Sunday, May 2, 2010

Day 1 (for real this time)

Today's Measurements:

Weight = 143.5
Chest = 37"
Waist = 30" (relaxed), 27" (sucked in)
Hips = 38"
Thigh = 22.0"
Love handles = 34"
Seems a bit more than last time. Maybe error in measurement due to the fact that I measured "blind" (didn't know last time's numbers while measuring) to be sure I wasn't influencing the numbers. BUT, since this is "day 1", I'm not going to dwell on it. Just accept it as fact and move forward.
I swam with Stanford Masters this morning. First time in at least 3 weeks. Today I swam a solid 3,000 meters. Didn't really feel bad. Didn't feel great and I definitely wasn't fast. But other than being cold, I could have continued on. I need to do some swimming during the week. If I can get wet 3 days a week, I should be able to get back in the groove pretty quickly.
Today is also the day that I start "My Kettlebell Burn".  Here is the workout on the agenda for today (week 1, day 1). 
  1. The Get Up, Left and Right, start with your weaker side.  Perform 1-3 reps with a kettlebell thatʼs your 5 Rep Max for 15 minutes.  Rest only as and when needed.
  2. Rest 2 to 3 minutes, then…
  3. Alternate goblet squat and staggered stance 1 arm row (left and right starting with your weaker arm) for 15 minutes.  Do 5-6 reps per set of each exercise.  Rest only as and when needed.
  4. Rest 2 to 3 minutes, then… 
  5. 2 Hand Swings:  Week 1: 20 seconds of work, 40 seconds of rest
Depending how things go, I may even take Clancy around the block when I'm done.  Never did get that running done yesterday.

Time for a kick-ass week.

UPDATE:  Just finished day 1 of "my kettlebell burn".  I did the workout as described above and then finished it off with 10 sets of 10 snatches on :45.  As it turned out, I lost track of the number of get-ups but I went for just over 15 minutes (w/ 16kg), rested a few minutes, started the squat/row combo on 18:00 and did one round of 6/6/6 every 1.5 minutes (squatted with 16kg, rowed with 12kg), until 33:00.   Then 1 minute rest followed by 10 sets of 14 swings on the minute.  two minutes rest and then the snatches.  HRM said 52 minutes total, average = 119, peak = 153, 425 calories.  Good stuff.  Workout B on Wednesday.

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