Workout Recap - Week of February 20, 2022
Continuing to work towards restoring my previous peak fitness level, and I'm feeling some good vibes about how that's going. I haven't had any huge leaps in performance to close the gaps, but I'm getting more comfortable with the overall workload and am looking forward to getting back to my old challenge workouts without feeling too bad about the results.
Monday
Type: Pass/Fail
Uneven Pull Ups - 2 sets of 5, each side (pass)
Stand-to-stand Bridges, one wall touch on the way up - 2 sets of 4 (pass)
Isometric L-hang - 2 sets of 13 breaths (pass)
Bonus: none
Steady progress, and I expect to be pushing harder on the bridges soon, too. Exciting stuff!
Tuesday
Type: Pass/Fail
Close Handstand Push Ups - 2 sets of 12 (pass)
Shrimp Squats, both hands behind me - 2 sets of 10, each side (pass)
Isometric L-hang - 2 sets of 13 breaths (pass)
Bonus: none
My waist was feeling a little bit of DOMS from the previous workout, so I didn't want to work it too hard with one-armed push ups. I'm happy with that decision.
Thursday
Type: As Fast As Possible
3 sets of:
21/15/9 Plyometric Lunges (each side)
21/15/9 Push Ups
21/15/9 Straight Leg Raises
Time = 4:00
Bonus: 7 pull ups
Progress with this result, compared to last week. I'm happy enough with that that I'm feeling ready to branch out to other workout routines in between getting my feet back under me with the challenge workouts.
Friday
Type: As Fast As Possible
6 sets of:
6 Pull Ups
6 Bridges
Time = 5:30
Bonus: 2 pull ups, 2 bridges
Looking over my performance in immediate retrospect, I think I'm not doing enough bridges to give me time to recover for more pull ups. I ought to test that theory soon.
Saturday
Type: As Fast As Possible
3 sets of:
21/15/9 Chin Ups
21/15/9 Plyometric Lunges (each side)
21/15/9 Straight Leg Raises
Time = 6:30
Bonus: 5 burpees
I'm rather pleased with how this went, honestly. While it could've been better; I ended up doing three mini-sets for each round of chin ups; I'm sure improvements will come with more time.
