a.m.
Bungee cord work out
Bike to Chuo - 16km
Friday, September 29, 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Yoga
a.m.
Got up and click on the lastest yoga download I had -blech. It was a lot of arching poses for the back, I didn't like it at all. I guess I'm still really nervous about my herniated disc, I should find out if yoga is helpful or harmful for it.
20minutes worth, then I quit -plus the instructor was really annoying.
Got up and click on the lastest yoga download I had -blech. It was a lot of arching poses for the back, I didn't like it at all. I guess I'm still really nervous about my herniated disc, I should find out if yoga is helpful or harmful for it.
20minutes worth, then I quit -plus the instructor was really annoying.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Bike to Maezawa
a.m.
bungee cord workout - abs, bis, tris, delts x 2
bike to and from Maezawa Elementary School 15km
bungee cord workout - abs, bis, tris, delts x 2
bike to and from Maezawa Elementary School 15km
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Sporadic at best
I spent two days travelling this weekend and yesterday was a recovery day...
Today I rode my bike to all 3 of my schools. I went to Mikkaichi in the morning and walked around Kurobe for 3 hours with a group of students. The school had divided the students according to their neighborhoods and sent them out (with a teacher) to find and document dangerous areas where children could potentially get hurt or approached by strangers on their way to and from school. It was a warm cloudy day and I really enjoyed spending time with the students.
I then biked to Chuo in the afternoon and taught two classes and then biked to Maezawa after work to drop off a book before heading home.
25km in total today, not bad.
Today I rode my bike to all 3 of my schools. I went to Mikkaichi in the morning and walked around Kurobe for 3 hours with a group of students. The school had divided the students according to their neighborhoods and sent them out (with a teacher) to find and document dangerous areas where children could potentially get hurt or approached by strangers on their way to and from school. It was a warm cloudy day and I really enjoyed spending time with the students.
I then biked to Chuo in the afternoon and taught two classes and then biked to Maezawa after work to drop off a book before heading home.
25km in total today, not bad.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Hat Trick
a.m.
Bungee cord arm workout
-bis tris delts pecs
p.m.
Commute to Chou Elementary School: 13km
Bungee cord arm workout
-bis tris delts pecs
p.m.
Commute to Chou Elementary School: 13km
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
my first bike commute
a.m.
bis and tris -hardly worth noting.
3x15 at 3kg.
I biked to work for the first time since I started working in Kurobe. I only had one school today, so I didn't have to worry about changing in and out of my bike clothes...
It's exactly 8km to Mikkaichi Elementary School, so in total I biked 16km today. It took me 25min to get there this morning via Rte 8 (which is the bane of my existance, but the fastest, most direct route - I might have to invest in a mask though). It took only 20 minutes on the way home, I was cruising at a nice 28.8km/hr until some idiot turned in front of me and I almost landed on my head again.
Say it with me now,
I HATE ROUTE 8!!!
bis and tris -hardly worth noting.
3x15 at 3kg.
I biked to work for the first time since I started working in Kurobe. I only had one school today, so I didn't have to worry about changing in and out of my bike clothes...
It's exactly 8km to Mikkaichi Elementary School, so in total I biked 16km today. It took me 25min to get there this morning via Rte 8 (which is the bane of my existance, but the fastest, most direct route - I might have to invest in a mask though). It took only 20 minutes on the way home, I was cruising at a nice 28.8km/hr until some idiot turned in front of me and I almost landed on my head again.
Say it with me now,
I HATE ROUTE 8!!!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Friday, September 08, 2006
TGIF
Woke up at 6:00 WITHOUT my alarm today - didn't need it since a cicada decided he'd serenade me instead...urg.
I got up at 6:50, was yoga-ing it up by 6:15! Did 30minutes worth.
This afternoon -after teaching 4 classes K and I went for a 35km bike ride up to Unazuki town. A great day, cloudy, but still pretty warm -the roadside temp was 27 degrees Celcius at 6:00!!
I turned over 800km on my odometer. Not a great feat, but it's something!
I got up at 6:50, was yoga-ing it up by 6:15! Did 30minutes worth.
This afternoon -after teaching 4 classes K and I went for a 35km bike ride up to Unazuki town. A great day, cloudy, but still pretty warm -the roadside temp was 27 degrees Celcius at 6:00!!
I turned over 800km on my odometer. Not a great feat, but it's something!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Wednesday's Weights
rolled out of bed, folded up the futon and had time for a quick bis tris and abs set.
no aerobic workout today
no aerobic workout today
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Tuesday
I started downloading iPod yoga workouts and I did my first one this morning. Well, I did half of it, they're an hour long and I didn't get up until 6:30...It was pretty good, helped me wake up, warm up and focus a bit. I' have terrible flexibility in my legs, it's true, I can't touch my toes. I'm workin' on it.
Before work: 30min YOGA
Afterwork I hit the pool:
Warm up: 800RIM 400Kick
2x 4x100 alt pull and kick 5sec RIB
cool down
Before work: 30min YOGA
Afterwork I hit the pool:
Warm up: 800RIM 400Kick
2x 4x100 alt pull and kick 5sec RIB
cool down
Monday, September 04, 2006
Floating, Floundering, Failing
What I failed to mention in the last post is that I got slightly inebriated on Saturday night and am still suffering the consequences of too many glasses of wine...so today there was NO YOGA in the morning, but my arm got a workout...
a.m. workout:
5x1 hit of the snooze button @5:00
p.m. workout:
warm up 800RIM 400Kick
floated around, did fly drills with one of the masters swimmers -OK, she did the drill, I kicked and watched.
floated some more -had a lane to mysef, can you tell?
got tired of being tired so I got out.
still crippled on my left side. i'm trying to work up the courage to see the chiropractor again...
if I had to rate today's energy levels -I woke up at about a 3, got up to about a 6 during my first elementary school lesson, and am now hovering at 3 again.
a.m. workout:
5x1 hit of the snooze button @5:00
p.m. workout:
warm up 800RIM 400Kick
floated around, did fly drills with one of the masters swimmers -OK, she did the drill, I kicked and watched.
floated some more -had a lane to mysef, can you tell?
got tired of being tired so I got out.
still crippled on my left side. i'm trying to work up the courage to see the chiropractor again...
if I had to rate today's energy levels -I woke up at about a 3, got up to about a 6 during my first elementary school lesson, and am now hovering at 3 again.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Weekend Workouts
Saturday
Weights:
bis and tris 15x3 @3kg
delts 9x3 @3kg
upright rows 9x3 @3kg
abs: reverse curls x100
Sunday
Bike to the beach @35km/h return (in the wind) at 22km/h.
Weights:
bis and tris 15x3 @3kg
delts 9x3 @3kg
upright rows 9x3 @3kg
abs: reverse curls x100
Sunday
Bike to the beach @35km/h return (in the wind) at 22km/h.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Yogarific -not really
Couldn't move my head to the left again this morning. But I got up anyway and did what I could. Today's the first day of school for me and I needed the meditative part of yoga more than anything else.
By this afternoon I had slightly more movement and felt like I needed to stretch out my body - the best place for me to do that is the pool. I went and did the first 600 of my 800RIM warm up, then did 2 25s fly and 50 kick and I was basically done. So I worked on my T-line (a balance theory I learned during my tech III course years ago). I basically did as an excuse to stay in the water longer and to make people curious, but it IS a good technique to practice once in a while.
So now I'm sitting in my apartment with an ice pack strapped to my shoulder. Yay...
By this afternoon I had slightly more movement and felt like I needed to stretch out my body - the best place for me to do that is the pool. I went and did the first 600 of my 800RIM warm up, then did 2 25s fly and 50 kick and I was basically done. So I worked on my T-line (a balance theory I learned during my tech III course years ago). I basically did as an excuse to stay in the water longer and to make people curious, but it IS a good technique to practice once in a while.
So now I'm sitting in my apartment with an ice pack strapped to my shoulder. Yay...
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Done for the day and it's not even 6:00!
While I was warming up for weights this morning (jumping around doing goofy aerobics moves in front of the mirror) I managed to aggravate my shoulder/neck again. This is becoming a nucance and a pain in the neck -haha...not funny.
I definitely have a rotator cuff issue, but it's more bearable than this spasm I get in my neck which limits my head movements to less than a 60degree rotation to the left and doesn't allow me to tip my head back or forward. It really stinkin' hurts. It's all the muscles that support the head, but only on the left side. I'm worried that being around little kids all day is going to put added stress on it as they love to hang off of the teacher. We'll see.
In the mean time, I managed to get 2 sets of bis and tris done as well as delts but I had to be creative, any position where I had to hold up my head, i.e. not sitting straight up, was a big no no.
My aerobic set today consisted of 10k to the beach at 30km/h and 10km back at 20km/h.
I definitely have a rotator cuff issue, but it's more bearable than this spasm I get in my neck which limits my head movements to less than a 60degree rotation to the left and doesn't allow me to tip my head back or forward. It really stinkin' hurts. It's all the muscles that support the head, but only on the left side. I'm worried that being around little kids all day is going to put added stress on it as they love to hang off of the teacher. We'll see.
In the mean time, I managed to get 2 sets of bis and tris done as well as delts but I had to be creative, any position where I had to hold up my head, i.e. not sitting straight up, was a big no no.
My aerobic set today consisted of 10k to the beach at 30km/h and 10km back at 20km/h.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
a sleepy single
I slept in, did a half assed job of yoga today but managed to find some yoga podcasts that i'm going to try on Friday!
I didn't do much else today except sleep.
So for what it's worth:
Warm up: 10minutes aerobics
20 minutes yoga
On another note, I started icing my shoulder, I'm going to see if that helps cut down recovery time after hard workouts. I REALLY have to solve this issue, and fast.
I didn't do much else today except sleep.
So for what it's worth:
Warm up: 10minutes aerobics
20 minutes yoga
On another note, I started icing my shoulder, I'm going to see if that helps cut down recovery time after hard workouts. I REALLY have to solve this issue, and fast.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Second Double
WEIGHTS:
Warm up 10minutes
3x12 bis, tris, delts (p/a/l)
3x30 abs
total time:30minutes
SWIM:
Warm up: 800RIM 400 kick
2x400 swim @ 10:00 - sprint the last 25 of each 100
4x100 IM @ 2:30 - decending times were 2:00, 1:50, 1:40 and 1:35!!!! Yahoo. Felt good.
100active rest
4x100 IM @ 2:30 - 1&2 long and strong, 3drill, 4 kick NB.
100 cool down
total: 3000m
Warm up 10minutes
3x12 bis, tris, delts (p/a/l)
3x30 abs
total time:30minutes
SWIM:
Warm up: 800RIM 400 kick
2x400 swim @ 10:00 - sprint the last 25 of each 100
4x100 IM @ 2:30 - decending times were 2:00, 1:50, 1:40 and 1:35!!!! Yahoo. Felt good.
100active rest
4x100 IM @ 2:30 - 1&2 long and strong, 3drill, 4 kick NB.
100 cool down
total: 3000m
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