I walked 18 yesterday plus a bunch extra because we jumped holes a couple of times to get around a slow 4-some. B is recovering from a concert today (haha), so light day.
3 Sets
Walked 2.77 miles in 49:09.
No workout tomorrow since we’re going to the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
We went out for a run + walk, which ended up being 4.47 miles in 1:04:15 with a pitstop at the portajohn for both of us. It looks like we ran 1.63 miles, walked 0.42, ran 0.67, and walked the rest.
Yesterday I walked 18 holes and could feel my back at the top of my backswing. It wasn’t feeling great the rest of the day. It was rough getting out of my chair last night and I could feel it throughout the night. So modifying movements today. Out in the garage at 4pm. I did some monster walks without the band.
It was definitely more comfortable doing them reverse, as long as I braced my core properly when I stepped back with my left leg.
All with two second pause.
3 Sets
7 Rounds (each, IGYG)
I did the strict pull-ups so I wouldn’t put that stress on my back. Got faster each round on the bike and stuck to 3-2 every round of the chest to bars. We finished in 14:58.
Went for a 2.08 mile walk.
Walked 18 holes yesterday and was a little sore in my chest and shoulders. Got a slight headache later even though I drank a lot of water with electrolytes. We headed to the track at Heritage High School at 3:00 today. Warmed up with a 400m jog.
5 Rounds
Though I stayed pretty consistent and I felt good. Finished in 31:20. Not knowing how long something like this would take I originally programmed four rounds and added the fifth when I got there to make sure I went over the 30 minute time domain. With the warm humid weather my arms were so sweaty it got increasingly hard to keep golf of the sandbag, but I made each 100 meters unbroken.
6 Rounds
This was much worst than I expected! So nice for a change of scenery and to be outside.
Happy National Donut Day!!
I mowed the lawn yesterday and didn’t really do much else. Shitty night of sleep because of worries. 🤷🏻♂️ My hands are sore from hook gripping and holding the bar! My traps are sore too from shrugged cleans. Went to the Heritage track at 10am and then back to the garage.
After all of the plyo lunging, I’ve been wanting to give the 400m lunge a retest. Beautiful morning for it.
Last October my time was 10:39, when I alternated between 20 step-through lunges and 20 bringing my feet together. My goal was to go sub 10 today, by doing 30 step-throughs followed by 10 with a feet gather. I was surprised how great I felt at 100 meters and knew I was flying. As I rounded the final corner I turned to see where Brandi was and she was not far behind me! So I pushed it doing a final 62 step-through lunges without stopping. My time was 8:47!!! Holy Fuck I couldn’t believe it.
Bench Press
Went for a PR, because why not, but it came off the rack weird so I called it after one rep.
E2M – 5 Rounds
Another good one from Kristi. I did my side plank bounces with my hand on the ground.
5 Sets
Rough night trying to sleep with the back. I had to pull myself around and over when I wanted to roll to my other side. The small bed doesn’t help.
Fired up Julie Foucher’s new podcast and did 400m of walking lunges in 21:10. Then walked 2 miles in 39:03. Wasn’t too bad on the back, but felt a shot of pain here and there.
Hopefully will be able to golf with Dad tonight.
Not a great night of sleep, but HRV went from a red 89 to green 107. I actually felt better yesterday. Rained out for golf today so I went it to lift with Alex at 5:30. Warmed up with Crossover Symmetry Activation, bottom squat holds, and a lot more empty bar snatch work than usual.
I wasn’t feeling crisp from the get go. Either the 85 or 88 was pretty forward, so I stopped my descent, pulled the bar back and it ended up being a power snatch. I was in my head on the attempts with 92, I think because it just wasn’t feeling as good as it has been. I’ve been hitting 90 no problem. Committed and the bar locked into place nice and smooth after a nice rest. Stopped on the success. That’s about 203#, which I think is the most I’ve done since setting my PR of 210# in October. Four workout days in a row could have something to do with how I felt too.
Just a short pause in the hole to make it harder. Tried out some adjustments I picked up from a video with Ed Coan. Could really feel a difference. Squatting kilos seems so weird because I don’t know the jumps or have a good feel for what’s on the bar. Reps felt solid. I wore the belt for the last two sets. That was almost 298# for the final set, so I’m happy with that.
Got home and headed out for my run. Rain had stopped earlier in the day, though I did get a little mist when I was starting out. It was a great temperature for running. Around a mile and a half my stomach was not agreeing with the protein shake I drank during squats. I was actually feeling pretty good before that too. Once I hit the stoplight I decided to walk home from there. Ran 2.13 miles in 20:32 and walked about 3/5 of a mile.
Can’t believe how windy it has been here. Walked on the beach yesterday and today after breakfast. Didn’t really do anything else yesterday though. Hit up the fitness center around 12:30 today.
The stupid treadmill wouldn’t stay paused enough while I was doing my push-ups and lunges, so I had to reset it after the first two rounds, which took at least 30 seconds. The pause didn’t work after the 3rd walk, so I was able to get right back on after my reps were done. Whole thing took 25:50. I did 10-10-5 for the first 3 rounds of push-ups and 15-10 on the 4th. For the 50 I was able to get in 3 sets of 10 before having to break them up. Very little rest in between all sets of push-ups. Walked 5:00 on the treadmill to cool down.
Heading home tomorrow.
In Cancun until Thursday. Needed that day of rest yesterday while traveling. My back feels great. I thought it would be in rough shape after the competition. Rose and I hit up the fitness center in the hotel around noon.
20:00 AMRAP
Could really call it a hike I guess. Had never tried something like that. Never had to break up the push-ups. I think I did 15 rounds plus a little time on the next walk, but lost track. Never really had to slow down on the push-ups, but that estimate should be pretty spot on. Walked 5:00 to cool down. Nothing crazy, but got the heart rate up, sweated, and worked on my push-up weakness. Mission accomplished. Walked 5:00 on the treadmill to cool down.
This weather is terrible for a vacation in Northern Michigan. I’m not sure if it’s really July or if it’s October!
E2M 20:00
So that was 100 reps of each. Did the two movements back to back and it took about 50 seconds each round. The burpees weren’t as bad as I expected and took me about 25 seconds. The sit-ups got really tough in the last few rounds.
10 Rounds
Doing weighted squat holds was a new one for me. Planks weren’t too bad, even after all of the sit-ups.
Did DDP Yoga Energy! with my sister in the afternoon. I need to start doing this stuff regularly.
In the afternoon I put the weight vest back on and went for a 2 mile walk. As soon as I got back I did some air squats.
Leg burn! Took me 1:08.
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