I ended up not having time to workout today. Time was limited to begin with. When I walked out to get on the Peloton it said that my membership had expired. Evidently the membership I got through my insurance company was a trial membership… 
So I need to figure out where the $528 is coming from…
That is the biggest rub with the peloton is the monthly membership. It is a tough one to swallow when I pay less for my gym membership than I do the Peloton, albeit, it is a family membership where that my wife and myself share.
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I hear you Shane. I always thought you could use the App membership but evidently not for the bike (which doesn’t make a lot of sense… My gym membership is $34/ month. My company will supposedly pay $50 for my gym membership so I might see if they’ll just cover the Peloton membership instead.
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Well the 50 bucks would cover the membership, should be a no brainer. It is actually a gym membership if you do the full membership. They have it all, even meditation and yoga.
Tell them you will even be more relaxed and happier with all that hippy stuff. Haha.
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Yesterday’s Cals: 2,600/-
Garage – Push
Warmup:
4 Rounds:
40 Band Pull-downs
20-Cal Bike
12:10, 130 Cals, 131 BPM
Bench
14x115
12x135
10x155
Overhead Press
14x65
12x75
10x85
SS
Bench
10x115
10x115
10x115
10x115
Band Flies
10
10
10
10
SS
DB OHP
10x30’s
10x30’s
10x30’s
10x30’s
DB Side Lat Raises
10x15 Per Arm
10x15 Per Arm
10x15 Per Arm
10x15 Per Arm
SS
Ring Dips
10
10
10
Laying Leg Raises
12
12
12
Push-ups
15
15
15
35 lb Plate Raises
10
10
10
54:50, 494 Cals, 119 BPM
Cool Down
Peloton
10:00, 122 kcal
Comments: This cold has gone down to my chest now. I was going to go to the gym but I sound like death so I didn’t want to be that guy who is blatantly sick in the gym. So I’ll just do what I can in the garage.
Session: Decent session. Kept the weight and intensity pretty low. Finished with a 10:00 “Taylor Swift” Peloton cool down instead of a metcon. I’m sure my daughter would have loved that… Trying to take it easy but still get work in.
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Good garage session Trent. Mucinex, just the 600 MG Gufawhatever stuff, and Theraflu tea daytime/night time has worked decent for me.
Hope you feel better soon.
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Yesterday’s Cals: 3,000/-300
Gym – Pull
Torque Bike
100 Cals, 10:45, 123 BPM
HS IL Row
14x90 PS
12x115 PS
10x135 PS
Pull-ups
8
10
12
SS
HS IL Low Row
3(10x90 PS)
3x10 Plate High Pulls, 45 lb
SS
LF Dual Pulley Pull-down
3(8x70)
Cable Bar Curls
3(10x35)
SS
HS IL Row
3(10x90 PS)
Straight Bar Curls
3(8x60)
40:00, 375 Cals, 128 BPM
Bike Intervals
4 Rounds:
1:00 L15
1:00 L7
100 Cals, 151 BPM
Comments: Pretty much in the thick of this crud. Coughing up all kinds of crap. I went to the gym because it was 28 degrees in the garage this morning. Got a decent session in. Done.
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Solid session Trent. You got a lot done. Nice job on those pull ups after all that rowing. Your biceps have to be feeling that work out.
I think everyone either has it, had it, or will have it. Everyone here I have talked to has been sick recently. At least our immune systems should be pretty kick ass going forward. 
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Thanks Shane. Yep, definitely not busting out 18 pull-ups after the assault bike and rows. Yeah, this is the worst cold I’ve had in a while. It will be nice to get past this shit… Hoping for a low key weekend and some recovery.
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Yesterday’s Cals: 3,100/-
BW: 178.0
Peloton
45-Min Low Impact Ride – Sam Yo
Total Output: 292 kj
Calories: 461 kcal
Avg Cadence: 84 rpm
Avg Speed: 16.5 mph
Distance: 12.38 miles
Avg Output: 108 watts
Avg Resistance: 38%
17,433/48,841
Comments: Shane inspired me so I got a low impact ride in. Had the garage door open and enjoyed some 65-degree air (with rain and gale force winds). Nice easy ride. My HR was in Zone 2 for a majority of the time with an overall average of 121 BPM. Felt good to get something in and hopefully my immune system didn’t take a hit.
It seems like the leaderboard on rides like these is almost meaningless. I pretty much stayed at the top of the cadence/resistance for the entire ride, so, that should, in theory, be the best that you can do. I guess some people auto-program and go faster, but, to me, that sort of defeats the purpose of the class? I don’t know. Still learning all this stuff…
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Great job Trent. Nice pace for an easy ride. Especially with a cold.
People definitely ride their own pace on the peloton. There are some beasts on at the top.
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Yesterday’s Cals: 3,800/+1,200 (Just doing my part to finish off the Christmas candy…)
Gym – Legs
StairMaster
10:45, 103 Cals, 127 BPM
Box Squat (Working with buddy)
10xBar
8x115
8x135
6x165
4x185
4x205
4x225
Hex Deads (Working with buddy)
8x135
6x205
4x225
4x245
4x265
SS (Working with buddy)
Nautilus Glute Drive
3(10x185)
20 Walking Lunges
SS
LF Leg Curls
3(10x130)
LF Leg Extensions
3(10x130)
SS
Hip Adduction
3(10x190)
Hip Abduction
3(10x190)
LF Back Extensions
3(12x190)
60:25, 527 Cals, 122 BPM
Bike Intervals
4 Rounds:
1:00 L18
1:00 L8
8:00, 107 Cals, 162 BPM
Comments: Feel like I turned a corner yesterday with this cold. This was a pretty good session. My buddy ended up jumping in with my on squats, deads and the first round of accessory, so that slowed things down a lot. It was cool working with someone again. He had never done squats or deads so I was coaching him through it. Good times…
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That reads like a heck of a workout Trent. Lots of good movements knocked out. Fun to be able to lift with a friend, I haven’t done that myself in years. Good on you for coaching him through the squats and deads. 
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Thanks Shane. I had kind of a panic moment when he asked if he could jump in. Like you, it has been many years since I trained with someone else. Probably all the way back to college for me. I’m just not used to taking the time between sets and talking to someone, etc. It was fun, but definitely took longer. He walked up when I had 205 on the bar doing squats and asked if he could jump in. I obliged but insisted that he take most of the weight off the bar. On his first set he did 135 and was doing half reps. On his last set I had him drop down to 95 and go all the way down to the box and he was like, “holy sh#t!” I was coaching him on how to do low bar squats and explaining the different queues between those and high bar squats. His second set looked much better. Minimal forward knee movement and sitting back nicely like sitting down into a chair. Still, he’s going to be feeling that tomorrow.
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Half squats? Yeah those are always fun to fix. Definitely makes a difference squatting to a box. 
I am sure he will have a new love/hate relationship with squats tomorrow.
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Half squat are easy to fix. Enter the box… He is definitely going to be feeling that tomorrow though. That was, more or less, his first real leg day. I’ll never forget the day after mine.
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Yesterday’s Cals: 2,900/-400
Gym – Push
Run to the Gym
1.0 Mile, 10:00, 127 Cals, 147 BPM
SS
Bench
10x135
8x155
6x175
4x185
4x195
2x205
Laying Leg Raises
5x12
SS
Overhead Press
10x65
8x85
4x95
4x105
4x115
Slow Toes to Bar
5x5
SS (No breaks between sets)
Dips for Max Reps
20
12
9
LF Lat Raises
3(8x50)
SS
Rope Tricep Extension
3x10
Cable Lat Front Raises
3x10 Per Arm
SS (No break between sets)
Pec Deck
6x170
8x150
10x130
Push-ups for Max Reps (Triceps destroyed…)
12
8
8
57:50, 583 Cals, 132 BPM
Run home from the Gym
1.0 Mile, 9:55, 127 Cals, 160 BPM
Comments: They cancelled school today because of the storm so I slept in until 7:30 this morning. My buddy texted and wanted to run to and from the gym at 8:30 so I agreed and ran up there with him. Good session overall and it felt nice to run in 65-degree weather. Hopefully everyone fairs well in this storm. It looks pretty nasty.
I have to say I am a little disappointed that his legs felt good enough to run today though… He has the cold plunge tank so maybe that is his secret.
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Kick ass workout Trent. I love the fact that you can run a mile to your gym, that is awesome man. I love doing push ups after your triceps are toasted. It really puts all the stress on your chest.
That is interesting about his legs being fine. I wonder if those cold tanks really are that useful.
Good luck with the storm. Lots of rain and wind is what we are getting.
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Thanks Shane. I love just torching a muscle group like that. I know a handful of guys who do the cold plunges and swear by them. I even know one guy in the neighborhood that goes up and jumps in the pool (which sounds like a good way to get some disease as it hasn’t been maintained in months). My buddy invited me to try it a few times and I told him I’d rather die in agonizing pain than jump into a cold tank of water.
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Pool doesn’t sound fun and those tanks are not cheap! If you want to really save money you could just go surf without your suit.
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