The rest that I took last weekend seems to have paid off. I had a great workout last night, and think I finally have a handle on how to get the pullups up to snuff.
Weight training :
- Curls – (15×3)
- Hammer curls – (12×2)
- Military Press- (15×3)
- Dumbbell rows – (15×3)
- Bench Press – (15×3)
- Pullups- (5×1) With some assistance from my legs on a stool, it’s not my full weight yet, but it’s getting closer!
It was nice to get out for a walk today. I ended up working most of Saturday and all of Sunday (9am to 1:30am). So I took the dog but the hill for a brisk four mile walk in the rain. It only rained for about 20 minutes and then the sun came out. Good walk for sure.
Later I went for a bike ride on the fixed-gear which has no odomotor or heart-rate monitor or cadence monitor or anything else. It was a great workout though because everywhere I had to go had hills in the way.
Tomorrow’s schedule..back to the weights, I can’t wait.
Sunday was supposed to be a scheduled day off. Unfortunately, I took Saturday off too. I think I should have taken last Sunday off instead of going for the 5 mile hike. My body was protesting loudly by Saturday morning when it was time for my run. So I opted to give it two days of rest in a row to let some of the pain go away and try to get my wind back.
In the future, I think it’s probably useful to remember that a scheduled day off is as important to your training as the days that you are actively doing something. And to quote Lawrence Block, “Our reach exceeds our grasp” so I need to temper my ambitions with a healthy does of reality.
Looking forward to getting back into it on Monday though.
Today I got up late and go busy with work and some other things so I wasn’t able to get out for a run. So I opted to just do my cardio on the bicycle in the evening. I worked up a good sweat but it wasn’t as intense as last week’s workouts on the bike. Not sure what’s going on, it’s possible that I’m a little burned out. I’m looking forward to taking sunday off and heading out to sf for SHDH.
Cardio Day:
Bicycle Ride – (30m2s/360kcal)
Here we are 33.333333…….% of the way through this thing and I’m still managing to keep after it. Who woulda thunk eh? 
Anyways not a lot to report. I opted to take a day or two off from my ab workout, but have been continuing with the rest of the workout as scheduled.
Weight training day:
- bench press – (15×3)
- dumbbell row – (15×3)
- military press – (15×3)
- curls – (15×3)
- pullups – (.25 x 5)