See Saw effect

Sep13
by Duf on September 13, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Posted In: Daily Workouts, Endurance activities

see-saw11Yesterday I had another pretty lousy chest pushing session with my strength being off significantly from what I had become accustomed to.  However today my run/ride brick improved once again.  Strength training and endurance training have always had a see-saw effect for me.  When one improves the other fades.

Since I have been doing two hard cardio sessions a week, a weekend run and my brick during the week, I have lost four or five pounds.  Although I would expect that weight loss to be more fat than muscle, my enhanced endurance numbers seem to be the inverse of my strength numbers.

Don’t get me wrong, in the big picture I would rather be lean and light than strong and heavy, I just feel better with less weight on my frame.  I would just like to be able to walk around that way without losing the ability to bench 225 pounds or more.

Today’s Workout

Run/Ride Brick

20 minute run – 2.17 miles

10 minute stationary bike ride – 3.15 miles

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Everything is hard

Sep09
by Duf on September 9, 2016 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Daily Workouts

I did a mix of things today and across the board everything felt more difficult than I am accustomed to.  Of course complaining about it won’t help the situation.  I just need to keep putting in the reps.

Today’s Workout

5 minutes cardio/stretching

20 pull ups

50 push ups

Hanging knee raises x 20

Stiff arm standing oblique twist x 20

P-bar knee raises x 20

Standing side oblique one arm crunch 45lbs x 10 both sides

Power chair straight leg raises x 12

Standing dowel oblique twist x 20

Roman chair back extensions x 15

10 pull ups

25 push ups

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Passed on the pass

Sep08
by Duf on September 8, 2016 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Daily Workouts, Endurance activities, Failure

lincoln-465x348[1]So yesterday I had a once a decade hell day at work that kept me at the office until after midnight.

After four something hours of sleep I was back in the office early to deal with any aftermath.  Of course I felt like death and could have easily given myself a free pass to either do something easy at the gym or just skip it altogether.  I still had my bag packed to run from yesterday’s gym session that I missed so I stuck to the plan and did my run/ride brick today.  I even cranked my run speed up a 10th of a mph although it felt like a lot more.

I endured the session but have no doubt tonight I will be looking for a pillow very early.

Today’s Workout

Run Ride brick

20 minute run – 2.15 miles

10 minute ride – 3.13 milles

 

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Punished

Aug31
by Duf on August 31, 2016 at 5:42 pm
Posted In: Daily Workouts, Endurance activities

Last night I hosted our fantasy football draft party.  This is has traditionally been the time of the year where I am most careless about my over consumption of food and alcohol.  I continued the tradition, drinking at least a six pack while eating myself silly.  Despite still having two raw brush burns on my right knee and feeling generally lousy, I had to punish myself for my gluttony with a run/ride brick at the gym.

It felt good to sweat some of that toxicity out of my system.

Today’s Workout

Run/Ride Brick

20 minute run – 2.12 miles

10 minute stationary bike ride – 3.18 miles

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Prednisone p*ssy

Aug29
by Duf on August 29, 2016 at 5:13 pm
Posted In: Daily Workouts, Failure

tumblr_ltg3dbPdtP1r5ntglo1_500[1]So once again today during my chest pushing session I felt weak with poor endurance.  I am still attributing it to my prednisone prescription which I thankfully should be done with by the end of the week.  It was prescribed to me as a possible aid in my right ear problem.  Although I haven’t noticed any significant improvement with the ear I have noticed that I have been sleeping like shit and my strength at the gym has tailed off significantly.

I struggled hard to get my 20 pull ups at the start of the workout and even harder pushing amounts of weight I have been able to coast with in the past.  I just worked until the edge of muscle failure, regardless of how much that edge has shifted downward.

Today’s Workout

5 minutes cardio/stretching

20 pull ups

Dumbbell chest press – 50lbs x 12, 70lbs x 10, 80lbs x 8, 90lbs x 3, 70lbs x 10

Pec dec – 130lbs x 10, 170lbs x 8, 190lbs x 5

Decline barbell bench press – 135lbs x 10, 185lbs x 5, 205lbs x 2

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