Today’s workout was Helen, a “girl” workout, named for the face that launched a thousand ships. I’ve done this once before, just over a month ago. This time, I’m doing kipping pullups, instead of the jumping negative pullups I did last time. This will give me 36 honest-to-goodness real pullups in one workout. To review, […]
Today’s workout was another punishing ass kicker. This one was going to require a lot of gumption and a lot of time. Well, no sense in wasting time. Let’s do it. 5 rounds for time: 50 sumo deadlift high pulls (35 pound kettlebell)50 air squats30 standing back extensions (35 pound dumbbell) After each round, I […]
Today’s workout was the 5 km run again. It was fairly cold (about 42° F) and it started to drizzle as I made my way to the track. I considered substituting ten miles on the bike trainer, but I decided that a little drizzle couldn’t stop me. My legs were still sore from yesterday. Ah, […]
Today’s workout was called “Barbara.” Barbara is not nice. Barbara, over the course of a whopping hour, gathered up what I thought was my ass and handed it assertively back to me. I tried to refuse, but she latched on and would not let me go. I am done. Barbara is not easy. If you […]
Today’s workout was “CrossFit Total”. I don’t have a barbell, so I’m substituting the entire workout. Today, like last time, I’m doing the APFT. This will be the fourth in the series. I started out on the track today, despite a temperature outside under 40°F, I bundled up and went out. Oz gave me a […]
Today’s workout was the return of the 5 km run. Officially, we had a choice between running 5 km and doing the same distance on a rowing machine. There’s a track near my house. Guess which one I chose. Since the inside lanes of the track were flooded with the recent rains, my laps ended […]
Today’s workout is a new hero workout, named “Badger” in memory of Chief Petty Officer Mark T. Carter (Navy SEAL), who died on December 11 in Iraq. After opting to push yesterday’s workout to Friday due to the triple threat of the sniffles, the rain, and sore legs from Sunday, I decided, after some hemming […]
Today’s workout was very simple: 400 m walking lunges (for time and lunge count). Okay, that shouldn’t be too big of a deal, right? That’s what I thought when I started my heart rate monitor (and left it on basic, instead of switching it to hard). For this exercise, there is, like practically every other […]
Today’s workout began a little late, after I got back from dinner and a movie this evening. I got out to the track with the two good pullup bars about 15 minutes before midnight. The prescribed workout called for seven rounds of weighted pullups. After perusing Annie’s kipping pullups videos, I decided to use today’s […]
Tonight, I decided to return to the San Francisco night life for the first time since July 14. That was the last time I went out to any party and got my crazy groove on. But, I figured that five months away from the scene was probably a good break and I’m allowed to have […]
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