Good Grief It Has Been a Long Time!

Wow, I haven't recorded a workout in nearly a month! I haven't been doing a lot of working out to report either. I started a new job on 03/31/2014. The last couple of weeks I've been taking 5 minute breaks throughout the day, ala The Pomodoro Technique. During those breaks I've been doing either 5 pushups, 5 Turkish Get Ups or 5 Shinbox Switches.

Today, we're visiting my father-in-law. We're going to watch as many NBA Playoff games as we can. I decided to do some exercise during each commercial break of the game. Here's how it went. This is what I tweeted during the game.

• My son, Miles, and I did push ups during first break. We alternated 1 pushup, then 2 pushups, all the way up to 6 each for 6 sets, 21 total reps.
• Second break we did squats again alternating all the way from 1 rep up to 7 reps for 7 sets, 28 total reps.
• 3rd break of #NBA game Turkish Get Ups 5 left & 5 right #Exercise Miles left 2 go 2 the store w/ mom & big brother. I'm working alone now
• 4th break of #NBA game shinbox switches 10 each way, then all fours to table switch 6 each way.
• Got lazy on 5th break of #NBA game, only 10 burpees.
• 6th break of #NBAPlayoffs game 5x5 pushups with 5-10 second pause between sets. #exercise #NBA
• 7th break of the #NBAPlayoffs game was short! 10 squats pause 3 breaths 9 squats and the game was back on! #exercise #nba 
• 8th break, during halftime of #NBAPlayoffs game 10 shinbox switches, 9 all fours to table each alternating sides #exercise #nba This was a really long commercial break. I had not yet recovered when the 9th break started which was equally long.@charleshb 
• 10th break, once again only 10 burpees. I'm huffing and puffing like a steam engine! #NBAPlayoffs #nba #exercise
• Skipped #exercise during 11th break. It came too quickly after the 10th break. #NBAPlayoffs #nba
• 12th break of the 1st #NBAPlayoffs game of the day pushups 5x5 with 3-5 breaths between sets. #exercise #nba 
• Guess I'm getting tired. 2 commercials of 13th break were over before I realized I should be exercising. I'll do squats next break.
• Squats 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with 3 breaths Btween sets 4 a total of 55 reps during 14th break of #NBAPlayoffs #NBA #exercise
• 15th break of #NBAPlayoffs Turkish Get Ups 1x5 R, 1x5 L #exercise #NBA 
• Missed 16th break, 17th break 10 shinbox switches, 8 all 4s-2-table each side alternating #exercise #NBAPlayoffs #NBA
• Final round of #exercise 10 burpees! #Nets beat the #Raptors in game 1 of #NBAPlayoffs #NBA Got my #workout in!

I shouldn't say "only" ten burpees. Burpees are hard and I haven't done any since my brief stint of intro classes at Swamp Rabbit Crossfit some months ago. What I called "all-4s-2-table" is a variation of the Thoracic Bridge as demonstrated in this video. I went further than in the video an put my free hand down behind me and raised my hips fully.

I had read and heard the recommendation to do exercise during commercial breaks many times. It was even a recent Lifehacker article. I should actually do it more often. I need to get back to my basics routine of pull ups, push ups, and squats starting on Monday.