a d d for fitness me

garage gym the beginning

2010-03-20T14:04:00.001-07:00

Got the mats for the garage gym and started cleaning out the side of the garage the gym is going on. will update with more tomarrow.

the garage gym

2010-03-11T17:09:00.000-08:00

Ok, Ive decided to bite the bullet and have begun to get materials ready for a garage gym. This will allow me to do the wod's without constant interuption and pita shruggers. thus far I have gotten a 300lb olympic weight set a stability ball, some gloves, a hr watch and chest strap, as well as a 20 weighted vest. I have obtained materials for building my squat rack, as well as a plyo box with 18, 20, and 24 inch sides. I've also priced out getting matts for the area. I have a heavy bag that is currently hung and needs to be adjusted. I have also obtained some barbells, as well as a 25 lb kettlebell. I have an indoor between the door pullup setup, but am also obtaining materials to build a kipping bar for the garage. I have obtained materials for constructing rings. I have 5 gallon buckets that are roughly 45-50 lb's depending on contents. these are for farmer walk exercises. I have a jump rope already as well as some sparring pads. need to get some climbing rope and a old basketball to make a wall ball. am looking for a c2 rower, a bench for bench press, and possibly some more weights.(craigslist) currently have materials for the squat rack as well.

new year, new me

2010-01-03T18:04:00.000-08:00

well, its the start of a new year. I need to make it a commitment to work out at least 3-4 times per week. I have a workout program from eric I should start. we'll see if I last.

2008-07-26T20:29:00.000-07:00

ran 4 miles today.. through weathering heights and into the state park and back

running alot

2008-07-25T20:24:00.003-07:00

ive been running alot using nike + technology and mixes from podrunner and podrunner intervals

c & j

2008-01-29T19:03:00.000-08:00

45 pound clean and jerk -10 reps
65 pound clean and jerk -20 reps
14:30?

yesterday was a rest day

run-lunge

2008-01-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

today I ran two miles and did 10 x 20 lunges

snowboarding on rest day

2008-01-26T20:28:00.000-08:00

me and eric and matt and trish and dj all went snowboarding at otis ridge. 10 bucks to night ski. dj skied. mad tired though.. gonna go pass out..

peace

form

2008-01-25T22:18:00.000-08:00

tonight I did my first supervised crossfit workout at pioneer valley crossfit. sandy and sean were nice enough to invite me to join them for "nasty girls". I ended up subbing the mucle-ups with assisted ring pullups and pushups 3 for 1. also did a lesser weight on the hanging power clean. (65?) I ended up two rounds at 17:35. I definately need to work on my form.. hence the picture of the monkey with bad form.

anyways i guess I can't expect much better after being away from crossfit for a while now. but it was awesome to get the chance to workout with other crossfitters, in a crossfit gym. :)

yea....

2008-01-17T18:12:00.000-08:00

taking the day off. fever hopefully I recover so friday I can get a good workout in.

5k today

2008-01-16T19:27:00.000-08:00

today was run a 5k for crossfit and I chose to run inside @ the planet because it was pretty cold out. I just loaded some old cd's on my ipod and happened to start the workout on the prodigy.. so I ran the 5k with prodigy blasting. my time was a pr on the nike + ipod setup @ 30.59 still extremely slow compared to college but considering that I started out a few weeks ago at 37.20 im pretty happy about the results.

2008-01-15T17:10:00.000-08:00

pretty much all day I shoveled snow and graded a few cellars... I shoveled so hard that I puked lunch all over the footing... so I decided that tonight I should take off from running.

update.

2008-01-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

so for the past few weeks I have been running again. almost religeously.. and using nike + ipod to keep the motivation. I did two crossfit workouts more recently, but have been so frustrated trying to do the prescribed wod in planet fitness that i thought id move to a more cardio centered regiment.

ok

2007-12-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

so im now back. I restarted training today after a long week of not doing much but feeling sorry about things.. friday however, showed a becon of hope in my world. It turns out i was able to get on a all inclusive trip to a tropical island in the sun, that was paid for by my siding distributer. so I came back to the gym with more than a small scence of urgency. today was a rest day for coolrunning and crossfit had push-jerk workout in which the reps were 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 i did 95-115-135-125-135-145-135 respectively. the 145 set was a little sloppy. I felt pretty good so I did a set of 10 reps of the 65 pound 'bear'. followed by a set of 6 reps of 95 pound 'bear' i really think that the bear is the most inclusive freeweight exercise that exists.

2007-12-04T17:10:00.000-08:00

today I found out my ex gf is engaged. I guess I shoulda been ready for it, but I always thought we'd be back together someday. it felt like a kick in the balls. but I hope she has a good life so I guess I should be happy for her.

it brick out there

2007-12-03T15:12:00.000-08:00

after shoveling and plowing all day, and being cold and soaked to the core. im not working out tonight

hulk smash snow when not skiing

2007-12-02T18:46:00.000-08:00

rested today and did some holiday prep. lights and groceries. also went to parents and helped them get ready for snow.

2007-12-01T07:16:00.000-08:00

rest day for both crossfit and coolrunning

today we shovel

2007-11-30T14:19:00.000-08:00

todays workout for me, back 1000 feet of burm and backfill around three condos with a shovel.

5k today

2007-11-29T14:27:00.000-08:00

tonight 5k run on the golf course.

staying in tonight

2007-11-28T15:22:00.000-08:00

today is crossfit total and im not going.. after not doing it for over three weeks I can't believe that it is gonna be any better than my last one.

runnin fool

2007-11-27T18:07:00.000-08:00

today was a rest day for crossfit. for coolrunning it was 5 min brisk walk for warmup followed by 8 min running or 3/4 mile. followed by 5 min brisk walk followed by 8 min or 3/4 mile run, followed by a 5 min cooldown walk.

also kemp went again. he's doing weightwatchers with trish. trish has been going to the gym devoutly with kristen. i'm very happy for them :)

skiing

2007-11-26T18:45:00.001-08:00

ok, so sunday i went to okemo and skied all day. Today however, the weirdest thing happened. Kemp called me up and asked to go to the gym. I almost dropped the phone.. and then he actually went. so I went and did the crossfit workout. 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 in which i subbed reps for weighted pu. also did normal warmup of 3 rounds pushups, squats and situps followed by 18 minutes of run/walk in two minute intervals. im going tomarrow with him as well.

im a slacker

2007-11-11T18:27:00.000-08:00

ok..wednesday, had to pick up the rents at bradley, so no workout.. but I broke the rest of the pins at work, so it wasnt a total loss. thursday, helped matt transfer tires from old blazer to new one, and took off lights and went to noho to get a brew kit to start brewing beer again. friday, had a meeting late at work, then went to matt's to help switch change ball joints in the new blazer. went out to the oaks after that to witness dj getting beat in pool by a one armed man. saturday, worked in the morning, then changed the oil in my truck. sunday, played golf

2007-11-07T15:12:00.000-08:00

I have decided to add some running to my crossfit program. I will do the WOD from crossfit.com and also the beginner 5k training program from coolrunning.com. today happens to be a rest day for both.. although it wasnt a total rest day. I broke foundation pins in two cellars holes. yesterday was 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 back squat from crossfit and 5 minute walking warmup followed by 90 seconds running followed by 2 minutes walking, done for 25:00 minutes. its funny that the start program for running is a anarobic workout. for the crossfit workout my weights were 95-135-185-225-275-285-295

re-inspired inspiration

2007-11-07T14:30:00.000-08:00

(inspired by dlric)=>from limitations on myspace and seeing my freinds blog. Ive decided that I should have a record of my fitness attempts.