***The Exercise Challenge***

Today I was cycling 42 kilometers with my racing bike.
Very sunny, very hot, a lot of sweat.

 

Starting at 6 am:
2.5 km running
2:40 min plank
22 pull-ups

Then around 7 pm:
12+12 pull-ups
10 pull-ups with hand clap
a bunch of exercises for doing one hand pull-ups
20 chins
a lot of monkey climbing
512 reps on the hand gripper
128 squats
79 push-ups
48 hanging shoulder crosses (see my post from tuesday 11:07 pm for explanation)

That's it folks! Good luck with your workout.

 

Walked 12,129 steps; 9.7 miles
Also played with kettlebells a bit, but took it easy today.

 

My day started with some kettlebell training.
After having a LOT of inspiring "AHAAA!" moments I went to training which was awesome. 3.5 hours of greatness with wonderful people.
Today is a wonderful day and I am very (!) thankful for it.

Cheers!
/Baldur

 

Crikey, its been nearly a whole month since I last posted! Good working out everyone. Force Majeure - 22 pull ups is impressive! Not sure if I can do that many

I wont bother including all the training Ive done since I last posted. Just the last two weeks, which included my first race of the track season (BMC - British Milers Club, BAL - British Athletics League)

Mon 14th - am: 5.2 miles easy (38 mins), pm: Weights and core - dumbbell bench press, chest flys, clap press ups, pull ups, dumbbell shrugs, Nordic leg curls, hanging leg raises, exercise ball: alternate arm and leg lift, hand to foot stability pass.
Tue - Track session - 200m, 300m, 400m, 300m, 200m and 4 x 200m with 60 secs/90 secs recovery between reps, 5 mins between sets. Splits - 31.39, 48.01, 61.81, 45.67, 31.05, 27.92, 27.72, 28.67, 28.36
Wed - 5.8 miles easy (40 mins)
Thu - Weights and core - military press, dumbbell shoulder press, lateral raises, barbell curls, lying tricep extension, weighted single leg hops, Russian twists, bicycle crunches.
Fri - am: 5.2 miles easy (37 mins), pm: Acceleration sprints - 8 x 100m off 2 mins recovery.
Sat - 4.5 miles easy (33 mins)
Sun - 6 miles easy (40 mins)

Mon 21st - Rest
Tue - RACE - BMC Regionals (800m - 1:59)
Wed - Plyometrics - 3 sets of depth jumps, 2 sets of single leg hops, double leg hops, 4 sets of bounding.
Thu - am: 5.2 miles easy (37 mins), pm: Weights and core - dumbbell bench press, chest flys, press ups, pull ups, dumbbell rows, dumbbell shrugs, leg curl, hanging leg raises, plank.
Fri - am: 5.2 miles easy (36 mins), pm: Track session - 5 x 300m off 90 sec. 10 mins recovery. 6 x 200m off 2 mins.
300m splits - 48.3, 46.54, 47.04, 46.28, 46.52
200m splits - 30.00, 28.96, 28.63, 27.5, 27.08, 26.82
Sat - 3.9 miles easy (28 mins)
Sun - 7.5 miles (52 mins)

Been taking it easy this week. Next race tomorrow. BAL fixture.

 

Today I took a kayak tour - 20 kilometers.
I love the sport in the nature

 

Enjoy this beautiful day.

 

That sounds like a really nice workout! Keep up with the good work and good luck!

 

I neither had time to post here yesterday nor did I have time to do any much workout. I did however do the plank for almost 3 mins and cycled 17 km.

Today before breakfast: 2.5 km running, some brick wall climbing, some chins, pull-ups and core training, and then the plank for 3:20 mins. 45 min total. At evening: 3 km walk, brick wall climbing, 25 chins and 25 pull-ups (my personal best!).

 

What kind of "AHAAA!" moments? Do you mean you did workout for 3.5 hours? That is so nice! Before I got kids I used to be at a climbing center for four hours each time, three times a week. Now that is quite impossible but somehow I manage to get equally much workout anyway with all forms of micro workouts.

 

Thank you. I did.

The Aha moments were about university stuff, but also in some training.

After this beautiful day there was a day of disaster and now I did not sleep.
No exercise today.
/Baldur

 

No kettlebells today, and I accidentally reset my pedometer twice, but here's what I got:
Walked 3,450 steps, 1.63 miles.

 

HELLO EVERYONE! ​

Posting after some time...
I did this workout...

• 10 sets of 5 Pullups (+10 Kg added)
• 10 sets of 15 Pushups (+15 Kg added)
• 10 sets of 6 Overhead Squats (+20 Kg and a normal barbell)
• Cycling at moderate resistance (3 rounds of 7 minutes)

NOTE: I AM WORKING OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY... BUT I AM LAZY AT POSTING!!! ​

 

You must be foolish to think like this... everyone starts somewhere... and advanced fellows know the real struggle of a beginner so they'll never make fun of you...
AND MOTIVATION CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE... FROM ANYBODY...

 

I took it easy today, I had to work on a programming project so I didn't have much time over. Nevertheless:

50 push-ups
333 reps on the hand gripper
20 pull-ups
4:00 min plank

Good luck folks!

 

Today: 36 km cycling with my road bike.
320 meters in altitude

 

Walked 12,544 steps; 5.93 miles.
Procrastinated on the Kettlebells today. Will start earlier tomorrow.

 

22 km cycling, 4:10 mins plank.
I am really tired today, hoping to get some good sleep this night.

 

Walked 7,000 steps (3.31 miles)

Kettlebell Swing 30# 2x8
Kettlebell Rows 30# 2x8 ea
Halos of DOOM 20# 2x8
Kettlebell Press 20# 2x8 ea

I feel like I could get in more reps on the Press if I used a lighter bell. But if I go lighter, I will need to double the reps to get the same volume.

 

The usual four:
Deadlifts (sets of 2-3 with 130 kg/132 kg)
Squats (sets of 3 with 70kg/80kg)
Dips (sets of 5-7)
Weighted chin ups (sets of 3 with 35 kg)
I'm somewhat happy that I progress a little bit.

Cheers!
/Baldur