Hi TheEd
Thanks. Not really hectic here, the Colombian government locked down much earlier than most European countries to try to protect the health service from collapsing. Lockdown has been extended here again until 11 May and we've had our latest flights back to the UK cancelled again so still not sure when we'll be back! The GREAT news is that exercise will be allowed outside again from 27 April so after more than a month without running I can finally get back to it - can't wait! There are restrictions - males/females have alternate days they can go outside, so I'll only be able to run every other day, but not a problem as I can supplement by continuing with the X-trainer / cycle machine / body weight workouts which I've built up, and will provide a nice bit of cross training for the running which is always good anyway. Also only allowed max 1km from home, have to wear a mask (not sure how this will affect breathing yet!) and... the worst part... only allowed out for exercise between 5am and 8am! I'm not a morning person, let alone morning runner, but again good practice for racing when they finally come back.
Anyway, here's recent activity:
16 April
40 mins body weight exercises / weights
17 April
Rest
18 April
90 mins step machine in place of long run.
Noticed left step had more resistance towards the end, and when I finished saw a puddle of black oil under the machine so one of the seals must be leaking! Glad the machine gave up before I did though...
19 April
Rest
20 April
Worked out before starting today that I can still use my sportswatch, the display doesn't work at all but if I press the buttons in the right sequence it still records the session!
Body weight / resistance workout - 54 mins
Av HR 110
Max HR 159 (during last 4 mins "punisher" sets!).
Calories 456
21 April
Intervals 6 x 4 mins on X-trainer.
4 min WU and CD on setting 3/8.
Intervals on setting 6/8 with 60 secs recovery in between.
Interval / time / Max HR / Recovery heart rate (after 60 seconds rest)
WU / 4:00 / 134 / 108
1 / 4:00 / 160 / 126
2 / 4:00 / 165 / 126
3 / 4:00 / 167 / 133
4 / 4:00 / 169 / 135
5 / 4:00 / 168 / 138
6 / 4:00 / 175 / 140
Quite a hard session, I would say almost equivalent to 1000s but not quite. The HRs there are max, I couldn't set up proper intervals without the display, so no average HR! The last interval max HR reading was just a last 10 second push, otherwise the max was the same as the previous 2 intervals.
22 April
Press up workout I found on YouTube. I thought I was OK at press-ups until I tried explosive jumping, twisting, pseudo planch, and prowler ones! Got a feeling I won't be able to move my arms tomorrow :O
Finished with 40 mins easy on the cycle machine - Av HR 142, Max HR 154, Calories 540.
Will probably next report back after my first run back next week! Planning to start off with just a few easy 30-40 min jogs to get the muscles used to it again.
Hope you're keeping well and managing to keep the cobwebs away too!
cheers
Thanks. Not really hectic here, the Colombian government locked down much earlier than most European countries to try to protect the health service from collapsing. Lockdown has been extended here again until 11 May and we've had our latest flights back to the UK cancelled again so still not sure when we'll be back! The GREAT news is that exercise will be allowed outside again from 27 April so after more than a month without running I can finally get back to it - can't wait! There are restrictions - males/females have alternate days they can go outside, so I'll only be able to run every other day, but not a problem as I can supplement by continuing with the X-trainer / cycle machine / body weight workouts which I've built up, and will provide a nice bit of cross training for the running which is always good anyway. Also only allowed max 1km from home, have to wear a mask (not sure how this will affect breathing yet!) and... the worst part... only allowed out for exercise between 5am and 8am! I'm not a morning person, let alone morning runner, but again good practice for racing when they finally come back.
Anyway, here's recent activity:
16 April
40 mins body weight exercises / weights
17 April
Rest
18 April
90 mins step machine in place of long run.
Noticed left step had more resistance towards the end, and when I finished saw a puddle of black oil under the machine so one of the seals must be leaking! Glad the machine gave up before I did though...
19 April
Rest
20 April
Worked out before starting today that I can still use my sportswatch, the display doesn't work at all but if I press the buttons in the right sequence it still records the session!
Body weight / resistance workout - 54 mins
Av HR 110
Max HR 159 (during last 4 mins "punisher" sets!).
Calories 456
21 April
Intervals 6 x 4 mins on X-trainer.
4 min WU and CD on setting 3/8.
Intervals on setting 6/8 with 60 secs recovery in between.
Interval / time / Max HR / Recovery heart rate (after 60 seconds rest)
WU / 4:00 / 134 / 108
1 / 4:00 / 160 / 126
2 / 4:00 / 165 / 126
3 / 4:00 / 167 / 133
4 / 4:00 / 169 / 135
5 / 4:00 / 168 / 138
6 / 4:00 / 175 / 140
Quite a hard session, I would say almost equivalent to 1000s but not quite. The HRs there are max, I couldn't set up proper intervals without the display, so no average HR! The last interval max HR reading was just a last 10 second push, otherwise the max was the same as the previous 2 intervals.
22 April
Press up workout I found on YouTube. I thought I was OK at press-ups until I tried explosive jumping, twisting, pseudo planch, and prowler ones! Got a feeling I won't be able to move my arms tomorrow :O
Finished with 40 mins easy on the cycle machine - Av HR 142, Max HR 154, Calories 540.
Will probably next report back after my first run back next week! Planning to start off with just a few easy 30-40 min jogs to get the muscles used to it again.
Hope you're keeping well and managing to keep the cobwebs away too!
cheers