{"id":13084,"date":"2024-04-04T16:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:53:53","slug":"april-2024-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/april-2024-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2024 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday. April 1:<\/strong> No gym as it was a pretty long work day., so just a decent amount of walking instead: 18,886 steps\/14.5 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 2:<\/strong> Another day like yesterday, except with less work: 16,022 steps\/12.1km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 3:<\/strong> My first gym session of the month included: chest, shoulders, tricep, traps, leg extensions, and glutes (G1)<\/strong><\/span>. My steps for the day: 22,455 steps\/16.7 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thurday, April 4: <\/strong>Back in the gym, taking advantage of my usual late start on Thursdays: hamstrings, inner thighs, calves, and my entire core (G2)<\/span>. <\/strong>And a little less walking: 14,440 steps\/10.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, April 5: <\/strong>A short weights session in the afternoon: back, lats, biceps, and I think I also did calves (G3).<\/strong> <\/span>My steps for the day: 16,689\/12.3 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 6:<\/strong> An evening workout: chest, shoulders, traps, calves, hamstrings, and inner thighs (G4).<\/strong><\/span> And today’s steps: 16,739\/12.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 7:\u00a0 <\/strong>Another pretty short workout: triceps, biceps, leg extensions, and glutes (G5). And my steps for the day: 12,773\/9.84 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 8:<\/strong> I enjoyed a lazy nap-filled eveing at home instead of a gym session. My steps for the day: 13,984\/10.7 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 9: <\/strong>Back in the gym for legs and core (G5).<\/span> <\/strong>And my steps for the day: 12,673\/9.66 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 10:\u00a0<\/strong>A nice short, sharp workout: chest, shoulders, and traps (G6).<\/strong><\/span> And my total steps for the day: 20,754\/14.9 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 11: <\/strong>No time for the gym today as both my Thursday classes were jammed packed with assessment tasks. My steps for the day: 25,010\/18.8 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, April 12:<\/strong> Another workout, but I really should have done more work: lats, back, biceps, hamstrings, inner thighs, and calves (G7).<\/strong><\/span> And my steps for the day: 14,758\/10.7 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 13: <\/strong>An evening short workout: chest, triceps, thighs and glutes (G8). <\/strong><\/span>And my steps for the day: 17,709\/13.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 14:<\/strong> A different in the evening when I have to admit I didn’t really feel like exercising, but I was later glad that I did: biceps, forearms, hamstrings, inner thighs, and traps (G9).<\/strong><\/span> And my steps for the day: 17,505\/13.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 15: <\/strong>No gym as my students’ fist major discussions continued. My steps for today: 15,001\/11.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 16:<\/strong> I should have gone to the gym after class, but I didn’t. Today’s steps: 15,183\/11.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday. April 17:<\/strong> I really need to go to the gym today.\u00a0 Wednesday’s steps: 16,464\/12.5 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 18: <\/strong>Same again: 12,218 steps\/9.19 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, April 19: Finally back in my gym, and I really needed this: leg extensions, glutes, hamstrings, calves, back, lats, and biceps (G10).<\/span> <\/strong>And my steps for the day: 14,839\/11.2 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 20:<\/strong> Another gym session: chest, shoulders, and triceps (G11).<\/strong><\/span> And my steps for the day: 13,446\/10.1 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 21: <\/strong>Well, yesterday’s workout aggrivated a slight strain of a small muscle around my left collar bone, so I’ll have to be more careful until that heals. Hence just more walking: 11,793 steps\/9.12 km.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 22: <\/strong>More walking after a busy day: 13,389 steps\/10.4 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 23:\u00a0 <\/strong>Despite getting up before 5 am to catch up on some grading, I made it to the gym in the evening. My shoulder is off limits for the time being, so my workout involved thighs, hamstrings, inner thighs, calves, and lower back (G12).<\/strong><\/span> And my steps for the day: 16,263\/12.6 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 24:\u00a0 <\/strong>More walking after a busy day: 16,789 steps\/12.7 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 25: <\/strong>More walking as I continue to give my shoulder a rest: 16,527 steps\/12.5 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, April 26: <\/strong>Still resting my shoulder, so just some walking: 15,461 steps\/11.7 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 27:<\/strong> Back in the gym but I’m still avoiding using my shoulder, which almost feels back to normal: leg extensions, glutes, hamstrings, inner thighs, and just a set each of side and lower back extensions (G13).\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>And my steps for the day:10,955\/8.56 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, April 28:<\/strong>\u00a0 Another gym session: triceps, biceps, and forearms. I did some shoulder raises and and a few other upper body exercises – just one set with light weights (G14),<\/strong> <\/span>but my shoulder isn’t quite ready yet for intense exercise. A lot of walking: 22,404 steps\/15.7 km.<\/p>\n

Monday, April 29: Those light exercises aggrivated my shoulder injury just a little, and with wrapping up student scores and feedback, I was too tired to make it to the gym. My steps for the day: 14,912\/11.3 km<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 30: April ended with a wimper with just some more walking: 15,754 steps\/11.9 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Weights Sessions:\u00a0 14<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Total Steps: 481,950<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Steps Per Day: 16,065<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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