Monday hiked 3 miles at 20% incline in an hour with a 20lb pack. Tuesday: Upper body lift with 1 min Jump Rope after each round Wednesday: Same hike as Monday but without the pack. Today: rest
Ive felt dehydrated for a week. Joints hurt...thirsty. I cant shake it. Said the hell with it and ran, walked, did pushups for an hour today. Didnt set any records. Maybe covered 4 miles and did 250 pushups.
Trap Bar Deadlifts today sets of 3: 145, 195, 235, 285, 325, 375, 415. 415 felt easy today, taking yesterday off improved today. I think I may make Thursday a rest day every week now to improve deadlifts on Fridays. 25 pull ups and 25 push ups after the deadlifts.
Nice. I hate deadlifts late in the week. Are you doing low or high handles? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Great week so far. Did yoga this morning followed by a swim for active recovery. Front squats tomorrow, arm farm Friday then elk opener Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The wife and I were down in the smoky mountains this past week and hiked everyday. As a flatlander the value of your work out shouldn’t be underestimated. Despite training my hips and glutes on a regular basis my hips, glutes and calves were sore after our hikes. Definitely need to incorporate some of that into my training.
If you will indulge for a bit, your trip to the smokys reminds of our trip there a year or so before I started my fitness journey. We were visiting clingmans dome, which is one of the higher points in the east. I wanted to go to the top but I'd try to go and I'd have to stop about every 30yds or so to catch my breath. I was about ready to give up when some guy that looked like he was about 80yrs old walked by me. I thought if he's going, I'm going! I started walking with him and we soon made it to the top. I seriously thought the medics were going to have to carry me down though, because I was so sob and completely worn out. Now, fast forward about three years and the wife and I go back there, only this time I'm about 110lbs lighter and had been working out regularly. Ok, this is where you have to indulge me a bit. I honestly could have ran to the top of that thing. I couldn't believe the difference in how I felt on that second trip. I enjoyed it so much more because I felt so much better. Sorry about the long story but it's still a great memory. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
That’s Great Jim! We went to the top of Clingmans as well. Very steep grade there and your over 6k of elevation. I think we were the only two that walked up without stopping when we were there. I give folks credit who are overweight and/or have health issues for making the hike up there. It’s great that you changed your life. No doubt that had to be a great feeling.
Starting to lower the length of my workouts and up the intensity. Helps me avoid burnout and getting sick during the hunting season...especially when I'm sleep deprived.
So it’s probably not your fitness level but the geometry of the movement and angle of attack is a shock to the muscles. They just need to get used to it. The first two weeks of going from Florida fo Afghanistan was always a shock on the legs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
