Monday-October 27, 2008
Today I was very excited about my workout! I finally had two straight days to rest and recover after having to change my workout schedule for the past two weeks. I worked arms and shoulders. I concentrated very much using correct form for all of the movements I performed. I can tell hours after the workout that I did a pretty good job. The arms and shoulders are getting a little sore.
I also added a new dimension to my workout. In my Sunday blog I mentioned Planche push-ups (See blog entitled "Planche Push-Ups" to be put up momentarily). I worked in the first exercise in the progression towards mastery of the movement at the end of my workout. I discovered the exercise while perusing pages to see what others are doing in their workouts. To quote from my last blog:
"I found a challenging bodyweight exercise that I had NEVER heard of—Planche Push-ups. One site calls them the "gold standard of push-ups." One has to work up to doing these. Eventually, one should be able to do pushups with ones entire body off the floor balancing on ones hands. This exercise was demonstrated brilliantly on a video by one of the members of this site. In his introduction to the video he wrote that anyone who has any questions should post a comment on his page. I was so excited I posted a message to his page AND he was online. Alas, I have yet to hear from the brother*. Nevertheless, I’m a Ph.D. student and very good at research, I found all the information needed online about how to work oneself into shape to be able to do the push-ups."
I wonder if the lack of response was due to my age? It doesn’t matter. I have taken it as a challenge to be able to do them within 6 months. Are there any over 35 colleagues who wish to undertake the challenge with me? If so, I am writing a separate blog which includes the first exercise in the progression towards performing planche push-ups. I am going to do this anyway, but it would nice to have some others along for the ride.
My run also went well. I did three miles today in 25:14. I didn’t feel like I was pushing and was surprised at the time. This was probably due to the two days off. Anyway, friends and visitors, I hope all is well with you and yours and that your are progressing towards your fitness and life goals. Take care!
What I did today:
| (STANDING)
3 x 20 Curls 3 x 20 Triceps Kickback
3 x 20 Military Press 3 x 20 Shrugs
3 x 20 Dumbbell Raises-
Side
3 x 1.0 min. Static Curl Planche Progression 1: Frog Stand 6 x 20 seconds each! Cardio: 3 Mile Run |
* Tuesday-October 27, 2008 Note—The Member did contact me and was extremely polite and helpful.
