Rest Day
Today was a rest day, but yesterday was not. I found this new pushup routine on youtube and tried it out. It was pretty simple. 200 deficit pushups, 50 sliding side to side pushups, and 50 side to side jumping pushups. It was really hard and I could only finish half of it. Today my ribcage is sore. That's new. I look forward to doing that one again.
Lately the idea of having to move has been sinking in. I know that moving is the right decision. However, I can't shake the feeling that I am letting my family down by forcing them to move just 3 years after getting into a new house. I hope that we can find a new house quickly. Chances are that we will have to find a much smaller rental situation. There is going to be quite a transition going from almost 3000 square feet to probably less than 1000.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
We're Movin Now
7 minutes of jump roping
5 sets:
walking lunges up and down a volley ball court
10 burpees
This workout was a lot harder the last time I did it. I think it was because I did twice as much jump roping. Since my time at the gym is so limited I feel like I shouldn't spend so much time warming up. 7 minutes is a pretty good amount of time. My heart rate is definitely up. I also mix in some stretching before the actual workout.
So it looks like we are going to move again. Last year we had a long discussion about this. At the time, I was bringing in a significant amount of freelance work. That has since dried up. Even if it hadn't I don't think that was sustainable anyway. It was horrible coming home and having to sit down to do more work. Quite frankly I am sick of feeling like a slave to my house. When we talked about it last year I said that if we sold then the house would end up having been a good investment. If we sell now the same holds true. In fact you could say that we held it as long as possible and maximized our gains.
Michelle bought a horse back riding groupon for the kids. We took them to it yesterday. They all had a really good time. I love seeing the looks on their faces when they are genuinely having a good time outdoors. I want to take the boys camping.
5 sets:
walking lunges up and down a volley ball court
10 burpees
This workout was a lot harder the last time I did it. I think it was because I did twice as much jump roping. Since my time at the gym is so limited I feel like I shouldn't spend so much time warming up. 7 minutes is a pretty good amount of time. My heart rate is definitely up. I also mix in some stretching before the actual workout.
So it looks like we are going to move again. Last year we had a long discussion about this. At the time, I was bringing in a significant amount of freelance work. That has since dried up. Even if it hadn't I don't think that was sustainable anyway. It was horrible coming home and having to sit down to do more work. Quite frankly I am sick of feeling like a slave to my house. When we talked about it last year I said that if we sold then the house would end up having been a good investment. If we sell now the same holds true. In fact you could say that we held it as long as possible and maximized our gains.
Michelle bought a horse back riding groupon for the kids. We took them to it yesterday. They all had a really good time. I love seeing the looks on their faces when they are genuinely having a good time outdoors. I want to take the boys camping.
Friday, April 4, 2014
A Good Whoopin
1 mile warm up
100 hang clean to squat thrusters with 15# dumbbells
5 burpees every minute
Every once in a while everybody needs a good whoopin to get them back on track. This workout is just awful. At the end of it I feel like my lungs are sore. Someday I want to put a heart rate monitor on while I'm doing this one.
I started a new project at work 3 weeks ago. I think it is going well, but I like to have a constant state of thinking we are behind. Should be a good one.
100 hang clean to squat thrusters with 15# dumbbells
5 burpees every minute
Every once in a while everybody needs a good whoopin to get them back on track. This workout is just awful. At the end of it I feel like my lungs are sore. Someday I want to put a heart rate monitor on while I'm doing this one.
I started a new project at work 3 weeks ago. I think it is going well, but I like to have a constant state of thinking we are behind. Should be a good one.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Back in the Game
2 mile warm up run
3 sets
40 russian twist crunches w/10lbs med ball
20 thrusters with 15lb dumbbells
20 bicycle crunches
I tried working in some toes to bars in this work out and it felt a little funny so I only did 10 then switched to something else. I have been doing a lot of shoulder stuff in the last 2 days so maybe it's best that I lay off of that joint for a few days. I'm feeling a lot better this week though. I want to do a hardcore pushup routine by the end of the week to really test it out.
I finally found something good about day light savings. It appears that everybody tries to get home faster to get a little bit of day light at the end of their work day. So by the time 7 pm rolls around and I'm ready to leave, the freeways are virtually clear. I'll take that.
Derek has dug himself a bit of a hole at school with his grades. He suffers from the same bad habits I had at his age in that getting homework done on time and turned in is quite the challenge. He's a smart kid though. Smarter than I at his age. I'm sure he will recover. Not without a bit of prodding from his parents though.
3 sets
40 russian twist crunches w/10lbs med ball
20 thrusters with 15lb dumbbells
20 bicycle crunches
I tried working in some toes to bars in this work out and it felt a little funny so I only did 10 then switched to something else. I have been doing a lot of shoulder stuff in the last 2 days so maybe it's best that I lay off of that joint for a few days. I'm feeling a lot better this week though. I want to do a hardcore pushup routine by the end of the week to really test it out.
I finally found something good about day light savings. It appears that everybody tries to get home faster to get a little bit of day light at the end of their work day. So by the time 7 pm rolls around and I'm ready to leave, the freeways are virtually clear. I'll take that.
Derek has dug himself a bit of a hole at school with his grades. He suffers from the same bad habits I had at his age in that getting homework done on time and turned in is quite the challenge. He's a smart kid though. Smarter than I at his age. I'm sure he will recover. Not without a bit of prodding from his parents though.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
No Hurry
15 minutes of jump roping
4 sets of
walking lunges up and back on volleyball court
I could not get doubleunders going today to save my life. The best I could do was rattling off about 7 in a row. That was a bit of an anomaly though. I spent most of my time whipping my hand when I would miss. That was really painful. Felt good to do those lunges though. I have really dialed it down for the past 2 weeks to let my shoulder heal. It feels pretty good right now. I'd say it's about 90% there. I'm going to wait until next Monday before I try to do some pushups.
Derek ran his first track meet today. He ran his first official 400 meters in 1:01. Not too bad considering I ran my best time as a senior at 54 seconds. I hope that he sticks with it.
4 sets of
walking lunges up and back on volleyball court
I could not get doubleunders going today to save my life. The best I could do was rattling off about 7 in a row. That was a bit of an anomaly though. I spent most of my time whipping my hand when I would miss. That was really painful. Felt good to do those lunges though. I have really dialed it down for the past 2 weeks to let my shoulder heal. It feels pretty good right now. I'd say it's about 90% there. I'm going to wait until next Monday before I try to do some pushups.
Derek ran his first track meet today. He ran his first official 400 meters in 1:01. Not too bad considering I ran my best time as a senior at 54 seconds. I hope that he sticks with it.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Joint Pain
4 mile run
I went to the gym last week and did some bench presses. It was a simple workout of 5 sets of 5 reps with ascending weight. I ended at 245. I was smart about it and asked somebody near by to spot me. I said I was going for 3 reps maybe 4. I did 4 and was about to rack it when he said "come on you got one more". So I completed one more rep with his help. Since then my shoulder joint has been sore. I wouldn't say really sore or painful, but just noticeable. Being injuryphobic, I opted out of all exercises involving that joint this week. It has now been about a week and that joint is still not 100%. I may have to switch over to a running/leg program for a little while.
I started a new project this week. I'm finally back to being a supervisor which feels good. Some long time commercials people left the company this week. They have been here longer than I have. It troubles me that every time somebody leaves they aren't replaced. This tells me the company wants to see just how many people they can get rid of before they can't do work anymore.
I have an idea for creating a texture library site online. The first step is to take some of my own texture images. To do that, I need a tripod.
I went to the gym last week and did some bench presses. It was a simple workout of 5 sets of 5 reps with ascending weight. I ended at 245. I was smart about it and asked somebody near by to spot me. I said I was going for 3 reps maybe 4. I did 4 and was about to rack it when he said "come on you got one more". So I completed one more rep with his help. Since then my shoulder joint has been sore. I wouldn't say really sore or painful, but just noticeable. Being injuryphobic, I opted out of all exercises involving that joint this week. It has now been about a week and that joint is still not 100%. I may have to switch over to a running/leg program for a little while.
I started a new project this week. I'm finally back to being a supervisor which feels good. Some long time commercials people left the company this week. They have been here longer than I have. It troubles me that every time somebody leaves they aren't replaced. This tells me the company wants to see just how many people they can get rid of before they can't do work anymore.
I have an idea for creating a texture library site online. The first step is to take some of my own texture images. To do that, I need a tripod.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Lift Day!
Morning
1 mile run
100/50/50/100/50/50/100 single skips
30 double unders
Lunch
1000 meter row
front squat 5x5
bench press 5x5
Today was my first day going to the LA Fitness by work. It went really well. Every time before when I went there it was a bit crowded. This time I didn't have to wait for anything. I started off with the rowing machine. I really wanted to do that one because I've never done it before. It didn't seem overly strenuous but then maybe I could have been going faster. I should have noted my time when I reached 1000 meters. I think it was between 5 and 6 minutes. After the row I went to the squat rack and proceeded to do some front squats. I've only done those once before at the crossfit box. They are a bit awkward especially in how you have to hold the bar on top of your clavicle bones. My fingers actually felt really strained after doing that one. I'm going to have to work on my finger flexibility. Bench press felt really good. I ended my 5 sets of 5 at 225 and easily completed it. Next time I'm going to adjust higher. A personal goal I've always had is to bench 315.
1 mile run
100/50/50/100/50/50/100 single skips
30 double unders
Lunch
1000 meter row
front squat 5x5
bench press 5x5
Today was my first day going to the LA Fitness by work. It went really well. Every time before when I went there it was a bit crowded. This time I didn't have to wait for anything. I started off with the rowing machine. I really wanted to do that one because I've never done it before. It didn't seem overly strenuous but then maybe I could have been going faster. I should have noted my time when I reached 1000 meters. I think it was between 5 and 6 minutes. After the row I went to the squat rack and proceeded to do some front squats. I've only done those once before at the crossfit box. They are a bit awkward especially in how you have to hold the bar on top of your clavicle bones. My fingers actually felt really strained after doing that one. I'm going to have to work on my finger flexibility. Bench press felt really good. I ended my 5 sets of 5 at 225 and easily completed it. Next time I'm going to adjust higher. A personal goal I've always had is to bench 315.
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