the time I got home, so I did just the 10k+3' stationary bike thing so I could get in the minimum challenge meters.

Stuck with the recent Z2 theme, so 29' and change that was 88% Z2 and nothing above. Given how tired I was, I thought it might be a slog, but I held the target heart rate (close to 120 bpm which is about 67% HRmax) and averaged 93W. Bodies are weird. (I think I'll go to bed early, though. )

Weather was gorgeous, not as windy and 68 F (20 C), sunny. I got to enjoy a little of it while running errands, and did sit for a bit with a latte at a outdoor table (in short sleeves!) - not your typical Michigan mid-March activity. I don't pay much attention to steps, but Garmin says I got more than twice the step goal it gave me today . . . most of it indoors, unfortunately.

Today is supposed to be my second upper-body day of the week, but we're hunkered down to wait out the blizzard...six inches so far, another foot expected today. If there's a break in the snowfall, maybe I'll get a "workout" of shoveling the drive.

Wednesday
Workout: 10 miles run
Weigh In: 107.7 lbs
Nutrition: Acceptable (Good/Acceptable/Unacceptable/Terrible)

Goals:
1. Read entire Bible in order starting w/ New Testament 1 chapter/day. (Luke 2)
2. Reach 104.0 lbs by 3/20/24
3. Hit all timemarks 5 minutes early. (1p/9p/11p/10a)

Great hike with a different friend than usual. My normal Thursday buddy had a vet appointment. Another old friend contacted me to see if I'd gone out yet. Nope. Working on job application. They drove an hour to my place, and we went to a private property that's a land trust with amazingly maintained trails.... I didn't have a single spot of mud on my pants. About seven miles and change with some hills about 1500 feet of gains overall. Nice views. My friend didn't think they had it in them, but we just kept going up to get the best view. Same place I've been visiting from a different side. This walk/hike is more sunny and less under the canopy. It was so sunny and... warm enough I could have worn shorts. Oh well. Nice day for sure!

Another day of 60'+3' stationary bike, 99% Z2 and remainder below, averaging 87W and totaling 23,930 stationary pseudo-meters. I have 12 challenge days completed (minimum 10k bike or 5k row), need 13 more by 3/31, should just make it if I don't skip anything other than scheduled rest days. We'll see.

Full-body

Squats 4x15
Incline Bench Press 4x8
BB Row 4x10
Seated BB OHP 3x10
Cable Crunch 3x10

I shoehorned in a quick 10k+3' stationary bike (Z2 and below again) before rushing off to meet a friend for lunch and on to watch our team win round one of a college conference hockey playoff. (Yay!)

I probably should've machine rowed today, and at higher intensity, but I wasn't feeling like that was going to fit well with the rest of the day. Oh, well.