Numbers

The real stuff:

For time:
15 Handstand push-ups
1 L Pull-up
13 Handstand push-ups
3 L Pull-ups
11 Handstand push-ups
5 L Pull-ups
And so on down to 1-15.

Really scaled down wimp workout that I could manage:

Sub regular pushups for HSPU (well, for the first two sets, then down on one knee for two sets, and both knees for the rest,) then body rows for the L-pull-ups. Still toasted my arms. Right now I’d like a speech-to-text synthesizer to spare me from all this typing. Time 18:50

The body rows gave me a chance to try out my new toy. I played around with it a bit warming up with elevated push ups, assisted one-legged squats and (attempts) at dips. It does most everything that rings can do, and then some. I think I’ll be using it a lot.

At the end I just want to mention this post by forts. I know I’m a little late mentioning it, but I found it very well written, and in tune with my own sentiments. In that vein I’d like to point all five of my readers towards Kiva.org, every little effort helps no matter how small.

You Don’t Know How It Feels

At last, a proper (scaled) WOD.

“Lynne” in the puppy variant.

do 5 rounds of

max push ups

max pull ups or beginner pull ups
i.e. body rows

So my rounds went like this:
17/14
10/13
5/9
0(14)/8 – Jelly arms, dropped pushups to knees.
0(10)/7 – Repeat.

Slightly disappointing, but more or less as expected. Had hoped for higher body row numbers though. At least I have a baseline here, I’m already looking forward to the next “Lynne”.

Tomorrow is rest day, but I’ve had too many of those lately, so I will be doing a workout, probably something involving squats or lunges. Tomorrow is also the start of my summer holiday: Four weeks off work. Should be possible to put some decent work in.

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Another day, another bike ride. Decided to push myself a bit, and chose a slightly different route. Traded in the first flat, paved K-and-a-half for 600m steep uphill gravel road. The final hill steep enough that I almost need to get off the bike. This route goes on to join up with the route from wednesday, so I got to pass the pullup-bars again. Did another 5×1 followed by 20 body rows alternating grip every five.

Plan for tomorrow: It’s saturday, and a lot of family stuff going on, but intending to squeeze in some training time after kid #3 falls asleep. Planning to do either Simplefit Day 1 or Tabata squats/pushups, probably going with Simplefit.

In reference to Katie’s post on ice cream and diets, here’s the source of my quote: Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

Boring stats for future reference

Route: 1b
Trip: 7.63K
Time: 25:40m
Avg. Speed 17.87km/h
Max Speed: 54.00km/h - wooh I broke at least two speed limits...