More Training Talk - Jumping Over Hurdles

Sometimes we face little hurdles in our lives that throw a wrench in our progress.
By "we" I mean "me", and by "our progress" I mean "my own training program". 


I don't like making excuses, but sometimes it can't be helped I guess.
Friday and Saturday, I was volunteering for an event, so I already figured that both days would be a bit of a write-off for me. I decide to make those my "rest days". The only problem is that when I allow myself an actual "rest day" without doing ANY working out, it has a snowball effect.

Friday, I actually came down with a bit of a cold from being in the rain during the day, and staying in wet socks/clothes for the whole day. Not too bright, not too bright at all...
Anyways, so Saturday rolls around and I'm not feeling too hot. Sunday comes, and I'm in bed most of the day, groggy and really "out of it". Monday, I felt a little worse, so again - in bed most of the day.

Today, I woke up and thought to myself, "self: Get UP! ENOUGH of this." I don't feel at 100% today, not even close actually, but sitting around doesn't help! Not at this point anyways...
I pushed myself, and went to the gym!

Today, my gym routine consisted of:

• Shoulders and arms workouts from P90X with varying weights (Deep Swimmer's Press, Congdon Curls, Shoulder Flyes, Chair Dips, Static Arm Curls, Full Supination Concentration Curls)
• 3 sets of 60 reps on the rowing machine (I only do 40 lbs for 2 sets, then I increase it to 55 lbs for the 3rd set)
• Back extensions (1 set until I "feel it", then 2-3 sets of maximum reps)
• Lateral pull down (2 sets of 20 reps for wide-front pull downs, 2 sets of 20 reps for close reverse grip pull downs, both at 55 lbs)
• Hip abductor and hip adductor (both 3 sets of 20 reps at 130 for the first 2 sets, and 145 for the last set)
• Calf raises (3 sets of 25 with 25 lb weights: 1 set toes out, 1 set toes straight ahead, 1 set toes inward)

Then I went on a bike ride from my place to Port Credit, and back home. I did just over 20 km, which felt really good! :) 

As I'm typing this, I'm getting ready to "press play" on the P90X Ab Ripper X video (20 minutes of hard core abdominal work). Then I'm going to do about 20 minutes of yoga to stretch out my muscles a bit because I feel tense, and because yoga is awesome. 

Something a bit funny: I attempted to do a pull up on the bars... That didn't work so well... So there's something I want to achieve: being able to do at least 5 pull ups by August. We'll see! :)