Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Training shniz
It's been an eon or two since I've posted anything on here. I have no excuse really other than I haven't had much I wanted to say, and I haven't really thought about my lack of blogging. I am remedying this now, though.
My workouts have had no real theme to them. I've just been doing what I feel like doing when it comes time to lift some weight. A couple of weeks ago I worked out with a friend and did a standard, bodybuilding-type of gym workout -- it was his "back" day, so I did the same. I have to admit, it was a lot of fun, and it was nice to throw something different in the routine; I was laughing at myself the whole time though. It just felt bad. My joints just did not like the constrictive movements that a barbell, or any other linear device, forces them to follow.
Wednesday I decided to do some deadlifts, since I hadn't in a little while:
185 x 5
225 x 5 x 2
285 x 1 x 2
285 felt heavy, but my form felt very solid, with very few leaks in tension.
Yesterday, Doug and I took advantage of what an incredibly beautiful day it was and went for a hike (Seven Falls). We explored off trail a bit, ended up wandering around for about 2 1/2 hours, and I found out that my hiking boots, after 5 years, have very little traction anymore -- as a result, I ended up quite wet from mid-thigh, down. :) We had a great time though, and we'll definitely be doing more of that.
Today's kettlebell class consisted of:
Warm up (24kg swings, 12kg halos, 16kg around-the-worlds)
-Single bell overheard walk (16kg) ~200 feet, switch sides and go back
-20kg goblet squats, 5 x 2
-Complex (5 reps of each, 16kg for all):
1) Snatch (both sides)
2) Goblet squat
3) Military press
4) Goblet squat
= 1 set; completed 3 sets.
-Complex (10 reps of each, 16kg for all):
1) Two-handed swings
2) Reverse lunge with kb in the goblet position
3) Up-chucks
= 1 set; completed 3 sets.
-16kg:
50 feet: overhead walk
50 feet: rack walk
50 feet: overhead walk
50 feet: rack walk
= 1 set; completed 2 sets.
-24kg one-bell bear crawls x 2
-Farmer's walks: ~100 feet, 20kg and 24kg, switching sides at ~100 feet and returning.
1) First set (200 feet) standard Farmer's walk
2) Second and third sets goose-neck Farmer's walks
-2 sets of 5 windmills
Done.
My workouts have had no real theme to them. I've just been doing what I feel like doing when it comes time to lift some weight. A couple of weeks ago I worked out with a friend and did a standard, bodybuilding-type of gym workout -- it was his "back" day, so I did the same. I have to admit, it was a lot of fun, and it was nice to throw something different in the routine; I was laughing at myself the whole time though. It just felt bad. My joints just did not like the constrictive movements that a barbell, or any other linear device, forces them to follow.
Wednesday I decided to do some deadlifts, since I hadn't in a little while:
185 x 5
225 x 5 x 2
285 x 1 x 2
285 felt heavy, but my form felt very solid, with very few leaks in tension.
Yesterday, Doug and I took advantage of what an incredibly beautiful day it was and went for a hike (Seven Falls). We explored off trail a bit, ended up wandering around for about 2 1/2 hours, and I found out that my hiking boots, after 5 years, have very little traction anymore -- as a result, I ended up quite wet from mid-thigh, down. :) We had a great time though, and we'll definitely be doing more of that.
Today's kettlebell class consisted of:
Warm up (24kg swings, 12kg halos, 16kg around-the-worlds)
-Single bell overheard walk (16kg) ~200 feet, switch sides and go back
-20kg goblet squats, 5 x 2
-Complex (5 reps of each, 16kg for all):
1) Snatch (both sides)
2) Goblet squat
3) Military press
4) Goblet squat
= 1 set; completed 3 sets.
-Complex (10 reps of each, 16kg for all):
1) Two-handed swings
2) Reverse lunge with kb in the goblet position
3) Up-chucks
= 1 set; completed 3 sets.
-16kg:
50 feet: overhead walk
50 feet: rack walk
50 feet: overhead walk
50 feet: rack walk
= 1 set; completed 2 sets.
-24kg one-bell bear crawls x 2
-Farmer's walks: ~100 feet, 20kg and 24kg, switching sides at ~100 feet and returning.
1) First set (200 feet) standard Farmer's walk
2) Second and third sets goose-neck Farmer's walks
-2 sets of 5 windmills
Done.
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