Friday, September 28, 2012

Good Behavior: W24 D3

Half Head Bridges
3x8

Half Handstand Pushups
2x7
1x6

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Good Behavior: W24 D2

Half Pullups
1x12
1x7
1x6

Uneven Squats
1x6
2x5

Remember to breathe.  Got some pretty wicked headrushes, especially when working the right leg.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012

Good Behavior: W24 D1

Uneven Pushups
3x10

Burny!

Flat Frog Raises
3x15

Friday, September 21, 2012

Good Behavior: W23 D3

Half Head Bridges
3x7

Half Handstand Pushups
1x7
1x6
1x5

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Good Behavior: W23 D2

Uneven Squats
2x5
1x3 - failed on right side; off leg fell off the ball.

Challenging, and very satisfying.

Half Pullups
1x12
1x7
1x6

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

Good Behavior: W23 D1

Close Pushups
2x20 - Progression Standard!

Yay!  As reward, I played around with the next step, Uneven Pushups.

Flat Frog Raises
1x13
2x12

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Good Behavior: W22 D3

Half Head Bridges
3x5

Continuing with my own made up step feels good.  These are tough, but they don't hurt like the angled bridges did.

Half Handstand Pushups
2x6
1x5

These are so much more awesome than a static hold!  I think I might have had my hands a bit far apart today, so I'll try to tighten up next week and my reps might suffer a little.  It's all good though, these are great!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Good Behavior: W22 D2

Half Pullups
1x11 - Really thought I had 12 in me with room to spare, but failed half-way up on the 12th.  Weird.
1x9
1x7

Uneven Squats - Now with a basketball!
1x7 - right side wobbly
1x5
1x5 - with assistance on right side

These are fun!  However, my wonkily aligned right leg has trouble - the knee REALLY wants to cave in.  On the last set I used my hands on the walls to keep myself straight throughout the movement.  I'm confident I'll work this kink out.  Otherwise they're awesome; no pain or any other weird problems.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Burpees

Since moving to Seattle I've been winded a lot.  I'm huffing up every hill, and stairs can be heart-attack scary.  My lungs feel small, and unless I'm standing still or walking on flat ground, I feel like it's really hard to catch my breath.

Time to get some conditioning work back in my routine.  I have no gear (read: kettlebell), and running is out until Suzi's hips are better, so I'm left with burpees.  Gonna start with numbers that seem small and adjust as necessary.  Eventually I'd like the working intervals to be larger than the rest intervals, and be working for about 15 minutes.  Might take a while.  Also, I might buy a kettlebell at some point, if I decide I liked swings and snatches more than burpees.

15 sec burpees
30 sec rest
x5

Monday, September 10, 2012

Good Behavior: W22 D1

Close Pushups
1x20
1x18
1x10 - palms too far apart seems to tweak right shoulder

I think I could have squeezed out the full 20 on my second set, but that would have been maximal effort.  Decided to leave some in the tank so that I won't just meet the progression standard, I'll own it.

Flat Frog Raises
1x12
1x11
1x10

Friday, September 7, 2012

Good Behavior: W21 D3

Angled Bridges
I did a few reps of these and my low back immediately felt like it was in danger.  Then I had an epiphany:  Doing them on the tub puts me in a weird position because the toilet is in the way of where I should be placing my legs, and the edge of the tub, which my hands are on, ends up being too low on my body.  The other option in the house is the slippery, soft futon, which wreaks havoc on my wrists.  In light of all that, I did some reps of what are basically half-reps of the next step; head bridges.
3x5
These felt all right.  I'm not strong/flexible enough to do full head bridges yet, but I think working on them instead of angled bridges on hazardous surfaces and areas might be the ticket.

Wall Handstands
1x2min - Progression Standard!

Finally!  It only took what, 17 weeks?  My reward for this is to mess around with some half handstand pushups instead of doing more sets of handstands :D

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Good Behavior: W21 D2

Half Pullups
1x11
1x8
1x6

Net gain:  1 rep.  Baby steps.

Uneven Squats
3x6

Monday, September 3, 2012

Good Behavior: W21 D1

Close Pushups
1x20
1x17
1x10

Flat Frog Raises
2x10
1x6

Ouch.