Last day before home Peoria Chiefs baseball!
This morning: pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 1 of 10, 2 of 5, many were chin up sets (3 sets of 6, 2 of 5)
bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 150 Swiss
high incline: 10 x 94, then 5 x 110, 5 x 110, 5 x 105. I struggle with asymmetry.
Walking: 1.1 miles to work, 2.2 back home in beautiful weather.
It turned out to be a good Easter weekend after all. I hope to cajole my wife into walking later.
First: the workouts. Yesterday: I managed my hilly 10k course (slightly wet and 50’s) in 1:27:31 (14:07). I was 58:30 at mile 4 so the last 2.2 was in about 29 minutes. Then I walked 1 mile (3 laps) in Dozer between the two Bradley Baseball games (12-3 and 9-4 losses to Evansville)
In an improvement, Barbara managed a 0.2 mile walk under her own steam (no rollator) after lunch on Saturday.
Today: slowish 3.2 mile walk at 16:27; just cruising around campus and on Moss. Before that: trap bar deadlifts.
Low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230
4 inch: 1 x 300 (felt bad so I aborted), 5 x 300, 5 x 300, 5 x 300. Felt ok.
Bradley Baseball: they suspended Friday’s game with the Braves down 7-0 in the top of the 5’th. I missed Bradley scoring 2 runs so it was 7-2 when I arrived. BU cut it to 7-3 in the top of the 9’th, when Evansville slammed the door with 5 runs to win 12-3.
Second: Evansville started out 3-0 and lead 6-0 before cruising to win 9-4. It is a long season for BU.
Easter: great brunch with Barbara and Jennifer. I forgot how much fun Jennifer can be.
Commuter walk of 1.55 and 2.2 miles. Weights:
Pull ups: 6 sets of 5, one of 10, one of 5, one of 7
bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 150 (all with the Swiss bar)
high incline: 2 sets of 10 x 94, 1 of 5 x 110
curls: set of 10.
Does NOT seem like very much, does it.
We’ve had quite a bit of rain over the past few days.
It rained hard during my final 2 miles of a 10k hill walk where I used the Corn Stock classic for the second loop. Total was 6.3 in 1:34:48 or 15:03 over the wet course.
That I have not posted much is good, actually. Things have gone well at home.
Sunday: 5k walk after deadlifts:
10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230 low handle
10 x 260, 5 x 300 4 inch handle.
Monday: 2 mile walk to work.
pull ups: 50 reps; can’t quite remember how I got them.
Bench: Swiss bar: did 2 sets of 10 x 134, regular bar: 2 sets of 10 x 134 (sore shoulder)
high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94
Tuesday: 10k course in 1:24:32; 13:38 pace.
Wednesday (today)
pull ups: 4 sets of 5 (2 were chins), 2 sets of 6, 1 set of 10, 2 of 5 (one was chins)
bench: 3 sets of 10 x 134 Swiss
High incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94
low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230
2 mile walk over lunch.
Weekend baseball: I saw Bradley lose 11-0 and 14-3; not much more needs to be said.
Ok, it was really 11.2 and the time was 2:58. But no matter: I kind of let my mind wander during the easy part and bore down on the harder part. And it has been a while since I’ve done this course. It was fun to try it again.
Off to a Bradley Baseball game.
Nevertheless:
Pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 10 then 2 sets of 5 chins
bench: 10 x 134, then 3 sets of 5 x 160
high incline: 10 x 94, 4 x 115, 5 x 110
And yes, I paid top money for a new car mirror. Yikkes!
Workout wise: Monday, weights and a 2 mile walk before class; 0.4 miles with Barbara.
Weights: pull ups: usual sets of 10, 6, 5 enough to get 50 reps
bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 6 x 160 (improvement)
high incline: 10 x 94, 5 x 115, 5 x 110
Tuesday: 10k course in 1:23:45, fastest since covid (13:30) felt great.
Wednesday: weights, 2 mile walk before school, .5 mile walk with Barbara (went very well; no rest stops)
pull ups: 5 sets of 6, 10, 3 penalty reps, 2 of 5
bench Swiss bar (sore shoulders) 10 x 134, 7 x 150, 7 x 150
high incline: 10 x 94, 10 x 99, 10 x 99
low handle: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225
Thursday 10k course in 1:27:13 (final 2.2 was under 30) This would have been “fast” a few weeks ago.
Later, while the car was being repaired, I walked to the YMCA, and did a 1 mile trail loop and back. (3.3 miles total)
I accomplished two of my goals.
Today: 5K walk and I saw the new Bradley Park sculpture by Preston Jackson.
The walk was at 15:29 mpm and went down to lower Bradley Park, and so had one hill.
At the back of the base lay cigarette butts, empty bags of chips and a discared 2 liter soda bottle. Yes, you can change the statue (the former one was of Columbus) but not the people.
Lifting (before the walk)
low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 230
4 inch: 4 x 300, 4 x 300, 5 x 300
Make no mistake about it: Pete Hegseth is unfit for his job. But he did publicly take the stand that militaries exist to be good at fighting, and there is a “warrior ethos.”
And so it goes, I think: when an institution abandons or downplays something essential to the institution, it leaves a vacuum to be filled.
I see this in academia and science. Some abandon rigor in the name of some social justice cause and opens up the academy to legitimate right wing criticism. It leaves a vacuum to be filled…often by people even worse (e. g., anti-intellectuals, creationists, etc.)
We are really doing ourselves no favors.
Life of an old goat 