Walk the Bag

This morning I got up and took my sandbag for a walk. No running, just walking. I alternated shoulders whenever I started to feel my posture starting to crumble. I wound up walking about 2 miles, and, honestly, it wasn't too bad. Almost all of the work was in my core and upper back, and I didn't find it as difficult to expand my lungs as last time. So, at mile 1.5 I decided to detour over to L.K.V. de Spartaan and do some extra strength work.

I alternated between incline presses for sets of 5 and hanging L sit holds for max time. For the pressing, my sets looked like this:

70 kg x 5

80 kg x 5

90 kg x 5

100 kg x 5

110 kg x 3

I took a slightly narrower grip than I normally would and really tried to control the descent. It's been awhile since I last did incline pressing and I was happy with my strength overall.

For the L sits, I can only estimate my times:

:30

:20

:20

:25

:15

On these I really felt that the limiting factor was my quadriceps. After the first 10 seconds each set they would start to cramp. Maybe I'm doing the exercise wrong, or I just need more isometric work. It's possible that the answer is a bit of both.

Heading to the countryside for the next few days with my Dutch friend and his family. Hoping to find some creative physical outlet while there.

From Nov 15, 2009_3