{"id":14004,"date":"2025-09-02T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:08:17","slug":"september-2025-fitness-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterdaley.net\/home\/september-2025-fitness-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2025 Fitness Diary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, September 1:<\/strong> Just some walking to begin the month of September and the new semester: 16,520\/12.3 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 2<\/strong>: A gym session before my wonderful Tuesday starting work time of 3 PM: Cardio was first: 31 minutes\/7.46 km (C1).<\/span> <\/strong>And that was followed by an all-round upper body workout:chest, shoulders, traps, triceps, lats, back, biceps, calves, sides, lower abs, and forearms (W1). <\/span><\/strong>And my steps for the day: 16,460\/12.3 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, September 3: <\/strong>Just some walking again: 13,619 steps\/10.1 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 4: <\/strong>Another gym session to a lovely work schedule with its 3 PM start: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, lats, back, biceps, sides, lower back, calves, lower abs, a few short dead hangs, and hamstrings (W2).<\/strong><\/span> And my steps for the day: 17,633\/12.9 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, September 5: <\/strong>A late night gym session focused on some muscles I didn’t work yesterday: leg extensions, glutes, calves, and core (W3).<\/strong> <\/span>And my steps for the day: 14,085\/19.8 km.<\/span>
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Saturday, September 6: <\/strong>A cardio session: 33 minutes\/7.56 km (C2),<\/strong><\/span> and a dead hang, and my steps for the day: 12,598\/9.65 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 7:<\/strong> A decent mostly full body workout in the evening (W4).<\/strong><\/span> Every body part except thighs and glutes, which I’m, saving for tomorrow or Tuesday. My steps for the day: 11,848\/9.03 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, September 8:<\/strong> Ok, Mondays are kind of tough with homework to check and three classes back to back to teach. So just some walking, most of it after an amazing dream-filled evening nap: 11,063 steps\/8.51 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 9:<\/strong> Too busy for anything else, that’s what I keep telling myself: 14,648 steps\/11.2 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wedenesday, September 10: <\/strong>More walking: 11,820 steps\/ 8.59 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 11:<\/strong> More of the same: 15,501 steps\/11.6 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, September 12:<\/strong> I really should have gone to the gym, but instead: 15,219 steps\/11.4 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 13:<\/strong> An upper body workout (W5). <\/strong>And my steps:<\/span> 12,215\/9.15 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 14:<\/strong> Legs and a little core (W6). <\/strong>And my daily steps: 13,604\/10.01 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, September 15: <\/strong>Quite a lot of walking despite three classes and checking quite a lot of homework tasks: 17,552\/12.7 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 16: <\/strong>More walking and more difficulties getting back to my gym:<\/span> 16,053\/11.8 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 17: <\/strong>A little less walking and still no gym: 10,917 steps\/8.06 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 18: <\/strong>A morning walk helped to boost my daily step count: 17,730 steps\/13.2 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, September 19: <\/strong>A gym session, which is all too rare these days: upper body and some calves (W7),<\/span> <\/strong>and my steps for the day: 12,541\/9.41 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 20: A short legs workout that included a short dead hang (W8).<\/span><\/strong> Too many shorts in that sentence, but at least I made it to the gym. And my steps for the day were. lot fewer than usual: 6,153\/4.59 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 21:<\/strong> Quite a lot of walking: 20,159 steps\/14.9 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, September 22:<\/strong> More walking than yesterday: 22,004\/16 km.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 23:<\/strong> A little walking: 7,912 steps\/5.74 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 24:<\/strong> As above, and I think I feel a cold coming on: 5.939 steps\/4.2 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 25:<\/strong> As above, and I certainly have a cold, but it’s not too bad: 10,889 steps\/7.91 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, September 26:\u00a0<\/strong> A little closer to my usual amount of walking: 12,507 steps\/9.41 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday, September 27: <\/strong>Just some walking as usual: 12,304 steps\/9.2 km.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 28:<\/strong> Back in the gym, finally. – again, and hopefully, this will kickstart my weight training habit\/hobby: chest, shoudlers, triceps, biceps, traps, lat, back, calves, and hamstrings (W9)<\/span>.<\/strong> And my steps for the day: 13,722\/10.1 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, September 29: <\/strong>More walking: 14,654 steps\/10.9 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 30:<\/strong> One last gym session to end a pretty lackluster month: leg extensions, hamstring curls, calves, and glutes (W10)<\/span><\/strong>, and my final September 2025 steps: 14,495\/10.6 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Weights Sessions: 10\/16<\/span> (September\/August)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cardio Sessions (Recumbent Exercise Bike): 2\/4<\/span> (September\/August)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total Steps: 412,380<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Steps Per Day: 13,746<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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