12-12-18 workout

Let’s get straight to it.

  1. 5 min warm-up run with new modifications and mixed in dynamic stretches
  2. 25 pushups, 25 sit-ups, 30 hip thrust, sprinkled in arm rotations, squat jacks, sprawl to pushups
  3. Circuit, 2 min each set, 1 superset
  4. Full sprint
  5. Suicide runs
  6. Burpees
  7. 6 inch leg hold
  8. Backward walk
  9. Broad jumps
  10. Lunges
  11. Bear crawls
  12. End circuit
  13. Aaaaaaabs
  14. Figure 8 leg ups
  15. Leg arc side to side
  16. Alternate toe reach and rotations
  17. Circuit, distance based, 5 min
  18. Lunges with heavy weight (had tire) over head
  19. Return to start and 10 push-ups

For the initial push-ups, I did make an improvement and reached 15 good form pushups before having to regress. I guess last week’s pushup barrage made a difference.

12-11-18 health

I had a good reminder this morning that looks are deceiving, and everyone has different fitness challenges. We had a partner based situp workout where we had to touch elbows on the upswing. The guy I was working with was clearly in the ideal bmi range and about my height…but he struggled with those sit-ups. Enough so that I had to slow down. And here I am always beating myself up for not being good enough.

Workout

5 min run with sprints

Dynamic exercises with 10 squats and pushups in between

Partner sit-ups..x50, then another 50 with torso twist

Circuit, 2 min each, 2 sets

5 box jump, 30 tire taps

15 kb swing, ladder hope

Balance ball plank with 10 rotation each side, trx row x15

Sleds, bear crawl with sand bag, tire flip 5

Circuit, heavy, 1 min, 2 sets

Kb deadlift

Russian twist with kb

Abs, leg over on x2, pushup

Stretch

12-10-18 Emotional stuff

Things have been calm overall. I definitely had enough of my social fill on Thursday through Saturday. I also had my most successful twitch to date… unexpected too.

Things have been stable between my wife and I. I went to a work dinner for her job Thursday night. Friday night we went to a soldierfit ugly sweater party at the Rockville ale House. Saturday night we went to the limerick pub to watch the misbehaving maidens performance. Sunday we had personal training. I spent a good chunk of the day on chores.

It was interesting how Friday she wasn’t quite in her element socializing like normal. This was a function of her not regularly going to class. Also it was very crowded and loud.

Saturday felt a bit awkward with that “hole in the wall” feeling the bar gave. Overall it was a fun performance to watch. I also got some dice out of it.

Every so often I’ll think about the poly experience. I did enjoy being able to feel attractive in a hard to deny way. I got to be physical in a different and more intense way. But some of the costs were too much.

12-10-18 health stuff

I’ve gone a whole week with the 5:30 workouts, with Saturday being the rest day and Sunday pt. Weight still being stubborn. My lunches have been good. I think Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening eating out (and drinking some on Saturday too) didn’t help. I need a better approach on how I handle eating out when it is unavoidable. I hate the feeling of paying a lot for a little food… but I suppose I should look at restraunt menu items as more of an experience than money to calorie ratios.

At least I’m sore as all hell. Every bump of this metro reminds me that there are quite a few muscles in my core.

This morning’s workout:

  1. 5 min run with extra high knees and butt kickers
  2. Arm rotations
  3. Hip extension
  4. Hip thrust x20
  5. Squat to pushup, 5 pushup and 10 sec deep squat hold
  6. Single leg tip (bend knee)and squat x10 a side
  7. Single leg tip (no bend)and hamstring extension
  8. Start Circuit 2 min (20 jumping jacks before next station..plank if done early on station)
  9. Burpees with tire thrust
  10. Box single leg squat with yellow kb, x15 a side (need to stick with smaller box and blue)
  11. Kb single leg tip x15 a side
  12. Trx 15 horizontal grip to neutral grip end
  13. 15 pushup, 15 rope slam
  14. Wall ball toss x15
  15. 15 hip thrusters with sliders, 30 mountain climbers on sliders
  16. End circuit
  17. Aaaaaaabs
  18. Russian twist
  19. 6 inch hold
  20. Flutter kicks
  21. Plank
  22. Side planks
  23. Reapeat circuit from before, 1 min rounds
  24. Sprints
  25. 20 burpees
  26. Stretch

When I look back, man that is a lot of stuff…

11-4-18 back to work

I’m switching back to early morning workouts. Even with trying to stay up later, social stuff isn’t happening. I’m also annoyed that I’m having trouble getting back under 190. I will get back to where I was before Ren faire and getting sick. I don’t have anything better to do now other than continue to work, and exercise. My fitness is my focus now. I’ll look at the social stuff when I’m in the low 170s. I feel alone in this.

This morning’s circuit:

Warmup run

2nd warm-up with 10 squats between each exercise: arm rotations, leg extensions, hip thrust, squat to pushup(1 min), squat jacks

10 min circuit, start 5, increment by 5 until 25, then downwards

Pushup

Situp

Squat

2nd circuit 12 min:

Sprint x5

Kb swing green 10

Trx row 10

10 combat rope slam

High knees through floor ladder, tire

Jumping jacks through ladder

Tire thrust 10

Sledgehammer 20

3rd circuit

Repeat, change tire thrust to tire tapsx30…3 burpees after each session

Final, sprints approx every 30 seconds

Stretches