June 18 to July 4

 

The view from the yoga mat the other day

I'm sorry loyal readers - the past few weeks have gotten away from me. I'm working with a few people around blogging and realized I hadn't updated this wonderful space for a little while. As always, I will try and do better.

On the whole, these weeks were decent. I've been doing a bit of exhaustion sleeping and having to go to end-of-year events. Both are just participated in and I'm happy to report I got to the end. 

I did set up and have been following a Daily Routine. Up early with the Morning Routine/Yoga being done. 

Yoga was made to have a coffee with, man. These two things go well together. Yoga and coffee, peas and carrots. 

Some swimming, some hiking, some laziness, some travel have made this time period not quite what I needed to get back to limitless cardio. However, these are the things that I need to overcome and keep going.

Morning sessions have been great on the whole. Lots of mobility with some band work. Alll good in the hood. 

I did check my blood pressure and there was a slight rise. Need to get on that, get back in our groove and get it back to the optimal now.

June 3 to June 17

 

Yeah, a flash of completed rings and a few days of nothing. Mah, I'm just tired and it is the end of June ... both of those things mean it is hot and weary and just lazy.

A few swims and a few bike rides and a kayak ride or two. The morning routine was also done most days - except for Father's Day.

As I'm writing this I'm looking at Saturday's are light on getting stuff done. Interesting. 

In any case... summer is just this close.

May 27 to June 2

 

I keep closing the exercise and standing rings, but not the Move ring these days. Ah well, my hip isn't bugging me and I'm making progress in other parts of my life. 

I did open up the garage gym and added more mat space for BJJ with Chuck the Grappling Dummy. I did do some work with him but then put him on the airbike and he's been training on that since then.

I did get my morning routine done each day and got out on the kayak at least once during this time. I also got more than a bit of work done on the wilderness that is my backyard.

That is not a clever metaphor, I cleaned up my yard and got a pretty good sweat going before needing a pint. Or two. 

I dunno, no swimming for me these days and I'm still not sure why. At least now I have the option for some BJJ/Grappling at my house. ...except right now I have two inflatable kayaks out flat and drying on them right now. 

So ... you at least know what I'm going to be doing after I write this line. 

May 15 to 26

 

Sorry loyal readers I let May get away from me a little. 

I'm tired. I mean, I did not make finishing off the rings a priority for May - and I am finished with that mindset. I just have to get back to the endless cardio I had when I was younger.

I know just how much easier life is with it rather than lacking it. 

And it is all on me.

I did get out for two sessions with my kayak during this time. One was on glass flat water and the second session was a lot more ... active. Yeah, that's the word I will use. "Active". Both sessions were fun and made me want to get out there a lot more. I had to vacuum out the van today, the sand in there was becoming sentient. 

The funny thing about the morning routine - I've kept it up every day during this time - is that every IG influencer is telling me what I am doing is perfect. I do wonder why my hip keeps meeting with my serenity though. Shrug. I'll just keep going. 

I do have a plan for outdoor fitness in the summer, as well as a plan for the home gym moving into the future. Watch this space for further details. Hint - The home gym gets to be a more of a BJJ space and I'll be doing more training at my gym outside. 

Made it to watch a bit of rugby this weekend and that was interesting. The score was 6-0 for the people I did not want to talk to vs the people I did want to talk to 15 minutes into the experience there. I wonder why there are so many people I don't want to talk to, but that is a matter for my paper and ink journal, not here. Kinda cool to see the club doing so well, just want the guys to work on their set piece. 

Meh, I'mma just shut my mouth and keep working on my hip. I'm sure I'mma live somewhere else when I hit 70 or so. 

May 6 to May 14

 

Not a bad view from the RV. 

Not a lot of workouts during this time - I mean I'm tired from coaching rugby - it finished for me on the 7th. Just bone tired. Time of year, too. I'm looking forward to getting out for a few hikes and a few episodes with the RV and a few episodes with my kayak.

The hiking and kayak are going to be relatively boring repeats of years gone by, but that is okay. Not looking for anything but just seeing a part of Canada. The RV trip was rainy and I had to keep myside hustle going - I do have regular contract with them and I just want to finish this and be done with it. Surely I've got like six weeks or so left.

Swims occurred during this time and I usually closed two out of the three rings. I did keep up my stretching until the rain while away in the RV. To be fair, I didn't plan that RV experience very well. Shrug ... I will get another chance in a few weeks. 

April 22 to May 5

 

A lot of indifference here, to be frank. I finished my rings 7 of 14 days in these days. I got a few things done - I'm getting back to the daily swims. I'm looking at the garage and getting stuff to get it ready for the summer training. The lake is calling out for my kayaks. I also have a few RV trips to get ready for soon.

Lots of trips out to the RV - those have become a nice chance to connect and chat with my wife. We've had a lot of thoughts shared about retirement and fitness and things we want to do. All good, all good. 

Workouts these days were generally stretching in the mornings, walks during the days and/or rugby coaching ... don't laugh, lots of walking in these sessions ... and then some swims in the evenings. 

and the side hustle ... which brought me some crappy news from the CRA this year. Yeah, we is done with that side hustle man. 

Lots more time for me to do cool stuff. 

April 8 - 21

 

Yeah yeah ... I know

What's that line ... what's that line about habits eating everything ... yeah, I know now: "Habits eat everything."

Yeah, I got into some "lazy" habits these days - that's in air quotes because they are not really lazy, they are just habits that are not helping me out. 

Habits and injury have killed this resurgence I've been trying to foster for the last six or so months. Yeah, I was getting happier and the such. Shrug. 

I kept up my morning routine with stretching for the most part. I was still getting my walks done on my lunches. Still running an after-work session for others. But no evening workouts for me. No swimming, no HIIT workouts. I did take my wife for a swim Saturday night. Had a few date nights, too. Nice and boring husband stuff. 

I'm doing a lot of movement, just not making much progress. I'm not getting those confused, but I need to get my injuries healed and my mind back on track.

Dude, we'll begin again.