Today was a little easier with the morning workout, outside of push-ups that is. I’m up to 17 push-ups (one for each day of the challenge) before I even start my warm up, which also has 30 push-ups total in it. The rest of the routine was pretty similar to previous Wednesdays, Legs Day! Lots of squatting, lunging, and deadlifts with various floor exercises. I have been able to up my weight a little using 15s and 20s instead of 10s and 15s, so that is also a victory for me!
Got a nice day at the park, doing most of my other tasks for the challenge, including a bunch of reading in my book, 1984. It’s an interesting read, intriguing view of the future from 1950, lots of nuances, which I have enjoyed from reading other classics authors, such as Dickens. Not quite half way yet, but enjoyable book thus far.
For my afternoon cardio, had to go to the gym because it is Sprints Day! Because I do mine on the bike, I started with a 5 minute warm up, followed by ten sprints at 0.4 miles each, with a 1 minute break in between, followed by 5 sprints at 0.2 miles each, with a 1 minute break in between. Grand total of 8.95 miles in 34 minutes (I don’t stop pedaling while on “break” so I can keep track of distance and time for the entire workout, just slow way down on my pedaling, usually around 45 rpm instead of 85-100 for the sprints). Worked up quite the sweat doing this, which felt good.
Otherwise things went well, got some of my reading caught up and am able to write this relatively early, not quite 8 pm yet, so that’s pretty good to!
It’s a warm one today though, so still Working Up A Sweat!