Once again I started a workout with a pr push-up effort, managing 87. My knee had been feeling better and I’d also decided to start testing it with more bounding and sprinting moves through the workout. I started with a set of bounds up and over a picnic table and followed it with a set of sprints up a steep bridle path. My sides were heaving when I finished my third sprint and crested the hill...something I haven’t done often over the past few weeks...and it felt good to hurt that much.
I hit a good number on my second set of push-ups and all of my lifts were going well. I found, as I often do this time of year, that the swing set pole was too slick to climb. I’m going to have to purchase some water-proofed gloves...the cheapie cotton things dipped in some kind of rubber compound...if I’m to keep these climbs in my routine and that is something I really want to do. I am making some plans to move some of my lifts inside though, as the realist in me understands once we have over a foot of snow on the ground, I’ll have some workout issues.
I continued to push hard throughout the workout and when I returned to the car for my final set of push-ups, my upper body was feeling the fatigue. Still, I could break my 3-set pr if I could reach 80 again. When I hit 50, I knew I was through managing with an extreme effort to squeeze out another 10. I’d managed 220 though...my third best effort ever.
Survival Workout duration: 60 minutes.
Training Heart Rate: 100 to 150 bpm.Calories burned during workout: 600.
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