Today was an inadvertent day off. I went to the gym this morning and ran a mile, stretched and then lifted a little weights - just some shoulder presses and bicep curls, nothing too heavy.
I had every intention of going to the gym at lunch to do my pike push-ups, but work was too busy today and I didn't get out at all for lunch.
Tomorrow will be better.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Monday, May 15, 2017
Day 48
Got to the gym a little late today, but only ran a mile so I was able to get a few sets of exercises in. The rest I'll hit at lunch.
Dips felt pretty good and smooth today - better than last week at least.
Bent knee raises felt pretty good as well - reps were probably 10,8,8. While I got in 10 of each set, the last 2 of each set were not as high and were tougher than the rest, so it felt like form was dwindling. As for height, I was getting my feet up to eye level for most of them.
Okay, I modified it again - went to decline on all the pushups. Which is definitely harder and I didn't come close to making the full reps.
Pull-ups were weird today - I decided to try to go max sets. Did 10 my first set, but then seemed to bonk a bit on the rest of them. I think maybe I'll go back to the slow increases and back to 8,8,8 for the next round.
Was tired so saved the pike pushups for tomorrow.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Narrow Pushup | 2 | 20 | |
| Wide Pushup | 2 | 20 | |
| Decline Pushup | 2 | 20 | |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,10,10 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 | 12,12,12 |
Dips felt pretty good and smooth today - better than last week at least.
Bent knee raises felt pretty good as well - reps were probably 10,8,8. While I got in 10 of each set, the last 2 of each set were not as high and were tougher than the rest, so it felt like form was dwindling. As for height, I was getting my feet up to eye level for most of them.
Okay, I modified it again - went to decline on all the pushups. Which is definitely harder and I didn't come close to making the full reps.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Decline Narrow Pushup | 2 | 20 | 16,14 |
| Decline Wide Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,15 |
| Decline Pushup | 2 | 20 | 12,12 |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 10,8,6 |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,6 |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | 6,6,6 |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,10,10 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 | 12,12,12 |
Pull-ups were weird today - I decided to try to go max sets. Did 10 my first set, but then seemed to bonk a bit on the rest of them. I think maybe I'll go back to the slow increases and back to 8,8,8 for the next round.
Was tired so saved the pike pushups for tomorrow.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Day 45
Taking a day off. No injury, just life getting in the way. Had to head to the office early this morning to do something I forgot to do yesterday, and am off to pick up my daughter at college today so the rest of the day is pretty much gone. Maybe I'll get something in tonight if I can.
See you next week.
See you next week.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Day 44
So only had 2 exercises to get through today. Got in 2 miles on the treadmill beforehand. Still struggle with both of these exercises - they just don't feel natural to me for some reason. Maybe it's because I've spent so much time over the last few years doing push-ups and pull-ups that my body is just more used to those movements.
didn't get through all the reps of the pike push-ups. I went with a higher incline - setting my feet up higher on a stack of chairs that were probably chest height. I also tried to go a little slower.
Dips felt about the same - only did the three sets of 10. I think I could have pushed through more reps, but for some reason I didn't today.
I also threw in two sets of leg raises to work my core a little too.
Plan for tomorrow is to hit the gym before I head to Connecticut to pick up my daughter from college. So I'll try to get through as much of the workout as I can and still get on the road by 7:00ish.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Narrow Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Wide Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Decline Pushup | 2 | 20 | 15,15 |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,8,8 |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,6 |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | 6,6,6 |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,10 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | 15,12,10 |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 | 10,10,10 |
didn't get through all the reps of the pike push-ups. I went with a higher incline - setting my feet up higher on a stack of chairs that were probably chest height. I also tried to go a little slower.
Dips felt about the same - only did the three sets of 10. I think I could have pushed through more reps, but for some reason I didn't today.
I also threw in two sets of leg raises to work my core a little too.
Plan for tomorrow is to hit the gym before I head to Connecticut to pick up my daughter from college. So I'll try to get through as much of the workout as I can and still get on the road by 7:00ish.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Day 43
Did Super-sets of pull-ups and push-ups today. Really feeling it afterwards - that muscle tiredness from a good workout. Though the reps were not quite there - perhaps because I did some pull-ups yesterday, but I think I have not actually been eating enough lately and my energy level is just down. I've been getting a little light-headed after my lunch-time workouts. I think I'll up my calorie intake over the next week to see if I feel better after the workouts.
So I got in a good set of regular pull-ups, but fell behind on the neutral and only got three sets of 6 of the Chin-ups (which are supposed to be the easiest of the three).
Leg raises the energy just wasn't there for those either - got in the knee raises no problem but struggled on the bent leg raises.
Maybe I'll rest tomorrow and eat, but probably not - I have to pick up my daughter from college on Friday so I'm not sure what kind of workout I will get in. So I'll have to do something tomorrow so I don't miss too many days. Also, I'll probably try to make something up on the weekend to make up for Friday.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Narrow Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Wide Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Decline Pushup | 2 | 20 | 15,15 |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,8,8 |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,6 |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | 6,6,6 |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,10 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 |
So I got in a good set of regular pull-ups, but fell behind on the neutral and only got three sets of 6 of the Chin-ups (which are supposed to be the easiest of the three).
Leg raises the energy just wasn't there for those either - got in the knee raises no problem but struggled on the bent leg raises.
Maybe I'll rest tomorrow and eat, but probably not - I have to pick up my daughter from college on Friday so I'm not sure what kind of workout I will get in. So I'll have to do something tomorrow so I don't miss too many days. Also, I'll probably try to make something up on the weekend to make up for Friday.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Day 42
It seems like every day there is one exercise that is tougher than the others. Today it was the Incline Pike Pushups. I was able to get through all the sets, but it just felt a little awkward and uncomfortable for some reason.
Pull-ups and chin-ups were fine - a little weird pain on one set of the pull-ups but it is gone now.
I was noticing today though that I wasn't feeling the workout as much as some of the rest - mainly in my chest. I think it's because I mixed up the order a bit. Mostly before this I was doing super-sets of the pullups and pushups. Yesterday I didn't do that, I separated them out. I think I will go back to the super-sets now.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Narrow Pushup | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Wide Pushup | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Uneven Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,7 |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,7 |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,7 |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,8,7 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | 15,15,15 |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 | 10,10,8 |
Pull-ups and chin-ups were fine - a little weird pain on one set of the pull-ups but it is gone now.
I was noticing today though that I wasn't feeling the workout as much as some of the rest - mainly in my chest. I think it's because I mixed up the order a bit. Mostly before this I was doing super-sets of the pullups and pushups. Yesterday I didn't do that, I separated them out. I think I will go back to the super-sets now.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Day 41
Was tired today - got up early and went to gym but didn't do any calisthenics. Went at lunch and got the following in:
Have again modified the workout a little to make it a bit more challenging in some areas.
Pushups, I was maxing out the sets of narrow and Wide, so I added some uneven (one hand on medicine ball, doing both arms evenly). I was able to get 20 in for each set (10 per arm) so I will either move this up to 15 or just work on moving medicine ball further out to make it harder.
Pullups (just neutral) I got a few more reps in.
Dips were tough today - not sure why. Still looking for some place to do straight bar dips.
Did one set of hangning knee raises, and then three sets of bent knee raises.
I will say that I made an attempt on a full handstand pushup (against wall) and it was a complete fail. I couldn't control myself down and ended up on my head. Need to work the incline pike pushups - maybe at greater and greater angles - some more before I attempt that one.
| Classic Workout #1 / #2 | Sets | Reps | Actual |
| Narrow Pushup | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Wide Pushup | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Uneven Pushup | 2 | 20 | 20,20 |
| Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | |
| Neutral Pull-up | 3 | 5-10 | 8,7,7 |
| Chin-up | 3 | 5-10 | |
| Hanging Knee Raise | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Bent Knee Raises | 2 | 15 | 10,8,7 |
| Incline Pike Pushups | 3 | 15 | |
| Dips (Knees up) | 3 | 10 | 10,10,8 |
Have again modified the workout a little to make it a bit more challenging in some areas.
Pushups, I was maxing out the sets of narrow and Wide, so I added some uneven (one hand on medicine ball, doing both arms evenly). I was able to get 20 in for each set (10 per arm) so I will either move this up to 15 or just work on moving medicine ball further out to make it harder.
Pullups (just neutral) I got a few more reps in.
Dips were tough today - not sure why. Still looking for some place to do straight bar dips.
Did one set of hangning knee raises, and then three sets of bent knee raises.
I will say that I made an attempt on a full handstand pushup (against wall) and it was a complete fail. I couldn't control myself down and ended up on my head. Need to work the incline pike pushups - maybe at greater and greater angles - some more before I attempt that one.
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