Mar 17 to March 27

I'd say this was me, but I don't do this with shoes

Yeah, man ... I'm getting through these days, but with nothing but a lot of just plain endurance. I'm just "out enduring" these weeks. Like November, but man, just not quite as long or grey. Just happy that next week is April. Anyway, progress continues but with a slow gradual walk forward.

Physio has been helping - I think I got the bad idea to use my kettlebell to strip a hip adductor muscle from them and actually ended up doing some damage to myself. No, they didn't give me the idea, I just recalled the idea when I was there stretching. Going hard with a piece of metal into your muscles is a good thing, right?  

Well, actually, no. It took me a few days to recover from that grinding of my hip muscle into the bell. Duly noted.

Morning routine continues each day - usually in the mornings, but once or twice during this time I got a chance to sleep in and it got done later in the day. 

10 minutes of hip and mobility work. baby pose, downward dog, cat cow stretches, 90/90 hip movements, seated groins stretch, World's greatest stretch, planks, hip opening stuff from the physio. Push ups.

Yeah, this is me in Warrior II pose.

10 minutes of ab work - BJJ leg pummelling, hollow holds, swimmer's kicks, alternating heel touches, hamstring bridges, push ups,

10 minutes of standing stuff - dumb bell curls, dumb bell curls to press. Dumb bell dead lifts, some TRX squats/ squats to face pulls. Standing hip and leg mobility exercises from the physio. Warrior II pose. 

During this time I also got to the pool three times a week. Not always the same nights, but I got it done three times a week. The goopy ears/sinuses are drying up and I can breathe while sleeping, which is nice. No update on the BP check, but I'll get that done this weekend. 

I understand I should be doing one or two HIIT workouts, but they aren't yet being done. I'll get there.

March 1-16

 

Whoa, sorry regular readers. Man, a rather long break from writing on this blog. Meh, there have been longer breaks with a lot worse news. Shrug, life is a balance and I'm a bit off kilter at the moment. 

Anyway, morning routine continues, I got some help with some Physio pointing out some modifications and stretches that I am already doing.

The morning routine is still:

10 minutes of hip and shoulder mobility - baby pose to start, then to downward dog, to plank, to cobra pose. 90/90 hip movements, seated groin stretch, push ups, world's greatest stretch, hip opening stuff I got from the Physio. Push ups.

10 minutes of ab work -  seated knee tucks, swimmer's kicks, hollow abdominal poses, push ups, planks, side shrimp, alternating heel touches, hamstring bridges. Push ups.

10 minutes of arms, shoulders and standing hamstring/hip work. Dumb bell lateral raises. Banded arm curls, banded overhead presses, push ups, standing exercises from the Physio. Banded dead lifts. Some TRX squats and double arm face pulls and bodyweight rows. Push ups.

During this time, I went back to the pool, getting 25-30 minute swimming sessions done twice a week. My sinuses can't stand all the water in there these days, but gross q-tips are the cost of fitness I guess. I do have a "check BP" on my to Do list this week and I will update. 

Feb 17 to 28

 

Starting soon

Where does the time actually go? I dunno everyone, but I guess I missed another week or so there. All good. A rather spectacularly boring section where I got up, got on my program and got through the days in a pleasant enough pattern.

It was nice to have a day off here and there - work was a bit off, as I had a few special days here and there. We got through them with as much grace as we could. I ran into a few old friends at one event for work and it was merely okay.

Morning sessions were done everyday - I mean some were later in the day, but the sessions were still done. I did add "Side Shrimp" for in the ab section of the workout. I'll keep working on getting better at that one. 

10 minutes of hip and shoulder mobility - baby pose to start, then to downward dog, to plank, to cobra pose. 90/90 hip movements, seated groin stretch, push ups, world's greatest stretch, hip opening stuff I see on Youtube. Push ups.

10 minutes of ab work -  seated knee tucks, swimmer's kicks, hollow abdominal poses, push ups, planks, side planks, side shrimp, frog crunches, hamstring bridges. Push ups.

10 minutes of arms, shoulders and standing hamstring work. Dumb bell lateral raises. Banded arm curls, banded overhead presses, push ups, standing hamstring stretches. Banded dead lifts. Some TRX squats and double arm face pulls and bodyweight rows. Push ups.