The moose patties this week have been awesome, and having them all prepped like that has been extremely handy. My goal over the next four or five days (today included) is to mostly focus on flexibility. Im gonna be working my balls off (trying to get a side job done before the painter comes in) from today through the weekend and maybe monday night if needed, so the time i do get to have with my family will be limited.
But with flexibility, its something i can do even just for a couple min intermittently, and even just doing a couple stretches at work a couple times in the day is not only doable, but helps my body feel better as i go through my day.
So for this morning before i go to work:
Dynamic flexibility:
Front kicks 2 x 10
Rear kicks 2 x 10
Side kicks 2 x 10
I did this as a tri-set, so in other words, 2 rounds
We have had a hell of a week, and its only tuesday. Thats all i am gonna say for now.
My mind really needs me to train, but physically i am wrecked, and some of my equipment is wet and needs to dry out (which may or may not give an indication of part of what im dealing with) so maybe i will just do some kb and bw stuff if i do anything.
Even on that note, if someone gave me one or two quick and dirty kb/bw workouts i would appreciate that…i just cant think right now
Tough break with the water issues man, hope y’all can get it sorted. Bodyweight-wise I really like mechanical drop sets - ie 1-arm push ups, to feet elevated, to flat, to hands elevated. Can do the same with pistols, skater squats, bodyweight squats. Doesn’t take long at all to feel pain and do work
Things are getting better now…hopefully back to normal to some extent other than march being tight financially.
Havent trained at all in a week and half or maybe more…not exactly sure. Gonna keep doing my own thing cause right now i cant handle following a set program as mentioned before.
I would like to get back in a groove of training 3-4 days a week, eating good and sleeping decently.
The stuff we dealt with the past week and a half caused me to drop 11lbs…so how that will affect things i dont know. So from 215 down to 204.
I have a plan in mind as far as getting a barbell and plates back again, and once i have these things i have a couple ideas in regards to training programs to get on and stay on for a long period of time. What one i dont know right now, but when that time comes i will make a decision. I wont be getting my bar/plate setup during march thats for sure. But it will be a much cheaper way of having weights to sling around.
Had a pretty good cheat meal with the wife and kiddo tonight. Deep fried spicy chicken thigh sandwich with coleslaw and fries. No guilt…in fact im looking forward to the epic pump im gonna get tomorrow morning during my workout.
Proposed workout:
Posterior session Chins - thinking maybe as many sets to 50 reps as needed Kb Row - 3 or 4 good sets Face pull - not sure how many sets Rb Tricep push down - 100 reps Hamstring curls - 3 or 4 good sets Kb Swing - not sure how many yet
I did as many of the ab wheel as i could from standing and what i couldnt was from the knees.
I used to do workouts before bed every night when i was in highschool. I dont totally know what good it did me other than enjoyment. I kinda want to bring that kinda stuff back to some extent and see what happens. Either way, i need a little bit of pain, its therapy for me to battle myself ultimatly. But i try not to talk about that too much.
The pushups and the curls arent too hard…its the standing ab wheel thats hard. I have gotten away from doing the core work that i used to do and i can tell its a weakness now. I really want to be able to do dragon flags again.
Adding in little daily volume helps. Over the course of the week you’ll have added a lot of work.
The ab wheel is just hard, man. Getting better st it is a great goal!
What are dragon flags?
Yeah…i might just start doing more right before bed like i did in high school, but focus more on core movements. Back in the day i was pushup crazy. As far as dragon flags go…it was shown in rocky 4. I will upload a picture for ya cause im not good with words
This was sort of a weird workout in some ways…i will explain at the end
Face pull x 3 x 15
Straight arm pulldown x 3 x 12
Tricep push down x 3 x 20
Kb clean x 3 x 5 / side
Kb swing x 50 reps
Knee tucks (for abs) x 50 reps
Weighted jump rope intervals - felt like puking due to not being efficient at jump rope
So…a simple but weird kinda workout. I wanted to get a little bit of volume going on a few particular exercises and i also wanted to do something explosive. The weird part was the feeling around the workout and i dont even know why. It was kinda therapeutic…my basement is all torn apart, still certain remnants of our flood showing, so it feels dungeny down there and i only had one or two lights on. I also had alice in chains playing quietly in the background…and there i was just getting in my work. Its hard to describe honestly.
But overall, this was a quick and effective workout. The jump rope sucked the most.
I never had an issue with it for sleep. Oh well. For a while too we had this ongoing arm wrestling thing in school so i trained for that everyday. I just could have chosen some better exercises for that haha
Lightish resistance band - 200 pushdowns and 100 face pulls
This wasnt something i consider a workout per-say…its part of what i do to keep my body feeling good for work. My elbows and shoulders are the particular areas that can get damaged a lot from work, so i do stuff like this almost daily to keep things greased up.
My bw is still staying down at about 206. A couple weeks ago i was 215, and between stress and sickness i dropped roughly 10lbs. I am back to normal now, and eating plenty so i thought i would just jump right back up again…thats happened before. But im glad its hanging on where it is…i was wanting to be closer to 200lbs for the summer, but not forgetting performance. I do generally feel better around this weight anyway.
