I've had success with journaling in the past. It's kept me accountable, and in fact i was in the best shape of my adult life a few years back after keeping a public journal.
I am, indeed, striving to get back to that shape again. Increase strength, swim faster, shed fat and I'm golden.
Yesterday's workout was hill repeats with a lawn mower.
No, really, I mean it.
Our side yard has interesting topography. The past few times I've cut the grass, I've treated it like a workout, warming up and then tackling the hills with everything I've got. After an hour, I'm toast.
I added in an easy 1,000 meters in the pool in the afternoon.
Today's workout, NROL4W break-in:
Warmup including bar weight-only squats
squats 3x10 60 lbs first 2 sets then 65
cable rows 3x10 62.5 first set 67.5 last 2 sets
pushups 3x10 first set straight second and third sets T pushups
step ups 3x10 22.5x2 db (a little lighter than I wanted, but my right hamstring urged caution)
jackknifes 3x12 was the goal, made it to 10 on each set
Stretched to cool down, tossed in a plank for good measure, tried my best (with little success) not to be too judgy about some of the lame-ass stuff I saw people doing.
I stopped at Starbucks for my coffee on the way home and grabbed a Horizon chocolate milk. New territory for the post-workout drink, this chocolate milk business. It was tasty!
I'm enjoying one last day off from work before returning to the grind tomorrow. It should be an active day, including a trip to the dog park with my 'doodle girl and a few runs to the dump with the remnants of the bush we chopped down on the 4th (no cherry trees were available ).
I've had success with journaling in the past. It's kept me accountable, and in fact i was in the best shape of my adult life a few years back after keeping a public journal.
I am, indeed, striving to get back to that shape again. Increase strength, swim faster, shed fat and I'm golden.
Yesterday's workout was hill repeats with a lawn mower.
No, really, I mean it.
Our side yard has interesting topography. The past few times I've cut the grass, I've treated it like a workout, warming up and then tackling the hills with everything I've got. After an hour, I'm toast.
I added in an easy 1,000 meters in the pool in the afternoon.
Today's workout, NROL4W break-in:
Warmup including bar weight-only squats
squats 3x10 60 lbs first 2 sets then 65
cable rows 3x10 62.5 first set 67.5 last 2 sets
pushups 3x10 first set straight second and third sets T pushups step ups 3x10 22.5x2 db (a little lighter than I wanted, but my right hamstring urged caution)
jackknifes 3x12 was the goal, made it to 10 on each set
Stretched to cool down, tossed in a plank for good measure, tried my best (with little success) not to be too judgy about some of the lame-ass stuff I saw people doing.
I stopped at Starbucks for my coffee on the way home and grabbed a Horizon chocolate milk. New territory for the post-workout drink, this chocolate milk business. It was tasty!
I'm enjoying one last day off from work before returning to the grind tomorrow. It should be an active day, including a trip to the dog park with my 'doodle girl and a few runs to the dump with the remnants of the bush we chopped down on the 4th (no cherry trees were available ).
Welcome! Best of luck! Now, stop typing and get out of your seat!
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And doncha dare stop 'til early morning!
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I set the alarm this morning for 5:30 am, knowing full well I wasn't committed to the idea of swimming. I feel every single one of yesterday's reps through my entire body today. I skipped the swim and will enjoy a full rest day instead.
I'm relying on non-scale cues to provide feedback on how my gain muscle / lose flab campaign is progressing. Top of the list this week:
Visual
My collar bones continue to emerge
A delicate charm necklace I favor is actually hanging today, rather than simply encircling my neck
I think I saw new definition in my shoulders two nights ago (why is it that I can see so much definition as I look directly at my shoulders, but it all disappears when I look in the mirror instead? What's up with that?)
I wore a trim tshirt last night and it didn't seem pornographic... and it would have last month
Clothing
I try on a ski jacket and vest every few days to gauge my belly fat... both now zip with ease
Riding boots that were extremely tight this winter now zip with ease (wouldn't I make quite a sight, going out in the Connecticut summer with my down vest and riding boots on? Hmm, I think I'd pair them with a Speedo)
I'm wearing pants that I really couldn't consider as recently as a week ago
Body confidence
I didn't have the urge to dive into the bushes or cover up with a towel when I saw an old friend at the pool the other night... I was comfortable in my own skin
So, it's working. The plan for today is to enjoy an anniversary lunch celebration at the best restaurant in town with my husband, to keep calories low at my other meals and to see if my little monsters will let me sneak in a swim workout this evening. If not, it'll be hill repeats in the back yard.
Tonight's swim: somewhere in the neighborhood of 2400 m
w/u 500
300x1
200x1
100x5 descending
50 easy
50x5 (25 free 25 back)
Planned: 250 kick with fins
Actual: 500? 600? With lots of short bursts of hard kicks (I will feel this in my hip flexors tomorrow)
I bribed my children with $20, to be spent at the snack bar as they pleased, to fit this workout in. By the time I hit the kick set, they were on the pool deck and anxious to swim with me as I completed the 250. I coached my younger boy on his stroke (such big gains this summer!) and marveled as my older son swam several laps on his own.
Although I would have preferred to swim to 3000 m, I wouldn't trade the last kick set for anything
Tonight's swim: somewhere in the neighborhood of 2400 m
Although I would have preferred to swim to 3000 m, I wouldn't trade the last kick set for anything
I'm just curious. I know nothing about swimming distances. How many laps in a standard olympic size pool would equal 3000m?
I sweat buckets and had an elevated heart rate through this one!
deadlift: 10x3 65 lbs (up 5 from last time)
lat pulldown: 10x3 first set 62.5 second & third 65
shoulder press: 10x3, first set db 2x15, next 2 sets 2x17.5
lunges: 10x3, db 2x25
ball crunches: 12x3, bw
Toss in a plank for 1 minute and some stretching and boom, I'm done.
500 warmup
5x200
50 easy
5x100
50 easy
5x100 with flippers, swim first 50 kick second 50
Swimming outside midday has its pluses and minuses. BIG minus: I get vertigo from looking at the sun against the blue sky so backstroke is out of the question. Plus: I can check my hand placement from my shadow against the floor of the pool
500 warmup
5x200
50 easy
5x100
50 easy
5x100 with flippers, swim first 50 kick second 50
Swimming outside midday has its pluses and minuses. BIG minus: I get vertigo from looking at the sun against the blue sky so backstroke is out of the question. Plus: I can check my hand placement from my shadow against the floor of the pool
Wow, Vertigo is no fun! Don't take that lightly!
I'm impressed with the distances you're swimming. That is a lot of swimming. Nothing makes me more hungry than swimming. My children better keep moving if there around me after a bout of swimming. What's your diet like? I'd imagine after this much volume, a low calorie diet would be hard to maintain.
I'm impressed with the distances you're swimming. That is a lot of swimming. Nothing makes me more hungry than swimming. My children better keep moving if there around me after a bout of swimming. What's your diet like? I'd imagine after this much volume, a low calorie diet would be hard to maintain.
I feel well within my rights to eat more on swimming days
But, there are days when I swim when the last thing on my mind is food. And there are days when roast of young child sounds mighty good.
I neglected to pack my boys' bathing suits yesterday as we got them ready for their day camp. Promising to make it up to them, I brought them to my swim workout this morning. It was my first swim with the group in far too long.
My youngest was complaining of a little ear pain this morning so I put some drying drops in and thought little of it. About 2000 meters into a really tough swim, I was saved by the swimmer's ear.
600 warmup
2x250
10x100 on a fairly aggressive interval compared to what I'd been doing on my own. My son stopped me on #9. "Mom? It reallllllly hurts." I finished the set and did 100 m cooldown. Lucky to secure one of the last Saturday appointments, we set off to the pediatrician.
He's watching TV now with Rx drops in his ear. No swimming for 5 days
I could have gone longer with the swim workout, and would have. But honestly? It's probably best I didn't. My swim group's annual summer party is tonight. I want to be awake and vibrant, not doing a face plant in the guacamole.
that's too funny "face plant in the guacamole" . Sometimes after a very vigorous workout on low calories I tend to go in hyperdrive (read: overstressed) and may not be hungry until 1-2 days later.. this used to be so common for me.. at the same time I'd never get DOMS, only this 'DOH' (delayed onset of hunger). The connection? Carbs lowers cortisol & increase inflammation, cortisol (stress!!!!) suppresses inflammation ...
Why am I telling this? Well maybe just because you said to have different feelings re appetite after strenuous swims.. either not (so) hungry or very hungry, so was trying to offer an explanation
Thanks for stopping by, Espi! It's amazing how different we all are.
I avoided the face plant last night and instead enjoyed a night of good food with great friends. Of course it was followed by a firm commitment to meet up at the outdoor pool when it opened at 10.
500 warmup
12x50 stroke (IM order) first 25 free last 25
200 - 100 - 200, free on the 200s and IM on the 100
3x150 pull-kick-swim (I had to toss on my flippers midway through and kept them on until the cool down)
50 kick
5x100 stroke and free set
+/- 300 cool down
Somewhere a little shy of 3000 m.
It was my third day in a row of swimming. I felt it, that's for sure.
My will to live was in short supply during the step up / jacknife superset until I reminded myself:
I gave birth nine years ago today. And that hurt way effin' more than this does. If I can take a pitocin drip for 16 hours, push for 2 hours, and safely birth a my child with his umbilical cord around his neck, I can do an effin' superset.
Or something like that
In fact, our pediatrician, who I saw exactly at this time 9 years ago (she looked at my chart and said "So I see things got a little exciting last night!") came wandering into the gym rigt around that time.
Go figure.
I'm waiting for the birthday boy to wake up now. He and I went for a long walk last night with the 'doodle. It was his last night as an 8 year old.
But, there are days when I swim when the last thing on my mind is food. And there are days when roast of young child sounds mighty good.
Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" FTW!
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Originally Posted by TheWookie
My will to live was in short supply during the step up / jacknife superset until I reminded myself:
I gave birth nine years ago today. And that hurt way effin' more than this does. If I can take a pitocin drip for 16 hours, push for 2 hours, and safely birth a my child with his umbilical cord around his neck, I can do an effin' superset.
Or something like that
Ha ha ha!
Happy birthday to your son!
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500 warmup
500 broken into 200 / 150 / 100 / 50 (tempo)
300 kick w/ fins
5x100 sprint first 50 recovery second 50 *
10x50 stroke in IM order first 25 free second 25
100 cooldown
Total of 2400 yards
*I wasn't anticipating this set... especially on the heels of yesterday's hill repeats, but I was swimming with some of my group and decided to do it upon someone else's suggestion. I'm glad I did the set; it's good to put the pedal to the metal every once and again!
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