Pushups
1x20
1x14
1x10
Real pushups! Awesome!
Flat Bent Leg Raises
1x30
1x15
1x12
Oh God, it burns.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Good Behavior: W12 D2
Supported Squats
3x30 (Progression Standard!)
Glad I moved up to this exercise, as it proved easy, just like the jackknife squats did. Excited to progress to the first of the unassisted squat moves next week :)
Half Pullups
1x8
2x5
Two more reps than last week. I like seeing progress every week, no matter how small. Makes me feel like the goals are inevitably attainable.
3x30 (Progression Standard!)
Glad I moved up to this exercise, as it proved easy, just like the jackknife squats did. Excited to progress to the first of the unassisted squat moves next week :)
Half Pullups
1x8
2x5
Two more reps than last week. I like seeing progress every week, no matter how small. Makes me feel like the goals are inevitably attainable.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Good Behavior: W12 D1
Half Pushups
2x25 (Progression Standard!)
Feels weird to only need to do 2 sets... like I'm slacking. These are way harder than the last step though. Next week I get to become a real boy and start doing full pushups :)
Flat Bent Leg Raises
1x20
2x15 (Intermediate Standard - 2x15)
I know I said I might not move up to this step this week. I'm glad I did. These are tough for me, but they feel awesome. Finally, an ab exercise that feels like an ab exercise instead of just setting my hip flexors on fire.
2x25 (Progression Standard!)
Feels weird to only need to do 2 sets... like I'm slacking. These are way harder than the last step though. Next week I get to become a real boy and start doing full pushups :)
Flat Bent Leg Raises
1x20
2x15 (Intermediate Standard - 2x15)
I know I said I might not move up to this step this week. I'm glad I did. These are tough for me, but they feel awesome. Finally, an ab exercise that feels like an ab exercise instead of just setting my hip flexors on fire.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Good Behavior: W11 D3
Angled Bridges
3x8
These are quite difficult. They make my thighs burn. Felt a bit of a pinch in the lower back, which tells me I need to be more careful about how I do these.
Wall Handstands
1x60 seconds (Intermediate Standard!)
1x40 seconds
1x48 seconds
Progression standard for this is 2 full minutes. Oy.
3x8
These are quite difficult. They make my thighs burn. Felt a bit of a pinch in the lower back, which tells me I need to be more careful about how I do these.
Wall Handstands
1x60 seconds (Intermediate Standard!)
1x40 seconds
1x48 seconds
Progression standard for this is 2 full minutes. Oy.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Good Behavior: W11 D2
It's back day today. In HI I was working on Horizontal Pulls. Here I haven't found a place to do that. The next step is Jackknife Pullups; I don't have any furniture, so nothing to put my legs up on. The next step is Half Pullups. Guess that's what I have to do. Foreseeing this problem, I've been doing small sets of pullups, GtG style, since we moved in (some fingertip pullups on our rad doorframes, some on the pullup bar I bought last week). I'll continue to GtG pullups, particularly if the halfies prove difficult.
Half Pullups
1x8 (Beginner Standard!)
2x4
Challenging! Part of that is that my forearms tend to rest against the doorframe, necessitating a more forward elbow position than I would naturally use, but mostly they're just tough.
Jackknife Squats
3x40 (Progression Standard!)
Seemed pretty easy. Might do them next week anyway, just to make sure.
Half Pullups
1x8 (Beginner Standard!)
2x4
Challenging! Part of that is that my forearms tend to rest against the doorframe, necessitating a more forward elbow position than I would naturally use, but mostly they're just tough.
Jackknife Squats
3x40 (Progression Standard!)
Seemed pretty easy. Might do them next week anyway, just to make sure.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Good Behavior: W11 D1
Back to work! I don't even know how long I've been off track, and I don't want to. We're finally in an apartment and getting settled (still no furniture, but close enough to settled), and I finally feel like I'm getting back to normal.
Half Pushups - (Hit the Progression Standard for kneeling pushups last week, even if I didn't blog it)
1x25
1x16
1x10
Flat Knee Raises
3x35 (Progression Standard!)
With our complete lack of furniture, it turns out that there is nowhere in here for me to do Knee Tucks. So I'm forced to move on to the next step before I was ready. It seems these Flat Knee Raises are pretty easy (comparatively). I'm going to do these again next week even though I hit the progression standard today; I feel I could have been a bit crisper on some of the reps.
Half Pushups - (Hit the Progression Standard for kneeling pushups last week, even if I didn't blog it)
1x25
1x16
1x10
Flat Knee Raises
3x35 (Progression Standard!)
With our complete lack of furniture, it turns out that there is nowhere in here for me to do Knee Tucks. So I'm forced to move on to the next step before I was ready. It seems these Flat Knee Raises are pretty easy (comparatively). I'm going to do these again next week even though I hit the progression standard today; I feel I could have been a bit crisper on some of the reps.
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