{"id":11295,"date":"2022-08-30T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=11295"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:24:34","slug":"august-2022-covid-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/august-2022-covid-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2022 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, August 1:<\/strong> Just some walking to start the month: 17,539 steps\/12.8 km.<\/p>\n

Tuesday. August 2:<\/strong> Another walking (and working) day: 23,933 steps\/15.9 km.<\/p>\n

Wedneaday, August 3:<\/strong> Back in the gym after another long Camp day: chest, shoulders, triceps, and calves. I also walked 20,963 steps\/14.6 km.<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 4:<\/strong> It was a walk and work day: 24,473 steps\/17.7 km.<\/p>\n

Friday, August 5:<\/strong> A rare early morning walk and gym session as the final day of camp begun. At the gym, it was legs’ day – or rather legs’ 20 minutes: leg extensions, hamstring curls, a few weightless squats – well there was gravity so not entirely weightless – and calves. And then I ran out of time. My walking totals for the day were 19.947 steps\/14.2 km.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 6: <\/strong>Up early for a long walk and then a gym session a little later. The gym session was a pretty intense one, and I am feeling it as I write this the next day: lats, back, biceps, forearms, traps, and calves. In total I walked 26,828 steps\/21 km.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 7: <\/strong>No gym, but a decent amount of walking again: 21,396 steps\/16.6 km.<\/p>\n

Monday, August 8:<\/strong> A little less walking because it rained a lot – the rainiest day in 80 years in fact! But I made it to the gym for an intensive workout: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, calves, and sides. 18,614 steps\/14.3 km were my totals for the day.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Tuesday, August 9:<\/strong> More rain and more walking – thankfully, I avoided the worst of it: 20,854 steps\/16 km.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 10: <\/strong>Over an hour in the gym in the morning after a 50-minute walk: lots of leg extensions, leg presses, calves, hamstrings, sides, lower back, lats, back, traps, and biceps. That was my longest workout in a good while, and around 10 am is a very good time to go – there were only a few other people working out! My walking totals for the day were: 26,971 steps\/20.2 km.<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 11:<\/strong> Another gym session: chest, shoulders, triceps, and traps. And more walking: 25,163 steps\/19 km.<\/p>\n

Friday, August 12: <\/strong>Legs day at the gym, and I went pretty hard with leg extensions. Also, some leg presses, hamstring curls, weightless squats, and calf raises. And more walking: 24,184 steps\/17.9 km.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 13:<\/strong> No gym and less steps than usual, but still quite a few! 16,634 steps\/12.5 km.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 14: <\/strong>No gym again, but more walking than yesterday: 24,113 steps\/18.4 km.<\/p>\n

Monday, August 15: <\/strong>An intense 45 minutes in the gym: calves, leg extensions, weightless squats, lats, back, biceps, lower back, and forearms. And a little more walking than yesterday: 25,283 steps\/18.7 km.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, August 16: <\/strong>No gym, but a lot of walking again: 24,783 steps\/19.1 km.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 17: <\/strong>A lot of morning walking – and some evening walking, and my final tally for the day was 28,177 steps\/21.7 km. I’ve been sleeping better these days, and these walks aren’t tiring out my legs! And 35 push-ups in the morning to help me get into the habit.<\/p>\n

Thursday, Augusty 18: <\/strong>More walking and a 53-minute weights session: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, calves, lower back, leg presses, weightless squats, and hamstring curls. I also did 35 push-ups in the morning, and a lot of walking: 27,530 steps\/21.8 km.<\/p>\n

Friday, August 19:<\/strong> A lot of walking again: 28,004 steps\/20.7 km.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 20:<\/strong> I started the day with a set of 38 push-ups. Back in the gym in the afternoon: lats, back, biceps, traps, lower back, leg extensions, and hamstring curls. And I walked steps 26,619 steps\/ 21 km.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 21: <\/strong>I started the day with a set of 38 push-ups again, and as my gyn was closed today, I walked a lot: 36,047 steps\/27.9 km.<\/p>\n

Monday, August 22:<\/strong> I started the day with a set of 40 push-ups. Then more chest work at my gym as well as shoulders, triceps, traps, and calves. More walking but not as much as yesterday – 20,586 steps\/16 km, and I was surprised to discover that my legs felt fine after walking nearly 30 km yesterday! At just before bed, I did a set of 32 push-ups.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, August 23:\u00a0<\/strong>Legs day in the gym: weightless squats, leg presses, seated hamstring curls, calves. sides, and lower back, and then an evening walk in the fading summer weather: 24,766 steps\/19.1 km.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 24: <\/strong>I began the day with a set of 40 push-ups. I skipped the gym and spend the evening walking: 23,152 steps\/17.6 km.<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 25:<\/strong> I began the day with a set of 43 push-ups. I’ll hit the gym later and take a break from 20,000 daily plus steps. At the gym: lats, back, biceps, lower back, and forearms. My steps were below 10,000 for the first time July 10! 9,886 steps\/7.23 km.<\/p>\n

Friday, August 26:<\/strong> I began the day with a set of 44 push-ups. Back walking a lot after walking less yesterday, and I felt totally refreshed as a result: 27,560 steps\/ 21.4 km. A short 21-minute gym session happened in the evening: leg extensions, calf raises, sides, lower back, and traps.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 27: <\/strong>I began the day with a set of 46 push-ups and some shoulder exercises. In the evening, I exercised those muscles again: chest, shoulders, triceps, and a set of trap raises. My walking stats. for the day: 18,944 steps\/14.5 km.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 28: <\/strong>No gym today, just walking and a few sets of calf raises at home: 18,317 steps\/13.7 km.<\/p>\n

Monday, August 29:<\/strong> I started the day with a set of 42 push-ups, and I have big plans for the rest of the day. A good evening gym session saw me exercising my back, lats, biceps, forearms, lower back, calves (again), and legs. And I walked 21,299 steps\/16.6 km.<\/p>\n

Tuesday. August 30:<\/strong> I started the day – well it was in the afternoon – with a set of 43 push-ups. It was a lazy day besides that – and I’m very Ok with that. In the evening, went for my usual walk: 17,241 steps\/13.2 km.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, August 31: <\/strong>A gym session and my usual waling ended the month: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, and leg extension. My walking stats: 24,945 steps\/19.1 km. Over August, I averaged 23, 098 steps a day. That’s a lot!<\/p>\n

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