LHT Session 7

Reps	Goal	Exercise
40/-	50/50	Knee Pushups
15/-	20/20	Chair-assisted Pullups (2-legs)
50/-	50/50	Bench Squat
20/-	25/25	Elevated Jackknife Press
90/-	90/90	Elbow/Knee Plank
45/-	45/45	L Side Elbow/Knee Plank
45/-	45/45	R Side Elbow/Knee Plank

Felt extremely dizzy after my first cycle today, almost falling over. 10 minutes later, and I still feel really faint, so I'm gonna call it for today, probably pick up some extra bike work later in the day to make up for it a bit.

LHT Session 6

Reps	Goal	Exercise
37/27	50/50	Knee Pushups
12/10	20/20	Chair-assisted Pullups (2-legs)
50/50	50/50	Bench Squat
22/20	25/25	Elevated Jackknife Press
90/59	90/90	Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	L Side Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	R Side Elbow/Knee Plank

Some good progress today, but the stress of the last week and a half is showing. Long story short, I didn't do ANY exercising this week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Thankfully, I'm back on schedule, so I hope my progress will continue.

Also, this is the second session where I did the full rep count on Bench Squats, so it looks like I'm progressing to the next level: Full Squat. Hooray! My first real Primal Movement!

LHT Session 5

Reps	Goal	Exercise
30/25	50/50	Knee Pushups
13/10	20/20	Chair-assisted Pullups (2-legs)
50/50	50/50	Bench Squat
22/18	25/25	Elevated Jackknife Press
90/70	90/90	Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	L Side Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	R Side Elbow/Knee Plank

Good progress overall, despite my not doing any slow movement/sprint exercises last week.  This was mostly due to some mental stresses and pressures, which meant my diet was in the shitter too.

I think I'll start recording my  slow movement exercises too.  No sprints yet, at least until the thermometer drops below 26 on a regular basis.

LHT Session 4

Reps	Goal	Exercise
32/22	50/50	Knee Pushups
10/6	20/20	Chair-assisted Pullups (2-legs)
50/32	50/50	Bench Squat*
20/16	25/25	Elevated Jackknife Press
90/62	90/90	Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	L Side Elbow/Knee Plank
45/45	45/45	R Side Elbow/Knee Plank

*Progressed from Assisted Squat to Bench Squat


Despite a boatload of mental stress this week, I managed to do today's scheduled LHT session.  Feel really good now, and doing this has got me focused again.

Also using a new format for my LHT Session updates.  Clarity is key.

LHT Session 3

Knee Push-ups 30/25 (50/50)
Chair-assisted Pull ups (2 legs) 10/7 (20/20)
Assisted Squat w/ Bar 50/50 (50/50)
Elevated Jackknife Press 15/15* (25/25)
Elbow/Knee Plank 90/60 (90/90)
Elbow/Knee Side Plank (L) 45/45 (45/45)
Elbow/Knee Side Plank (R) 45/45 (45/45)

*Shit form.

Looks like I can progress to the next level of squats

LHT Session 2

Exercise: Reps/Reps (Target/Target)

Knee Push-ups: 26/15 (50/50)
Chair-assisted Pull-ups (2 legs): 10/6 (20/20)
Assisted Squat w/ Bar: 50/50 (50/50)
Elevated Jack-knife Press: 14/13 (25/25)
Elbow/Knee Plank: 57*/52 (90/90)
Elbow/Knee Side Plank (L): 30*/32 (45/45)
Elbow/Knee Side Plank (R): 45/35 (45/45)

*Changed from Hand/Knee to Elbow/Knee, as I found my shoulder and wrist were hurting.

Mark Sisson is kicking my ass.

So diet time again.  Or no...actually working out time again, with a moderate eye on my diet.  I'll eat more or less what I feel like, but not confuse boredom with hunger.

I had been doing some moderate exercise, but just how moderate was demonstrably revealed to me after my first "Lift Heavy Things" workout as prescribed by Mark Sisson's "Primal Blueprint Fitness."  After doing an assessment last Friday, today was my first actual work out.

At the lowest level, the workout shoots for the following goals:

2 cycles of:

50 on-knee push-ups
20 chair-assisted pull-ups (2 legs)
50 bar-assisted squats
25 elevated jackknife presses
90-second hand/knee plank + 45-second per-side hand/knee side plank

Once I can do that number each cycle, I can move on to the next, harder version of the exercise.  I'll stress that this is the LOWEST level.  There are no exercises easier than this.  Here were my results (cycle 1/cycle 2)

20/15 on-knee push-ups
8/5 chair-assisted pull-ups (2 legs)
44/20 bar-assisted squats
15/8 elevated jackknife presses
54/34-second hand/knee plant + 37/27 and 37/27-second hand/knee side plank

Right now, I feel totally blasted, and kinda happy that I only have to do this twice a week.