The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 10

This is my 10th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 8

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, Z-Health, other joint mobility, and a little yoga...

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: My brother was still visiting, so I did not do any hard workouts today. After he left, I opted to come in the house and do my warm-up, Z-Health, and various other joint mobility in front of the TV...it was just one of those days, BUT, I still got my 30 minutes! I was really tired. Struggling with my energy levels because so much has been going on that I normally do not have to do such as moving, unpacking, home projects, etc. Regardless, it is still important for me to take at least 30 minutes per day just for my health and exercise...it pays off in the end...

In Gentle MOVEment today -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 9

This is my 9th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 9

Workout: Coach RJ Dynamic Warm-Up, KBs, walking with family

Total Time: 60+ minutes

Comments: Today was a great day of activity for me. I worked with many of my corporate clients early in the day so got some good exercise teaching them my Dynamic Warm-Up plus a few other things. I came home and worked with my kettlebell a little doing some bent press and Turkish Get Ups then went for a walk with my brother Marc who is doing the 30X30 too. My son Cade also walked with us. I felt like the Pied Piper of fitness today which is always a good day. Beautiful 70+ degree weather in SoCal today...perfect.

In Sweat! -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 8

This is my 8th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 6

Workout: Joint mobility, KBs, DBs, Z-Health

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: My God! Another major day of stress challenges! I swear if it was not for my daily exercise, I'd be DEAD by now! More new home equipment failures today, major banking hassles, etc. I decided to just get right down with the KBs after my warm up tonight. Hit 2:00 straight with the 24kg swings, rest a few minutes, then launched into minute sets hitting around 18-20 swings at the top of each minute for 10:00. Finished with a few old school sets of DB chest press with 65# supersetted with DB straight curls with 25#.

I've lost a lot of fitness with all the moving stuff the last few months. Dealt with the 2:00 of swings better than I thought but when I hit the minute sets they nearly dropped me in my tracks. After 15 minutes of kettlebells, I was wasted and shaking...and still had 15 more minutes to workout! Hit the DBs then finished with some Z-Health back in the house. MAJOR reality check tonight. Time to get back into the saddle now that we are in the home. Stop screwing around with the foo foo...and kick serious ass--MY OWN! This works better for me and my personality. Light workouts are fine--just not to the point of losing fitness for me.

Way cool rest break tonight to watch the space station fly over our local mountain range in the slightly cool SoCal evening...pretty fast shooting star...many of our neighbors were all out there watching together. It was fun.

In Sweat! -Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 7

This is my 7th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 7

Workout: Joint mobility, running, walking

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: My "force the fitness" workout last night snapped me out of the funk to short-circuit the negative loop I got into for a few hours because of all life's BS. I'm convinced that the mood enhancement alone is worth the 30 minutes each day! Today, I got to take another run in my new Nike Free 5.0 running shoes. After I got back, I wanted something more mellow so just walked around the block and looked at all the homes as I cruised along...it was a nice way to finish the last five minutes. Pretty low-key tonight...

In MOVEment...EVERY DAY! Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 6

This is my 6th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 4

Workout: Joint mobility, double KB clean and press with 16kg (lots of sets...I didn't feel like counting), a couple sets of 16kg windmill presses, a few goblet squats with the 16kg too plus showing my twins how to punch with heavy gloves for self defense a few minutes...and playing on my new Indo Board with them which is WAY COOL.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Comments: This was a difficult day personally. I was already a bit fried from work challenges then I got slammed at home with "life" stuff. I did not feel like working out. I made myself do it. I was snippy before I hit the workout. Now I'm too tired to be snippy which is better for me and my family. Another day-another workout. Just taking one day at a time because anything beyond is too much right now. Seeing the twins so exuberant about exercising with Daddy made me perk up a bit though...that was worth the workout right there I think.

In MOVEment! Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 5

This is my 5th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 8

Workout: Joint mobility, running, wind sprints

Total Time: 30-35 minutes

Comments: Got my new Nike Free 5.0 running shoes so was pretty stoked to try them out tonight. Got home in dark and family was ready to eat--had to get workout in so hit the trail first and ate later. I could have walked after dinner, but I really wanted to try the new shoes. I liked them a lot. Got back and felt like I needed a few more minutes so blasted three 50 yard wind sprints at 3/4 speed in front of the house on slight uphill. My new neighbors might think I'm crazy, but they'll get used to it eventually! :o)

In MOVEment! Coach RJ

The Lean Berets 30X30 Challenge: Day 4

This is my 4th day of The Lean Berets 30X30 NO EXCUSES New Year's Challenge!

Mood: 9 that faded to 7

Workout: Joint mobility, walking with family, a few sets of DB chest press with 65 pounds supersetted with 25 pound DB straight curls...pretty straight up and SIMPLE today.

Total Time: 45 minutes

Comments: Started pretty good today then got a bit grumpy over some crashing and burning of one of my corporate events pending...lots of rescheduling now and a pain in my butt, etc., but decided I might as well workout anyway...kids' toilet sprung a leak that night so was glad to have had the "mood enhancement" of the workout!!!

In MOVEment! Coach RJ