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Tonight at the gym I just did a shit ton of step ups to high knees

But I did something sweaty so that's good. We're good.

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Athletic conditioning 🥵 😮‍💨 I’m training tonight! Happy Wednesday.

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Such a good app and such a bad exercise recap layout

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Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the nerve pain is gone!

Time for the millionth reset of my exercise routine. Call this phase 1.

Phase 1 Goals: Good cardio and an overall baseline strength and fitness that will set me up to do more strenuous work-outs in the future.

Focuses:

General cardio: I'm not going to spend money to get my winter running gear back so it'll be ellipticals and stairmasters and treadmills for the next few months. Going to probably do a lot of interval training on the weeknights because I don't have a lot of time at the gym, but hopefully I can go for some long walks or hikes on the weekends.

Core strength: I have to really go at this one to solidify myself and protect against future back issues. Neutral spine exercises are what was suggested by the physio, so I'll do a smattering of core to stop myself from getting bored but my true goal is to be able to do a very long plank by the end of the year. 3-5 minutes, I'd say.

Bodyweight exercise supremacy: need to feel like I can move my body about in an able fashion again. Gonna get my push-ups back, gonna keep at the step-ups, gonna go after grip strength with dead hangs and assisted pull-ups. In a few months I'll work more plyo and jumping into it but I want to hold off and get my core really solid before that because i am gun shy about my back now.

All balance all the time: integrate balance into whatever possible (bosu ball squats, step-ups to high knee, maybe that pistol squat prep you do where you just sink down slowly or whatever).

The gym is a mad house now with the resolutionists but this all jives nicely because I'll almost always be able to snag some sort of cardio to do intervals on, and I can almost always find a spot on the floor to do the rest.

Here we go.

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Arriving at the gym -> Leaving the gym

90 minutes of basketball followed by 30 minutes if weights. I’m beat! 😮‍💨

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Runners high

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I just got my first ever iPhone and my god it is terrible, how did they get so popular this thing is a nightmare

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Forgot to take a workout selfie so have one post-shower 💦

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So there's no root cause for the nerve pain 🫠 which is good in that I didn't fuck myself up but bad in that what the fuuuuuck whhyyy

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gotta rapidly grieve being out of the gym for 6 weeks

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Thursday 5th December 2024

Shoulder press: 1x20 1x14 1x12 @ 14kg (7kg each hand)

Bicep curls: 2x12 @ 12kg / 1x4 @ 14kg

Assisted pull ups: 1x8 1x5 1x7

Cable rows: 1x12 @ 32kg / 1x6 @ 39kg / 1x12 1x10 @ 25kg

Bench press: 1x12 @ 20kg / 1x8 @ 25kg / 1x8 @ 22.5kg

Done lower weights for pretty much everything and focused more on form and full range of motion, trying to perfect that before putting my weights back up.

Done my exercises in a bad order today. That was my bad because I was procrastinating bench press haha, but should've done that and pull ups first and then rows, shoulder press, and bicep curls 🙃😅 oh well!

▪︎ step goal: ✅️ 11,129/10K steps

▪︎ water goal: ✅️ 3L/2 litres

▪︎ sleep goal: ✅️ 9hrs44mins/at least 7hrs

▪︎ calorie goal: ✅️

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Today's work out felt GOOD!

Finally!!

Anyway I gotta ditch using my runners for weight lifting. Do I just go converse? Help me out. Whatcha think? I need something relatively "barefoot" because the whole issue is that my runners are too cushioned and really fuck up my foot position/balance/muscles activated (and also I'll crush the shit out of all that good stuff that does actually help when I run).

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At the gym!

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I pick things up, I put them down, I move my body all around

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Walked 5k today while they were putting on my winter tires. Might get to the gym but I think I'll probably prioritize picking up the little butt from daycare early, maybe go get a Christmas present or two before I gotta grab Chaucer from work.

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Early morning workout.

* Woodchipper high to low

* Single arm tricep pull down

* Chest press

* Deadlift

* Row

* Bicep curl

* Chest fly

* Seated shoulder press

* Lat pull

* Low to high woodchipper

* Tricep rope pushdown

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I do feel better but not well enough to fill myself that the gym is a good idea tonight.

GODDAMNIT

Man I'm so sick of being sick. This fall has been fucking brutal.

Fix me spicy soup