Yesterday

Last night I went to the gym. I completed Day 1 of Week 2 of the push up challenge. It was tough! I'm feeling weak!

14
14
10
10
14 Max, was only able to do the least amount again. Actually I did my max set later on in the night.

After the push ups, I jumped on the elliptical trainer and went for 32 minutes. I had a pretty good sweat going on. Then I got on the bike and rode for 28 minutes.
It was a good workout.

I need to keep it up for the work competition, and so I can lose some of this extra weight I gained recently. I'm around 204, want to get back to 195 or lower.

thanks,
Chuck

Sunday Run and Bike

Today I went to the gym. I took my 2.5 year old with me and signed up up for the day care. After making sure he was going to be ok I went straight to the treadmills. I did 2 miles. My growing area started to bother me. So I stopped at 2 miles. I stretched and then got on the bike. I rode for 20 minutes. Then I got back on the treadmill my goal was to do another 2 miles. I ended up doing 1.7 in little over 16 minutes. As soon as I got to 1.7 one of the gym employees told me that my son was having a hard time. So my workout was cut short for a litte but It's no big deal. I gotta take care of my son. Let's hope he can get used to this child care.

So this week I got in 8.7 miles. I was supposed to do 12 miles. Oh well another week that didn't turn out the way I wanted. Next week I'm up for 14 miles. We will see if I can complete a full week. Also tomorrow is Day 1 of Week 2 of 100 push up challenge.

thanks for reading this,
Chuck

TGIF push ups and NO running

The last two days have gotten in the way of my workouts. I was supposed to do 3 miles yesterday but I got sick. I was already feeling a little sick the day before.
I still wasn't feeling well today so I stayed home from work. Today is supposed to be a rest day. But I''m thinking about going to the gym in a couple of hours to get in 3 miles.

Anyways I'm excited because I have convinced my wife to join me in the 100 push up challenge. So to give you some background on my wife she was a sprinter in high school and in college. She won many trophies and still holds records for her high school. She then went into the army and worked out a lot and had some huge arms. After that she became a personal trainer and got pretty ripped. Anyways after getting married to a lazy guy like me and having our two awesome kids. She hasn't had the time to workout like she did before. Its been a while since she has done one single pushup. But tonight she ripped out 7 push ups for her first test. Then she proceded to complete day one. When she got to her max she she did 10 push ups! She tore it up.

Anyways today I finished week 1 here are my sets:

11
15
9
9
13 max, I was only able to do the least allowed.

thanks,
Chuck

2 mile run, Day 2 of pushup challenge

I wanted to go to the gym this morning. But I couldn't sleep last night. I went to the gym during lunch and knocked out 2.05 in 20 minutes. I also did Day 2 of the push up challenge. My numbers are below. The work fitness challenge is the same thing that we did in Feb. you get a point for every hour of excercise. And you get a point for every % of fat loss.


push up sets
10
12
8
8
13 MAX

thanks,
Chuck

3 miles, 22 min bike, 11 elliptical

I set my alarm for 5:05am this morning. I knocked out 3 miles in 29:40 min. Then got on the bike for little over 7 miles then ended with the 11 min elliptical workout.

I'm tired!

So recently I have forgotten to mention two things.

1. We started a new fitness challenge at work for April.
2. I signed up for the Portland marathon on 10-10-2010. (My birthday)

Chuck

Week 2 of Half Marathon Training

Last week was a little weak. I was supposed to do 12 miles. I only did 6 half of what I was supposed to. But this is a new week. I'm going to nail it this week.

Also I'm on my first day of the 100 push up challenge. Here were my set break downs

1. 10
2. 12
3. 7
4. 7
5. 11 Max

I wanted to join Jeff when he started but I'm about 2 or 3 weeks late. The cool thing is I have 2 other guys at work who are doing it with me. Tomorrow is a 3 mile run.

Chuck