Not exactly a health drink but when I need something other than water I mix a little unsweetened Kool Aid(grape, strawberry, lemon or orange), Truvia to sweeten, and ice. No calories and takes care of my sweet tooth.
Right now I'm on a stationary bike as many days a week as I can. My Concept II Rower finally proved too much for my ailing back and I had to quit rowing after 30 years. Several dog walks a day as well.
Also, got the book Wheat Belly for Christmas. Quit wheat about 3 weeks ago. Feeling better and a little lighter. My whole digestive system is working better. I still eat carbos that make it hard to lose weight like rice and potatoes but eat them early in the day.
I've been unmotivated since last fall but I'm hoping this will help change that. I'm 51 years old, have shrunk to about 5'9" and probably weigh about 180 right now with 16% body fat. I'm hoping to get back down to around 170 and 11% body fat.
I walked for 8 miles on Sunday and got 50 minutes of hard elliptical in today burning about 730 real calories.
Not many. Both my shoulders are pretty well shot from too many years in construction doing things by myself that I should have had help with. Around 30 honest push-ups is about my max.
No workouts for the past week. Spent it in AZ trying to keep up with a pard who's a walking machine. He pretty much ascribes Dog Hunter's way of getting/staying in shape.
Today: Warmup Dynamic stretches and jumping jack-ish stuff
Strength: Deadlift 10-6-4-2 225-275-295-315
WOD: Every Minute on the Minute ("Death By") for 15mins; same number of reps as minutes. 1 min=1 rep each, 2 min=2 reps each. Deadlift 225# Burpee Handstand Pushup
I completed round 5 and was 1 rep short of completing round 6. Spent the rest of the time doing rounds of 4.
One thing that my recent trip to AZ showed me is that what I'm doing is helping. I could go longer and recover faster than the last time I hunted like this. It also showed me that gym training really doesn't work on strengthing the ankles/lower legs for walking over rocky, uneven ground. That and my hip flexors need work. Calves/ankles/hips were sore after two days, but better by day 4.
Today: 30 minutes on a spin bike; warm up a few sprints to get the heart rate up then a series of 1 minute jump sprints followed by 45 second recovery, ended with a 5 minute standing climb at max tension. Also upper body, core stretching and rolling. Ate clean yesterday about to eat egg salad and fruit for the 1st meal of the day.
Are those really push-ups, in the classical sense?
Yes, I do them while wearing a backpack loaded with axes
All Swedish I hope. This is how I like to do pushups:
Those aren't real pushups because they aren't KIPPING PUSHUPS (not sure that's possible, but give some level 1 crossfit coach a few days...they'll find a way to kip it)
Are those really push-ups, in the classical sense?
Yes, I do them while wearing a backpack loaded with axes
All Swedish I hope. This is how I like to do pushups:
Those aren't real pushups because they aren't KIPPING PUSHUPS (not sure that's possible, but give some level 1 crossfit coach a few days...they'll find a way to kip it)
Hey douche pump, why don't you go handle the situation involving your bogus camera in the Classifieds instead of dissing on exercise methods?
