Another run on the beach

Went out on the beach today and ran 1.1 miles out, did 20 burpees with a pushup, ran the 1.1 miles back, and finished up with another 20 burpees. It is tough to run in the sand and there were also 20-25 knot headwinds on the way out which made it tough.

For anyone looking for a new workout routine you might want to check out the latest craze in Korea, smh.

Nice view

We are on vacation this week at the beach and I got up early to workout and watch the sunrise. I did a 1 mile run on the beach but every minute of running I stopped and performed the following:

• 10 jump squats
• 10 pushups
• 10 situps

I finished 8 cycles of the above in the just over 16 minutes it took me to run the mile. It was a fun workout but not nearly as taxing as the burpee ladder I did the other day and that had no running involved. The view was outstanding though.

Need to start looking for something to do on Wed.

I am still around

I have been doing the following workout for a while now:

1 mile run
3 circuits of the following

• 10 jump squats
• 10 dips
• 10 burpees with a push up
• 1 minute plank
• 10 pull ups
• 20 steam engines
• 10 Romanian deadlifts on each leg
• 10 pike press push ups

1 mile run

This week I started changing things up a bit. I did the workout above on Mon and then Wed. I did the following:

• 19  burpees with a push up
• rest for 20 to 30 seconds
• 18  burpees with a push up
• rest for 20 to 30 seconds
• 17  burpees with a push up
• rest for 20 to 30 seconds
• 16  burpees with a push up
• continue all the way down to 1

This pretty thoroughly kicked my ass.

Yesterday I did the following as a variation of the workout fitbomb did, since he is much more badass than I am apparently and I could not hang with the reps he did. He did 20/30/40/50 and I dropped them each by 10 but maybe I will try it again in a few months and see.

3 circuits of the following with 3 minute rest between

• 10 Pull-ups
• 20 Push-ups
• 30 Abmat Sit-ups
• 40 Squats

I am looking to start changing the workouts more frequently, like daily maybe. I would almost like to join a crossfit gym but that would mean going to the crossfit gym to workout and that ain't gonna happen. It just adds to much additional time to the day.

Hockey

going to see if I can play hockey again tonight. Back is still a little off but very different from anything I have had before. I plan on going to warm ups and will see how it feels. I am hoping to get back to working out again soon too and moving is the only way to get there.

Back on a break

So I pulled a muscle in my back while playing hockey on Monday and will not be doing any workouts again until it is healed. This is a different muscle and pain than what I have had in the past with my back so no worries of return to those days. I just need to wait a bit for it to heal before I do my workouts again.

Hit by a Car

I did the workout again on Wednesday and got through all 3 circuits but had a bit of a problem with the run. I dropped my rest time to :45 and tried that. After 5 intervals my phone rebooted and that is what I use as a timer so I had to wait a minute for it to restart. I was feeling like I had been hit by a car at that point and was breathing heavy and short and almost just gave it up and went inside. I eventually was able to get it going again and finished up with not too much trouble but those first 5 were a bitch for some reason. We will see how it goes tomorrow. I am on business travel and will be working out alone in the fitness center at the hotel here so that should be fun. I checked the fitness center out today and they have a pull up bar so I am good. Will let you know how that goes.

Relax

I guess I skipped out on blogging last week. I did the same workout 3 days last week and made it through all three circuits. I slowed down to concentrate heavily on form and ended up with a great workout all three days and was sore the following day to prove it. I feel pretty strong on the interval sprints and will drop down the rest to :45 seconds this week. This morning I was just feeling really tight and so we did the X-Stretch video from P90X which is about an hour of stretching and it felt really good. I will go back to the other workout either tomorrow or Wednesday but we should work the stretching and/or yoga in there on Saturday's or something because it is certainly helpful.