Twenty by 40 by 2020 - Journey Back to Where I Was 20 Years Ago

2/24 OFF

2/25 - quick session between meetings.

Upper body push and pull and hammer strength machines.

Cable curls and tricep push-downs

Lateral Raises

30 minutes in and out.

I should probably make these short sessions more intense/CrossFit type stuff. Just as quick but a lot more work and better conditioning. Yep - going to do that from now on.

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2/26

Garbage day.

Just warmed up on Front Squats to 250 then quit
Doubles on OHP to 150 (1.5) and then 2x5 at 125

Just felt like crap.

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2/27-28: Just General Movement (running, stair climbing) and body building (curls, triceps, lats, deltoids)
2/29: Warm-up then:

  1. Power Clean: 15 reps up to working weight then, 9x1 (235)
  2. Pull-ups: 25 over 6 sets: 4x5; 1x4; 1x1 (short rests)
  3. Box Jumps: Total of 20 up to 30" box

3/1: OFF

3/2:

  1. Warm-up on front squats (25 reps up to 255) and then 9x1 (260)
  2. Super-set: 3x20+20
    a. DB OHP
    b. DB seated curl

Saturday and today both felt quite a bit better than last week. Baby #4 coming next week, and I actually am going to take some real time off to be with the little guy and my wife, and will also get some serious working out in!

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3/3 and 3/4 OFF (all day company off-site stuff)

3/5

What a crazy busy week. Lunch time workout. Complex: 10x3

  1. Bent Row
  2. Hang Clean
  3. Front Squat

Gradually ramped up weight to 185 for last 3 rounds.

Solid session. Adding a push press to that would have made it even better as a full body workout.

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3/6: OFF

3/7

Warmup then

10x1 power clean (235)
5 sets of pull-ups : 6-6-5-5-4

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3/8 - track

  1. Shot Put
  2. Discus
  3. Sprints

About 20 throws each. And about 500m of throws. The best throws aren’t necessarily any better, but the worst ones are better and average throws improving so I guess that’s progress. 3/9 off and likely rest of week off too. Wife having scheduled C section this afternoon, so workouts not a priority.

Well, I’ve been busy having a baby and staying out of the gym due to Coronavirus - and doing push-ups and swings. Did some sprinting on 3/13, took 3/14 off.

Will probably carefully go to the gym tomorrow.

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New baby in the family???

Yes sir! #1 with my new wife. 4th boy total. Nothing more awe-inspiring and responsibility building than a new life coming into the world.

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Congrats! I know you’ll continue to manage your time and take care of yourself as well as your family.

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3/18

Been quiet at home (and no gym) since getting back with the baby. Have been getting a lot of walking in, and over the last 4 days got in 2 running sessions (intervals), and 2 lifting sessions (combo of swings, goblet squats, rows, OH Presses and biceps/triceps/lateral raises) - also sets of push-ups every morning.

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3/18:

Jog 1 mile
Sprint Drills
10x25m sprints
Walk/Jog 1.5 Miles

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3/19

300 swings with 55# and with a few at 100# KB in the middle

Been doing push-ups every morning - unbroken set of 22 perfect form today. Will be 23 tomorrow and so on.

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3/20

23 pushups at wake up
Then 100 reps each of

  1. KB bicep curls (55#)
  2. Triceps ext (15# DB)
  3. Lateral raise (15# DB)
  4. RFESS (bodyweight)

Did the sets consecutively - taking each to a few shy of failure (ie 30-22-14-10) with short rest between each set and finished each exercise before moving to next.

3/21 - 24 pushups - track later.

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3/21

Walk/jog 1 mile
12x30m sprints
Walk 1 mile

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3/22

25 push-ups
Long Walk

3/23

26 Push-ups
12x100m hill - run up, walk down (no warm-up or cool-down, just ran each one faster).

3/24

27 Push-ups
TBD Later

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3/24 PM: 300 KB Swings with 55# KB broken up into sets of 10-15-20-25-30

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3/25 - 28 push-ups. Nothing else.

3/26

29 push-ups

1 mile walk/jog
15-20x20m sprints (drills, bounds, all out runs, etc)
1 mile walk/jog

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3/27

30 Push-ups

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