Day 1
Week 5
Mid Way Point on the Road to 40: Week 12
For the last 3 months, I have been striving to return to the form that I was in when I was 20. Well, I don’t think I am going to get there, but I am going to get pretty close. What I need now is a Shock to my System and some good friends to help push me to the finish line.
The First Change I made was to Challenge myself to do the things that I like the least.
First up was the Sunday morning workout with Tim. I like Tim and I like the Sunday morning workout, but I hate to jog. I told Tim that today, Sunday, we were going to run 4 miles with a combo of jogging, sprints, and hill climbs. We jogged the first mile, followed by one mile of 10mph sprints for 30-45 seconds.
Mile 3 started with a 1/2 mile jog. It ended with one hill run at 8mph and 8 degree elevation, and two sprints up at 10 degrees and 10mph.
At 3.25 miles, my IT band started to pull and my knee was hurting. On my own, I would have stopped even though I am trying to push myself. No stopping! I pushed through and am happy to say that we hit 4 miles in 45 minutes, burning 525 calories.
That is how you get your day started!!!
My weight training has been strong. I noticed in the last 3 weeks that I am getting thicker. I have not been trying to get bigger, but as my energy goes up and my endurance increases, pushing heavier weights becomes fun again.
The picture attached is following my workout on Friday.
When I train at Back Bay Fitness in Costa Mesa, I usually don’t have my best workouts because I can’t focus as well. There is always some work to be done. But, on Friday, I had my work done, and I really needed a good workout. Even though I felt lethargic from sitting on my butt for 5 hours, the workout was kick ass.
For my personal training workout in Newport Beach, at Back Bay Fitness:
I combined Chest and Arms.
Combo 1: Incline dumbell press w/ perfect pushup rotating like a fly (4 rounds)
Combo 2: Incline Flies w/ Bosu pushups(3 rounds)
Combo 3: Close grip bench press w/ Dips(3 rounds)
Combo 4: Skull busters and seated curls (3 rounds with a drop set ending of round 3)
Combo 5: Hammer curls and kick backs(3 rounds)
Pumped, satisfied, and ready to head home to the kids…great way to finish off the week!
In good health!
Doug
