Avi + CrossFit =

Biking to work. I get it now.

I was reminded of my need for exercise by the reflux issues I’m having, and for some reason biking came to mind. Now I’ve had this little folding bike sitting in my apartment for years, but I’ve never really ridden it. So I biked into work.

Wow. I feel much more energetic the whole day when I do it. Light are coming so I can bike home in the dark. And it doesn’t take that much longer than the train.

And the week after I figure it out I’m in San Fran and driving. But the bike is calling me now.

Want.

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Tabata row again. Why am I doing this?

Well, OK, it’s to kick up my BMR. I hear it’s supposed to, anyway.

Prep today was to drink lots of water and take some Tums for the heartburn that happens later. Tabata-ed. Ended up panting on the floor, though no one stopped this time. Hauled myself up to the 12th floor and rested on the couch. Net burned time: half an hour. Four minute workout my ass.

I am going to die.

I’ve been pretty much entirely neglecting working out for a while now, and I ran across an article about tabata this weekend. I remembered that there’s a rowing machine in the game room at work, so I got a timer for my iPhone, and put a calendar entry on Mondays and Fridays.

Tabata rowing. I pushed through the eight rounds on the rower, unhooked my feet, and collapsed. I was breathing collapsed on the floor for about twenty minutes, prompting one passer-by to ask if I was OK. (Another bystander who saw what I’d done told him I was fine.) I dragged myself to the bathroom where I dry-heaved for a while, went to the kitchen to have some water and ibuprofen for my worsening headache, then back to the 12th floor, where I spent another half hour in semi-consciousness.

One lesson learned: be hydrated. But otherwise this is a very unpleasant thing to do. Gotta keep at it.

Squat
45×5
75×5
105×5
135×5
165×5×3

Bench Press
45×5×2
85×5
105×5
125×5×3

Deadlift
135×5
165×5
185×5

And for something different:

http://twitter.com/avis_scale

Squat
45×5×2
95×5
135×5
150×5×3 (too easy; form and strength are returning)

Press
45×5×2
65×5
75×5
80×5×3

Weighted chinups (15 lbs), five rounds, 3m rest
4, 3, 3, 1, 1

I’m remembering what the massage therapist told me when I last went. She was almost angry because my muscles in my chest were getting all tight when the ones in my back weren’t built, causing me to be all hunched over. She wanted me to work on my back, and I was thinking about how right she was. I’m not doing anything with my back at all. Time for the kettlebell?

Squat
45×5×2
85×5
105×5
125×5
145×5×3

Bench Press
45×5×2
85×5
105×5
125×5×3

Weighted chinups (15 lbs), five rounds, 3m rest
3, 2, 3, 2, 1

100 situps
DNF, failed at 42, 2:17 

Pain…

Back to the gym after a long absence. Work out on Wednesday, feel OK on Thursday. Friday, thighs are killing me, abs are killing me.

Do the workout anyway.

Today, thighs hurt some, but abs are just flat out in pain. I can’t even stand up straight. I’m wondering what I did. Did I pull something?

Squat
45×5×2
65×5
95×5
115×5
140×5×3

Bench Press
45×5×2
65×5
85×5
105×5×3

Deadlift
95×5
135×5
185×5

30 back-ups (dunno what they’re called)
1:14.09 

Squat
45×5×2
65×5
95×5
115×5
135×5×3

Press
45×5×2
65×5
75×5
85×5, ×4

100 situps
DNF, failed at 56, 3:57