On the Head

Sunday workout at home. Went through the run of 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Burpees and Situps. Time 7:32 min. This is an exercise I also did in Spain, and managed to shave off a minute on the time. Maybe the trick is to play great music-- this time Velevet Revolver to push for the best time! I'm also progressing on headstanding and am working hard to get continous reps of HSPU.

Outdoor Obstacle

Yesterday recap: Outdoor training on a very sunny Saturday. Did sets of pushups (w. rings), dips (w. rings) and pullups using new technique as the core crossfit exercises for the day. Next up was to try key obstacles on the "obstacle course" at Karlberg. We went through the 5 meter climb and the "Irish Stairs"..so far so good and looking forward to complete the course on good time in the coming weeks!

Tonites dinner was fillet of beef as shown.

Knees to Elbows

A clip from The International Herald Tribune-- A bit off the beaten path, but for some worth a shot of getting into something different!

Tuesday's workout w. Knees to Elbows really did the trick and is a great exercise. See link for info:

Weblink: How to Do Proper Knees to Elbows

Knees to elbows is an exercise I dread adding to any workout. This exercise tests your grip strength and works your core about 10 times harder than regular situps.

Just find a pullup bar, hang from it, and lift your knees to touch your elbows (or as high as you can).

Looking forward to Sat. and outdoor workout and possible giving the Obstacle Course a shot!

Recap

Recap 0f yesterdays crossfit training:

Focus on OHS with new PR on 5x32,5 kg. We also introduced a new exercise called KTE (Knees to elbows), 30 reps combined with burpees in between (approx. 60-70 burpees).

Great food yesterday: NY Strip Steak for dinner

Pushups, Squats & US Beef

Beautiful day --was on the town with Estelle all day. Had lunch at Café Mocco in Kungsholmen (see pix) Wellness alternative with extra chicken -- delicius! For dinner I cooked a great slice of US (Nebraska) beef served with avacado and a melon.

Did a reprise exercise from the Spain trip: 40-30-20-10 Pushups and Squats. Great workout to do at home: todays time 9:40 min. Actually about a minure more time, than on the beach --but I think these reps were more correct. The arms are feeling the 100 pushups. The first 40 are going great which I am seeing as a good sign of improvement.

Leppard workout on Youtube

Wonderful Saturday Lunch: Lamb chops with Peas & Carrots + clove of garlic.

Some training inpiration: Check out this link to Phil Collen's (guitar player in Def Leppard) YouTube Channel -- It's shows his workout routine (weight lifting, although not crossfit) and Muay Thai Training routine. He's been with trainer Jean Carrillo for about five years and is really into fitness and eating right (long time vegetarian and teetotaler) -- Pretty cool for being a rocker anyways ha ha!

PhilCollen You Tube Channel

Back to training!

Friday's dinner: Cod & White Asparagus together with a glass of Moet.

Back to crossfit: Worked on HSPU (Handstand Pushups) and completed one rep. in good style, OHS and a version of Pullups. Finished with a set of: 21-15-9 Burpees and Kettlebells (24kg). All in all a great workout and I am getting ready for next week to get back on the heavy weights. Will do some running in the weekend focusing on maintaing the cardio I build up in Spain.

The lack of posts this week are more due to lower level of crossfit action, and not due to being uneventful days :-)