6/18/2014

Circuit 1
Dreadmill walk .25 miles, 3.5mph
Macebell 10-2s, bunch
Military Press, 65lbs, 8 reps
Bent over rows, 65lbs, 8 reps

Dreadmill jog .25 miles, 4mph
Macebell 10-2s, bunch
Military Press, 65lbs, 8 reps
Bent over rows, 65lbs, 8 reps

did 4 rounds alternating walk and run

3 rounds:
farmers walk, 45lb dumbbells, probably 50-60 feet
cable crunches, 150lbs, 8 reps

cool down
.25 walk on the dreadmill

roughly 35 minutes of work, feeling a little sore in the legs from Monday's good-mornings, and a little tired with 3 workouts in a row, after 5 weeks of complete inactivity

6-17-2014

This is a summary of the last two plus weeks fitness efforts. Two weeks ago, sales meeting at HQ, no workouts and too much eating and drinking. Last week we partially moved to a new house. Loaded and unloaded two trucks with furnishings etc. Water problems at the house led to the need to cut some trees for a winch truck to reach  the wellhead. I was mad enough that I cut a 12 inch birch tree at ground level with a 15 inch bow saw and my Dad's old hatchet. Also did some post hole and fence work. So nothing actually like a workout, but plenty of activity with attendant muscle soreness.

Yesterday, back at work, did a 3 mile interval in 42 minutes, nowhere near our fastest, but felt good and finished first in the group on a hot day.

Today, yoga, which felt great after all the lifting etc of recent times. My flex, especially in hamstrings, hips and lower back isn't very good, but the yoga is really therapeutic and I missed it. Wherever my fitness routine goes in the future I want to make yoga an integral component.

Highlight of the move was the next door neighbor. 75 year old ex army colonel, 6'2 or 3", trim and muscular. Works out on a varied routine regularly and it shows. It is really encouraging if not inspiring to see that it is possible to stay fit and strong well into the senior cycle. And he is a cancer survivor. What a guy.

6/17/2014

Swim thang.  I'm totally dumbfounded that I didn't drown... I actually remembered how to swim.  I went for half an hour and called it good.  I have no idea how far I went just the elapsed time.  Breast, crawl, breast, side/side, crawl -- lather, rinse, repeat.

So last Thursday I saw the PCP and we declared a small victory against the pneumonia.  I was still struggling with the asthma however.  So, we agreed on a script for an inhaler of stuff that helps with the inflammation.  With the exception of Saturday I've not used the albuterol inhaler.  Like I mentioned cutting the wood with the chainsaw set me back.  But, I think I'll be able to go at it again next Saturday and work harder for longer.  These two work outs show that the medication is working and the rest is up to me.

6/16/2014

Saturday, I took the chain saw out and worked on a pile of log length firewood.  It just about killed me.  Too much too quick and I suspect the exhaust from the chainsaw antagonized the asthma.

But, today:

1 mile walked on the dreadmill, 3.5 mph

3 rounds
cable crunches, 150lbs, 12 reps
good mornings 45lbs, 12 reps
macebell 10 and 2, 8-12 yeps

kettlebell swings, 2x8, 18lbs
inverted bosu ball air squats, 8 reps

1/4 mill cool down, 3.5 mph

felt great, obviously this isn't a big bite, but... baby he's back!

Pool has mid-day hours all week long so I think I'll get wet tomorrow.

Highs and lows

Some days I feel almost normal the next pretty poorly and so it goes.  Perhaps because I over do it on those up days, perhaps it is just the cycle of healing.  Going back to the PCP on Thursday for a progress assessment.  

Recovering slowly

So, yes I am feeling better.  And yes I am taking fewer medications.  But I can tell this is going to take awhile to rebound.  Th inflammation in the lungs and sinuses is going to take awhile to diminish.  That in turn hampers endurance.  Just walking from the parking lot and up the stairs antagonizes the wheezing and forces me to rest.  Mostly I'm logging this just for benchmark not to hear myself whine.