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And 10 miles on the feet today.

I miss my weights!!!!

What happened to them? Or did you workout in a public gym?

public gym (well paid public :))

Gotcha.

Backed things off a little this week. Pulled/strained muscle in lower back a couple of weeks ago and working thru it wasn't happening. Seems better now.

Biked 3x with daily stretch & 40 push ups. Yoga 2x.

Planned to hike a couple days this weekend but woke to 6"-8" snow so may break out the snowshoes again.

I'm still following my generic routine. 3 days lifting, 3 days bag work/elliptical.

Sunday - dynamic effort lifting
Monday - bag work/elliptical
Tuesday - lifting cleans, circuit w/anterior big lift focus
Wednesday - bag work/elliptical
Thursday - lifting snatches, circuit w/posterior big lift focus
Friday - bag work/elliptical

Upped the work this morning and did 20 rounds striking - 10 thai bag, 10 double end bag - with elliptical between rounds. Tomorrow is a rest/recovery day.

6 miles on our last gorgeous day (mid-60's), tomorrow 30's and 5-7" of snow

Have been working outside. Gorgeous here. I'll be starting my annual spring workout here soon, aka winter 2021 firewood.

(Actually to be honest I'm sitting in the shade of my barn watching my wife work at this moment. Good times. Who knew pandemics were so.... relaxing?! Lol)

We're supposed to get 4" on Sunday, temps down to 20. So I did my regular route with the backpack today. 90 Minutes, and s best I can tell just about 1,000 feet vertical. Which isn't mountain climbing but it's not bad for the'hood.

One thing you can't simulate in a gym very well is going down a steep slope with a load on your back.

Assuming you have a smart phone, the workout apps like Strava will tell you how much climb there is in a route, as well as mileage and elapsed time, etc. The first year I had it (for cycling) I was always trying to set a PR. That'll get your attention- beating your prior self each time. You can also compare your times to "segments" that others have logged with Strava.

Last week when we hiked I forgot to stop Strava back at the car, so it was running as we drove home. Got an email notification that I was now cycling KOM (King of the Mountain) for the Sheffler Road climb segment. Too funny. Let's see some cycle-wanker top THAT! 50 mph up that hill. I was dyin' by the top, haha.

7.2 miles on the trails

7-9-12-15

Full-ups
Kettle Bell Swings
Wall Balls
Burpee's
Double Unders

4 miles with my wife and Tiny Elvis, big difference today vs yesterday's mid 60's!!!!

4 miles with my wife and Tiny E- nice and sunny (but on the cool side- 25 degrees)

Did a quick 3.5 mile hike with 40 pounds while the ham was cooking, now I feel like I need to go do it again to work it off!

15 miles today

going to throw some weights around tonight.

Early am, 15 min elliptical
Box Squat w/chains 8x2, 30 sec rest
Speed Bench w/chains 8x3, 30 sec rest
Circuit, no rest:
Bent Rows
Static Abs
Rev Hypers

Just interacted with Smoke....and he wanted to see a lava lamp....not surprising....anyway it reminded me

Last four days:

Couple basement weight sessions
Two 30 minute rows
One 5mile Merlot hike
Battery change on the vehicle, which because of a tight squeeze was a little arm workout

5-mile logging road hike, new route, liked it! Should be a great start for a MTB ride too. Shady and cool, big timber. Gonna get out my old BLM map for the area and see if we can put together a loop that incorporates it.

I've seen folks use chains for some lifts. Is the purpose of those just to add weight throughout the range of motion?