Yard work? Yes! I've been waiting for a day with good weather to get a big project done. This will be the first time to cut the grass/weeds in our lawn since around October of last year so there was a lot to cut, rake up and bag. But that only took about 45 minutes. The bulk of the time was for the big project. Something I had never done before, dig out a stump. I knew it was going to be tough, but I had no idea how tough it was going to be. I tried to kick the stump and it didn't even shimmy. It was solid in the ground. So I had to dig all around it and find each root trailing away. I had to dig out each root and follow it as far as I could. I tried to dead lift one of the roots to get the stump to loosen up, not one bit of movement. Then pulling up the trailing roots ended up being like a major match of tug-of-war. Totally exhausting. Well, to make a long story short, I eventually got the stump out. I had to hack off all the root stumps from the bottom of the main stump to make it small enough to bag and throw away. In all, THREE HOURS!!! I took a shower and just vegged out on the couch and watched some TV, did some editing. Plus, I was hot! I got a really nice tan out in the sun for 3+ hours.
I almost decided that the yard work would be my workout for the day because I was absolutely exhausted afterwards. But come late afternoon, I was home alone with nothing to do, so I changed my mind and got up and decided to go for a regular workout. Also, I wanted to start off this month with a BIG BANG.
I had forgotten what this routine was until I looked at the worksheet. Pull ups and Push ups. All body weight moves with zero dumbbells. I thought it would be easy, plus, only 20 moves. Again, dead wrong. I was a little nervous about the bar work because my right forearm was really sore from the yard work, but thankfully it held up, and I held on. I was actually very happy with the number of reps I was able to pump out on all the bar moves. If I came in a little short, I went back up and cranked out a few more. In the second half, there were a lot of pull ups that allowed me to get off the bar and change grips, so that helped a lot. The Push ups were all on balls, and I have only one medicine ball. So I used my foam roller and my medicine ball on a lot of the moves. For example, 04. Push-Up Side Arm Balance, I did on just the foam roller. 06. 4-Ball Push-Up, I did it with my hands on the foam roller and my feet on one ball. 10. 3-Ball Plyo Push-Up, I did on the foam roller and one ball hopping back and forth. The push ups in the second round, I did pretty much the same way. Move 20. I did on my one Med Ball. VERY TOUGH!!! The Stability Ball moves were not bad, but 12. Elevated Stability Ball Push-Up, I was shaking like a wet Chihuahua. The previous Stability Ball moves, I felt pretty stable, but this one blew me out of the water. But the most intense move had to be 18. Chattarocker. I thought I would be able to do it well, but I was dying and couldn't pull off the 15reps. I thought this routine would be easy without the weights. NO WAY! I also got a huge pump and a fiery burn.
I was sort of thinking to do a less intense ab routine, but then just went with X2 Ab Ripper. It is a really tough routine, and I always get a good burn. But this time, I took the time to move my mat and towel around so I could do all the moves with as much range of motion as possible. The last time, I was a little lazy and ended up being a little cramped on a few of the moves that required more space. Also, I tried doing today's ab work without shoes just to see how different it is. HUGE DIFFERENCE!! I immediately felt the difference. It allowed me to move faster and on moves with leg lifts, it was noticeably easier, but still tough. I just tried to increase my range of motion and got the same burn as if I had my shoes on. Next time? We'll see.
The Splits were good. Again, I was a little nervous about my right knee, but it was fine. No excess pain or discomfort. I was able to get a touch passed my mark so I was happy. Pushing more now. The Flow was right on the money.
I didn't wear a HRM for the Yard work, but for the regular workout, in the end, I torched a nice 1300+kcals. BOOM!!! May starts with a BANG!!!
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