Category: illness

Bug!

Friday evening: I was freezing. I noticed my second commuter walk of the day was a chore. 
Saturday morning: death. Negative COVID test. I skipped going to a basketball game that I had a front row seat for.

Saturday evening: better; I was actually able to eat something. I had gone from “death” to “reasonable bad.”

Sunday morning (today). Felt good enough to get 30 pull up reps and a slow as hell 5K walk (16:40 pace) and I started to feel even better at 2 miles.

Note: my back did NOT like laying down all day Saturday, but it couldn’t be helped.

This week: I had better EASE into it, gradually. This will be a M, W, F walk, Tu, Th, Sat lift and maybe heavier deadlifts (by my pathetic standards) on Sunday.

Back at it

For the second day in a row, I did NOT have a coughing fit at night. But I did take a mucus relief pill and an antacid before going to bed. We will see how long I need that.

Result: 10K walk in 1:26:41 in 22-25 F conditions, which is very reasonable for me. This was my usual “Cornstalk hill out and back” 5 miler plus a 1.25 campus circle loop.

A treat

First of all…

Sunday: 4 miles in 57:57 (felt drunk from the NyQuil I took the night before..lost 1-2 hours of sleep ) 

Monday: first a weight workout then a very slow commuter walk (1:08:58) to Bradley Park (Cornstalk hill) and to the office. It is getting COLD…

The weight workout: 10 singles then 7 sets of 5 (one was 7) then 5 singles; then a “hold to 40 seconds”

downstairs: bench: 5 x 134, then 3 sets of 5 x 150. High incline: miss 125 (thought it was 115) then 5 x 94, 7 x 105, 3 x 110, 3 x 114, 5 x 94 (ready to quit)

deficit dead lifts: 10 x 110, 10 x 154, 10 x 185 (used 25 lb plates as the large plate)

It sure does not seem like much but it challenged me.

Now the treat: Sunday I went to an Illinois Basketball double header: men vs Colgate (74-57 win), women vs Missouri (69-66 loss). The men raced out to a big lead and then cruised; note that Colgate is a good mid-major. The women got a small lead but Missouri took control down the stretch. 

There was a contrast compared to what I am used to.

Still not over it

I had a coughing fit last night…resolved with a second dose of Nyquil. Walked 4 miles (hill) at 15:27 mpm; that was enough.

Watched Navy lose to Army 17-11. Army dominated for 3 quarters and were up 10-0. Navy rallied in the 4’th to make it 10-3 and were driving again when a “scoop and score” put the Black Knights up 17-3 with about 4:20 to go.

But then Army went into a soft prevent defense allowing Navy to march it down the field and cut it to 17-9 (missed the 2 pointer).

Navy got it back with 1:40 to go and marched it to…the 7 yard line. 3’rd down..pass to the 2. 4th down: attempted QB sneak was stopped at the half yard line…

Army got it back with 3 seconds and took an intentional safety to end the game.

I caught a cold

Main symptom is coughing.
Graded today, did some admin stuff and got in a weight workout followed by a slow 2 mile walk (15:30 ish pace)

pull ups: went very well; singles (2 sets of 10), set of 10, sets of 5 pull ups, sets of 5 chin ups, about 32-33 second hold.

bench press: 5 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 145 pause, horrible miss at 174, pin pressed 134 up.

shoulder press: 5 x 105, 5 x 105, 5 x 110

3 sets shrugs (no curls today).

All three shots

flu, RSV, and the updated COVID shot. Yeah, some chills and very sore arms, even though I walked 2 miles afterward. I should have done arm stuff.

Workout: PT, pull ups: Here I did 20 on the 10 second, 10 singles, 5 single chins, 5 single chins, 7 pull ups, 5 chin ups, and 1 hold, mixing in the PT and 5 sets of 10 flat push ups.

Downstairs: bench with the Swiss bar: 7 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 145, 4 x 150.

shrugs (3 sets of 10), curls (3 sets of 10) then high incline: 10 x 85, 10 x 90, 8 x 95

Then the first of my 2 mile walks on the treadmill (12:54 pace); the commuter walk outside (in the afternoon) was done at 15:47

Work: getting hectic….unavoidable. Sore throat: almost totally gone.

Video: I actually have back muscles..and loose skin.