3.10 mile run

I'm going to keep this short. I got off my butt and ran about 3 miles. I didn't run all the way through. I will run again on Tuesday.

Chuck

Made it to the gym

So I made it to the gym today. I brought my son and put him in the day care this was the second time I have done this. The first time he didn't really like it and one of the girls had to come get me off the treadmill. This time he did much better.

I did leg press and used the dip machine. Then ran 2.5 miles. Right in the middle of my run I got a call and picked up my phone and started talking. The person on the other end asked if I was driving. I said no.. Then they asked can you write something down. I told her I was at the gym I had to pause but was able to continue on after that. The funny part is that I was trying to disguise my voice to not sound so winded when she was talking to me.

It was a rough 2.5 miles. But I gotta keep going to get back to where I was a couple of months ago.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Need a new goal

Today I got to the gym. I have not stuck to the 3 workouts a week. Last time I worked out was on May 10th.

Today I did lat pull down and incline press. Then ran for 2 miles.
I need a new goal to strive towards. I'm really getting sick of being laid off.

This is all I got today.
Chuck

I'm not dead, but I did fall off the wagon

so It's been a very long while. I went 2.17 miles on treadmill today. I walked for .17. I haven't ran a distance close to this since 4/11/10. I was laid off on 4/14/10. Since then its been very hard to get motivated to workout. My number one priority has been to find a job not workout. But I really need to get back out there. I have gained some weight back and don't want to lose the progress I gained since last year. So todays run was a little rough. My legs were tired and rusty. I'm getting back on track. I'm going to try to workout just 3 days a week.

Chuck

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