Push the Cardio

Warm-up

  • 80′ Side Walk with Hip Raise
  • 40′ Carioka
  • 10 Air Squat + Toe Touch
  • 20 Trunk Rotations
  • Bar Hang

Legs & Conditioning

I started on the bike.

3 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 20 alt Reverse Lunge with Single Leg Jump (5/8# DBs)
    • 10 alt Single Leg Lateral Jumps
    • 6/6 Single Leg RDL + High Pull + Knee Drive (15/20# KB)

4 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 20 alt Curtsy Lunges (15/20# DBs)
    • 15 Squat Jumps

3 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Incline Squats (15# DBs, 4 mats)
    • 20 Glute Bridges
    • 6/6 Split Squats (8/20# DBs)

It took us 38:57 and we did 14,776 meters with B missing about half a round on the bike in the middle section. I’m trying to push my pace more on the machines lately to get back some cardio capacity and lose some weight.

Sub Out Step-ups

Warm-up

  • High Knee Crossovers
  • 10 Air Squats
  • 10 Toe Touches
  • 20 Trunk Rotations

Legs & Conditioning

We’ve been doing a lot of step-ups, so made some adjustments to this workout.

3 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 20 alt Reverse Lunge with Single Leg Jump (5/8# DBs)
    • 10 alt Single Leg Lateral Jumps
    • 6/6 Single Leg RDL + High Pull + Knee Drive (15/20# KB)

4 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 20 alt Curtsy Lunges (15/20# DBs)
    • 15 Squat Jumps

3 Sets

  • Partner A: BikeErg
  • Partner B:
    • 12 Incline Squats (15# DBs, 4 mats)
    • 20 Glute Bridges
    • 6/6 Split Squats (8/20# DBs)

Wow. We finished in 38:02 and did 14,934 meters on the bike.

Challenge Accepted

Yesterday I took a rest day and fixed the computers on two old Concept2 Model C rowers!

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I did my floor PT exercisese and had planned to do the core stability work since I missed it Saturday. Didn’t happen though. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Today at lunch I did the banded PT exercises. Was out in the garage at 4pm.

Warm-up

  • Monster Walks
  • Steamboats

Strength

  • 15 Air Squats
  • 2×15 Goblet Squats (35#)
  • 2×15 Goblet Squats (50#)

Accessory

4 Sets

  • 10 Strict Chin-ups
  • 40 Band Pull Aparts (blue)

Conditioning

15:00 AMRAP

  • 12 Jingle Jangles (21’ across garage)
  • 6/6 Reverse Lunge Knee Drive
  • 12 Push-ups

That was good and the rounds went much faster than I expected. It’s crazy how much more stable I am on those reverse lunges with the knee drive than the first time I did them only 10 days ago. I was flying through them today. I was able to do all of the push-ups unbroken with ease too. Finished 12+2.

Challenge

Knocked out a set of 10 strict deficit handstand push-ups (~4″) for a challenge making the rounds on Instagram.

After trying one I wasn’t sure I’d get through ten, but that turned out pretty good!

Midline

McGill Big 3

  • 9-7-5 Curl-up
  • 9-7-5 Side Plank
  • 9-7-5 Bird Dog

I definitely need to get in these today after skipping them the last two days.

Stay Safe

Wow has life changed dramatically in the United States in just a few days and it’s going to change even more in the next week.

I seem to be adjusting to the time change. Yesterday was a rest day and I had PT at 8:30. My pain has been gone, I’m moving well, and I have a ton of exercises to do now, so they did a re-eval. I was much better in all of the tests and my hip range of motion in one of them was around double. I graduated! Glad I finally decided to the Dr and then get PT. I was very impressed and now will continue doing my exercises for the foreseeable future to hopefully fix this issue. I walked 20 minutes on the treadmill in the afternoon for 1.33 miles and did 2×5 on the steamboats. In the evening I did 8-6-4 of the McGill Big 3.

Today I got out in the garage around 4pm. I’ll probably will be avoiding the gym for a long time and I suspect it won’t be allowed to stay open by the end of next week anyway.

Warm-up

  • 5:00 Airdyne (2.58 km – 105 cals)
  • Monster Walks (Hip Circle)
  • 2×15 Steamboats (blue band)
  • 3 Sets
    • 10 Scap Pull-ups
    • 15 Air Squats
  • Incline Bench Press
    • 10×45
    • 5×75
    • 5×95
    • 5×115

Strength

5 Sets

  • 5 Incline Bench Press (135#)
  • 15 Lateral Raises (8#)

Inclines were hard!! I figured I was going to go much heaver than where I ended up. It’s been a long time since I’ve done those.

Conditioning

4 Cycles

  • 3:00 AMRAP
    • 10 Box Jumps (24″)
    • 30 Shoulder Taps (back to wall)
    • MAX 5/5 Reverse Lunge Knee Drive
  • 1:30 Rest

I was looking for a new movement to hit the glutes and found these. The balance was much harder than I expected.

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The box jumps felt good, but the shoulder taps were a real struggle. I was kicking up with my back to the wall, which was part of it, and then it took me a few rounds to get in the groove of shifting my weight from side to side properly. I did 48-53-58-56 on the lunges.

Then I did some of my PT exercises and decided to skip the McGill Big 3 today.