Hello everyone,
Today was a slopy rainy day. So, not a huge amount of motivation to get out side and work out. Honestly, I was not motivated to work out. Of course, I did my morning routine of rotations and stretches this morning, but did not really feel like doing more today. I've been pushing some of my work outs lately, which as we know puts stress on our bodies. This caught up with me today. Last night I didn't sleep well. While we sleep, our bodies rest, recover, grow, and heal. That didn't happen for me, so today, I was both sore and tired.
This evening, my girlfriend and I watched the Julie and Julia movie at the local theater. I enjoyed it more that I thought. Aside from being entertaining, it reignited my daily desire to persevere and push through the obstacle that was before me.
When I returned home, I readied myself and my chosen pieces of equipment. I have been doing push-ups, squats, and crunches almost daily, so today I shook things up. I choose to start off with some quick grip work, followed by running the bands on my chest expanders.
Grip work:
Warm up with CoC guide 10 per both regular crush and reverse crush
Warm up with CoC sport 10 per both regular crush and reverse crush
Warm up with CoC trainer 4 per both regular crush and reverse crush
Work out:
Front pull at attention and back press at attention.
These exercises were super setted. Front pull followed by back press. I started with number 1 resistance and performed 10 reps per exercise. I immediately grabbed number 2 and repeated the process. Same with number 3. I couldn't perform front pulls with good form using number 4, but I performed 10 reps with it on the back press. I immediately picked up the number 5 and performed 10 reps on the back press. I grabbed the number 6 expander for the back press, but only managed to get a couple shake reps.
I did a few cool down exercises after I put the bands up. A very quick work out that only required a little motivation and perseverence. Writting this up required more time that my work out.
Thanks and have a great day.
P.S. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday Morning work out
Hello everyone:
Today's work out was simple but effective. Here's what I did.
Warm up:
Rotations: neck, shoulder and hip
Body twists.
Active stretches: Arm swings, leg swings, and toe touches.
Finger flicks.
Grip work using Captain of Crush gripper (CoC).
Grip and reverse grip: Guide (G) 10 reps, Sport(S) 10 reps, Trainer (T) 4 reps.
I felt warmed up from this and began my work out.
Work out:
Push ups: 50 reps
Crunches: 50 reps
Body weight squats: 50 reps
Glute bridge: 15 reps
Cool down:
Hip flexor stretch
Toe Touch hamstring stretch
Body Twists
Overhead Reach
Chest fly stretch
Well, that was the work out. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.
Thanks and have a great day.
Today's work out was simple but effective. Here's what I did.
Warm up:
Rotations: neck, shoulder and hip
Body twists.
Active stretches: Arm swings, leg swings, and toe touches.
Finger flicks.
Grip work using Captain of Crush gripper (CoC).
Grip and reverse grip: Guide (G) 10 reps, Sport(S) 10 reps, Trainer (T) 4 reps.
I felt warmed up from this and began my work out.
Work out:
Push ups: 50 reps
Crunches: 50 reps
Body weight squats: 50 reps
Glute bridge: 15 reps
Cool down:
Hip flexor stretch
Toe Touch hamstring stretch
Body Twists
Overhead Reach
Chest fly stretch
Well, that was the work out. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.
Thanks and have a great day.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
work out of the day
Hello everyone,
After setting up this account and posting my first post, I thought that I should do more today.
So, I'm gonna post my work out of the day.
I've recently been experimenting with a type of exercise called Heavyhands. This type of exercising was invented and named by Leonard Schwartz, M.D. Unfortunately, I have not read his book and know all of the facts. However, the basics of the system (from what I understand) is to walk while carrying hand weights as you perform exercises. This type of exercise, supposedly, is great for increasing your VO2 max.
I walked for 25 minutes and used two 5 pound dumbbells.
My timer was set for 50 seconds per exercise. Each cycle consisted of 1) pump and walk 2) chest flyes 3) pump and walk 4) bent arm lateral raises 5) pump and walk 6) overhead military press. I completed 4 cycles of the exercise sequence.
My walked started on a level paved street. The street then goes down hill and followed by another hill. After completing my second cycle, I turned around and headed back to my starting point. The first half was a warm up. The up hill climb while carrying the weights and performing the exercises really increased my heart rate and breathing. I was thankfully relieved when the street began to level out again. By this time, my shoulders were feeling the burn.
When I reached my starting point, I laid the weights down and performed 30 push-ups. I then grabbed my Bulgarian training bag (BTB), draped it over my shoulders and performed 30 squats. Followed by 20 push-ups and 20 squats with the BTB. My finisher was some swings using the BTB and some gripper work.
Summary:
25 minute cardio
30 Push-ups
30 BTB squats
20 Push-ups
20 BTB squats
BTB swings
Gripper work.
Cool down with stretches.
Hope that you enjoyed.
After setting up this account and posting my first post, I thought that I should do more today.
So, I'm gonna post my work out of the day.
I've recently been experimenting with a type of exercise called Heavyhands. This type of exercising was invented and named by Leonard Schwartz, M.D. Unfortunately, I have not read his book and know all of the facts. However, the basics of the system (from what I understand) is to walk while carrying hand weights as you perform exercises. This type of exercise, supposedly, is great for increasing your VO2 max.
I walked for 25 minutes and used two 5 pound dumbbells.
My timer was set for 50 seconds per exercise. Each cycle consisted of 1) pump and walk 2) chest flyes 3) pump and walk 4) bent arm lateral raises 5) pump and walk 6) overhead military press. I completed 4 cycles of the exercise sequence.
My walked started on a level paved street. The street then goes down hill and followed by another hill. After completing my second cycle, I turned around and headed back to my starting point. The first half was a warm up. The up hill climb while carrying the weights and performing the exercises really increased my heart rate and breathing. I was thankfully relieved when the street began to level out again. By this time, my shoulders were feeling the burn.
When I reached my starting point, I laid the weights down and performed 30 push-ups. I then grabbed my Bulgarian training bag (BTB), draped it over my shoulders and performed 30 squats. Followed by 20 push-ups and 20 squats with the BTB. My finisher was some swings using the BTB and some gripper work.
Summary:
25 minute cardio
30 Push-ups
30 BTB squats
20 Push-ups
20 BTB squats
BTB swings
Gripper work.
Cool down with stretches.
Hope that you enjoyed.
First Post
Welcome to my first post!
This blog will consist of the following: my thoughts about various aspects of health and fitness, my work outs, published and/or recognized facts regarding health and fitness, and other tidbits of information that I find interesting and/or helpful.
Why did I choose Ironmutt Health and Fitness? Ironmutt is how I view my philosophy toward health and fitness. Let's break Ironmutt down into two words, iron and mutt.
Iron has two different meaning to me regarding my philosophy: 1) hard, strong, unyielding examples: iron minded, iron willed, iron bodied, etc. 2) the physical presence of something to lift, press, or move.
Mutt: a mixture or combination of many different forms. In my opinion, there's not a pure "best" type of training. Many people become fixated on a single type of training, such as body weight only, kettlebells, etc. If you like training that way, just do it. However, I believe that just focusing on one type will neglect other areas and leave "holes." To have a well rounded diet, we must eat a variety of foods. To have well rounded fitness, we should train in a variety of ways.
Ironmutt Health and Fitness: a resolve to improve health and fitness by incorporating a variety of different methods and techniques.
*Disclaimer: Before starting or changing your exercise regiment, diet, and/or supplement use, please consult your health care provider. Information provided on this blog is for education purposes only.
This blog will consist of the following: my thoughts about various aspects of health and fitness, my work outs, published and/or recognized facts regarding health and fitness, and other tidbits of information that I find interesting and/or helpful.
Why did I choose Ironmutt Health and Fitness? Ironmutt is how I view my philosophy toward health and fitness. Let's break Ironmutt down into two words, iron and mutt.
Iron has two different meaning to me regarding my philosophy: 1) hard, strong, unyielding examples: iron minded, iron willed, iron bodied, etc. 2) the physical presence of something to lift, press, or move.
Mutt: a mixture or combination of many different forms. In my opinion, there's not a pure "best" type of training. Many people become fixated on a single type of training, such as body weight only, kettlebells, etc. If you like training that way, just do it. However, I believe that just focusing on one type will neglect other areas and leave "holes." To have a well rounded diet, we must eat a variety of foods. To have well rounded fitness, we should train in a variety of ways.
Ironmutt Health and Fitness: a resolve to improve health and fitness by incorporating a variety of different methods and techniques.
*Disclaimer: Before starting or changing your exercise regiment, diet, and/or supplement use, please consult your health care provider. Information provided on this blog is for education purposes only.
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