Weigh in and Hostyle one on one Conditioning

Well my weight is back to normal... 331.6, let the march to 320 commence yet again!

My workout today was another good one.

Started with a top of the minute challenge. PUSH UPS

I was able to hit 12..Very happy with this, they were all from my toes as well. Considering I couldn't do 1, I was happy to complete 78!

I then did a combo of squats and low upright rows with the 45lb Olympic bar...

5 squats

10 rows

10 squats

10 rows

15 squats

10 rows

20 squats

10 rows

25 squats

10 rows

30 squats

10 rows

If that wasn't enough, I then did 100 ball slams to finish the fun!!!

BONUS CLASS - Brotherly Love

Well as you might have noticed there was nothing for Monday. I was not feeling 100%....

Yes I took a day off, well to make up for it, I decided that intead of doing a BS cardio day, I would join my brother for his class.

It was a hoot... Here is what we did.

50 lunges
50 clean and presses from the ground, I used the 40 lb bag.
50 Push ups
50 Jumping Jax

We then did laps around the gym shouldering the 40lb sand bags.

There were many wrenches thrown into our perverbial spokes by Curd, switching shoulders, drop and give me 5 pushups, 5 squats, walking over the step up box, doing steps ups....

We ended the fun with a staredown of holding the 20lb bag over our heads until failure... It was basically a tie... Nice work Dave!

Hostyle Workout - Group class - PUSH IT!

Well today was the group class! It was Craig Gideon and I this time... The 9am class had more people this time... Well, 2 of us meant one thing.... More personalized touch from Curd! LOL

No breaks to sneak this time around! I joke of course!

Well here was the crazy workout. I was certain we were doing at least push ups! Since its push up Month. I was right....

Pushups

Bent over rows

crunches

30 seconds of each, 10 rounds! 30 seconds rest between.

We did the 10 rounds. Lots of things were thrown into the mix during these 10 rounds.

Pushups - From feet, knees however I could get them done. I had heavy chains around my neck for some of them...

Bent over rows - Weights for this ranged from 40 to 20 lb's a side, I was all over the map, was starting heavier and lowering a bit as needed. Most of it I used a pair of 30's.

Crunches - These were from the ground, some with ball in hand, pressing forward or to the ceiling. wore 1 chain around my chest for some and then 2 chains...crazy!

Once these were all done then it was a medley of squats. Some with chains and balls in our hands... Was torturous.

Then, as if that wasn't enough, we then finished with 90 seconds of pushups, powering up with 10 seconds to go....

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I lived! haha

Great workout! Craig really brought it for this one!

Thanks Curd!

Strength Workout - Bench - Deltoids

Oh... before I forget, I did cardio yesterday, and thankfully, forgot to write about it... Sure you are happy to hear that, 10kms, yadda yadda....

Today was strength day, and the focus has moved on from triceps, to deltoids.

Here's what I did today,

To warm up, I did 25lb plate raises 4 sets of 10 reps

Next move was Seated DB press with 20lb a side, 3 sets of 10. This felt manageable. We might go heavier next week.

Next was a horrendous move, upright rows with a 30lb t-bar 3 sets of 30!

My shoulders and traps were screaming after this one.

I then did bent over db raises to the hip. Difficult move for me, used 10lb only for this move. 3 sets of 10 reps.

Last but not least was bent over db flies.

tried to use 20lb a side, was way too heavy for me. Went to 10lb a side for a couple sets of 10... Eric advised me to work on the technique with no weight, so I did 3 sets of 20 reps with no weight, still actually felt this move quite a bit!!

That was it, arms are one again toast!!

1 on 1 - Hostyle Conditioning - Mixed bag

Today was my regular one on one training with Curd.

Firstly, I went to the doctor this morning and she was raving about my test results. Low cholesterol, no more diabetes... She is letting me get back on the water pills due to the water retention in my legs, so that is positive.

I weighed in today and was down 2 lbs... On my way back to normal!

Today's workout:

5 Power cleans (65lb bar)

10 Deadlifts (135lb bar)

20 Shrugs (135lb bar)

30 push ups

40 Box steps

I completed 4 rounds of this routine in 28:10

Feel good!

Cardio Day - Stationary Bike

Another 10 km's today on the bike, yeehaw....

Well not much left to say...

I am going to see the doctor tomorrow and see what is up with all the water retention from going off the water pills. Hope to have some answers tomorrow! Excited about the visit, it has been a concern of mine...all that progress halted to fast haha!

Monday - 400 reps! - 2nd Week!

Well I went to 400 reps this week by adding another exercise to the routine, as I stated I wanted to do last week.

I was able to improve most of my times, once I warmed up it seems haha!

Here are my times versus last week

100 Squats - 5:06, last week was 4:48. Crappy start... I did make up for it as you will see.

100 Pushups - 7:19, last week was 8:19. I minute less, very happy with that!

100 Horizontal Rows - 6:41, last week was 9:21. I was toast at this point!

100 Ball slams with 25lb medicine ball - 3:12. This one was tough with my arms feeling like leaded jello, if that makes any sense!?!

Total workout time was 26:34.

I will do my best to lower the times next week. Will be a challenge!