2015 Exercise Log/Challenge

[Crankin]

That sounds like a good compromise, Catrin. I know how I would feel if I was in your healing situation.
My body feels incredibly good this morning, after riding yesterday and boot camp this morning. Boot camp was mostly cardio, with some good strength stuff in between. My back is the best it has felt in a couple of weeks. Off to do my PT correctives and unfortunately, to go to work and sit on my azz all day. I do get up in between clients, stand while I write my notes, walk around, and even close my door and do up dogs! Going to commute tomorrow and Wednesday do a group ride. I am being good and not attempring the longer length one, 37 miles. I will do the 26 mile ride, which includes a stop at the Butterfly Place museum. This is a very hilly ride, which goes by the first house I lived in when we moved back here. It is not an area I ride in very often. Of course, as now, the house was at the top of a hill.

[Catrin]

Sounds like fun plans tomorrow!
My knee is more cranky today so I obviously overdid things yesterday. Going to draw back to only mobility work, strict presses and TRX exercises that involve NO knee flexion at all. Just light work for movements sake...at least until after the MRI when we will know what is, or isn't, wrong with the knee.

[Crankin]

OK, I made 120.3 hours... not 125. I am happy. Hey, my commute was slow, so I actually got more than I thought.
120 hours in 4 months is a lot. No wonder I am bored when I am not exercising.

[Catrin]

I made almost 99 hours in, less than 2 hours before my goal. My original goal was 125 hours but I dropped it down to 100. In previous years my average workout was several hours long, but I don't do that much any more except when I go hiking. Believe me, you don't NEED to go that long with an intense kettlebell workout :-) I am not unhappy with how things went, though sadly my weight is the same as when I started. Perhaps that isn't a bad thing, to have maintained the same weight over the winter. The only reason it sounds like I am grumbling is that I gained 3 pounds right before this started. Then I have to laugh at myself that I am quibbling over an entire THREE pounds.

Really hoping that I get cleared after we see the results of today's MRI, I don't want to get de-conditioned.

[Crankin]

I hope you get cleared, too. Yes, my winter workouts are not as long as endless hours of cycling. Sadly, my weight seems to have shot up at the end of this challenge. However, this is my pattern in past years. It takes until June for it to be where I want. However, this year, I see changes in my body that I am not quite happy with. I can't be any more disciplined than I am! Maybe eat smaller portions, but since I am hungry most of the time already, not sure how that would work.
Of course, as I sit here, I have already bagged the group ride, again. I still will ride, but when it gets warmer, this afternoon. I have a lot of preparing to do for Passover, and I don't like feeling stressed that I "have" to ride at a certain time. I am still in my ramp up phase, which is always painful and takes about 3-4 weeks. I felt like every little rise is hurting. I'll get over it, usually by a long ride where the suffering is prime and then the next ride it's all fine.