May 18 to July 19

Saw this stuff this morning, going to have to try it

 Whoa. I must apologize to my loyal reader(s) for the break in updates to this blog. It is going to be the recurring issue of freak out busy. Of course there is also a lot of "Oh yeah, I forgot" as well.

There is a lot of news to share. I did get out in the RV twice more since I last updated this blog. Each time the training conditions were a challenge but I overcame them and had good yoga, swim, bike and hike sessions during this time. Up until recently, my hip precluded kayak sessions, so none of those yet. 

I got tired of paying for a swim pass and not using, so I went back to using it. I got tired of having a garage gym and not using it, so I'm back using it. I got tired of having a park pass and not using, so I went back to using it. 

When I invest money in something I want to make sure I am using it. Not surprisingly, the more active I've become in this time the less chromic pain I've been feeling from various spots.

Almost as if "movement is medicine" is a thing.... 

Anyway ... starting back to closing my circles on my Apple Watch/iPhone, getting back to mobility in the morning and various fun workouts in the evenings. 

Did this HIIT the other day:

Not a bad workout, especially since I've been trying to not injure myself and just get back to limitless cardio. 

The hip, legs, shoulders, back ...neck...ears ...eyes... stopping hurting is just an added bonus. 

This workout was as many rounds needed until I got to 30+ minutes of:

Airbike 3 minutes

12 kilo Kettlebell movement - 2 minutes

Nothing to fancy: swings, snatches, cleans and presses. 

I had the new Superman movie playing while I got this done, and so I had some "inspiration" or something along those lines. All good, all good.

The morning sessions have been done everyday, just not always at the same time. Here is the morning session these days:

10 minutes hip opening 90/90s, baby pose, frog pose, downward dog to one legged downward dog to world's greatest stretch. Push ups.

10 minutes abs - bjj pummelling, hip raises, clamshells, dead bugs, push ups and swimming kicks. 

Because of the swimming, I've been avoiding shoulder and arms in the mornings, as that tends to be a bit much when I'm just getting back into swimming. I'll get back to that morning banded shoulder stuff everyday a little bit later in the summer.