My practices all week have been rained out all week so Monday and Wednesday my wife and I ate sort of early (5ish) and than walked just under 5 miles. Tuesday was soccer (in the rain) and I got close to my usual step count. Tonight I suspect we will walk again.
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Typically Thursdays I’ll rest but today is an “abbey normal” day.
A 4-mile run in the AM and then I went to the gym this afternoon to do bench press for strength followed by a HIIT, 5 rounds for time of 300m row, 20 push-ups and 6 heavy sandbag squats. In a rare feat of being above average, the target time was 16-18 mins, but I finished in 14:55.
I’m trying to figure why I did well with this workout and I’ll I can think of is that I’m proficient with my push-ups?
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More excitement for the day. Same 50 min run (without falling!) followed by 30 min bike (with 30 sec stand up intervals), abs, mobility work, and arm balance work. Right before the omicron wave/gym break, my 6 pack shuffle threw a new stability ball exercise at me. I just laughed. I could barely balance for 1 sec in position, moving it was not happening. I don’t have a ball at home, but the program lets you pick what equipment you do have (weight, bodyweight, pull-up bar, etc.) Anyhow, back at the gym, it threw it at me again. And I could do it - well sort of. I could have more range of motion, but I didn’t fall for the entire 30 seconds on either side. Super chuffed, I am. We won’t talk about how I banged my forehead doing face pulls on the cable machine. Hopefully that one won’t bruise.
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Someone posted this in a FB group I am in. Just no.
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I would tear something in my knee in 5 seconds! Now the plank walk I could do. But coordinated I am not!
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I almost don’t know if I buy it! I want to know the % of injuries per ride!!
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I get the stroller exercises, squats, planks, etc., but not so much the bike hopping. I can see tearing abductor muscles. But whatever gets you off the couch.
Had another belt of heavy rain come through right when we would have walked so we bailed.
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I went swimming for 30-45 minutes, this time my left leg didn’t hurt, but I got bored of swimming so I didn’t do more. Relaxing in the jacuzzi for 5 minutes, it’s wonderful to have the place all by myself, life couldn’t be better than this, it’s like I was in Hawaii.
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27 mile outdoor bike ride today, after skipping exercise completely yesterday (felt pretty miserable - got 2nd booster Weds).
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Did our usual 2ish each way to/from dinner. Bonus tonight-- they had one of my favorite beers (Dogfish 120) and an amazing fish sandwich
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@Youdon_tsay - Today we saw an elderly woman walking with a walker-ish sort of thing. I told my husband, “maybe that will be me someday”. Maybe your mom could find something that helps her walk and keeps here safe?
Not much exercise for me lately. But I did have an intense 4 hours of skiing at Vail yesterday (thanks to my chauffeur / retired skier hubby) and then a lovely overnighter in the pretty nearby Dillon CO. So I’m a happy gal tonight ;). In retrospect, it could have been a day trip due due to the lack of traffic and weather challenge, but glad we splurged. Tomorrow I can get back to running, assuming I get out early enough to beat the heat at my lower (mile high) elevation.
Funny tidbit (perhaps only meaningful to downhill skiers) - the ski lift lines were very short, so my challenge was coordinating with other skiers to avoid going up the lift alone - those wide 6-person lifts “bars” are too heavy for me to get down/up by myself (I’m pretty wimpy and short too.) At one point I paired up with a wonderful ski center volunteer who got me up the Game Bowl lift… and then down/up Adventir too, … as he coached me how to get to my mid-Vail destination. I took his advise to go even further to a Northwood lift / trail. I’m rather proud of my solo adventure (which required getting back to my original Lionshead location), even though for most skiers it would be an easy/peasy thing.
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I gave blood today, and they said not to exercise for 2-3 days. Does that sound right to y’all? I’m thinking I won’t do big-time aerobics but maybe ride the stationary bike at a reasonable pace.
Your idea sounds reasonable. I think that’s just general conservative statement. I’ve known runners who tried to do their long runs the next day and gotten into trouble, trouble being woozy and out of energy. But something light and where you can stop at any time if you feel woozy seems fine
I can’t donate because my hemoglobin isn’t usually high enough. And the one time it just barely made the mark, I wound up anemic for 6 weeks. So I don’t have a lot of personal info except that racing a half mary when you’re anemic does not produce a good result
I tried donating a long time ago (their records show my last donation was 1993!), and for some reason something in my profile/answers indicated that I had hepatitis. I got tested for all of them and came back negative. I am interested to see whether I get bumped again.
I Googled two of the instructions – about exercise and no caffeine – and, yeah, seems like an abundance of precaution, but I didn’t really think about how it takes time to replenish that pint. Glad I worked out today before I donated.
DW and I did 8ish miles at a cool natural area preserve near us.
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Saturdays are long days in the gym usually for me. I’m beat. It took me a few hours just to have the energy to write this post. 
The strength session today was first deadlifts, getting to a heavy double. I then worked up to a heavy single clean & jerk. I had two options for the HIIT or WOD (workout of the day) portion. One involved rope climbs, deadlifts and the air bike. The other was to begin in earnest prepping for the Murph Challenge on Memorial Day. I chose to start prepping for the Murph Challenge.
1/2 mile run
4 rounds of 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 squats
1/2 mile run
3 rounds of 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 squats
1/2 mile run
2 rounds of 5 pullups, 10 pushups and 15 squats
1/2 mile run
All wearing the 20 lb weight vest. Not my “go go” pace, right at 35 minutes with a consistent pace. I was wearing my NoBull training shoes, which are horribly stiff for running. I was too lazy to switch to my real running shoes.
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Good job. I bow to your dedication.
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I usually take about 24 hours off (sometimes I do a run before donating), then I’m back in action. Make sure you hydrate a lot.
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Yesterday was perfect running weather for me- low 40’s, sunshine, no wind. First run in 2 1/2 weeks (I moved to a different part of the country 2 weeks ago). Felt so good, I plan to run again tomorrow. H and I will be going for a long walk this morning - got to explore the new neighborhood.
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