June 8-14

"Putting on socks" stretch

 

This was a good week with a lot of tough moments, which were overcome with habits.  As always, habits eat everything.

I was up early all these days and got my walk in without a problem. The stretching was usually done right after, and then off to work. Weekends and evenings, where my time is less structured, I get lost in the demands of my family, but return to my stretching and training as I can. 

I did get two or three evening workouts done this week as well. Nothing stupid, nothing crazy - cardio or more stretching was all. But a good foundation for better habits to come (back).

Morning sessions were:

8-10 minutes baby pose, push-ups, runners stretch, WGS, 90/90s downward dog to cobra.

8-10 minutes hip and lower back stuff - putting on socks stretch, swimmers kicks, Bjj leg pummeling,  hollow ab holds, push-ups

5-8 minutes hip CARS, standing leg swings, warrior one and two poses, hamstring stretch from standing.

Jun1 to 7

 

Man, a rather odd week. Some travel and a lot of work, with some date night and some hanging out with my wife and injury.

Yeah, just my ankle, but Advil is amazing and I'm recovered quite nicely. Moving inside the RV and getting it home was kind of a drag, but we made it happen. Date nights were nice too. 

Morning workouts were almost all done, only missing the one morning when I was away in the RV. The rest of the days the morning sessions continued:

8-10 minutes baby pose, runners stretch, WGS, 90/90's, downward dog to cobra stretch and push-ups

8-10 minutes ab work - socks stretch, BJJ pummelling, swimmers kicks, hollow ab holds, 

8-10 of standing work - hip CARS, ab work etc etc. 

All good, all good. Man, it was pretty cool. 

May 25 to May 31

 

Yeah, last week was crazy and this week was a little less crazy, which isn't saying much. I missed at least one morning session but got the rest done. Sunday was a stretching session, a nap then a 8 hour drive. Eesh, that wasn't good. Well, it was a four hour drive out and then a four hour drive home. Delivering the RV for my eldest to use for the week. Great thing is I have to go and return it next week. Le sigh

Morning sessions are Pretty much like this:

8-10 minutes baby pose, push ups, shoulder stretches, WGS, thread the needle, 90/90 stretches

8-10 minutes of abs - BJJ pummelling, swimmers kicks, putting on socks stretch, etc etc ... abs and lower back feel good after this.

8-10 minutes of ball stuff - BJJ solo drills, hip CARS, hip hikes on the ball, rolling and making the dog freak out while rolling the ball, too

A nice session, but really isn't helping with the cardio. The bare minimum for my health. Shrug, it is what the days are giving me as time for myself. 

May 4 to May 24

 

Let's get this up front - life has been hectic of late and my fitness life is suffering as a result. However frantic it has been, I've been dedicated to getting my morning sessions done - and they've all been done. It is the evenings that continue to be frantic and mind blowingly stupidly occupied with life. 

Right. Also, cool training partner pic above. She's been a rather decent DJJ (that's Dog Jiu Jitsu) partner at times, although I now have fingernail cuts from this dog on my face and shin. Who shows up to train with long fingernails? Eesh.

Morning sessions have looked like this:

8-10 minutes baby pose, downwards dog to plank, push ups, WGS, thread the needle stretches. 

8-10 minutes runners stretch, hip opening exercises of various sorts, push ups. It is usually now that I tend to have to defend my self or defend the garage from dog attacks. I've also opened up the space enough to get a large exercise ball in there and getting back to hip raises and deep squats that are ball assisted. One or two BJJ solo drills as well with the ball. 

8-10 minutes Hip Cars, standing stretches and DJJ.

April 13 to May 3

 

As I mentioned before ... this cough just won't let me be. In my defence, this cold and my wife falling and breaking an ankle and a bone in her shoulder isn't helping free up time to blog these days. Yeah, that sucked and I do not recommend. 0 out of 5 stars. At least the paramedics were cool.

So ... yeah, that's where I've been and that's what I've been dealing with in the last few weeks. The dog is doing dog things. I've started to bring the dog in to my garage gym and workout around it. This morning's puppy yoga session did have a little puppy BJJ in it, which is cool. The dog is never going to be a good BJJ athlete until the biting stops, but I digress. 

Morning sessions were frantic at times, but I got them done. I regularly had to make them evening sessions and I had to miss one or two due to running out of day. I did get two large blow up exercise balls up and rolling in the gym this week as well. 

But ab work, puppy poses and inclusion of BJJ solo drills are part of the morning session this week. I'm so grateful we purged the garage and reorganized it as well. Not perfect, but good enough to get a space big enough for me. 

Morning session today: 

8-10 minutes Baby pose, downward dog to cobra pose. push ups. 

4-5 minutes boxing bag BJJ passing drill, BJJ arms locked out step by, push ups. Big ball ab roll outs.

8-10 minutes hip Cars and one legged airplane stretch. BW squats and Squat holds. Warrior One and two poses. Table pose.

April 7 to 12

 

Le sigh, the hacking cough just won't  ... leave me alone. I nearly swore there, so that's how awful I'm feeling these days. I'm hoping that this next week the stupid calms down and I can get some rest.

In good news I got to do my morning sessions in a nice empty-ish garage. I've been able to rearrange some stuff and put a lot of bulk stuff on the curb and now I have the space in the garage. Feels nice.

Morning sessions looked like:

8-10 minutes mobility for hips, shoulders and back: WGS, hamstrong stretches, 90/90 stretch, cat/cow stretch, downward dog to cobra pose. Push ups.

8-10 minutes of hip and back mobility. Putting on socks stretch, hip bridges, leg crossovers, clamshell and side lying leg heists, push ups.

3-8 minutes biceps and hip mobility - hip CARS and curls, BW squats.

Mar 30 to April 6

 

Ok, something has gotten me out of whack - I'm coughing and just not able to sleep well these days. Even the Apple Watch is wondering what has happened to me.

Morning sessions happened all days during this period and I got a chance to purge out the garage again, so I'm back to having a decent space to train.

Morning sessions looked like this:

8-10 minutes shoulders, chest and neck - cat / cow and baby stretch. Push ups, WGS, and downward dog to cobra stretch. 90/90 stretch.

8-10 minutes back and hips - 90/90 stretches, windshield wiper stretch, swimming kicks and putting on socks stretch. push ups. 

4-5 minutes banded bicep curls, bw squats and hip CARS.