First run

Pretty short, and kinda sucked.

2.5 km in 17:30min. Had a cramp from the beginning which I mostly ran through, but did stop to walk a couple times. Also, my skin got all itchy from being unaccustomed to the bloodflow.

But finished off with 2x20 walking lunges, and 2x10 push-ups (strict, but from the knee).

I was ready to start running before now, but this got in the way:

She won't leave me alone for five minutes! (And it'll be spring before she's old enough for the jogging stroller) Also, Dad is working like 100 hours a day. We do what we can.

Three months

Because, clearly, we are insane. :-)

I don't actually expect this to change the face of my workouts much (for the next six months, anyway!), as I haven't been too hardcore of late. And now that that the first trimester is pretty much done, I'm hoping to have a little more energy, and a little less nausea. (Though frankly, my workouts always made me feel better. Esp frisbee.)

Li'l Rower

This is the only workout that happened at our place this weekend.

Another rowing circuit

I think the title describes what my winter will look like, workout-wise. Luckily, aside from the rowing part, the possibilities are (almost) endlessly variable.

Today, four rounds of:

500 m row (average 2:08 min)
10 thrusters (45#)
10 sort-of-goblet squats (35#)

(I think with goblets you're meant to hold the dumbbell at your chest? I let my arms hang so the weight was between my knees - necessitated by the fact that I was using weights on a stick rather than an actual dumbbell. Likely reminiscent of the gym in Dar).

Finished with a set of 10 45# presses and an easy 2000 m row (< 10 min).

I didn't time the circuit (lost the g-damn watch again!), but worked through it all as quickly as possible (not counting the finishers). Rested about 20-30 seconds at the end of each round.

Yesterday, I opted for an hour of kid-free Christmas shopping rather than a workout, but had squeezed in a Sunday 5K (24:55 min) to make up for it.

We've also been playing a lot of Boing-Boing -- a game consisting of holding Tim under the arms and "bouncing" him from floor to ceiling (or off various pieces of furniture) seven or eight times while walking through the house before finally throwing him on the couch and collapsing there with him. That's gotta count for something, right?

Crossfit (kid) demo

So, Ken was describing to me a xfit workout involving a move where you walk your feet up a wall to end up in a handstand (facing the wall). This, along with two other moves make up a circuit. In my consideration of this workout, I tried out the handstand move. It was pretty cool, pretty hard, though I ultimately passed on the workout.

The workout is here, but I really like Tim's demo:

A natural

Yesterday we had an inside day, and I was doing some BW exercises while Tim watched TeeWee. He was inspired, and got in on the action.

Pretty good form for his first try, huh? Of course "up and down" consisted of nodding his head forward and back. But dude can count to 10, so there! He showed off this skill by counting my squats.

Anyway, shortly after this he decided that push-ups (and planks) were better "on Mommy bi-bi-bi-big back", which pretty much shut down the operation (I cannot do a single push-up with 30+ extra pounds). We played pillow dight [sic] instead.

Brought to you by the Yak, the Pig, and the Dancing Bear

In the living room, after nap, watching some Wonder Pets on the "tee-wee":

Four times:
10 push-ups (knees on the couch, hands on the floor)
20 sit-ups
15 hip raises with 25 lbs (shoulders on the couch)

This was not an intense workout; Tim didn't want me anywhere but sitting on the couch, so I had to appease him for a few minutes between every exercise.

Superpike

Good times after bath.

Heave!

This dude's the only one working around this house lately. Note that he's working on presses, NOT phone curls. 

Okay, actually, Dad's been doing plenty but has also been RIMming around the clock so doesn't have time to post his workouts. As for this kitty-cat, her gym membership expired one week ago. Not renewing. Theoretically, we have enough equipment here to do pretty much what I was doing at the $50/month gym, so...

I have gone out for a few runs with Dumbbell Boy, and hope to keep that up as the weather improves. Not today, though - we're in the midst of winter's last gasping snowfall.

Junior squats

Rowus interruptus, v. 2

The bed called too temptingly this AM, so I tried a nap-time workout in the basement, care of Fisher Price Sounds 'n' Lights. Turns out, the lights don't work when the monitor is running on batteries, and I had 'phones in (listening to The Count of Monte Cristo via Librivox Podcast - so invigorating during a long row!)... So I didn't realize that Tim had awakened... I finally clued in with 300 m left on my route.

So:

4700 m row (I failed to look at the final total time. My average pace, 2:24/500m)

Tomorrow, I try a Smurph.