My Journal

AM:
New workout, I am calling this the “A” 300 workout.

10 rounds of 10 repetitions each of Sit-ups, push-ups and squats.

It took 32.5 minutes to do. This will be a timed workout with the goal of getting faster as I progress.

Well the unthinkable happened. I was challenged again for the ALS ice bucket challenge. So I did it again (last time!) and guess who I called out????

AM/PM:
2 hour hike!

And we had a good time. We even saw a snake!

So it was a great day, there was ICE, hiking, food and tv.

AM:

The Hike was fun! We even went through some neighborhood and was done in under 1 hour and 20 minutes. Tomorrow is going to be the most amazing day! I have no school work to do! A completely free day! WOO HOO! Oh and I was nominated for the ice bucket challenge for a second time, by someone that did it for a second time. Being the good sport I am I will do it again, but this will be the last time.

AM:
leg press
180-15
270-15
360-15
450-15
540-15

Barbell overhead press
bar-10
95-5,6,5,5

EZ-Bar curl
70-10,10,10

leg press
540-12
450-12,12

20 min elliptical machine

PM:
49 min elliptical machine

Tomorrow is the last day of class! I have a 99.1 grade average as of right now. I have 3 forum papers that still need grades and I have to finish my portion of the team project worth 40 points. Even if I don’t do well with the PowerPoint presentation I should still be well into the A grade.

AM:
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
25 min bike

So today at work I walked from the lobby up to the 5th floor again when I made it in to work. I think this will become a regular thing to do. I was down another pound today. I am still SLOWLY working my way down. I am working on my last project for class and have one more quiz! WOOHOO!

AM:
30lb dumbbell routine
1 round of 11 reps
3 rounds 10 reps
2 rounds of 25 lbs

10 min elliptical machine

PM:
40 min elliptical machine

Woohoo time is flying! I am working on my last college project and I will have a week or two break before the next one starts.

AM:
hack squats
90-12
180-12
270-12
360-12

EZ Bar curl
60-12,12,12,12

Leg press
360-12
450-12
540-12,12,12

Trap/lat pull down machine
2x45lb 8,8
2×70 8,8

Seated shoulder press machine
2x45lb 15,15,12

15 min elliptical machine

PM:
45 min elliptical machine

I worked my day, and then I paid a debt. I was challenged to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge yesterday by a friend from my high school wrestling team. The Challenge is to raise awareness of Lu Gerigs disease. A friend from high school has a younger brother suffering with it now. The challenge it to dump an ice/water bucket over your head and pay 10 dollars in a donation or if you don’t you pay 100.00. This has been a wildly successful campaign for ALS with them raising way more money than they ever thought they would.

Here is Todd Quinn’s Story:
http://mighty-quinn.org/my-story/

and here is me doing the challenge:

AM:
40lb dumbbells
push-ups 10,10
DB over head presses 6,6
squats 10,10
DB deadlifts 6,6
Alt arm curls 6,6
sit-ups 10,10

35lb dumbbells
push-ups 10
DB over head presses 7
squats 10
DB deadlifts 7
Alt arm curls 7
sit-ups 10

25 min elliptical machine

PM:
45 min elliptical machine

Woohoo I am almost done with my classwork. I have one more class and one more quiz! Oh and I need to read 4 chapters and watch the PowerPoint presentation, and the supplemental videos, darn I still have a lot to do!

AM:
I went on a SOLO hike!

PM:
45 min neighborhood walk once my wife got home.

Here are the pix from the AM hike:

AM:
45 min elliptical machine

PM:
40 min elliptical machine

Today was a day filled with school work. Last night I had 3 beers with dinner and TV and I was hung over this AM. I guess I can’t enjoy the occasional beer anymore. I did not get out of the house outside of my 2 trips to the gym. It is shame since it was such a nice day. Fortunately my better half is visiting family in NY and is getting hiking and biking in.

AM:
4 rounds of 10 reps dumbbell routine
5 min of elliptical machine

So my workout was shorted today because I needed to buy a heart rate monitor for a class project. I did not need to buy one but this was the better solution for me. I am beat and am heading to bed.