Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Hanging tough

Kicking ass apparently doesn't always show up on the scale.  Yesterday I did everything right.  Ran two miles, worked out hard with Josue, ate clean, drank water and went to bed early.  Despite all that the scale said 144.5 this morning. 

Taking a lesson from the "what should you do when the scale isn't what you want" book, I got up this morning and went to swing class then ran 3 miles at Axis before going to work.  We did a load of squats at class so running didn't feel all that good but I got it done.  My thinking at the time was that I'd run around the block this evening for a good double.

Ended up taking a chunk of the afternoon off just to burn the vacation.  Then did another kettlebell workout in the living room while I watched the Tivo of Nadal in the French Open.  45 minutes (or so) of 1:1 work to rest.  Some 15 second sets, some 30 second sets and some 1 minute long sets.  What I did prove is that I'm not in shape for swinging the 24kg - my grip didn't like even doing the 10 sets of 10 swings.  That should be relatively easy to work through.  Just need to do it.

This would be a good one to do with Rhonda if I can convince her that 40 minutes of swings is a good workout:
  • 20 sets of :15/:15 with 12kg for warmup (2hd, tr, 1sw/1tr/2sw/tr, 5R/5L, 10R, 10L)
  • 10 sets of :15/:15 with 24kg
  • 5 sets of :30/:30 with 12 kg done 2hd swing + :15 of added on progression
  • 10 sets of :15/:15 with 16kg (felt good on this)
  • 5 sets of :30/:30 done :15 progression + 2 hd swing
  • 3 x :60/:60 roundabouts with 12kg
  • 2 x :60/:60 snatch/transfer
  • 2 x :60:60 roundabout with 16kg
What I deserve now is a glass of wine...

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