Tuesday, July 1: Just some walking to start the month as my summer students completed their first discussion. It’s going to be a long hot week! My steps for the day: 11,176/8.26 km.
Wednesday, July 2: A short gym session started the weights portion of July: back, lats, traps, biceps, a dead hang, sides, lower back, a few sets of calf raises W1). And my steps for the day: 8,485/6.14 km.
Thursday, July 3: Another short session: legs, lower back, sides, a dead hang, and a couple of sets of shoulder presses (W2). And my step count: 7,174/4.92 km.
Friday, July 4: No gym and less walking as I really have to get on with grading those first discussions: 6,986 steps/5.14 km.
Saturday, July 5: Back in the gym: shoulders, traps, triceps, calves, chest, a coupld of dead hangs, lower back, and sides (W3). And the most steps in quite a while: 27,555/20.3 km, which was silly considering it’s summer, but I sure did sleep well!
Sunday, July 6: A late afternoon gym session: back, lats, biceps, leg extensions, hamstrings, glutes, sides, and lower back (W4). And my steps for the day: 10,981/8.35 km.
Monday, July 7: A lot of walking the dat before my students’ dreaded second discussion and the resulting overwhelming amount of work for me: 21,989/16.8 km.
Tuesday, July 8: Least amount of walking perhaps since I got Covid in 2021: 2,051 steps/1.5 km. Pretty sensible really considering the heat wave and the amount of work I have to do.
Wednesday, July 9: Some more walking than yesterday: 5,840 steps/4.2 km.
Thursday, July 10: Still under 10,000 steps: 8,098/5.75 km.
Friday, July 11: Above 10,000 steps, but I really should have gone to the gym – and done some work after class: 13,098 steps/9.38 km.
Saturday, July 12: Less walking again as I focused on grading those discussions: 3,448 steps/2.46 km.
Sunday, July 13: Back in the gym as I anticipate really getting back into shape now that my summer classes are almost over. Monday will be a long day, but I should be able to put in a huge and long weights session on Tuesday. Today’s ginger workout: chest, shoulders, traps, triceps, two dead hangs, a plank, sides, lower back, and calves (W5). And my steps for the day: 9,009/6.57 km.
Monday, July 14: Just some walking as my summer classes end and the grading of presentations begins: 11,816 steps/8.87 km.
Tuesday, July 15: Back in the gym: legs except inner thighs, a dead hang, sides, lower back, and just one set of shoulder presses (W6). And my steps for the day: 15,851/11.8 km.
Wednesday, July 16: Just some walking on a rainy and pretty lazy first official day of my summer vacation as I wrapped up all my summer classes’s grading: 7,607 steps/5.6 km.
Thursday, July 17: Despite the vacation starting, I had a hard time making it to my gym. An annoying little muscle strain around my left trap didn’t help things. So just walking until Monday. My steps for the day: 17,282/12.82 km.
Friday, July 18: Today’s steps: 20,325/14.7 km. In other news, I got a DEXA scan today, and despite regaining some of the weight I lost since last summer, I was happy with the results.
Saturday, July 19: Just walking again, but not a whole lot: 10,300 steps/7.66 km.
Sunday, July 20: More walking, before and after watching Superman: 14,855 steps/10.7 km.
Monday, July 21: Finally, a gym session: back, lats, traps, biceps, lower back, sides, calves, and a dead hang (W6). And oddly, that muscle strain comes and goes – sometimes feeling 100% normal, as it was during that workout, and other times a very annoying ache. But I’m glad the workout didn’t seem to affect it or aggravate it. That workout is hopefully the start of a new summer fitness campaign. And my steps for the day, before and after a bucket list Joe Hisaishi concert: 20,370 steps/15.1 km.
Tuesday, July 22: I fly home at 9 PM, and I hope to tire myself out completely during the day. Kind of, just a very short workout, the details 5 days later, I do not recall – probably chest, shoulders, and triceps (W7). My steps for the day: 12,748/9.08 km.
Wednesday, July 23: Just some walking back on home soil: 33,686 steps/24.5 km – according to my app, but that cannot possible be right. Some kind of glitch due to changing countries and time zones?
Thursday, July 24: More walking both before and after Bear McCreary’s Sydney concert: 12,649 steps/9.12 km.
Friday, July 25: More walking both in Sydney and Canberra: 22,002 steps/17.3 km, and that is certainly correct.
Saturday, July 26: I paid for a 2-week membership at Club Lime. and my first workout was one of those all-too-common-these-days brushing off the cobwebs workout: chest, shoulders, triceps, leg presses, hamstring curls, biceps, sides, lower back, calves, and lats (W8), and yes, I certainly have a strained back muscle which has been bothering me a lot for almost a week now. Drats. My steps for the day: 10,689/8.02 km.
Sunday, July 27: A similar workout to yesterday sans the core work: chest, shoulders, triceps, leg presses, hamstring curls, biceps, calves, and lats (W9). My steps for the day: 107,857/13.6 km.
Monday, July 28: Another gym session, this one was similar again, but this was an all-body workout, well except for inner thighs because I forgot (W10). And I tested my almost healed (I think) strained back muscle with one light set of upright rows – it’s still not 100%, but that does seem to be the movement that sparked the injury although I didn’t feel it at the time, and looking back over my exercise diary, I don’t think I hurt it at the gym, although I may have made it worse on July 21, but it felt fine at the time. I did first notice it upon waking one morning, so did I just sleep in a strange position? It’s a mystery! Well the good news is that random ache is gone. And going to the gym three days in a row, albeit not super intense, has resulted in me overall feeling better and healthier. That’s enough of that. My steps for the day:
Tuesday, July 29: Another mostly full body workout – I skipped forearms and inner thighs (W11). And my steps for the day: 19,323/14.5 km.
Wednesday, July 30: The gym sessions continued: upper chest, rear and front delts, calves, some weightless squats, hamstrings, sides, lower back, and a dead hang (W12). And my steps for the day: 13,506/10.2 km.
Thursday, July 31: Another gym session, this one in a different gym, and for various reasons, I worked out in jeans! Leg extensions, hamstrings, lats, triceps, and chest (W13). And my steps for the day, a whopping 23,328/17.8 km.
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Weights Sessions: 13/9 (July/June)
Cardio Sessions (Recumbent Exercise Bike): 0/2 (July/June)
Total Steps: 432410
Steps Per Day: 13,940.
