Take care of yourself

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

I like this. Haven't worked out in a long time because of various commitments, but need to start doing something. I am going to spend a few minutes I the morning doing burpees, squats and push-ups I'll start there and let you guys know how I'm progressing.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Today I worked out a little while watching the Chiefs get beaten by a very mediocre Peyton Manning. During every commercial break, I did 10 pushups, 10 squats and 10 spring-grip squeezes.

During the first half, I did 150 of each. During the second half, I stopped after five sets of 10 for 200 of each exercise.

The the wife and daughter and I went walking at a nature area close to our house.

Eh, it's all better than nothing.

Joe

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Yesterday: Tried this hero WOD

"Weston"

Five rounds for time of:
Row 1000 meters
200 meter Farmer carry, 45 pound dumbbells
45 pound dumbbell Waiter walk, 50 meters, Right arm
45 pound dumbbell Waiter walk, 50 meters, Left arm

I could only do three rounds of it ... that was really hard. Walking 200m with 45 pounds is a bear on your forearms and grip. The waiter walk is great for shoulder stability and you use your core and lower back more than you'd think to keep the dumbbell high and your arm locked.

Today:

As many burpees as possible in seven minutes: 60.

Last time I tried it, I got 57. So progress. I'm gonna hurt tomorrow.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Finally got around to doing something, albeit not much. Did not realize how far I have fallen.

Burpees
Push-ups
Crunches
Squats

Could only manage three sets of 20, 10, and 10. Took 14 minutes. I hope to cut down on the time in the near term.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Yesterday: CrossFit Total

Back squat: 335
Shoulder press: 185
Deadlift: 335

Today: CrossFit "Fight Gone Bad!," last Thursday's main site WOD. Good times:

Here's the workout:

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

My total was 310:
First round (26-22-15-25-10.8 for 99 total)
Second round (29-20-16-32-10.3 for 107 total)
Third round (27-21-16-29-11.3 for 104 total)

Should note I subbed the rowing with elliptical because my gym doesn't have a rower and the rowing sub (SDHP) is already in this workout. So I just went as hard as I could for a minute on the elliptical. Sweaty as hell at the end of this one.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Welp, was doing a WOD yesterday that involved double unders and push jerks, and about halfway through the first round of push jerks, I felt something pop in my head. Immediate migraine. It's happened to me before, but it was in the back of my head, not up by my left temple. Woke up with a headache this morning. Advil cured it, but still, I'm going to cool it for a couple of days, then maybe go back in Friday for something light, like 30 minutes on the bike. Apparently exercised induced migraines aren't totally uncommon. I don't think I warmed up enough yesterday before going hard, so that's on me.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Cosmo, if you felt something "pop" in your head, well, I'd want that checked out. Probably nothing, but still. A chiropractor might be in order, too. Good luck.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

I guess pop isn't the right word. Just seemed like the exertion brought on a nasty headache. Kind of like when you get brain freeze, only a little worse. I think if it was a pop I might not be here right now. Ha. Still, migraines run in my family, so I'm just going to be careful with it and slow down on the heavier CF stuff and just try to knock out some good cardio in the next week or so.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Do I understand correctly that total workout time would be 18 Minutes including the 3 minutes rest?

I would be inclined to talk to a MD about a pop in my head or at least run it by "doc talk" .

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

17 minutes for Fight Gone Bad. Only two rest periods, between rounds one and two, and between rounds two and three. It's a bitch.

 

Re: Take care of yourself (LiveSTRONG)

Went back and did this today and improved my numbers considerably. Round totals of 116-120-117 for 353 total. Biggest improvements were on the box jumps. My worst total today was 18. My best total the first try was 16.

 

I know I've been on here before with this question, but I really am wanting to get started with some type of gym/workout routine. I need to work more on upper body than lower or abs, but want to get stronger overall. Anybody have a suggested Web site or schedule that works well for them? Thanks for your suggestions....