4D W11

After 2 fucking weeks of being sick, back to work.

Monday
Run with the family - 20 minutes

Pushups - 25, 15, 10
Lying Leg Raises - 12, 10, 8
Pistols - 3x2

Decided to go back to pistols because I can actually do them; why not keep the strength and work up the endurance?  I'll do as many pistols as I can, then finish each set with an easier squat variation to get that endurance up.

Tuesday
Half Handstand Pushups - 8, 2x4
Close Pullups - 5, 4, 3
Bridges - 3x8

Tendinitis came creeping back while I was sick and not working out at all.  Tried close pullups today because I can't remember if they were better or worse for that.  Also, finished handstand pushup sets with static handstancds and pullup sets with regular pullups.

Wednesday
Pushups - 20, 15, 12
Lying Leg Raises - 3x10
Pistols - 3x2

Thursday
Half Handstand Pushups - 6, 5, 3
Close Pullups - 4, 2x3
Bridges - 3x8

4D W10

Monday
Run with family.

Pushups - 25, 12, 8
Lying Leg Raises - 2x10, 8
Squats - 40, 30, 20

Tuesday
Half Handstand Pushups - 7, 2x3
Pullups - 8, 5, 4
Bridges - 9, 2x6

Run solo 2x15:2

Wednesday
Skipped it.  Same lazy excuses - I'll do it later...later...later...oops, guess I don't have time now.

Thursday
Because I missed Wednesday, the format's a little different today.

Pushups - 25, 12, 9
Pullups - 7, 4, 3

Half Handstand Pushups - 2x2, 1
Squats (no relaxing the quads at the top) - 15, 2x10

Lying Leg Raises - 10, 2x7
Bridges - 8, 6, 5

4D W9

Monday

Pushups - 22, 15,  10

Lying Leg Raises - 12, 2x8

Squats - 35, 30, 25

Tuesday
Run with the family.

Half Handstand Pushups - 7, 6, 4
Pullups - 8, 5, 4
Bridges - 8, 6, 5

Wednesday
Pushups - 20, 12, 10
Lying Leg Raises - 10, 2x8
Squats - 30, 25, 20

Thursday
Run with the family.

Half Handstand Pushups - 7, 2x3
Pullups - 7, 5, 4
Bridges - 8, 6, 5

4D W8

Monday
Woke up and vomited.  Took the day off to get well.

Tuesday
Since I took Monday off, I'll combine Monday and Tuesday today -1 set per exercise
Run with the family
Pushups - 20, 12
Leg Raises - 10, 8
Squats - 30, 20

Half Handstand Pushups - 5, 3
Pullups - 7, 5
Bridges - 8, 5

Wednesday
Run with the family
Pushups - 3x10
Lying Leg Raises - 3x10
Squats - 3x10
Pressed for time, did the cals as a rapid circuit, and don't feel bad because I'm quite sore from Tuesday.

Thursday
Suzi's birthday.  Took it off.

New Schedule, New Strategy

I'm a weekend warrior again, working Fri-Sun, 05:50-17:50.  New workout schedule:

Monday - Run, Pushups, Leg Raises, Squats, Stretch

Tuesday - Run, Handstand Pushups, Pullups, Bridges, Stretch

Wednesday - Repeat Monday

Thursday - Repeat Tuesday

Fri-Sun - Off

Also, I'll be shifting focus from pure strength to muscular endurance.  I took over a month off from calisthenics to try to heal my elbow tendinitis.  The elbows are better, but not 100% - especially the left elbow.  So, I'm gonna try an experiment and dial back the intensity of the exercise, but up my reps.  That means regular pushups, regular pullups, half handstand pushups, and dialing my leg raises back to the floor.  My elbows really started giving me trouble when I advanced to uneven pullups and half one-arm pushups, so I'm hoping that less intense movements will be gentle enough to allow healing.  That probably doesn't make sense, medically.  I'll do three sets of each exercise, as many reps as I can.  I may very well just flare the tendinitis right back up, but after so much time off I gotta do something.

I'll continue to call my workout 4D, which now has the extra meaning of four days :)

4D W7

Monday
Handstand Pushups
1x3
1x2

Tuesday
Close Pullups
1x8
1x6
Bridges
1x12
1x10

Friday
One Arm Pushups - countertop
1x16
1x10
Pistols
2x5
Hanging Frog Raises
1x15
1x10

4D W6

Still using the work schedule excuse to keep the workouts 1D.

Tuesday
Handstand Pushups
1x3
1x2
Close Pullups
1x6
1x5
Bridges
2x10

I seem to be losing reps.  I suppose that's bound to happen when you don't sleep enough, eat well enough, or have a well-rounded workout schedule.

Friday
One Arm Pushups - countertop
1x15
1x7
Tried a rep on the table between sets.  Nope.
Pistols
2x5
Hanging Frog Raises
1x15
1x9