Movin' on up

Latest Set of Workouts

Wed 2/20: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Total Body Blaster

20 lb bell

No rest between drills

Thurs 2/21: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Iron Works

20 lb bell

No rest between rounds

Fri 2/22: 

Off Day

Sat 2/23: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Turbo Blast

20 lb bell

Sun 2/24: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Swingin' Good Time

30 lb bell

No rest between sets

I switiched the off days from Sat to Fri. 

The workouts were getting too easy with the 20 lb kettlebell so I moved up to the 30 lb bell. It was a big jump. I think Ill be sticking with the 30 lb bell for a while, but we will see how the strength increases. 

The plan is to work out Monday and Tuesday and take Wednesday off before my winter league game which is Thursday. 

Before bed sets are up to 28 reps. 

Rain Outs Suck

Here are a few days worth of updates.

Friday 2/15: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Monkey See

20 lb bell

Minimal rest

Saturday 2/16:

1.5 hour bike ride

Sunday 2/17:

2.5 hours of ultimate

Monday 2/18:

Off day

Tuesday 2/19: 

Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Ladder Down

20 lb bell

Minimal rest

I was supposed to play ultimate today, but rain got in the way. I will do a card wednesday, thursday, and friday. Saturday will be my next off day. I will repost then and see how things are going. 

And for the record, Get ups are my nemesis, but I will concur them. 

27 reps before bed this week.

Honor and Glory

Aggressive Return

Monday workout:  winter league game

Tuesday workout: kettlebell cafe level 1 card
Bells of fury
20 lb bell
No rest between rounds

Wednesday workout: kettlebell cafe level 1 card
Mettle with metal
20 lb bell
Minimum rest

Thursday off

Plan working friday, saturday and sunday. Monday will be an off day and tuesday will be a winter league game.

Trying to get back on the wagon.

Today's workout:
Kettlebell Cafe Level 1 Card - Torturous 200
20 lb kettlebell
No rest between sets
Time without warm-up 18:47.50

I will re-time myself after I complete all the level 1 cards to measure any improvement.

I have been doing sets of push-ups, sit-ups, calf raises and stretching before bed a few times per week. I started with sets of 1 and then increase by 1 every week. This week I am at 25 reps. Tomorrow being sunday, I will increase to 26. I also do my left leg rehab then.

Kettlebell Works

Wanted to make you all aware of a good source of info with good pictures and a lot of stress on form. These guys are very advanced, but have some really good tips. The site is www.kettlebellworks.com and it is now added to my links list.

Joey's Log

Hey, not much working out going on here, but lots of ultimate being  played.

Joey however is doing some cool stuff. Check out his log here:

https://goodell.web.cern.ch/goodell/MyWorkoutLog/

You can also find this in my link list.

Tournaments

Getting old sucks. I played in a tournament, "Trouble in Vegas" this past weekend. It was fun, but I am getting old. My knee's days are numbered. On the other hand, though, my overall fitness was better than expected considering the month off I had to take because of my eye. I have tournaments this weekend and the next. We will see how it all goes, but I am looking forward to it. Kettlebell workouts will resume next week after I recover some more from the beating I took last weekend. I have my last winter league game this week. Looking forward to all of it.

Day 45

Finally got to work out again after the eye fiasco and am wearing contacts for the first time since. Wednesday I had laser surgery on a torn retina. That was not fun. Intense light in your eye really hurts. Life is better now though. Went and did a fairly easy workout called total body blast. Since it was so easy I used the 45 lb kettlebell for everything except the windmills. Weight is down to 241 despite not being able to work out. Yay for controlled eating. I am going to work out alot in the near future since I still can't play ultimate for another week and a half I don't have to worry about keeping my body somewhat rested for the field. I plan on working hard for the next week so that when I do get back on the field I am not worthless. Tonight's workout will be tough, and Ill be really sore tomorrow, but it will be worth it. My knees already feel much better after being at 258.

Eyes are Important

So I took a frisbee directly to the eye ball this week. The result. No workouts or physical activity for a while. Puts a damper on your work out plans. I was doing so well too. Down to 245 from 258 in about 1 month. Thats pretty good. I don't feel that I am being unhealthy either. The next pounds are going to be harder though. Much harder. Especially when I am not allowed to work. I guess my eating habits over the next week will really be important.

Day 23

So I did another couple workouts since my last posting. Also, played plenty of ultimate. I have decided to increase the weight I am using for the kettlebells. It was rough, but satisfying. I am pushing myself more, now that my body is used to working out again. I expect that I will have opportunities to make things more difficult as I go.

Thus far I have lost 10 lbs since I started. Good progress, but I have a long way to go. I am looking forward to feeling lighter again. My knees are pissed at me these days. I have a winter league ultimate game tonight. Wish me luck.