I guess it’s logical to assume that since I suck at push-ups, I can’t stay in a plank position very long. Every fitness video or article I’ve come across about your core says to do them so I made the attempt.
It lasted… Maybe 10 seconds? Just yikes. If this challenge has shown me anything is I have a long way to go.
A different sort of screenshot (because’s it’s just boring without the pictures) and did this workout again in a vain attempt to do more than 10 push-ups without it being a struggle. I still falter around number 7 but at least I’m doing them.
It also felt good to do those punches. I took karate as a teen and somewhere inside my body remembered the stance and form. Not that I could hop into a tournament or anything but the muscle memory is still there.
I don’t have a spiffy picture for this one because I just replayed an old mission while I rode my bike for two miles. I didn’t see the point in saving the photo since it was a repeat.
Having the bike has been a godsend on days where my joints are made at me for whatever reason but I don’t log in the miles like I thought I would. I just ran out of time in the day for anything longer than a quick two miles.
Next up are other exercises for my upper body!
Still chipping away at c210k. Exciting stuff, I know. But I’m happy I’m close to the end of this program.
Now, when this is done, I am NOT going to start any marathon training. If I can’t get away from something chasing me by the 10k mark, let it take me. I hear marathons are absolute hell on your body and I don’t want to do that to myself.
Back at it with another Home Front workout. I really hope they keep adding to this once it’s safe to run outside again. I like the variety. It reminds me to work on more than just mile times and races. I know my belly and arms need work and now that I have a mat, I don’t feel like my knees are being crushed when I do push ups.
Yes, I am terrible at push ups so I do them on my knees. I’ll have to work my way to regular form as I go.
This is week 12 of c210k and holy SHIT; do I ever feel this in my hips. Maybe it’s pairing these with the long bike rides but I ache in a way that makes me concerned but I don’t wanna skip a day. I did try adjusting my posture as I ran and it did seem to help.
I misplaced my posture belt in my cleaning bouts so I have to rely on self-checking to make sure I’m keeping my core engaged and I don’t hurt my back. It’s working so far but I’m still on the lookout for it. It really is the best way to keep my form.
With these runs being so long, I’m still impressed I can make it through them without any extra breaks. I did screw up this one by accidentally pausing the app and not noticing for 10 minutes but that’s my own fault for repeatedly checking the app to see my progress. I need to learn to leave it alone.
Today I let the mission play while I got on the bike so I’ll probably repeat it and do the exercises in the mission properly that time.
I also snuck in some arm exercises with my 5 pound weights so I can tone there as well. Since I’ve been clearing away a lot of junk in my room, I have more space to workout and it just feels better to have some clear areas. The only problem is going through things kicks up dust I didn’t know what were and I keep sneezing all over the place. Not a big deal since I have a minivan to get rid of it all.
This one was another Home Front workout with some extra ab work thrown in after just to keep up with my promise to focus on that area.
I still have a chunk of miles to make up for on my Yes.Fit race. I’ll have to take a day and do a long bike ride in the morning and another in the evening to catch up.
It’s the official halfway point! And what better way to mark the occasion by running my fastest mile EVER. I finally passed the one-mile mark in under 14 minutes! I don’t remember the exact number (I should have made a note of it) but I beat my previous fastest mile; which was 14:03.
Halfway in and a few things to note:
I didn’t do a weigh-in or take measurements since this is PMS week and any numbers I take will be WAY off. All that bloat is real so we’ll have to wait a week or so before I trust the scale again.
All in all, it’s been an interesting experiment so far. And I think this is the first self-imposed challenge I actually stuck to. Yay for me!
I’ll have to pick up properly with c210k next week (I feel kinda OCD about the weeks actually all being done in one week) because I was just off. I dunno what it is but I’m not sleeping all the way through the night, I’m generally in a cranky mood about the dumbest things but I didn’t want to skip workouts on account of being moody. So, I hopped on the treadmill for half an hour.
It’s funny how the 30-minute workouts feel so short after investing so much time in c210k. Initially when I look at the app and see how long the workout is there’s this initial resigned sigh but now I’m so used to it; short workouts feel unsatisfying. I never thought I’d see the day.