Cord's Quest
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Hello Cord,
Yea maybe you were just a bit tired. Or maybe it could be because you've just been a bit off with your eating program, which may result in the amount of strength it's been giving you. Even if it is just a slight amount off, sometimes that may be the dilemma.
Such as for me, I haven't run for about a week again, but today I did!! And although it wasn't my best time, I never stopped, and I bet if I hadn't eaten so much cake and drank loads of alcohol
last night, than I could have pushed myself a little harder.
But if it isn't, I am sure you'll get it figured out.
I AM SUPER EXCITED FOR MPH!!!! IT IS GONNA BE THE BOMB!!!
Yea maybe you were just a bit tired. Or maybe it could be because you've just been a bit off with your eating program, which may result in the amount of strength it's been giving you. Even if it is just a slight amount off, sometimes that may be the dilemma.
Such as for me, I haven't run for about a week again, but today I did!! And although it wasn't my best time, I never stopped, and I bet if I hadn't eaten so much cake and drank loads of alcohol
last night, than I could have pushed myself a little harder.But if it isn't, I am sure you'll get it figured out.
I AM SUPER EXCITED FOR MPH!!!! IT IS GONNA BE THE BOMB!!!
Cord the Seeker
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Well, today has gone pretty well so far.
before breakfast this morning I did some (bodyweight) squats, for the 200 squats programme/challenge thingy.
The set was 19/24/19/19/33, with 60 second breaks in between.
114 squats total, and my legs are pretty sore.
Felt good, though - and it is nice to see what my body can do now compared to a few months back. Yesterday morning it was 103 pushups (in 5 sets, not without a break), and then calmly off to work like it was nothing. It's cool.
Took my lunch break at work and walked for 30 minutes - even jogged a little in there.
Plan on going swimming tonight, while I still can - they close the pool for maintenance for most of September - grrr.
before breakfast this morning I did some (bodyweight) squats, for the 200 squats programme/challenge thingy.
The set was 19/24/19/19/33, with 60 second breaks in between.
114 squats total, and my legs are pretty sore.
Felt good, though - and it is nice to see what my body can do now compared to a few months back. Yesterday morning it was 103 pushups (in 5 sets, not without a break), and then calmly off to work like it was nothing. It's cool.
Took my lunch break at work and walked for 30 minutes - even jogged a little in there.
Plan on going swimming tonight, while I still can - they close the pool for maintenance for most of September - grrr.
Cord the Seeker
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I'm pretty sore today. This may need to be a day off - or at least a slack day.
Went swimming last night. Changed my routine around a bit, here's what I did:
Warmup - 50m swim, 50m kick, 50m pull
100m swim
750m swim
250m kick
250m swim
Each set above was done without stopping, and a 30-60 second break between sets.
My swim speed hasn't improved at all since I started swimming in June. My endurance is better, though, which is why I extended my workouts from 1000m to 1500m.
I'm not any faster because real gains in efficiency come from improvement in technique, and I have no technique. I don't actually know how to swim, so I just churn through the water like a drowning ox.
So while I was chugging my way through the 750m set, I decided to simply try moving my arms faster, and see if that helped. It did and by the end of the night I had shaved a few minutes off my total time. Going faster didn't seem to cause me any real problems (apart from being sore today), once I figured out how to coordinate my breathing with the faster arm movements.
This morning I got up and before breakfast I hacked out the first training session of the 200 situp challenge.
Did 5 sets of crunches: 21/27/21/21/32 - 122 total. That was pretty tough. The pushups are actually easier, I think.
Planning on going for a walk for lunch today, and getting in the pushups for the 100 pushups challenge later, probably this evening.
Oh, and Clarence, if you read this:
I log all my lifts and weights here partly in the hope that some of the experts around here (like you) might have a comment, suggestion or critique for me.
I'm just sayin'.
Went swimming last night. Changed my routine around a bit, here's what I did:
Warmup - 50m swim, 50m kick, 50m pull
100m swim
750m swim
250m kick
250m swim
Each set above was done without stopping, and a 30-60 second break between sets.
My swim speed hasn't improved at all since I started swimming in June. My endurance is better, though, which is why I extended my workouts from 1000m to 1500m.
I'm not any faster because real gains in efficiency come from improvement in technique, and I have no technique. I don't actually know how to swim, so I just churn through the water like a drowning ox.
So while I was chugging my way through the 750m set, I decided to simply try moving my arms faster, and see if that helped. It did and by the end of the night I had shaved a few minutes off my total time. Going faster didn't seem to cause me any real problems (apart from being sore today), once I figured out how to coordinate my breathing with the faster arm movements.
This morning I got up and before breakfast I hacked out the first training session of the 200 situp challenge.
Did 5 sets of crunches: 21/27/21/21/32 - 122 total. That was pretty tough. The pushups are actually easier, I think.
Planning on going for a walk for lunch today, and getting in the pushups for the 100 pushups challenge later, probably this evening.
Oh, and Clarence, if you read this:
I log all my lifts and weights here partly in the hope that some of the experts around here (like you) might have a comment, suggestion or critique for me.
I'm just sayin'.
Oh, and Clarence, if you read this:
I log all my lifts and weights here partly in the hope that some of the experts around here (like you) might have a comment, suggestion or critique for me.
I'm just sayin'.
LOL, you should have said WHEN i read this. LOL. i'm remember this for next time. also i wish i could swim that much, its been a while since i tried. maybe my endurance is up. we'll see. i plan on hitting the hot tub this weekend, so maybe i'll jump in the pool as well.
Cord the Seeker
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Another day is done.
Flippin hot today, over 30 degrees. And very dry, and extremely smoky, as most of British Columbia is on fire this summer. The heat, extreme dryness, and relatively high pressure (making an inversion layer which trapped the smoke low in the atmosphere) combined to make the day most unpleasant. At times the visibility was as low as 4 miles due to smoke. No fun breathing it, either.
In an above post I mentioned my morning crunches. I took two 30 minute walks (one for lunch and one in the late evening, and then set down to do the next session of the 100 pushups challenge.
Did sets of 22/30/20/20/20, two minute rest between sets.
In order to move on to the next part of the programme, I needed to complete at least 28 in that last set, so it looks like I'm going to be stuck here for a while.
Even though I failed at 20 in that last set, I'm feeling pretty good about it, thinking back to when I could only do 10 or 20 at a time, and had to wait 10-30 minutes between sets.
Flippin hot today, over 30 degrees. And very dry, and extremely smoky, as most of British Columbia is on fire this summer. The heat, extreme dryness, and relatively high pressure (making an inversion layer which trapped the smoke low in the atmosphere) combined to make the day most unpleasant. At times the visibility was as low as 4 miles due to smoke. No fun breathing it, either.
In an above post I mentioned my morning crunches. I took two 30 minute walks (one for lunch and one in the late evening, and then set down to do the next session of the 100 pushups challenge.
Did sets of 22/30/20/20/20, two minute rest between sets.
In order to move on to the next part of the programme, I needed to complete at least 28 in that last set, so it looks like I'm going to be stuck here for a while.
Even though I failed at 20 in that last set, I'm feeling pretty good about it, thinking back to when I could only do 10 or 20 at a time, and had to wait 10-30 minutes between sets.
Cord the Seeker
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Okay, I'm wiped.
Woke up early, went through the day, had friends over for the evening, and then went off to work the midnight shift. Normally I would nap before the night shift, but with friends over that didn't happen. I'm soooooo tired.
With all the vacation time I took off over the summer, I haven't worked the night shift in almost two months. I'm really not used to it.
Only exercise I did today was a 1000m swim. Took about 35 minutes, which is an improvement from the 40-45 minutes it took 3 months ago.
I had plans to get some pushups/squats/crunches in during the night shift, but was far too tired to even consider it.
I'm a few days late for my weekly weigh-in - I haven't had a chance to get an 'official' weight, which is my "dry" weight (in the morning, after bathroom but before eating, and using the scale at the doctor's office). I got a weight at the doctor's on Friday of 262, but that wasn't my dry weight. I also used the scale at the gym yesterday, which I usually ignore because it is really battered and always gives me a higher weight than the doctor's office does, and it read 258.
I'll be able to get a good solid reading on Monday or Tuesday, and we will see how that goes.
Tomorrow (today, really) is my last chance to get a swim in before the pool closes for maintenance for almost all of September. I may try to start running while it is closed.
Woke up early, went through the day, had friends over for the evening, and then went off to work the midnight shift. Normally I would nap before the night shift, but with friends over that didn't happen. I'm soooooo tired.
With all the vacation time I took off over the summer, I haven't worked the night shift in almost two months. I'm really not used to it.
Only exercise I did today was a 1000m swim. Took about 35 minutes, which is an improvement from the 40-45 minutes it took 3 months ago.
I had plans to get some pushups/squats/crunches in during the night shift, but was far too tired to even consider it.
I'm a few days late for my weekly weigh-in - I haven't had a chance to get an 'official' weight, which is my "dry" weight (in the morning, after bathroom but before eating, and using the scale at the doctor's office). I got a weight at the doctor's on Friday of 262, but that wasn't my dry weight. I also used the scale at the gym yesterday, which I usually ignore because it is really battered and always gives me a higher weight than the doctor's office does, and it read 258.
I'll be able to get a good solid reading on Monday or Tuesday, and we will see how that goes.
Tomorrow (today, really) is my last chance to get a swim in before the pool closes for maintenance for almost all of September. I may try to start running while it is closed.
Cord the Seeker
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I'm without a gym for the next week, and without a pool for the next 3 weeks.
Got one last workout in though. Started with the weights:
Stretching and 5 min warmup on treadmill
Chin-up: got my nose over the bar!
Pull-up: about 3/4 of the way
Squats: 170lbs 5x5 - first two sets were harder than the last two sets
Bench press: 125lbs 4x5, 1x4
Shoulder press: 70lbs 3x5, 65lbs 2x5
Inverted rows: 1x8, 1x6, 1x4
Deadlift: 120lbs 5x5
Wrist roll-ups 10lbs 1x5 - these hurt more than any other exercise I do
Then hit the pool for a 750m set. I really wanted to get a full 1000m in, but there wasn't time. I closed the place as it is.
For the next while I am going to have to do other things, while I wait for the gym to re-open, and then the pool.
I think I'm going to try to start running. That should be fun. If I can get further than 100m I will be surprised.
Got one last workout in though. Started with the weights:
Stretching and 5 min warmup on treadmill
Chin-up: got my nose over the bar!
Pull-up: about 3/4 of the way
Squats: 170lbs 5x5 - first two sets were harder than the last two sets
Bench press: 125lbs 4x5, 1x4
Shoulder press: 70lbs 3x5, 65lbs 2x5
Inverted rows: 1x8, 1x6, 1x4
Deadlift: 120lbs 5x5
Wrist roll-ups 10lbs 1x5 - these hurt more than any other exercise I do
Then hit the pool for a 750m set. I really wanted to get a full 1000m in, but there wasn't time. I closed the place as it is.
For the next while I am going to have to do other things, while I wait for the gym to re-open, and then the pool.
I think I'm going to try to start running. That should be fun. If I can get further than 100m I will be surprised.
antyoch
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Lol!! That's me too!!
I'm glad there's someone out there like me. I always feel self concious about swimming because there's all these really good people just going back and forth. I can't even stick my head under water without holding my nose! I guess it doesn't matter though, we're out there and trying!!It looks like youre doing great! Keep at it!
Cord the Seeker
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Lol!! That's me too!!
It looks like youre doing great! Keep at it!
I'm actually thinking about paying for a couple of private lessons (they don't do adult group lessons here - not enough people) once the pool re-opens.
Cord the Seeker
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I'm working midnights agin, for the first time in almost two months, and it is having its usual effect. I feel like crap.
Yesterday was a day off from exercise - all I did was go for a 30 minute stroll in the park with the family. Enjoyable, but not much exercise.
Tonight at work I did the latest session of the 100 pushups, 200 situps and 200 squats challenges:
Pushups - 22/30/20/20/30 = 122 total
Squats - 27/34/21/21/41 = 144 total
Crunches - 30/38/23/23/38 = 152 total
At least this is my last midnight shift. I go back on days tomorrow.
Shiftwork bites.
Yesterday was a day off from exercise - all I did was go for a 30 minute stroll in the park with the family. Enjoyable, but not much exercise.
Tonight at work I did the latest session of the 100 pushups, 200 situps and 200 squats challenges:
Pushups - 22/30/20/20/30 = 122 total
Squats - 27/34/21/21/41 = 144 total
Crunches - 30/38/23/23/38 = 152 total
At least this is my last midnight shift. I go back on days tomorrow.
Shiftwork bites.
GreyGhostHunter
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LOL...
But for some reason we keep going back......
Damn Seeker, your pushing them Pushups/Squats/Crunches out arn't you.
Awsome job.
Cord the Seeker
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Wow, you just read 29 pages of me whining and complaining and droning on?
You deserve a medal or something.
Seriously, thanks for taking the time, and I hope that in some way you found it useful. I keep this journal mostly for me but also to share with all of you.
You deserve a medal or something.
Seriously, thanks for taking the time, and I hope that in some way you found it useful. I keep this journal mostly for me but also to share with all of you.
Cord the Seeker
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I'm pretty sure you could blow me away, Clarence.
Especially right now. I did bugger all yesterday. Half recovering form the midnights, half too busy to work out, half too lazy to work out.
Yes, it's true, I was 150% unmotivated, enough to propel myself backwards halfway through the time-exercise continuum.
Now I have to go and make up an extra half a workout somehow.
To make matters worse, I'm working by myself today, which means I can't even go for a walk. Although it does mean I can probably sneak in some pushups etc during slow periods.
Cord the Seeker
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A slow start to the month for me, in terms of exercise.
Ate fairly well yesterday, although too much processed meat for breakfast and lunch.
Supper was some really nice salmon steak with brown rice and broccoli - yum!
I wanted to fit in a workout while at work, but was working alone and thus didn't get a break.
Before supper I pounded on the heavy bag for 30 minutes. Haven't done that in a long while - apparently 30 minutes doesn't wear me out the way it used to.
Before bed I tried to do my squats/crunches/pushups - that didn't go well. Remind me not to try to do all three in one session again.
Off to work now.
Update: when I first posted the above, I didn't have the numbers handy. here they are.
Squats: 30/38/27/27/44 = 166
Crunches: 33/42/30/30/17 = 152 - you can see how I was worn out by the end
Pushups: 21/16/14/12/12 = 75 - clearly I really shouldn't try to do these right after the other two.
Ate fairly well yesterday, although too much processed meat for breakfast and lunch.
Supper was some really nice salmon steak with brown rice and broccoli - yum!
I wanted to fit in a workout while at work, but was working alone and thus didn't get a break.
Before supper I pounded on the heavy bag for 30 minutes. Haven't done that in a long while - apparently 30 minutes doesn't wear me out the way it used to.
Before bed I tried to do my squats/crunches/pushups - that didn't go well. Remind me not to try to do all three in one session again.
Off to work now.
Update: when I first posted the above, I didn't have the numbers handy. here they are.
Squats: 30/38/27/27/44 = 166
Crunches: 33/42/30/30/17 = 152 - you can see how I was worn out by the end
Pushups: 21/16/14/12/12 = 75 - clearly I really shouldn't try to do these right after the other two.
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dinner sounds good cord. i can't wait for this week to be over. i want to just relax. originally i was going to leave town after work, but it will be tomorrow, so i'll go to the gym make it 20 miles ran for the week and just relax the weekend away. i think i'll go buy a book to read over the weekend and clear my head.
Cord the Seeker
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Sounds like a good plan, Clarence. I never seem to have the time to just kick back and read a book anymore.