The end goal of exercise...eating ice cream in a field of daisies while wearing a hockey mask and dreaming of big rigs...

Yesterday

Yoga for an hour...holy hell, I was on my second rest day from lifting, but yoga kicked my tail repeatedly. This was was my second session (the first being back in Feb of 18). I must have dropped out at least 10 times to breathe or because I couldn't hold a pose. It has become obvious that I am going to have to add some study of yoga to the rest of my study in physical rehab.

Because let's call it as it is, after a year of lifting, 7 months of nothing, and a month and a half of lifting again, I am a wreck as far as good health is concerned. This is rehab! Being a 50 year old fatass is not an excuse!

So there is another yoga class tomorrow that I will commit to taking.

I must have looked like a fat puppy rolling around all uncoordinated in contrast to the sleek greyhounds of the yoga floor LOL.

Today (Weight 222, Time in Gym 1 hour 25 minutes)

• Pre-workout warmup
  Bike 5 min
  Heart rate 107/120

• Deadlifts
  145 @ 8, 10, & (12)
  (X) represents a set where I had to stop and take a break to finish; ((X)) would mean I needed two breaks.
  I really have to watch my form on this; I caught myself jerking the weight a couple of times.

• Glute Kicks
  80 @ 8,10,12

• Chest Press Machine
  90 @ 12
  95 @ 8 & 12
  almost to 100 again!

• Back Row
  90 @ 12
  95 @ 8 & (10)
  I've been hoping to keep the same weight between these and the chest press, but chest is improving faster than back; I just started seeing the separation in achievement today

• Seated Dip
  130 @ 8, 10, & ((12))

• Dumbbell Rows
  25/side @ 8,10,12
  I kept catching the dumbbells on my moobs; I need to recheck the form on these

• Knee-up machine
  16, 17, & ((21))

• Post-workout Cooldown
  Bike 6 min
  Heart rate 144/135

Notes

I screwed up keto again on Sunday night, but was back into keto by yesterday morning. I was thinking fried chicken was only 9 carbs per piece, but 2 pieces put me over.

I am getting to the point where I need to start doing MOAR cardio; I need to decide on which martial art to choose. Most of the schools have kid classes...there are no defendu or derived schools, and nobody teaches the gladius for a single user (or even a maniple ;>).

I also need to decide how to integrate MA, yoga, and swimming without interfering with the weightlifting.

Monthly Summary

August - Went to gym 10 times for an average of 1/3 days. Good, but I can and will do better. (hmmm, if I do yoga tomorrow, and if I go on the 31st, that's 12 times, and I'll have to redo the monthly summary ;>)

Now off to the hot tub, thanks for reading