Steamy Midafternoon Training

Yesterday, I was on target to workout before noon. Probably around 1030 or 1100. Then I got a text message. Please come pick up Mom and Stephanie in Charleston. Plans derailed. We're staying out on Isle of Palms. Various members of the family take a bike ride from the house we rent on the island into downtown Charleston each time we visit IoP. This time my wife got overheated going up the Cooper River Bridge on the way to Charleston.

Once I got to town, picked up Laura, Stephanie and Miles and back to the island with a stop at the grocery store for water, gatorade and ice it was midday. I was also already hot and sweaty. I took some time to drink some fluids and cool off a bit. It was 1448 before I got out the door to start my training routine.

Warm up walk 16:08 minutes for 0.67 miles and an average speed of 2.5 mph.

Calisthenic Circuits 5 reps per exercise, 14:35 minutes.

• Prying Goblet Squat w/ 25# kettlebell
• Lying Hip Extension
• Halo (each direction) w/ 15# kettlebell
• Flying Dog (5 reps per side)

Training

• Kettlebell Swings 5x10x35# Two Handed
• Kettlebell Swings 5x11, 12, 13, 14, 15x35# Two Handed
• Kettlebell Swings 5x16, 17, 18, 19, 20x35# Two Handed
• Kettlebell Swings 5x20, 15, 20, 15, 20x35# Two Handed
• Turkish Get Ups 10x1x25# (per side)

The warm up walk was hot. My t-shirt was soaked with sweat by the time I got back. Just as I got within a few hundred yards of the house a quick thunderstorm blew up. Before I finished my calisthenic warmup it was over. Instead of cooling things off it just got more and more steamy. Which made things harder. I'm really glad I've been training outdoors at home!

After I finished my swings and was a couple of sets into the Turkish get ups another thunderstorm started! This one was a serious downpour! I was training downstairs underneath the screen porch and deck so the first storm didn't bother me. The volume of water and high winds of this second storm forced me to stop training and take my electronics inside and also move my mat and kettlebells to a more central location as big puddles were forming and the wind was blowing in rain. This caused my workout time to be recorded as 54:13.

I did my planned number of reps upping the final 5 sets from 15, 20, 15, 20, 15 to 20, 15, 20, 15, 20 for 295 total reps versus 290 reps last time. The rain stopped before I finished my get ups.  The swing portion of my training is as outlined by Tracy Reifkind's Workout #3. Overall a good session.