blackbelt's workout log August '09

[blackbelt]

Monday, August 03, 2009

-Meditation: 10 minutes
-Quiet time: Time not notated

No workout today. Today is the first work day back from vacation and I REALLY wanted to email pics of our newly remodeled bathroom.

Unfortunately, there were NO workouts during the vacation. We were constantly on the go with little to no “free” time.

[blackbelt]

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

-Meditation: 10 minutes
-Quiet time: Time not notated

Tabata protocol (20 sec. work, 10 sec. rest)
-Liederman push up
-Side stance squats
-Crunches
-Leg Raises
-Liederman push up
-Side stance squats
-Modified front snap kick/low
-Modified side snap kick/low
-Jabs
-Reverse punches
-Bicep DVR
-Tricep DVR

Stretches (held for 20+ sec):
-Front split
-Standing side splits/feet only on floor
-Butterfly/groin
-Sitting toe touch
-Foot in palm while standing and balancing: held for 20 sec (forgot to do)

[blackbelt]

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

-Meditation: 5 minutes x 2
-Quiet time: Time not notated

-Liederman push ups: 40

-Standing toe touch stretches in 3 positions

Stretch & regular kicks: (10+ each leg unless otherwise notated)
-Side stretch kicks while balancing
-Front stretch kicks

Forms (left side where applicable):
-Basic 1-4
-Hawl Yung Sul: 1-5
-Chun Gup Hyung (NO roll performed)
-Go Gup Hyung
-Dae Gup Hyung
-Gum Hu Hyung
-Nae Gong Hyung

Stretches (held for 20+ sec):
-Front split
-Standing side splits/feet only on floor (done twice)
-Butterfly/groin
-Sitting toe touch

[blackbelt]

Thursday, August 06, 2009

-Meditation: Didn’t do today
-Quiet time: Time not notated

Tiger Moves: 10 each with moderate tension and no holds
-Full range pectoral contraction
-Shoulder roll
-Wrist twist
-High Reach
-One arm chin
-Abdominal contraction
-Half squat

-CAT
-Bicep DVR

I had to do a shorter workout as my wife and I didn’t get an adequate amount of sleep. The neighbors company leaving kept us up for a while, followed by the baby waking at 12:00 midnight, then a wrong number called at 1:45 a.m. I would say thank God for coffee. But, I’ve yet to determine if I can drink this morning’s work-brew black. My doctor currently has me on an “exclusion diet”, cutting out dairy and there is some “mild derivative” in the powdered creamer. So, I didn’t take a chance on it.

[blackbelt]

Friday, August 07, 2009

-Meditation: Didn’t do today
-Quiet time: Time not notated

Tiger Moves: 10 each with moderate tension and no holds
-Full range pectoral contraction
-Shoulder roll
-Wrist twist
-High Reach
-One arm chin
-Abdominal contraction
-Half squat

-CAT
-Bicep DVR

Another shorter workout this morning due to “falling asleep” on the couch this morning.

[blackbelt]

Monday, August 10, 2009

-Meditation: Didn’t do today
-Quiet time: Time not notated

NO workout today. My wife and I stayed up waaaay too late, watching a movie. Then, the baby was coughing and my wife couldn’t get comfortable.

[blackbelt]

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

-Meditation: 5+ minutes (for some reason even that seemed like a loooong time today)
-Quiet time: Time not notated

DSR’s: 10 each
-Com’n At Ya circle
-Liederman chest press
-ISO military/shoulder press
-Lion Flex I (Triceps)

Isometric Power Belt pos B:
-Supine press
-Seated row
-Chest fly
-Chest pull
-Military press
-Front curl
-Arm depressor/push down

[blackbelt]

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

-Meditation: 10
-Quiet time: Time not notated

DSR’s: 10 each
-Com’n At Ya circle
-Liederman chest press
-ISO military/shoulder press
-Lion Flex I (Triceps)

Isometric Power Belt pos C:
-Supine press
-Seated row
-Chest fly
-Chest pull
-Military press
-Front curl
-Arm depressor/push down

[blackbelt]

I've decided to take a drastically different approach to my posting for a while.

I'm in a new/different position at work. And, with our fiscal year end fast approaching, I'll need to spend MUCH more time getting things taken care of for year-end closing as well as for the auditors.

I also have a sneaking suspicion that although I haven't thought it consciously; I think my determination to post my workouts may actually be having a detrimental affect lately. Basically, I think I may be TOO worried about being able to remember what I do during my workout, as opposed to just trying to get a good workout in.

I am very much a detail oriented person. But, in an effort to improve my workouts, I’m going to try to refrain from posting, at least daily. I’m hoping to post summaries on more of a weekly basis.

With all of the new, and VERY good, changes in my life over the past couple of years, I NEED to work out. But, I also NEED to free my mind up to focus on my wife, family and generally taking care of things.

So, I won’t be viewing or posting as much as I have been. But, I WILL most definitely be keeping an eye on things. If nothing else, I have to keep an eye out for the new push up book to become available :)