February 4th, 2010 Workout – Arms
I missed Muay Thai yesterday because I didn’t make it home from work in time, so instead I did some cycling on my recumbent bike. Today I worked on my arms as I feel they are lagging behind my legs at the moment. I wasn’t really counting because I was doing sets in between working, but I did a bunch of sets of pull ups, chin ups and push ups.
Gotta work on chins and pulls, so doorway policy goes into effect which means every time I go in or out of my room (where my bar is mounted) I do as many chin ups or pull ups as I can. I’m sure this will suck, but it should add up quick at least.
Day 38/63 – Workout Log – Misc
Today’s workout was mostly back and some core/legs. Here’s what I did:
back:
- laying pull ups
- laying chin ups
- pull up negatives
- chin up negatives
- chin ups
core / legs:
- crunches
- leg raises
- squats on a balance board
- back extensions on an exercise ball
Squatting on the balance board was really tough but I’m going to do it more often. I definitely think it will help me out with snowboarding this season.
Day 8/63 – Workout Log – Biking
The weather outside last night was perfect. The sun was out and the temperature wasn’t too high and I really felt like spending some time outside.
Ozzy knew what was going on as soon as I grabbed my camelback. His eyes popped out of his head the second I put it on and he started running around in circles.. . crazy pooch! I hooked him up to his harness and we did a couple of km which is good for him still. We ran into my roommate on the way back and he came out for a ride after I dropped Ozzy off. We did another 8km then came back.
I did some pull up work after, starting with some negatives and then did some with the bar down laying on the floor underneath it and pulling myself towards it. My pull up strength is still miserable and the only way it will get better is if I really plug at it so I’m going to get on that bar every time I pass under it.
Next bike ride will be longer as well – going to map out 20km, throw on some music and get at it.