11/11/2013

Swim thang.

I lost track of the 100 yard intervals.  45 minutes in the water and my breaks were significantly less frequent and shorter duration.  I'll guess between 1200-1400 yards.

11-08-13

Kind of a lousy week at work. The  owner is undermining my latest great idea and a couple of key employees are mad about one thing or another. If only business was about business and not so much about people. So, the lunch run was especially cleansing today. It was cold, in the 30s and snowing. But my workout buddy Dan was ready for a hard go as I was. Not our fastest time, but close, and in tough conditions. Given that it is friday and we were both worn down, it was a great victory, propelled me through the afternoon and into the welcome weekend. Looking forward to a good hike on sunday.

11/7/2013

Yoga.

I've been in the woods this week.  Still hunting is extremely demanding of hip flexors and of balance -- as I've lamented recently my hips are rubbish.  Too sitting in the cold tends to tighten muscles up.  So, yoga was a good answer today.

I'm not outlandishly out of condition but I'm in the wrong sort of condition for this activity.  That annoys me and it motivates me.  So, with the time not filled with Chickadees, Squirrels, or more infrequently Turkeys or Partridge, I've been thinking about how, what movements to work on, so that I'm not this pathetic again.

Step up and down and then for the hip flexors.  This next movement opens the hip flexors and strengthens single leg movement -- some sort of Split Squat.  These seem to be a starting place for thinking this through.

11-06-13

Did the lunch run today, third straight day. 37 min 45 sec, fastest yet and it felt pretty easy. I think if we went out trying to go faster we could improve it a good bit. Day off tomorrow to get a haircut and give everything a rest.

Interesting dynamic today in that 2 regulars were planning not to participate because of  minor injuries, a toe and a hamstring. When the others went to change, they didn't want to miss it and went along enthusiastically. Both said they felt good after getting over the inertia. Good vibe in the group. Hope we can keep it through the winter.

11-04-13

I haven't made any entries for a while, but am dedicated to our walk/runs during lunch. 3-5 days per week is typical depending on weather and travel. Set our record today while not really trying, for 3 miles on a hilly course on a very rough track. In April we were walking it in 48 minutes. Today we did 37:50, first time below 38. Probably half walk and half run. I feel fit, no major injuries and am motivated, as are the others in the group.

Recently I started to do some yoga based stretching in the evenings. I've gotten tighter, so it has been a good thing. Also, the nagging knot in my upper back has eased and I feel better than in a long time.

An article in the NY Times today put out a questionnaire that establishes fitness age based on a large study in Finland, I think. I'm 64 with a fitness age of 52, which feels ok. My atrial fib raises my heart rate a good bit, one of the inputs to the score, and I think puts a few years on. Anyway, feeling fit, and  it's validated by a quantitative instrument. What more could an old guy ask for.

11/1/2013

Squats, supersets with cable crunches and diagonal bar raises on the inverted bosu ball

2x12, 135lbs
2x10, 185lbs
2x8, 205lbs
2x6, 225lbs
2x4, 245lbs

finished with 2 sets of Squat Cleans, 89lbs, 6 reps

One meeting and then it is Miller time.

 I reviewed the Stats on this blog.  The entirety of our traffic is from a porn site.  I didn't actually click through to the site rather I Googled the url and read a number of blogger rants about the this site that crawls blogs to solicit traffic.  Pathetic and desperate ploy to solicit clicks.

Was a time when we had real traffic.