Daughter's 3rd birthday party yesterday and I was on the verge of a migraine all day so Day 16 wasn't happening. Did Day 16 catch-up pre-ride this morning.
Day 17 done this evening too. I need tomorrow's rest day now...
Daughter's 3rd birthday party yesterday and I was on the verge of a migraine all day so Day 16 wasn't happening. Did Day 16 catch-up pre-ride this morning.
Day 17 done this evening too. I need tomorrow's rest day now...
17 done.
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Missed two days, so did three today.
Ow.
Swapping Day 18/19 on the bottom chart today since today is my scheduled rest day off the bike anyway.
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Day 19 done - and was strangely satisfying...
I started late so did day 17 today. Tomorrow scares me.
Mike
Mike Noble
Yesterday and today done but I'm somehow a day behind.
elysian
Tom Tolhurst
Missed three days with the move. Literally 4 days straight of on it by 7am, done at 8pm or later. Haven't even ridden a bike.
DT
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Some are born to move the world to live their fantasies...
"the fun outweighs the suck, and the suck hasn't killed me yet." -- chasea
"Sometimes, as good as it feels to speak out, silence is the only way to rise above the morass. The high road is generally a quiet route." -- echelon_john
I haven't done a proper ride since last saturday but haven't skipped the plank.
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T h o m a s
So, I was able to do 2 mins. but the next day called for 2.5. Couldn't make it, not so much core or legs but shoulders. I'm doing the top chart because of arthritic wrists. Any thoughts?
Mike
Mike Noble
Maybe move to the second chart as it does each day in chunks of time with decent rest gaps - could be enough to give your wrist a break?
I’ve missed the last 2 days. Catching up today could be painful...
Catching up. Day 20 is a big dose of side planks. Yowza.
Trod Harland, Pickle Expediter
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin
With the move and some issues at the house, I'm now 5 days out of the loop. Not going to make that up. I was at 3:20 then... My brain is not in a good place now, so I'm not even going to contemplate it.
DT
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Some are born to move the world to live their fantasies...
"the fun outweighs the suck, and the suck hasn't killed me yet." -- chasea
"Sometimes, as good as it feels to speak out, silence is the only way to rise above the morass. The high road is generally a quiet route." -- echelon_john
I have been quietly doing this. I know that isn't how it works and works best...the quietly part. But I started a week late and had to catch up and wasn't sure I could do that (a lot of double and triple days).
I have been doing the chart on the bottom. With the woman doing planks on it.
It was great when I did it last time. But I realize the reason why I need to do these things all the time is after the 30 days of the challenge I slack off. I am a very "tell me exactly what to do each day and I will do it" type of guy. Will never miss a beat. But need the discipline of on the 23rd, this is the exercise how many/ how much rest etc.
So, through 22 days things are fine and I have noticed an improvement.
However, today included sets of 8-10 up/down planks. I only got to 4 before I collapsed.
And it had absolutely nothing to do with core. It had to do with arms and shoulders. I don't think I have any muscles there.
So, I went to Canadian Tire and bought a 40 pound dumb bell set. I will spend the rest of this evening perusing the interwebs looking for a 30 day upper body strength challenge.
If somebody has any direction for me on something for upper body which I have never in my life done (as obviated by my performance on the up/down planks today) please let me know.
« If I knew what I was doing, I’d be doing it right now »
-Jon Mandel
Jon, great post!
Start slow, brother. Not to worry, you'll get there. I am a middle-aged slab of stinky cheese but a few years after being humbled by basic injuries (despite ripping off the legs of youngsters in the club TT) I started to pay a little attention to core strength in the off season.
One epiphany was joining an after-work "boot camp" class with other middle-aged cubicle dwellers. Mostly female, mostly chubby. I had to drop out, could not hang. They kicked my ass.
Went back a year later, humbled, careful, and cognizant of my own limits. Enjoyed the ass kicking.
Besides planks, there are (at least) two other body-weight moves to master. Tricep dips and push-ups. I do the former on a chair, the latter when I can. Form is key. Doing them correctly is more important than doing a lot of them. Modification is OK, pull your feet back on the dip, or drop to your knees for the push-up.
Last edited by thollandpe; 09-22-2017 at 09:54 PM.
Trod Harland, Pickle Expediter
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin
All caught up although once again the up/down ones were done in a few more sets of less reps than prescribed.
Followed up with Todd’s suggested dips which could do and a few wussy pushups that were not yet an art form.
Will get there though.
« If I knew what I was doing, I’d be doing it right now »
-Jon Mandel
That 2nd set of up/down plank for 80 seconds was a bit of SOB.
Ugh, trying to dig myself out of a multi-day hole. Currently one day behind still.
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