2011 TypeC Exercise Challenge & Soirée

[kyuuei]

Totally hit the trails today, tomorrow is gym day. wish me luck!

 

[PeaceBaby]

This week's update here.

 

[Qlip]

I'm throwing in the towel; take my green name. Actually, I'm doing my moderately chosen workouts and equivalents. I just got to this point where having to blog my workout made me not want to do one, so instead I do them and not blog. Yes, that neurosis is on my list of things to fix. But until then, I need to work out more.

 

[redcheerio]

Week's Summary for Mon 9/26 - Sun 10/2

Mon 9/26 Home Workout
1000 rope jumps
40 stair lifts, ea leg
40 wall squats

5 rounds: 5 chest/chin to bench pushups, 20 backups, 20 situps, 5 chair dips
Completed the 5 rounds in 9:55.

Tues 9/27 6am CrossFit class
WOD:
3 rounds with decreasing reps of each exercise: 21-15-9, total 45 reps each exercise
thrusters (55 lb)
lateral burpees
completed the three rounds in 14:38

Wed 9/28 Home Workout
1000 rope jumps
25 stair lifts each leg
20 wall squats

Thurs 9/29 6 am CrossFit class
pre-workout training: max weight push press - 5 reps, 3 reps, 1 rep
I did: 5 reps @ 55 lb, 3 @ 60 lb, 1 @ 65 lb

WOD - 3 rounds for time:
500 m row (total 1500 m)
12 push press (50 lb, total 36 reps)
15 GHD situps (total 45 situps)
Completed the 3 rounds in 14:38.

Fri 9/30 Home Workout
20 wall squats
20 stair lifts each leg

5 rounds: 15 pushups, 20 backups, 20 situps, 5 chair dips
Completed the 5 rounds in 10:15.

Sat 10/1 CrossFit Class
WOD: 5 rounds, 2 exercises, each round max reps you can do without taking a break:
bench press (I used 55 lb)
pull-ups (I used the medium band)
reps completed in each of the 5 rounds: 24 bench press/ 30 pull-ups; 10/20; 12/16; 12/20; 8/12

(My arms and shoulders are still stiff from Sat....)

 

[Beargryllz]

Today I ran 3.5 miles

 

[kyuuei]

20 minutes of warm up (ran a bit more than a mile, walked for about 3 minutes before and 3 minutes after) followed by pull-downs, shoulder presses, chest presses, skullcrushers, 21s, and planking on a stabilization ball. After that, 80 sit-ups without stopping, followed by 40 crunches in different positions and 40 leg raises in different positions. Finished it with some box jumps at a low height. I didnt count them.

I dare to do push-ups and lunges tomorrow on the trails.

I was trying to figure out the cross fit site @_@ but it seems so confusing.. the exercise they posted for today was so.... dangerous. So I just made it up and jumped on available machines until my arms hated me. Maybe tomorrow they'll post one that seems a bit better. "Snatching" is just too much for me right now. :c I wish they had a "beginners" section.

 

[Randomnity]

update for last week:

weekly exercise: check (also 1 soccer started)
weekly cooking meal: I don't think I did, since I think the last meal was for the previous week.
daily water: doing a bad job of tracking but I think I did 6/7
greens: also a bad job of tracking. I think 6/7 but that's a little dicey, I think it might be more like 5, possibly even 4. I'll let it slide for this week.

So I guess one diet cheat day (I dunno if diet/exercise are supposed to share cheat days, but to me it makes more sense to keep them separate).

Since it's Oct now, my goals are a little tougher for the current week (not last week). I'm already having trouble keeping them though, so I dunno how this will go. Nov is going to be a rough month work-wise so I'll probably be using some cheat days then.

 

[JocktheMotie]

Tuesday 9-27
More legs.

Thursday 9-29
Chest and Back. Drop sets [5, 10, 15 reps; 135, 105, 75 lbs] both incline and flat bench, drop sets of lat pulldowns and rows.

Saturday 10-1
Abs and core. Toes to rings 50 reps, situps with ab mat, weighted crunches.

Monday 10-3
Arms. Drop sets [5, 10, 15 reps; 85, 65, 45 lbs] curls [one set of curls @ 95, 75, 55 lbs], shoulder raises, skullcrushers. Finished with 50 knees to elbows.

 

[MacGuffin]

Tuesday 9-27
More legs.

Thursday 9-29
Chest and Back. Drop sets [5, 10, 15 reps; 135, 105, 75 lbs] both incline and flat bench, drop sets of lat pulldowns and rows.

Saturday 10-1
Abs and core. Toes to rings 50 reps, situps with ab mat, weighted crunches.

Monday 10-3
Arms. Drop sets [5, 10, 15 reps; 85, 65, 45 lbs] curls [one set of curls @ 95, 75, 55 lbs], shoulder raises, skullcrushers. Finished with 50 knees to elbows.

I was all "95 lbs. dumbbell curls?!?"

 

[mmhmm]

wed / sep28 - yoga60min / rowing 30min
thur / sep29 yoga90min
fri / sep30 - run 30min / rowing 30min
sun / oct2 - circuits-pyramid sets 60min / reformer 45min
mon / oct3 - run30min / rowing 30min
tue / oct 4 - rowing 30min / swimming 45min

 

[JocktheMotie]

I was all "95 lbs. dumbbell curls?!?"

Maybe next time!

There's a guy at this gym who can curl the 100 lb dumbells, but he's some sort of Viking monster, definitely not a human being.

 

[MacGuffin]

Maybe next time!

There's a guy at this gym who can curl the 100 lb dumbells, but he's some sort of Viking monster, definitely not a human being.

Must be [MENTION=6109]Halla74[/MENTION].

 

[redcheerio]

Mon 10/3 Quick Home Wakeup Workout

30 stair lifts each leg
20 wall squats
1000 rope jumps


Tues 10/4 CrossFit class

max # rounds possible in 20 min of:
5 push-ups
10 front squats (I used 65 lb)
50 m sprint

I completed 9 rounds, plus 5 push-ups and 10 squats. (I was pushing myself hard and going fast until the 7th round when I got a migraine during the squats, so I slowed way down after that. It was partly from pushing myself hard, and partly cuz I only had 5 hrs sleep last night.)

 

[Udog]

Preparing for my trip was more important than exercising, apparently, so 2 cheats for me. Tennis and two walks were my exercise. I have no idea how many cheats I have left, but I'm definitely digging myself a hole. I mean, setting up a challenge. ;-)

I'll be out of the country, and returning on the 20th. So for the next 3 weeks I'll be aiming for 3x a week exercising. Just enough so I don't forget. I don't know if I'll be able to post while I'm away, so I'll just post my 3 week report when I return if that's okay.

See everyone later!

 

[violaine]

I've been away from the internets but I'm on track with the challenge. Been walking like crazy.

 

[kyuuei]

Incase I didn't post it, I went running the day before yesterday and tried different types of push-ups at each bench on the way back. Yesterday was a break day. Today it is gym day again. <3

Edit: Gym rocked my socks off. I'll have to run earlier tomorrow before I go into work.

 

[redcheerio]

Thurs 10/6 6am CrossFit class

WOD - 5 rounds for time:

5 back squats (75 lb)
400 m run

Completed the 5 rounds in 15:02.

With only 5 reps of back squats each round, I normally should have used something more like 95 or 105 lb. I find back squats the easiest of the squats. Last time we did back squats with more reps than that, I used 95 lb. However, my quads are still pretty stiff from Tuesday's front squats (total 100 reps! @65 lb), so I was weak at the bottom of the squat. I was going to try 85 lb, but the trainer recommended 75 lb because she saw me struggle with it at the bottom of the squat in warm-up. Good choice for today, but disappointing because I feel like I wasted an opp to try a heavier weight.

 

[Antimony]

Hey, I'm amping it up today! 50 sit ups
3 hours of walking. At least.
Pilates.

Oh, and healthy eating.

 

[INTJMom]

I did my exercises on Wednesday, but didn't on Saturday, so I will have to use one cheat.

 

[kyuuei]

I need a cheat for today..