Sept 22 to 28

 

Another week of mobility and not very much fitness. Morning sessions are going well at least. And that Rugby World Cup final was excellent. Not the outcome I wanted, but ya know ... second in the world is pretty good. 

Having the Blue Jays win the AL East the next day was pretty awesome too. 

Anyway, morning sessions were like this:

10 minutes of mobility - baby pose, downward dog, dog leg stretches, 90/90 stretches, frog pose. Push ups. Large ball mobility on the hips

10 minutes of ab work - swimming leg kicks, BJJ pummelling, clam hip opening stretch, WGS, runners stretches, piriformis stretch, QL stretches as well. Lying chest press, chest flies.

10-15 minutes of Hip CARS, push ups BW squats, dumb bell burls, cobra curls, overhead presses, delt raises, cool stuff like that. Kettlebell swings to raise the HR.

It's just been in the evenings I get home and just need to stop. I understand this is getting in the way of my goals and that I need to get myself moving. I know it, I just ... don't. At least I didn't this week.

I did get back to voracious reading, finishing a book in a day on Saturday. And ... got all of the things done that help me keep my job done as well. So ... good on me there. 

Sept 14 to 21

 

The workout in the mornings and collapse in the evenings routine continued this week. I did stretch out (See what I did there) the morning sessions a bit this week, knowing that would happen. 

The weekend is another thing altogether collapsing. But - in my defence, Canada made it to the Rugby World Cup finals, so we all good. 

Morning sessions looked like this:

8-10 minutes WGS, hip extensions, push ups, 90/90 stretches - I'm trying to get the ankle off of the mat with these now as well. Downward dog to cobra pose.

8-10 minutes ab work - swimmers kicks, seated ab tucks, push ups, planks, clamshell and side to side ab tucks, BJJ leg pummelling. Supine dumb bell flies and presses

10-15 minutes dumb bell curls, cobra curls, overhead presses. Standing hip CARS with my supercool big piece of ABS pipe. Kettlebell swings or fan bike. 

I do recall that my children naming all of my piece of equipment a long time ago. For example, the punching bag was named Roger. I didn't tell them why until much later, after they had read Lord of the Flies. I wonder if they would be so kind as to name the super cool ABS pipe. Or ... or ... hear me out, I offer the youngest the opportunity to name said super cool thingy as he wasn't old enough to participate in the earlier days.

Sept 7 to 14

Can YOU tell the difference? Maybe it's Maybelline!

There were some positives -mostly work related - to this week, and some real slap in the forehead, thumb in the eye kind of things going on this week. I did it to myself, but it happened. <<le sigh>>

At least the morning sessions continued - I added some light cardio to the last fifteen minutes this week:

8-10 minutes hip and chest mobility - WGS, push ups, 90/90 stretch, downward dog to cobra, baby pose, basic hip and back and shoulder stretching

8-10 minutes abs, push ups, swimming kicks, lying knee rotations, dead bugs, hydrant stretches, clam shell stretches, BJJ leg pummelling, supine ground db flies

10-15 minutes, starting with 2-3 minutes on the air bike or kettle bell swings, then lateral DB raises, "cobra" db curls, overhead presses, hip opening stuff with a PVC pipe that I will now call "pole stretching". I'm doing this last part as AMRAP. I find this part rather helpful and sweaty.

After this, of course I get in the house and make coffee, breakfasts and lunches. The lunches are as always apples, carrots and hummus, prunes, some cheese. 

Breakfasts are tending towards ham and eggs. I'm trying to get protein in and make sure the caffeine levels are rising before driving to work. 

It is the evenings that are the issue - this week I was trying to get everyone out for a swim, but decided to be an idiot. When I am an idiot, everything stops until I can apologize and then this week, not even then. I did hear back about the x-ray to the knee and it wasn't a happy message. The ultra sounds might be just worse, but we will find out this week. 

Sept 1 to 6

 

A week of transition, of trying to find my rhythm has been ...meh, oddly frustrating at times. With a return to a much regulated schedule, just "working out whenever" has gone by the wayside. So this week was fitting workouts into someone else's ideas for me - which lead to me showing up to a public pool and finding it closed early. I'm not sure who does that, but man, that was a drag.

Morning sessions were done every day this week. See if you can spot something added:

8-10 minutes 90/90 stretches, baby and frog pose, WGS, hip opening stuff form YT University and physiotherapists. Push ups, downward dog to cobra pose.

8-10 ab work - swimmers kicks, BJJ leg pummelling, prone 90/90 stretches, push ups

10-15 minutes shoulder work - lateral DB raises, DB meels, bicep curls, overhead presses, 3 minutes on the spin bike, hip CARS with PVC pipe, push ups. Wrist rolling, depending on time

It got a little longer, with plans on just a little longer getting close to the end of September. Just need a little sweat going at the start of the day. 

I swum three times this week, and lo, the rings were closed three times thins week. I think the Venn diagram is a circle there, Sir.