What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Today was an out of town rest day but I was in the pool yesterday for 1600 scm. Fitness class 3x last week as usual.
Apple watch and phone have been recording my RHR at 52 lately. Back when I was training hard, it was usually in the 40s so it's not too far off that now. I have a pilot license and my last medical for that was with a new doctor. He held up the medical because he was afraid the low heart rate indicated a heart block. He eventually got more history to realize I'm normally that low and approved the medical.3 -
Upper Body, BB Day
Bench Press 5x5
BB Row 4x10
Incline Bench Press 3x10
Pullups 30 total reps
BB Shrugs 3x10
Seated BB OHP 3x10
Preacher Curl 3x10
Cable Pushdown 3x10
Cable Woodchoppers 3x103 -
Bowling with the family since we all had MLK Jr. day off. The bowling alley had a sign that said "bowling burns 100 calories an hour" -- not sure if that counts all the sitting around or not.
@Ernest_Nigma -- I got on this thread all ready to talk (brag really) about my resting heart rate and you beat me to it!
Gym workout tonight: 10 min. calisthenics (planks, lunges, sit-ups, downward dog pose); 30 min on the treadmill (10 min at 8% incline; 20 min at 6% -- all of it at 3 mph except a couple of minutes of running at 5.2-5.7 mph. I wanted to get my heart rate up near my VO2 max since I'm finally wearing the Coros watch I purchased last year. I'm not a tech type and the watch sat around until last night when my 14 year old helped me program it / sinc it to my phone, etc. I love it, though the HR it records doesn't match the treadmill at all (watch is reading way too low when I'm working out, maybe because I turned the face around to the inside of my wrist to avoid banging it on the treadmill rail).
My resting HR is currently reading at 66 bpm but I've had a lot of diet Dr. Pepper this afternoon. This morning it was pretty consistently at 59 bpm --athlete level for my gender and age. That made my day. Of course when I weighed less and was training for half marathons a decade ago it was even lower.
I've gotten in 9,895 steps today. Now it's time to do chores around the house to get the last 105 steps in!5 -
No workouts Friday and Saturday (yikes!), or my usual rest day Sunday, but that was mostly about having appointments on my schedule, tasks I needed to accomplish, and yeah, still a little bit limited energy budget. It's gradually improving, though, I think.
Back to stationary bike today, since tomorrow's scheduled to be the first practice for my just-reincarnated breast cancer survivors rowing team, so I'm betting we're machine rowing tomorrow.
Since I didn't get to the bike until late evening, close to bedtime, I stuck with a nice easy pace, 83W and a simulated 14.5mph on average. Mostly Z2, with more Z1 than usual besides, and nothing above those.
I'm thinking I'll do some dead hangs before bed, since my upper back is a little tight and that usually feels good.
@derrangedpojo1, @love2lift_85, @dwightwilson9717: I think you three might be new participants in this thread? Nice to see you, hope you'll hang around: It's interesting and encouraging to me to see all the different workouts folks do, see their progress!4 -
I went climbing yesterday. It was a cracking session. I got a V4 in my anti-style after about 39 attempts.
I smeared with the left foot on the first move to keep myself away from the wall. Keeping pressure through the smear let me get the left hand to the second hold, which is a jug. I then moved quickly to match that hold with the right. There are then no foot holds, so I do a pull up to get a heel hook on the starting hold. This took me a while to get right; it is quite a big hold and only one spot on it works. Pointing the toes down and applying maximum pressure through the heel let's me move my right hand to the next hold, which is terrible, so I needed to quickly bump to the next. If you get high enough, it's a jug and the climb is easy from there.4 -
Today I'm heading out to run a couple miles!
I do 2 lifting days and then a cardio day, on loop. Cardio days are pretty low intensity. Full-on rest days sprinkled in.
@AnnPT77 yes, I figured I'd come pop by the forums and see if any of my old friend list people are still around. Found a couple, woot
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DiscusTank5 wrote: »Bowling with the family since we all had MLK Jr. day off. The bowling alley had a sign that said "bowling burns 100 calories an hour" -- not sure if that counts all the sitting around or not.
Bowling is allegedly a 3.8 MET activity. That is about the same burn as "walking with a daypack on level ground in a city" which is 3.8 MET. A MET is a metabolic equivalent where 1.0 MET is about what you burn while sitting quietly. For a 150 pound person, an hour of bowling burns about 260 calories. So I reckon yeah - that must either include the sitting around or it's what the burn is in addition to what you burn during that "sitting quietly" when you burn one MET.
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Been messing around with steel clubs. So much fun...3
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Treadmill - 1 hr, 3.0 mph, 12% incline
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I used to bowl extensively, never considered it a sport to lose weight with. Sling around a heavy enough ball for long enough, it does qualify as resistance work, to an extent.2
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If 100 calories per hour is approximately twice as many as it takes to sit quietly, I can totally see bowling being twice as active as sitting. There are several movements:
- Stand up.
- Pick up a standard weight.
- Walk to a set area holding the standard weight with two hands
- Transfer weight to one hand and swing the weight rearward.
- Take a number or steps, then use momentum to keep sliding on one foot.
- At the same time, swing the standard weight forward and release it.
- Stand back up. Watch the lane. Depending on what happens:
- Jump around celebrating or pound fist into other hand in frustration.
- Walk back to weight rack and find your standard weight.
- Do a second rep.
- Walk back to the area where you wait between sets.
- Lower your keister down onto the chair.
- Do 16-ounce curls between sets
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Love having an indoor track nearby!
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First breast cancer survivor rowing team practice. Weather was . . . not optimal, so attendance light. (Air temp around 0 degrees F/-18 C on the way there, "feels like" -20F with the wind. Recent snow with some ice underneath, temps low enough that the road salt doesn't much melt it, lots of police/accidents/stalled cars.)
The big plus of that was with light attendance, those of us who were there got great personalized technical coaching. Love it! That's just what I'm hungry for. I was extra lucky: Besides comments from the head coach, got individually coached by a senior on the university team who's been a national team candidate (maybe member - unclear) whose family history includes a rowing grandmother and father, plus her own near-lifelong rowing. I got her complete attention, meticulous and astute technical tips. Yay!
We warmed up, stretched, did some pick drills (stroke progressions), pause drills, a series of 2' on 1' off pieces, then a closing stretch session. The rowing machine bits were in a row of machines alternating one of our team with one of the university team members, with instructions to stay in sync with them, which is extra helpful.
So good!
A lot of this was slow work, and I didn't start recording on my Garmin until part way through, but that part was almost half Z4. I guess I push harder when there are witnesses?
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I've been dealing with some issues, haven't been in the gym for awhile, but I have been doing some stuff like modified push-ups (at counter height) and body weight squats. They also help keep the blood pumping at work at 3 am4
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Regular 45 minute fitness class yesterday with some easy track time to warm up first. I tried a different class at the YMCA today. It was supposed to be some kind of fitness yoga for seniors but it was much more focused on the fitness side and way more intense than the regular classes. Arms and legs are still feeling wrung out so I'm going to bed early tonight.
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Shield cast
1 hand, 15lb
50 per side
2 hand, 15lb
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Treadmill - 1 hr, 3.2 mph, 12% incline
Increased speed of walk from 3.0 to 3.2, which definitely increased the sweating and huffing and puffing, lol.3 -
Bench press, incline press, assisted bench press, shoulder press, then machine/ cables until my shoulders flop 🤣3
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Another of the regular, 3x/wk, YMCA fitness classes this morning.
@DiscusTank5 I suppose my RHR stats were bragging a bit, though it's apples and oranges comparing two different people. Yours are certainly worth being proud of within your demographic!3 -
Upper body (lat pulldown, single arm cable row, bench press, shoulder press, bicep curl, skull crusher, lateral raises) and walk the dogs.3
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Gamma cast - 50 reps x 15lb
Single arm shield cast - 100 reps (sum both sides) x 15lb2 -
Upper Body, DB Day
DB Bench Press <<superset>> 1A DB Row 5x5
Incline Cable Fly 3x10
1A Pulldown 3x10
DB Shrugs 3x10
DB Arnold Press 3x10
DB Hammer Curl <<superset>> Lying DB Extend 3x10
Palloff Press 3x10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec
Replaced the DB front/lateral raises with the Arnold Press. Rough start to the workout, had to get my son to help get one of the DBs into position so I could complete the final set of DB Bench Presses. Don't know if my moment of weakness came from lack of sleep, lack of energy due to actively cutting weight, or was simply one of those low-energy days, so I won't make any changes yet. But I will be watching next week closely to see if I need to lower the weight. Hate to even think of doing it, but safety above all.1 -
Kettlebell Swings...
20x10r (24k)
OTM (20m)2 -
Indoor track day today 🥰3
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Steps today so far: 12,500 (includes the treadmill, below)
Workout: 25 min. treadmill (20 min split at 3 mph @ 8% incline / 6% inc; 5 more min at 3.5 mph @ 1% inc.)
Then 20 min. freeweights, shoulder press, medicine ball exercises, battle ropes, planks.
Also 20 min. of walking outside. The high today was 46 F -- really nice after highs of 22 earlier in the week.3 -
Lower body (hip thrust, single leg rdl, leg press, Bulgarian split squat, abductor, adductor), and walked the dogs.3
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1 hour on the treadmill at elevation 15. My legs are burning good!3
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Leg Day
Squats 4x10
BB Step Ups 3x10
BB Hip Thrust 4x10
Seated Leg Curl 4x10
Seated Calf Extend 4x10
Cable Crunch 4x10, 15, 20, 25
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So nice to see so many folks showing up on this thread, including new faces!
After a couple of days off (!), back to stationary bike, but a longer low-intensity ride: 60'+3'CD, easy intensity (83W, implied 14.5mph including the CD), so 85% Z2, only about 6' at the low end of Z3. We'll see how that settles in.
I'm still trying to figure out a sustainable pattern of workouts for this time-slice. Usually it works best for me in Winter - when the workout modes are frankly less fun - to set a schedule, then treat it like something I just do, not decide about day by day. The complication of unpredictable headaches and fatigue related to healing has made that break down somewhat, and I keep second-guessing myself. I'm skipping workouts because of low energy, but I also think working out helps healing progress, as long as I don't overdo. Seeking balance.3
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