Universal Fitness

Sept 2-3 Day 1: Went trail hiking.  Completed intervals of jogging and walking up a slight but steady incline for 4 miles: 2 miles up and 2 miles down.  Included some backward walking to work on balance an mind/body connection. Day 2: Went swimming and river rock climbing. Did some swimming exercises and rock climbing; focusing on  maintaining coordination and balance.

Thought I would share this video which provides some information on how to develop a more efficient freestyle swim stroke.

July 22 to July 28th I managed two workouts.  Each consisted of walk/runs and about 30-60minutes in length. Nothing significant to report. July 29 to August 4   Manged two workouts during this week. This includes one long run/walk (about 10 miles) with some upper bodyweight exercises included. (pull-ups and push-ups, sit-ups) August 5 to August 11 Three workouts. The first consisted of a 3 mile run focusing on not walking as much.  Second and third workouts were 1.5 mile runs with some stops in between....intervals of run/walk.

Saturday July 21st  1 hour workout along the lakefront; A Run/walk with 10 minute warm-up and cooldown (walk) Got some sun and Vitamin D today.  Was a nice workout.

Wednesday July 18th 1 hour workout along the lakefront; A Run/walk with 10 minute warm-up and cooldown (walk)

Monday July 16th 1 hour workout along the lakefront; A Run/walk with 10 minute warm-up and cooldown (walk)

Saturday July 14th 1 hour 28 minute workout along lakefront. 7 minute walk/warmup, 1 hour 10 minutes of activity: jog/walking, stair hops, pull-ups and an 11 minute cooldown/walk home. Walked more than I would have liked today but did get some sun. Tried some stair squat hops today on the giant stairs by Belmont Harbor and the Lakefront. Completed 3 intervals of squat hops / jogging / walking.  Stairs were wide enough to lay on and about knee height. Here's an example: