Upper Body Workout

I pretty much took a break from exercise today, but I did still make time for a quick upper body workout or BB bench presses, weighted pullups, chinups and pushups.

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~Feelin' Alive!~

Upper Table Rock Run and a KB/MB Workout

I feel like I escaped from a Hitchcock movie.
I had a great run on Upper Table Rock this afternoon, and as I approached the plateau on my way up, all I could hear was birds......thousands and thousands of birds. There was a light fog and everywhere you looked there were birds.....it all made for an awesome, surrealistic experience.
If it wasn't Hitchcock, maybe I had just entered another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination known as the Twilight Zone!
A little later I spent some quality time with my kettlebells and medicine balls doing circuits of one arm KB swings, snatches and clean & presses followed by supersets of MB plyo presses and pullovers.

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~Feelin' Alive!~

Lower Table Rock

It wasn't exactly warm, but it was sunny this afternoon, so I headed out to Lower Table Rock for a good hike and run......and from the sound of all of the frogs, I wasn't the only one out enjoying a little sun.

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~Feelin' Alive!~

Heavy Bag

I had a lot of business to take care of today so it was a good day to go light on exercise.  But, I still made time for a 30 minute moderate intensity heavy bag workout.

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Upper Table Rock Hike

I was going to take a break from exercise today, but the wind, rain and mud on Upper Table Rock were calling my name.  I did compromise though and avoided any running....just a nice moderately paced hike.

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~Feelin' Alive!~

Lower Table Rock Run

After taking care of business earlier in the day, I headed out to Lower Table Rock for fun run.  The plateau has drained to a more normal wintertime water level, but luckily I still found plenty of puddles to run through :)
In the evening I went on a brisk hour long walk with a friend.

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~Feelin' Alive!~

Upper Table Rock and the ~TOPFIT 400~

I got my morning off to a great start with an awesome Upper Table Rock run just after sunrise......communing with the frogs, watching the rushing creeks cascading over the edge and enjoying the rejuvenating affects of the peaceful plateau.......biophilia baby!!
Plus, later in the morning I did my patented ~TOPFIT 400~ workout......100 reps each of chinups, ring pushups SB crunches and squats.

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~Feelin' Alive!~