Month: June 2021

Three steps forward, one back

Injuries are interesting to recover from; progress is almost never monotone. I had some ache yesterday and so adjusted today’s swim.

1800 yards in 49 minutes (I know, snail slow) but I started with 500 of a mixture of side and free
500 of swim/kick (yes, the fins blistered my toe..good grief)

500 of 50 side, 50 breast (good Lord, this took forever to do)

6 x 50 alternating swim/pull

Then 32 minutes on the exercise bike (10 miles..probably similar to..7 miles on the road?)

shoulder held up ok. Some guy was coughing while on the bike but it seemed like a “I ran hard first” cough, but these days you never know. Yes, infection rates are very low now but you never know…

Ouch!

Dang it; shoulder is a bit achy this afternoon; wonder if I swam too much; not yardage but stroking. Then again, the shoulder ache is bilateral so…it could be that.

Swim: 1500 yards: 250 free, 250 of 25 kick, 25 free (fins), 200 free (alternate pull, free), 300 of 25 kick, 25 free, 4 x 50 on the 1:10 (55-57), 300 alternate kick/free).

Chased the lady next to me; didn’t catch her.

Yoga with Ms. Vickie.

33 minutes on the exercise bike (rolling hills course) 10 miles (no..not equivalent to 10 real miles).

Bond Project almost done

I wanted to watch the Bond films I haven’t seen and rewatch those I had forgotten completely about.

And I’ll compile my own “Best of Bond” list.

I watched a couple of Craig Bonds, all of the Brosnan ones, both Dalton ones, as well as Man with the Golden Gun (only watched part) and For Your Eyes Only (forgotten most), Dr. No and From Russia, with Love. Oh, I rewatched Diamonds or Forever just because I liked it.

I think I’ll rewatch On Her Majesty’s Secret Service; all I remember is snow and skiing and Bond’s wife getting killed.

Workout notes: this was one of those “I thought it would get better but never did” workouts; everything was a chore.

pull ups; bad day; still got ragged sets of 10 and did a penalty set of 3 at the end (50 reps plus penalty)

push ups: better: 40, 40, 30

dead lifts (recovery with shrugs) 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 224, 10 x 251 (high)

curls: 3 sets of 10 x 50

shoulder: normal grip: 2 sets of 10 x 85, greater ROM close grip 10 x 65

Shoulders: ok..be interesting what the x-rays show.

Shoulder on the mend?

A little better today, but..a ways to go.

Swim: 1400 yards; did the 200-300-200-300 with fin drills in the 300, then 200 side/swim, and then 4 x 50 on the 1:10 (54-55 each). A little tired.

Yoga with Ms. V.

Bike: 10 miles in 31 minutes (exercise bike..probably the equivalent of 7-7.5 on the road)

Yoga: frozen in many of the positions. Perhaps regular classes will make me more diligent.