{"id":12775,"date":"2023-12-03T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T07:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:52:48","slug":"december-2023-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/december-2023-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2023 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, December 1:<\/strong> Just a lot of walking: 21,265\/16.2 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 2:<\/strong> A lot of walking again: 20, 977 steps\/15.4 km<\/strong>, and the month’s first gym session: back, lats, biceps, traps, core, calf raises, hamstring curls, leg extensions and presses, and some hip abductor things (1).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sunday, December 3: <\/strong>A killer workout in the evening: chest, shoulders, triceps, forearms, traps,\u00a0 and a little calves, lower back, and abs (2). <\/strong><\/span>And my steps for the day: 13,283\/10.1 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, December 4: <\/strong>Just some walking as I try to wrap up some grading: 13,051 steps\/10 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, December 5: <\/strong>As above: 13,205 steps\/10 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 6: <\/strong>I almost made it to the gym around 10 PM, but I decided it was too late for a workout: 16,729 steps\/12.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 7:<\/strong> Exactly as above: 14,266 steps\/10.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, December 8: <\/strong>Finally back in the gym for a<\/span> pretty light all-body workout (3). <\/span><\/strong>And my steps for the day: 14,506\/10.5 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 9: A<\/span><\/strong> legs and core workout (4)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>in the early evening. My steps for the day: 17,465\/13.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, December 10:<\/strong> An upper body workout (5) <\/strong><\/span>in the late afternoon, and my steps for the day: 14,380\/10.8 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, December 11: <\/strong>Just some walking, most of it at night: 14,880 steps\/11.5 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, December 12:<\/strong> As above: 15,058 steps\/11.3 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 13:<\/strong> A full body workout from 9 PM to 10:05 PM (6).<\/strong><\/span> And my total steps for the day: 15,672\/12.3 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 14:\u00a0<\/strong>A little\u00a0walking again:<\/span> 7,116 steps\/5.32 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, December 15: <\/strong>A little more walkling: 11,585 steps\/8.77 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 16: <\/strong>A little less walking than yesterday on a cold day as I cleaned my place and made progress wrapping up the semester: 10,439 steps\/8 km. <\/strong>And a light home workout: sides, lower back, and calves (7).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, December 17:<\/strong> Back in the gym for an evening workout: legs and core (8). <\/span><\/strong>And a lot of walking: 25,828 steps\/19.7 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, December 18: <\/strong>Just some walking: 14,913 steps\/11.1 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, December 19: <\/strong>I returned to my gym for a 52-minute upper-body workout: chest, shoulders, triceps, back, lats, traps, biceps, and forearms (9).\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>And my steps for the day: 16,726 steps\/12.2 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 20: <\/strong>Just some walking: 14,272\/10.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 21: <\/strong>An evening gym session: legs (10). <\/span><\/strong>And my total steps for the day: 13,990\/10.3 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, December 22: <\/strong>Just some walking as my winter classes began. My steps for the day: 17,718\/13,3 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 23: <\/strong>I almost skipped my gym workout as the time 8:20 was fast approaching the 9 PM closing time. But I did go in and the shorter time resulted in a better workout. It was like a 20-minute circuit training session with almost no breaks between sets: chest, shoulders, triceps, and traps, and that really was an intense workout (11).<\/span> <\/strong>I think I need to do workouts like that more often.\u00a0 My steps for the day: 14,201\/10.3 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, December 24:<\/strong> Another intense workout, and this one was certianly in a fasted state: Back, lats, biceps, forearms, core, a set of side delts raises. and a lighter legs workout (12)<\/strong> <\/span>as I’m planning a legs day on Tuesday. My steps for the day:\u00a0 9,774\/7.4 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, December 25: <\/strong>Just some Christmas walking sans Christmas music: 16,424\/12.6 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, December 26: <\/strong>No gym as I realized my winter schedule is more tiring than I had expected: 17,137 steps\/13.2 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, December 27: <\/strong>No gym as I realized my winter schedule is A LOT<\/strong> more tiring than I had expected. I did, however, manage to hit 20,000 steps: 20,404 steps\/15.8 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, December 28: <\/strong>Just more walking:\u00a014,024 steps\/10.7 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, Decemer 29:<\/strong> And just more walking again: 12,884 steps\/9.9 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, December 30:<\/strong> Quite a lot of walking on a wet snowy day: 21,563 steps\/15.4 km.<\/p>\n

Sunday, December 31:<\/strong> A little more walking (10,675 steps\/7.8 km)<\/strong> and my first gym session for a week, which was also of course my last of the month and year – it was just a light and quick full body workout (12)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>in anticipation of a new workout schedule starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Weights Sessions: 12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cardio Sessions (StairMaster\/Treadmill): ZERO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Steps: <\/strong>\u00a0473,866<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Steps Per Day: <\/strong>15,286<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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