6/26/2013

1 mile dread-mill, warm-up

2 rounds, 3,4,5,6 reps

push up burpee with a jumping pull up
rubber band twisting standing crunch things, 10 per side

1/4 dread-mill

2 rounds, 3 reps

dumbbell snatch, 50lbs

6/25/2013

1 mile on the dread-mill for warm-up... not sure why since it is hotter than a little red wagon today.

2 rounds, 3,4,5,6 reps

cleans, 89lbs,
hanging knee raises

1/2 mile on the dread-mill for cool down... not really since it is pretty humid.

I think I'm just gonna pat myself on the back for showing up.  I know the work capacity will come back but it is tiresome to have to keep coming back.  On the other hand that really is the point of life isn't it.

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

--Winston Churchill

6/24/2013

Dread-mill mile for warm-up

4 rounds

inverted bosu ball air squats, 12
physio-ball dumbbell bench press, 12 per arm
pull ups, 3

3 rounds

kettlebell swings, 8
cable crunches, 150# for 8

dread-mill half-mile for cool down

6/22/2013

2 mile waddle with "A".   I'm pathetic, but, I did it.

6-20-13

So my integrated workout routine is a 3 mile walk during lunch with workmates. We started running the last half mile this week which creates a nice finish. The sweating is bad, but a half hour in the icebox we call an office dries everything but the  boxers out and after changing back into the regular pants, shirt and shoes, I feel as good as new. Evenings and weekends have been high intensity gardening, i.e. building walls and fences, turning over a lot of earth, digging out endless rocks and planting vegetables, flowers and trees. I've been eating a predominantly fresh foods diet, and honestly have come to regard food as fuel more than the highlight of every day. The result is that I uniententionally lost about 10 lbs this spring and a stiff breeze can easily pants me. It is an interesting conundrum: I'm eating all I want, what I want and have plenty of energy but am down to the freshmen college bodyweight. It will probably solve itself as my activity level decreases in the fall but is concerning nonetheless. Best short term action seems to me to be adding some whole grain carbs to the menu. We'll see.

6/20/2013

"A" and I did "Fun with Weights"

Fugly barbells, 1 each
Fieldhouse -- mostly to avoid sunburn
a jumble of movements

It was good enough given 5 weeks of being ill, and still dealing with cough and very minor nerve irritation from the Shingles