Checking In on a Flailing Flower

Periwinkle

Periwinkle

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Warrior from USA
Posts: 75
December 30 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Universal Warmup
PPL: Day 19 - Ab day, no weights; 2 min rest time: elbow planks 2 min/set, side elbow planks 2 min/set, reverse crunches 14 reps/set, back extensions 10 reps/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 20
Stretching: Fighter's Stretching

The last 30 sec of the elbow planks were brutal. I had to do what I've done in the past and do ten second count downs in my head to get me through. My abs definitely needed more time to recover, so I stuck to the 2 min rest times.

December 31 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Fighter's Warmup
PPL: Day 20 - 10 lb weights all exercises, rest time 90s: squats 12 reps/set, reverse lunges 12 reps/set, calf raises 16 reps/set, goblet squats 12 reps/set, single leg deadlifts 6reps/side/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 21 (6 knee pushups, 4 regular pushups)/set
Stretching: Finisher

January 1 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
PPL: Day 21 - 8 lb weights: lateral raises 10 reps/set, bent over lateral raises 10 reps/set; 10 lb weights: Arnold press 10 reps/set, chest fly 10 reps/set, chest press 10reps/set
50 jumping jacks after each exercise
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 22
Stretching: Stretched

January 2 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
PPL: Day 22 - 10 lb weights all exercises: bicep curls 12 reps/set, upright rows 10reps/set, shrugs 10 reps/set, alternating bicep curls 12 reps/set, kneeling rows 8 reps/arm/set
50 jumping jacks after each exercise
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 23 (6 knee pushups, 4 regular pushups)/set
Stretching: Stretched
 
Periwinkle

Periwinkle

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Warrior from USA
Posts: 75
January 3 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Universal Warmup
PPL: Day 23 - Ab day - no weights: leg raises 12 reps/set, windshield wipers 12 reps/set, hollow hold 4 one minute sets, back extensions 10 reps/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 24
Stretching: Fighter's Stretching

January 4 Accomplishments:
No exercise. The anxiety of driving on barely plowed roads drains a lot of energy, but I made it to work and back home safely.

January 5 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Fighter's Warmup
PPL: Day 24 10 lb weights all exercises: lunge step-ups 12 reps/set, side lunges 12 reps/set, calf raises 16 reps/set, deadlifts 10 reps/set, single leg deadlifts 6 reps/side/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 25 (6 knee/5 reg)/set
Stretching: Finisher

January 6 Accomplishments:
No exercise. I got some drumming in, tho.

January 7 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
PPL: Day 25 8 lb weights: lateral raises 10 reps/set, 10 lb weights: shoulder press 10 reps/set, tricep kickbacks 10 reps/set, chest press 14 reps/set, chest fly 10 reps/set, pullovers 10 reps/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 26
Stretching: Stretched

January 8 Accomplishments:
No exercise. The cold weather is very easy to blame for not exercising. It seems so much better to cuddle in a blanket with my cats. I may not have exercised, but I did do some drumming.

January 9 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
PPL: Day 26 10 lb weights all exercises: bicep curls 12 reps/set, upright rows 10 reps/set, bent over rows 10 reps/set, shrugs 10 reps/set, hammer curls 12 reps/set, renegade rows 8 reps/arm/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 27 (6 knee/5 reg)/set
Stretching: Stretched

I'm so close to finishing this program. Just two more days! I think exercising is getting a bit too much for me and is starting to compete with drumming. I might do a training plan with more rest days after this program. Drumming is pretty physical, so it might be a good idea to have less exercise days.

In other news, I baked more bread. This time it was looking promising. The dough rose beautifully, but I made the mistake of giving it a bit more time in a probably too warm environment (on stove top after oven had been on) and it deflated! So, instead of underproofing, I overproofed the dough. Why is baking bread so hard? It was still edible, tho.
 
Periwinkle

Periwinkle

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Warrior from USA
Posts: 75
January 10 Accomplishments:
Celebrated my birthday with pizza and a movie. I originally had other plans, but it snowed and I didn't feel like driving through that.

January 11 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Universal Warmup
PPL: Day 27 Ab day, no weights: Could not hold a plank for 2.5 minutes. I just went til failure for both the elbow and side elbow planks. I managed to hold for nearly 2 minutes each time, plank crunches 14 reps/set, and back extensions 10 reps/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 28
Stretching: (I forgot to write this down and I can't remember if I did any stretching. If I did, it was fairly easy and short.)

January 12 Accomplishments:
Warm Up: Fighter's Warmup
PPL: Day 28 10 lb weights all exercises: Squats 12 reps/set, reverse lunges 12 reps/set, calf raises 16 reps/set, side lunges 12 reps/set, goblet squats 12 reps/set, single leg deadlifts 6 reps/side/set
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 29 (6 knee/6 reg)/set
Stretching: Finisher

January 13 Accomplishments:
Knee Push-Ups Challenge - Day 30

Today was a day to finish the challenge and rest. I'm gonna look through the programs one last time, but tomorrow will probably be the start of following a training plan. I picked one that has exercise days that line up with when I'm the only one in the apartment. I think that's been another one of my issues.
 
Periwinkle

Periwinkle

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Posts: 75
I didn't really find a program that I felt would help balance all the things in my life. So, I went with the Gladiator training plan. There's three rest days, but Ive planned for two casual training days that are ab workouts. I've been working on it for a couple weeks and have a month planned out. I think it's decently balanced and I tried to make it more difficult as the month progresses. I'm no professional with this stuff, I just picked out workouts for a month, then ordered them by what I thought looked like easiest to hardest. Are the workouts have the same same difficulty, except for the second fullbody workout day. There is a reason for that. I choose the second fullbody strength day to be at a hard difficulty with no weights so I could try out some more difficult exercises like basic burpees, jumping lunges, etc. I choose workouts where the most for those exercises is 5 per set.

January 14 Accomplishments:
Fullbody Strength Day
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
Workout: Daily Dumbbells - Level III - 10 lb weights, 8lb weights for lateral raises
50 Push-Ups a Day Challenge: Day 1 - 5 sets of 10
Stretching: Fighter's Stretching

January 15 Accomplishments:
Ab Day
Warm Up: Fighter's Warmup
Workout: Croptop Workout
50 Push-Ups a Day Challenge: Day 2 - 5 sets of 10
Stretching: Fighter's Stretching

January 16 Accomplishments:
Upperbody Strength Day
Warm Up: 4-Minute Warmup
Workout: Trim & Tone Arms - 10 lb weights, 8lb weights for lateral raises
50 Push-Ups a Day Challenge: Day 3 - 4 sets 13, 13, 12, 12
Stretching: Stretched

I have officially switched to regular push ups. I didn't feel like I had to use my knees at all during any of these sets. I did push my limits today, but I didn't fail, so I might keep doing the 4 sets instead of 5.

Also, thanks everyone for the birthday wishes and the congrats for finishing the program and challenge.
 
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