This morning's exercise went really well! I had planned to perform three sets last night, but realized that I was pretty beat after the first two. I was reading a couple of Crossfit Journal editions (May 2003 and June 2005), and I am convinced that it is just as important to not push myself too hard now as it will be later.
Today's exercises - 2 sets of:
100 jump-rope
20 push presses (each hand)
20 air squats
The jump-rope is getting better, I just need to do more of it! I got through 70 jumps before tripping my second round. Also, I had Erin check my form on the squats last night, and my first set today felt right. The second fell apart, though. Gotta get into shape!
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27.8.09
26.8.09
Week 2, Day 1
It was nice to take a break this last weekend, and to spend some time enjoying nature with the family while camping at Alva Lake in Montana. We got back on Monday, and I slept in on Tuesday morning, as I did not get much sleep while camping. I was energized by the beauty of nature and the enjoyment of spending good health with family and friends, and I come back to work and home with a renewed desire to be strong for life.
Today's workout - 2 sets of:
20 bar dips
20 push-ups
10 pull-ups
20 air squats
There are a few exercises in there that I cannot get very high reps on. I really struggled through my second set of push-ups, where I can normally nail out 40-50 without much trouble. I think that I need to ease up on difficulty and focus on attaining higher-rep workouts. Also, I am planning on getting some running in there!
Found a great document of countless bodyweight exercises here (post #33). I am going to try some of these over the next weeks and months.
Today's workout - 2 sets of:
20 bar dips
20 push-ups
10 pull-ups
20 air squats
There are a few exercises in there that I cannot get very high reps on. I really struggled through my second set of push-ups, where I can normally nail out 40-50 without much trouble. I think that I need to ease up on difficulty and focus on attaining higher-rep workouts. Also, I am planning on getting some running in there!
Found a great document of countless bodyweight exercises here (post #33). I am going to try some of these over the next weeks and months.
20.8.09
Day 4
This morning, I had a hard time getting motivated to go downstairs and kill it. I think that my lack of enough sleep last night contributed to my sluggishness, but I also think that my failure to plan today's workout before I went to bed last night was a bad idea. Fail to plan, plan to fail - I'll be more committed to intentionality from here on out. Anyway, here was the workout:
3 sets of:
90 yd. bear crawl
20 reduced-load pull-ups
The first set today was maybe a little easier than it should have been. Because I didn't plan the workout the night before, I was a little easier on myself than I could have been. Maybe I should have thrown in something to work the quads a little. However, after the third set I was just about ready to puke. Had I done a fourth set, I might have.
Tomorrow is a rest day, and we are leaving early to go camping in MT, but I'm still going to knock out 30 push-ups every stop that we make.
3 sets of:
90 yd. bear crawl
20 reduced-load pull-ups
The first set today was maybe a little easier than it should have been. Because I didn't plan the workout the night before, I was a little easier on myself than I could have been. Maybe I should have thrown in something to work the quads a little. However, after the third set I was just about ready to puke. Had I done a fourth set, I might have.
Tomorrow is a rest day, and we are leaving early to go camping in MT, but I'm still going to knock out 30 push-ups every stop that we make.
19.8.09
Day 3
This morning's workout:
2:00/1:30/1:00/0:30 back-to-back intervals of jump-rope and crunches
Without breaks, this would take 10 minutes flat. I had 15 or 30 seconds between each interval, so it took a little longer. It was nice to set a goal and get all of the way through the workout. I will be working towards the same time intervals with double-under jump-rope and full-range sit-ups, but for now, I'm happy with my accomplishment.
I am feeling moderately sore just about everywhere today. Not so sore that I would think that I pushed myself too hard, just sore enough that I know the exercise is making a difference.
No ideas yet what I'll do tomorrow, may try sets of bear crawls or crab walks for duration.
2:00/1:30/1:00/0:30 back-to-back intervals of jump-rope and crunches
Without breaks, this would take 10 minutes flat. I had 15 or 30 seconds between each interval, so it took a little longer. It was nice to set a goal and get all of the way through the workout. I will be working towards the same time intervals with double-under jump-rope and full-range sit-ups, but for now, I'm happy with my accomplishment.
I am feeling moderately sore just about everywhere today. Not so sore that I would think that I pushed myself too hard, just sore enough that I know the exercise is making a difference.
No ideas yet what I'll do tomorrow, may try sets of bear crawls or crab walks for duration.
18.8.09
Day 2
I woke up this morning less sore than I had expected, but still dreading getting out of bed because that meant I had to go exercise. I hadn't decided what I was going to do this morning, but as I stretched out and warmed up, I decided on three sets of:
20 bar dips
10 hindu push-ups
30 cone hops
Got through the first set without too much trouble, but when I got to 4th rep in the second set of hindu push-ups, I ran out of chest. Tried to finish the set with standard push-ups, but I literally collapsed. Cone hops on the second set were finished out just fine, though I'm sure that my form was terrible, and I stopped there.
In retrospect, I should have pushed into the third set, but I didn't. I'm riding a fine line between pushing myself hard and being able to exercise tomorrow.
On the plate for tomorrow, modified from Monday's CrossFit.com WOD:
Jump rope for 2 minutes
Sit-up for 2 minutes
Jump rope for 90 seconds
Sit-up for 90 seconds
Jump rope for 1-minute
Sit-up for 1-minute
Jump rope for 30 seconds
Sit-up for 30 seconds
Not sure if I should be doing cardio as well, but this is enough to start, for sure!
20 bar dips
10 hindu push-ups
30 cone hops
Got through the first set without too much trouble, but when I got to 4th rep in the second set of hindu push-ups, I ran out of chest. Tried to finish the set with standard push-ups, but I literally collapsed. Cone hops on the second set were finished out just fine, though I'm sure that my form was terrible, and I stopped there.
In retrospect, I should have pushed into the third set, but I didn't. I'm riding a fine line between pushing myself hard and being able to exercise tomorrow.
On the plate for tomorrow, modified from Monday's CrossFit.com WOD:
Jump rope for 2 minutes
Sit-up for 2 minutes
Jump rope for 90 seconds
Sit-up for 90 seconds
Jump rope for 1-minute
Sit-up for 1-minute
Jump rope for 30 seconds
Sit-up for 30 seconds
Not sure if I should be doing cardio as well, but this is enough to start, for sure!
17.8.09
Another Beginning
I started something new today. Up at 6 am, stumbled downstairs and tried to get through five sets of the following.
20 chin-ups
30 push-ups
40 sit-ups
50 squats
Finished the first set in 4 minutes, finished the second in another 9 minutes, never started the third.
All in all, a good beginning. :)
20 chin-ups
30 push-ups
40 sit-ups
50 squats
Finished the first set in 4 minutes, finished the second in another 9 minutes, never started the third.
All in all, a good beginning. :)
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