Not Quite a Rest Day

I had intended on a rest day to recover from some of the high intensity stuff I'd been doing, but I didn't quite accomplish that.......I started the day with 2 laps of the Beast, followed that with a great hour long bike ride that included some good hills, and even fit in some yard work.

Why Doesn't Anyone Want To Hike With Me? :(

After 2 laps of the Beast this morning, I had some spare time and energy and decided to do a run up and down Lower Table Rock. I ran about 25% - 30% of the trail up and the whole thing down......19:47 up and 13:12 down......more than 4 minutes off each direction from the time I set last time I power hiked it about 3 weeks ago.

Pull 'n' Punch

Nothing to innovative or exciting today, just a workout of weighted and unweighted pullups and pushups plus some DB rows. This was followed by 20 mins on the heavy bag.....oh, and walking 1 lap of Elmo.

Just Another Manic Monday

After taking care of business earlier in the day, I think I almost burned off half of the pie I ate yesterday.......I did Upper Table Rock again. I ran up....actually only ran about 20% and power hiked the rest....and ran down......took 3 mins off each direction from what I did last time that I power hiked it......I did it in 18:00 up and 11:30 down. I might have to go back up again tomorrow to get the lung I think I spit up somewhere near the top though.........
After this I did a quick chest workout of BB bench presses, supersets of DB flyes and DB bench presses, and ring pushups.
I finished the day off with a couple hours of volleyball.

Walking and Snatches

I started the day doing two 1/2 mile warmup/cooldown walks with RF, followed that with a good workout of snatches, power snatches and pushups, and finished the day with an hour long walk. Almost like a rest day.....LOL.

Upper Table Rock Revisited Again

Today's weather was fantastic for hiking Upper Table Rock......the only problem was that everyone in the frikkin' valley thought the same thing.

Another Great Bike Ride

Other than a fair amount of activity around the house and yard, the only exercise I made time for today was a great hour long bike ride.

More Beast and Circuits

The day got off to a good start with 3 laps of the Beast. Then I did a max rep set of pushups.....75...gotta get to 100 by the end of May since I've got a challenge going with a client...she's aiming for 50. I followed this with 5 circuits of the following:
handstand pushups x 5
pullups x 10
squats x 15
pushups x 20
crunches x 25
And, I'm still feeling all those lunges I did on Tuesday......ow, ow, ow.......

Bike 'n' Boxing

A good hour long bike ride and 20 mins on the heavy bag was about all I made time for today.

The Beast, Kettlebells and Lunges

Three laps of the Beast and about 150 yards of walking lunges got my days started. Later I did a kettlebell workout of KB swings, KB clean and presses, and KB snatches. I finished the day by lunging Elmo.......I'm expecting some pain tomorrow.

Another Mixed Bag Of Activity

After a quick back workout consisting of DB rows, pullups and hanging scapular retraction/depression, I went on a hike with a friend and then finished the day with a couple hours of volleyball.
Overall, a great day!
What did you do today?

Bike Riding Weather!

After a couple of warmup/cooldown 1/2 mile walks with the kids this morning, I went on an hour long bike ride........perfect weather for it! After this, I spent about 1/2 hour doing bench presses, DB flyes, and ring pushups.

Pregnancy exercise 'helps baby' -- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8002560.stm

The Beast and Yard Work

In addition to some other various activities today, I started the day with 2 laps of the Beast and followed that with about an hour of yard/garden work, plus I finally washed my car.

Exercise reduces falls in seniors -- http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/15/exercise-fall-seniors.html

Rest Day

Just a few random activities today, but no specific exercise. Whew....I needed that.

The Beast X 4, Upper Table Rock and More

I started the day walking the Beasts 4 times and squeezing in a quick workout consisting of squat thrusts/jump pullups (when coming up from the lower position I would jump up, grab the pullup bar and do a pullup) supersetted with max reps of pushups, and DB shoulder presses supersetted with BB curls. Later I hiked Upper Table Rock again.

Just A Little Boxing

It was time for a lighter day again, so the only exercise I made time for was 20 mins on the heavy bag.

Fitness and Fatty Liver -- http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=21233

TOPFIT 400, The Beast and Elmo

3 laps of the beast plus the TOPFIT 400 (100 reps each of pullups, pushups, crunches and squats) got my day started, and I ended it with 2 laps of Elmo. Throw in a few various activities and it was a pretty good day.

Another Moving Day

No time for a workout today....unless you consider 5+ hours of helping friends move a workout.

Upper Table Rock Revisited

I was a bit of a slacker today......all I did was a couple of 1/2 mile warmup/cooldown walks with the kids and a relaxed pace hike up Upper Table Rock.

Nuttin But Beast

The only activity I found time for today was 2 laps of the Beast.
Hopefully I'll make up for it a little tomorrow with another trip up Upper Table Rock.

Variety Again

I started with about 20 mins on the x-trainer, followed this with about an hour of helping a friend move, and then did a good leg workout of leg presses, leg extensions, leg curls and calf raises. A good day of activity, and I think my legs are gonna be hurting since I haven't done a leg workout like this in a little while.

The Beast & Boxing

Today was a little on the low activity side with only one lap of the Beast and 30 mins on the heavy bag.

Is there anything coffee can't do? -- Study: Coffee Kills Painof Exercise -- http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/dpgo_Study_Coffee_Exercise_fc_200904092395188

Lower Table Rock Revisited

I was a bit of a slacker today......all I did was a relaxed pace hike up Lower Table Rock.

A Moderate Day

I started the day with 2 laps of the Beast, followed that with a quick workout of supersets of bench press and pullups, and ended the day by running up Elmo. Not quite up to yesterday's activity level, but I'm not sure I could do that 2 days in a row anyway.

Great Hikes And Much, Much More

I got my day off to a great start by hiking both Table Rocks ....Lower and Upper.....these are hikes that they say will take 2-3 hours each....HA!......they should never take that long, but I power hiked up and did a light jog down..........So, Lower Table Rock......24 mins up, 14 mins each way walking to the end of the plateau and back, and 18 mins down.Upper Table Rock......21 mins up, about 3.5 mins each way walking to the west end of the plateau and back, and 14.5 mins down........hot diggity damn.......almost like a workout.....heheeeeeeee..............woo hoo..........

Then I spent a couple hours doing yard work followed by a couple hours of volleyball.

So what did you do today to get some movement into your life?

TOPFIT 400 With A Side Of Heavy Bag

I did a similar workout to this about a month ago, but last time I did 5 mins on the x-trainer instead of the heavy bag between exercises.

heavy bag x 5 mins
pullups (modified) x 100
heavy bag x 5 mins
pushups x 100
heavy bag x 5 mins
crunches x 100
heavy bag x 5 mins
squats x 100
heavy bag x 5 mins

I finished the day with 20 mins on the x-trainer.

Too Many Light Days

Another fairly light day. In addition to various light activities, I did about 1/2 hour of circuits of pullups, KB swings, pushups, squats, crunches and back extensions.

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Heavy Bag And Pushups

The day was full of all sorts of activities, but the only thing that qualified as "exercise" was 30 mins on the heavy bag and 3 sets of max reps pushups.

Pretty Much A Rest Day

Seemed like a good day to take a break, so all I did was 1 lap of the Beast and a bunch of cleaning etc around the house.

Pullups and X-Trainer

Another fairly simple day......a 30 min workout of bodyweight and progressively heavier weighted pullups followed by 20 mins on the x-trainer was it for the day.