April 3: moved boxes at storage - 71 boxes, mix of letter and legal. Lifted, dumped contents to shred, rolled eight bins of shred material to the front of the building, empty bins back, broke down boxes, moved about 25 others around to make room. I'm calling it an active day. 1:05 minutes total activity, felt like a high MET level pretty much the entire time.
April 4: (just copying from my log, in the hopes that direct copy will keep me doing it regularly if I don't have to retype)
Warmup:
Hip flexor stretch x 30 seconds each side
Glute bridge x 10
(Perform this pair twice, alternating, before moving on)
Reverse lunges x 6 each leg
Cat/camel x 10
Scap push-up x 10
Wall slide x 15
Dead bug x 10 each side
Bird dog x 10 each side
Clam x 10 each side
Workout 4, Week 6
Exercise
1) Jump squat 8x5, 45 second rest
2a) Pike push-up 5x10, 60 second rest
2b) Neutral chin-up 5x10 - purple and black bands, 60 second rest
3a) Skater squat 5x10 per leg, assisted with suspension trainer for balance, 30 second rest
3b) Suspension trainer curl 3x12, 30 second rest
3b) Suspension trainer bodyweight extension 3x12, 30 second rest
4) KB Swings or DB swings 4x15x20#, 60 second rest
20 minutes on the Stairmaster, the usual, somewhat tight calves, but for having run the day before, not bad
40 minutes shoulders, biceps & triceps routine
40 minute leg work
Considering dropping using the leg extension machine because I worry it stresses my knees.
Glad to get in this workout, because I thought I'd just sit at the laptop all day on this assignment that I'm still not done with.
Ran a four-mile race, in bright sun but stinging cold, colder than I'd expected, and on a very hilly course. By mile two, I knew I was done in, and my goal then was just to keep running all the way. We weren't chip-timed, there was just a flashing board at the finish line. I got a glimpse and I was somewhere over 45 minutes. But I ran all the way, yes, I ran all the way, though some ahead of me dropped into a walk & then ran -- and still made better time than me. So there's that: My beginning time for 2014, with my challenge of improving it over the spring and summer.
ETA: They posted the time, and my recollection was wrong: 44:32.016. So it was under 45 minutes, for which I'm glad.
April 5: walked around Manhattan
April 6: rest day
April 7: Forgot sneakers at gym - rowing machine for 10 min, glute bridges, DB Bulgarian split squats, KB deadlifts.
April 8 AM: 2.00 miles on treadmill in 16:55, 14 min on the arc trainer.
