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4/20/2017 3.11 miles I gotta stop with these late runs YTD: 397.67 miles 475 days in a row

I guess I’ve been really busy this week? Another late run.

And I also found some time to get in my lifting. Still taking it easy trying to avoid severe soreness. (Spoiler alert: it didn’t work this time)

#runblr #runstreak #1500miles #rcapril2017 #squat #lunge #side lunge #push ups #ab wheel rollouts #bodyweight row

As a family, we went to tae kwon do today. Exciting! We got there a bit late since it’s a tight squeeze between the boy’s last appointment and the start of the family class. But we made it with minimal fuss.

I went through the warmup/stretching, and then I got paired up with a 2nd degree black belt (Tom) to show me a bunch of kicks. Front snap kick. Side kick. Inside crescent kick. Outside crescent kick. Roundhouse. Axe kick. I did a lot of kicking. Tom even had to ask if I’ve studied before - nope, this was my first class (though I’ve seen my wife and kids do a bunch of these things and I like to think I’ve got a pretty decent sense of what my body’s doing and can mimic these types of things fairly decently).

After I was all good and sweaty from all the kicking, Tom showed me a few of the self defense forms they teach. I think I was less good with these. Not only do I feel like I need to give (and receive) a little more “personal space” when I’m dripping sweat, I also struggle with how much to “pull” the punches. Tom came at me with a right punch and I’m supposed to block it, chop him in the neck, give him a one-two gut punch, and a one-two kick to the outsides of his knees. And of course I’m supposed to not make (too much?) contact.

Last up was going through the chun-gi. Something not too dissimilar to this:

I’m going to have some issues with these unless I can come up with some way to get the pattern into my head. We did it 3-4 times (with my wife joining in for the last couple) and I felt like I was barely remembering what to do when.

I’m unsure yet if I want to try to track anything regarding tae kwon do. My wife had started wearing a heart rate monitor a few months ago, but she’s counting calories. I am not, so I don’t think I want the added hassle of the chest strap. I did clip my fitbit to the waistband of my dobok pants, so there’s that :) I had my Fenix3 on for most of the class, but decided I should take it off when I started blocking Tom’s “punches”.

I was a little sad I didn’t get to break any boards - I always saw the kids do it at the end of their classes. Until I asked my wife about it later and she said it’s primarily for kids anyhow. So, boo hoo.

We got home after class and had a quick meal my wife threw together, then it was time for my daughter’s homework and I did some lifting.

I think I destroyed my quads with the squats (and after all the kicking), so the rest of the day I’ve been walking around with what seems like more soreness than I was the day after the Chicago Marathon. Go figure.

#tae kwon do #squats #deadlift #bench press #bodyweight row #curlzzz #budoblr

Got in some lifting after dinner. My wife was at tae kwon do so I had some helpers. My son, conveniently already in his jammies showing off his herculean strength by lifting over a sixth of his body weight all the way over his head, and my daughter demonstrating proper form on my makeshift swim ergometer* proving that she’s actually part mermaid.

Eagle eyed viewers will have noticed that I bumped the deadlift rep up to 15. Still only did one set today because I feel like I’ve had too much of a break and I absolutely loathe delayed onset muscle soreness. I’ll shoot for another 1x15 either Friday or Saturday and then get back to 2x15s twice a week.

Who’s got two thumbs and left his goggles at home today so didn’t go swimming?

It’s OK because I got in 3 sets on my ergometer with ... *ahem* ... slightly better form than Ariel**, practicing the high elbow pull along with some bonus core/lats work from my rotation.

BTW I totally modeled the correct use of the stretchy band to mimic swimming but they both decided the proper way to do it was to stand up straight and do something more resembling upright unilateral alternating cable rows.

* I know that to actually qualify as an “ergometer” it would measure something, like the work being performed. This obviously does not. Not sure of a better term for it, though.

** Not her real name.

#squats #deadlifts #bench press #bodyweight row #swimblr #swim ergometer

To work out the back with bodyweight exercises, you need something to hold onto. The simplest exercise is the bodyweight row, which ideally uses a bar or rings (the height of which can be adjusted). But even without this equipment, there are many ways to get something to hold onto. All you need is a bar or board to put between two objects (broomsticks between the backs of chairs are popular), or a thick piece of rope which you can either hang from something overhead (and hang onto both ends) or string tight between two objects (to form a tightrope, which you can hang from underneath). And if you have absolutely no equipment, you can still hang from somebody strong enough to hold you!

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