Workout Recap - Week of October 15, 2017
I have no idea where this past week went. The whole thing seemed to just go by in a blur.
Sunday
Type: Pass/Fail
Semiclose Handstand Push Ups - 2 sets of 15 (pass)
Uneven Pull Ups - 2 sets of 10 (fail: 10/9)
Shrimp Squats, Both Hands Behind Me - 2 sets of 8, each side (pass)
Bonus: 4 sets of 3 Superman push ups, 30 sit ups
Came up a bit short on the pull ups this time around. That's going to be a recurring theme for this week's results. I guess I was just lacking focus in general. Oh well.
Tuesday
Type: As Fast As Possible
5 sets of:
8 Pull Ups
6 Handstand Push Ups
4 Pistol Squats
Time = 8:45
Bonus: 5 skin-the-cats
This was probably my most successful workout of this week, in that it was the only one that showed any clear progress.
Wednesday
Type: As Fast As Possible
Running - 1 mile
Time = 8:30
Bonus: 4 sets of 3 two-way suicide jumps, 1 mile walk
The second workout this week to come up short of my previous performance, but at least there's something of a clearer reason behind it this time, since I got a side ache about a quarter of the way through it that hampered me until the end. Of course, the lack of definitive reasons behind why runners get side aches muddies things up, but I'll attribute it to my lack of regular running in general.
Friday
Type: Pass/Fail
Semiclose Handstand Push Ups - 1 set of 15 (pass)
Stand-to-Stand Bridges (with one touch of a wall on the way up) - 1 set of 10 (pass)
Hanging V-raises - 1 set of 10 (pass)
Bonus: 4 sets of 3 two-way suicide jumps
This one didn't come up short so much as it was a bit of a planned regression. I just wanted something relatively easy.
Saturday
Type: As Fast As Possible
7 sets of:
7 Pull Ups
7 Burpees
Time = 7:45
Bonus: 1 pull up, 1 burpee
This was a disappointment. I actually started out great (on pace for about a 5:45 finish after 2 sets), but I hit an absolute wall after the third set. I'm not entirely sure why, but if I had to guess, it might've been because I had coffee with my breakfast this day (something that I rarely do), and maybe that threw off my system. It sounds like a weak excuse, but I can't think of anything else that I did differently from usual. I'll own up to being responsible for the poor time, of course, but that's of limited use without trying to learn why it happened, since my stamina with this workout doesn't usually fall of a cliff like it did this time.
