In the absense of light...

...there is dark. Don't ask, it just sounded cool. I am sure I heard it somewhere, but for the life of me I can't remember.

I missed my Wednesday workout. I woke up physically tired and even though I have a long way to go, I didn't want to push myself beyond my means if my body isn't ready to respond. I got injured that way before.

This morning is a different story. The cat woke me up. He jumped up on my chest at 4am and proceeded to lick my nose. So, I got up, despite his best efforts to keep me in bed, and pissed. Came back and slept for another 40mins.

When I finally got up I was rather awake. No foggy feeling, but my legs, as they always are, weren't there yet. Too much tissue in my lower body so it takes time for my blood to circulate after I wake up.

I jumped off the path with my workout. On Wednesday I thinking of movements I haven't done in a while. 5 came to mind. 3 of them are a sequence of Eccentric loading abdominal exercises I saw done my famed Physical Therapist Gary Gray. They are done standing and you have to concentrate on locking your hips and lower half of your torso to execute the movements. Otherwise you'll either mess up your back or its not an ab movement with too much hip movement. There is also the option leg movement like stepping or hopping. These have been and will be my favorite ab movements. Rarely do you see intentional eccentric loading in Ab movements. Its usually done as an accessory.

...the baby will be up soon, and mom will be at the house in enough time for me to clean up and finish making my lunch/dinner.


Workout: 45mins (I actually stopped 2 mins shy)

-Dynamic Warmup: 10mins (this seems to be standard, and I am getting everything that I want to get done)
Gray FUN AB'S: X30

-20mins
-Turkish Get Ups w/16kg x5
-KB Clean w/ 24kg x5
*I continually alternated between these 2 for 20mins with small 30sec breaks in between*
--1min rest--
Push up x30
BO Row w/16kg x30
Iranian Drumming w/ 10lbs x30
*I didn't rest in between the movements, only after the first round. I knew this was only going to be 2 rounds*

My ab are SMOKED! I knew they would be. I am going to go at it again tomorrow. Hit the workout from Monday. See if I can get done in 30 mins.