This morning was a beautiful 70 degrees out. The sun was just starting to peek out from behind the clouds when I headed out to the park bright and early. Let me tell you, this mornings workout was short, but when I was done I felt exhausted. I had to get some food in me quick.
Since I haven’t been able to get my deadlift workout in, I needed to do them. I also decided to do barbell clean & presses.
Today I had quite a bit of soreness. I guess I over did it with the swim yesterday. I wanted to do dead-lifts today, but since my hamstrings are sore from the combat swimmer stroke scissor kicks, I didn’t. So instead I decided to take today as a complete rest day and save the dead-lifts for tomorrow.
photo credit: rest bench
I had wanted to make it out to the pool yesterday, but didn’t wake up in time to drive down for adult swim. Today I went out to the state park pool, paid my $2 to get in, and swam for about an hour and a half. I did the combat side stroke and messed around with the freestyle stroke. I’m still having issues get the timing and body rotation down when breathing.
Today’s workout of the day was a blend of a few things, plus a long walk. It was hot so I really felt that walk, but the day was still beautiful. This workout takes around 15 minutes, not counting the walk.
Since I did push-ups and pull-ups yesterday I figured I would give that a break today. Instead I opted to do the warrior style workout again. I enjoyed this workout again today and was covered in sweat when I finished it. I also added 2 quick sandbag movements to finish it off.
Today’s workout was simple, but I found it to be fun. I based it on doing warrior type movements. The time flew by and when I was done, I was covered in sweat. I will probably end up doing this more during the week, minus the push-ups and pull-ups.
Today my body felt really tired, so I decided to take the day off and rest up. I find it hard to rest though, as I still wanted to work out. But, I decided to listen to my body and not over work it. What do you do on your rest days?
Without struggle, there is no progress.
-Frederick Douglas
photo credit: estherase
Every now and then I will throw in a kettlebell workout to keep me from getting bored. I forgot how much I enjoy kettlebells. I did this KB workout with my 20# KB.
I found out that NYC pools have free adult lap swim from July 5- August 31. Lap swim hours are (Early Bird hours: 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m., Night Owl hours: 7:00 p.m.-Dusk). I decided to give it a try and got to the pool at 7:30am.