- Bench: 5@144, 5@161, 4@161
- Clean: 3@138
- L Pullups: 6
It’s January 1st and everyone is making resolutions for next year. I don’t really make resolutions, but I figured this was a good time to put my workout plan into writing to help me make sure I’m doing what I should be doing.
I plan to lift 2-3 days a week, every week. Here’s my set of exercises, grouped into “more frequent” and “less frequent” sets:
My main goal is to squat at least twice a week. After that, I plan to do at least two lower-body exercises and two upper-body exercises each week.
I plan to do 1-2 met-con workouts a week. I’ll probably keep these short to start (2-10 minutes) and see how it goes.
I plan to do some focused throwing at least once a week. I may not hit this goal until the weather gets warmer. I’ll motivate myself by getting the Amp Challenge started soon.
I don’t have a concrete goal here. Once the weather is nice I plan to do some sort of outdoor workouts, but I don’t have any specific plans.
Keep doing what I’m doing, but probably eat more.
5@132/198/243, 3@243
Played 3 hours of indoor at Tee’s. We didn’t take many breaks and played pretty hard. By the end, I was pretty beat. I played about the same way I always play: good on D and receiving, too many throwaways (some stupid decisions, some just bad throws). I always forget that hammers are a good throw indoors.
While partying on Friday, I attempted and successfully did one rollout on the ab roller. Full as in “on my toes”. I did have a small pillow under my knees, so I think that probably helped. But that still means I’m a lot closer to doing them than I thought.
Did my first workout at the basement gym. Ashley and I did the following:
The weighs are a bit weird because they are all in kilos.
After we finished working out, the squat rack arrived. I’ll be putting it together soon.
We’re getting some exercise equipment to put in the basement at work. Gonna save on gym fees this year. The gym is called the Pumpatorium, and so far we have a bar, weights (in kgs) and a bench. The squat rack is on it’s way, and then we’ll just need a platform to lift on and we’re pretty set for a while.
My first workout was a quick 4x220lb deadlift.
Before bed, I also did 2x20 pushups. Just for fun.
Played 2 hours of pickup soccer with my dad. I mostly played defense, but made runs when I could. Pretty good workout.
Diana, Nico, Christa and I (and Gus and Elanor) hiked the west side loop on Mount Cardigan. The weather was pretty good, not too windy and not too cold. It took us about 3.5 hours total including a short food break at the top. Here’s us on the way up and a view from the top.
Played 2 hours of Ultisquash. We only had 9 people total (me, Diana, Maddie, Panna, Dre, Papa, Bill M, Grimes) but we managed to play non-stop for the whole 2 hours. Turns out you really don’t need to rest that much.
Time: 2:15
3 seconds slower than last time. Probably because of the Roman Chairs from Tuesday.
Did a short workout with Miggs, Panna, Butter, Papa, Slater, Dave and Himilaya. Part 1 was several drills where cutters made deep cuts for throwers. When you weren’t cutting, you were sprinting a 40 to catch the disc. Part 2 was 5 reps of: sprint 40m, 30 seconds of Roman Chair (a wall sit where you are back to back with a partner). Part 3 was 10 minutes of longer throwing.
Overall, a good workout. We worked on timing our cuts for the upline handler cut and on sprints with decent rest inbetween.
Climbed at Oaks for 2 hours with Butter, Purifico, Devlin and Maddie. I haven’t climbed in a while so my hands got weak pretty quickly, but it was a lot of fun. After we finished climbing, we messed around on the rings for a little bit (8 muscle-ups for me).
Played 3 hours of Ultisquash. We had a great turnout for the first game of the season. There were enough people to get 3 full games going, plus subs on top of that. We had a lot of first-timers who liked the game, which bodes well for the future.
Went through parts 1 and 2 of Kung Fu Throwing with Butter. Then Andrea and Raha joined us for some hucking and penalty kicks (throw the disc into the lacross goal against a goalie).
It was gorgeous outside today, so Diana and I went to the park to throw. It wasn’t very focused, but I spent at least 10 minutes working on my backhands. I want to be more accurate on tshort backhands that require a lot of snap, but I’m usually either off-target or I gun it at the receiver.
Played indoor at Tee’s with a bunch of AMP players and some friends. We put in a solid 2 hours of scrimmaging. I relearned for the millionth time that I’m much better at getting blocks than throwing goals (or even passes). After scrimmage, we raged at the Furfs’ house and then swung by Noah’s housewarming party. A grand time was had by all.
Played in the Stuy Alum hat tournament. It was cold and moderately windy, but still a lot of fun. My team was undefeated in pool play, but our pool lost the final game. I megged two people for completed throws, but none for goals.
Time: 2:12
Played a 2-game hat tourney for RPI F-Giving. We won both games on universe point, earning us the right to eat first at dinner. Then we played an alumni-vs-currents game, where we spanked the currents 15-3.
