Wow, it seems like it was just yesterday that I was blogging about my injury and fun stuff like that, but it was actually two days ago. My shoulders are still quite shot from the workout I mentioned at the end of the post. It really was too much weight to do so many push presses, but I got stubborn...and 45 minutes later I finished it. The only problem related to the achilles was with rowing. Oddly enough, it was the little board you push against that was causing the issue. Occasionally my heel about hit that and hurt a bit. Other than that, it was a thoroughly exhausting experience. One that didn't really prepare me for the interesting experience of yesterday's workout.
During the usual communications between my wife and I, she indicated wanted to workout with me. After I told her of my plan for it to be a "core day" she was still up for it, so I was mentally perusing my notebook of workouts to choose one that wouldn't have too steep of a learning curve. After I gave up on that, Trainer Dean provided a nice one for us. One that require a little teaching before we started, but it was doable!
Core Workout #3
21-15-9 rep scheme, for time, of:- Overhead Squat
- Russian Kettle bell Swings
- Knees-to-Elbows
With the workout listed to the right, I got the opportunity to teach some of the exercises Dean's taught me. Now, I'm certainly not a great teacher, but I had an absolutely giggly star pupil. My wife is an overhead squat natural. She even managed one rep, out of one attempt, to get the bar. I was ever so impressed, such that I bragged about her to Dean after I'd finished my workout and stretching. Kettle bell swings went just about as quick, though I had to do them at the same time as her for the giggles to subside. She rocked the 25 lb kettle bell easily. A natural. On to the actual workout impressions.
This one really hit the upper abs hard, possibly a bit harder than it should b/c I was doing the knees-to-elbows slightly wrong. Really, the first set of overhead squats was cake. Kettle bells wind me as they're supposed to. And those knees-to-elbows were rough. Then second and third sets just sucked, as they were supposed to. With the abs rather destroyed from the first round, overhead squats we much harder. The kettle bell swings are just a torture device anyway but didn't really present much more than a breathing and grip challenge. I think that's their point though, so they were effective. All-in-all, it was a great core workout. I finished in 19:19.
Oh yeah, updates. We're in week 48 and the weight is steadily 1 lb. away from the goal. Maybe today will be different? Doubt it. But I will be much more diligent about the diet starting next week if I don't get it by the end of the week. I have a plan!
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