Cardio with some more extras

Since being off for that sick 10 days, I have really been trying to push myself a little harder.

Instead of doing just biking I added some extra things again today to make it that much more challenging.

Today I worked my arms, probably not a good thing since they are very tender from yesterday and I have my benching tomorrow LOL... Ahh well, you only live once!

Today I did:

5 mins on the bike

10 push ups

5 mins on the bike

20 push ups

5 mins on the bike

100 red band presses

5 mins on the bike

100 red band presses....

That was it, 28 minutes later I had no arms left... The second round of presses, I had trouble getting my arm bent at all to even hold the band! haha

Tomorrow should be interesting!

Hostyle Conditioning - one on one, Back to it!

Today I was back at the one on one crossfit after 10 days off... Leg infection and strep throat knocked me out of commission!

I was nervous about the weigh in since I was eating softer foods, my regular diet wasn't feasible.

i weighed in at 318.2! I am down 5 lb's in the last 2 weeks. I am very happy with this! I am getting closer to the 299 threshold! I will hit it!

Today's workout didn't lok that crazy on the board, but it knocked the crap right out of me. A side effect of the layoff I assume. Arms and stamina were my rough spots....

Here is what I did...

15 REPS of each

Horizontal Rows

Push Press (65lb olympic bar)

Band Press

Push press

Squat (holding a medicine ball to my chest)

Push Press

Down and Ups (right down to my chest, with a hand clap)

I did 3 rounds of this in 36:00 minutes.... I was dead.... Could not believe how kicked in the head I felt after this!

Very happy to back at it! It feels good....

stationary bike and squats

well i decided to do more than just ride my bike.
i decided to challenge myself by doing some squats as well.

here is what i did:

5 minutes on the bike
10 squats
5 minutes on the bike
20 squats
5 minutes on the bike
30 squats
5 more minutes on the bike
40 squats to finish

the workout took 26 minutes and i feel really good. nice to get back into the swing of things!

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Stupid sandals

I will be wiser next time I head out for a power walk with my daughter. We went out on Sunday and I wore sandals. I didn't realize the damage I had incurred until Monday morning when I went out for my solo power walk. Can you say BLISTERS!! Two monster ones! One on each foot.

Needless to say I will be hitting up the stationary bike for 30 minutes to let my feet heal up for tomorrows one on one bootcamp!!!

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Nice walk to ease into things.

Well after being sick for 10 days it was nice to get some fresh air. I decided to go for a walk with my daughter. We did 2.2 kilometers in 27 minutes. Felt really nice to get a bit of a sweat going in the heat. Rachel did really well keeping up with me. I'm going to attempt a boot camp class tomorrow. That should be fun. :)

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Slight Challenge

Well I havent done any entries lately as you all have probably noticed. I have been layed up with strep and a leg infection for close to a week so far. I should be back in the mix within two weeks. I will start my blog up then.....

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Hostyle Conditioning - Happy Canada Day Outdoor Jamboree!!!

I am back home and feeling pretty good after this amazing outdoor workout!

We gathered at a track in Orleans and were greeted with lots of torturous sights!

Prowler

Fire hoses

Sand bags....

I will try and recall everything we did as best I can. It was very intense for me, as it was all about stamina and cardio.

We warmed up by jogging around the track... not sure how long the track was as it circled a soccer field...

We then had to circle the track carrying an implement...

I chose the 80lb Firehose! ... Crazy in hindsight, but I did it.

We then assembled at the base of a hill.

3 burpees, then run to top of the hill, 10 push ups and back down

Couple of rounds of this.

We then had to crab walk up the hill, then back down.. this was hard for me, 3 rounds of this.

We then moved to the track, we had to run around it for one lap, and every time Curd yelled we had to do 3 burpees.

Once we were done this, we moved to the goal posts and did sprints to each line and back, 3 packs, 5 packs, etc. Had to touch the ground with our hands over each line.

To finish, as if this wasn't enough, was THE PROWLER

We used the prowler on the pea gravel track (it barely moved)...

It was a team work challenge. One person grabs the Prowler and the other grabs whatever implement they want to carry, we go to the line (75m ish) and swap for the return.

3 rounds of this.

1st round we used the 80lb firehose

2nd round we used the 80 sand back

3rd round we used...LOL, the 40lb firehose around our neck, and fireman carried 2 40lb sandbags! Pretty intense!

Nice work Robin! Great partner!

That was it... nice way to start the Canada Day weekend!