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!
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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