Pushup Mountain

I was back off work again today, but didn't just laze around the house.  I did spend the morning at home doing some anti-spyware stuff on my laptop (accomplished now, thanks bakerypenguin), watching a baseball game from America, and scrunched up in what counts as a bath in this house.

For the afternoon I went in search of rugby boots (no luck as nobody was selling them now that the season is over) and to the gym.

TW: Max Day - low repetitions, but high weight.  I tried to do as much weight as I could manage on a variety of exercises.  Sometimes I found myself stepping up the weight again and again to build it up, and in a number of cases I did more weight than I have ever done.  A lot of myworkouts are focussed on doing a lot of something, and it was a nice change to do less but more weight just to see where I am.  I will have to try it again to see if I can improve on these.  I think I can, but I thought I had pushed enough boundaries today.

Deadlifts - 5*120kg
Bicep curls - 5*60kg
Bench press - 3*110kg
Leg press - 5*300kg
Clean and press - 1-1-1*65kg (I tried 70kg and got it as far as my chest before I realised it wasn't going to happen.)

There were also incline presses and pullups done in between just to keep things interesting.

I also tried something I saw someone do at the gym on Monday.  Hanging on to the pullup bar you lift your legs up and rotate around so you are upside down while still hanging before returning to the start position.  Just maintaining the hang is tough and seems to work grip strength, and your core also gets a good workout.

When I got home I had my first go in a long time at what I am now calling pushup mountain.  It's a run from my front verandah up the trail to the top of Mt Ainslie and back, stopping every minute to do ten pushups.  My time today: 47:38 and 470 pushups and an unknown number of funny looks from passers by.

Now to eat.  Oh man have I worked up an appetite!