Richard Gibney's 365 Days of Fitness: Day 210

Day 210 Last night I decided to move my morning around a bit so that I could get a little more sleep and finally kick this head cold. I still felt a bit crumby in the morning but definitely a lot better. I felt staying away from using my lungs would a good idea, so more strength work was the plan.

Yesterday, I said today would be an uncomplicated workout. I kept in line with the plan and did a workout consisting of just one exercise, chin-ups. A slightly more complicated part of the workout was that it was done in 5 to 10 minute chunks over the course of 3 hours. I ran out of time during the day to get a full workout in, so I had to resort to using the last 5 minutes of each of my afternoon training sessions to fit in sets of chin-ups.

Today's Workout

Exercise 1: Weighted Chin-ups

3:50 - 4:00 pm Set 1: Body Weight + 25lbs x 5 reps Set 2: Body Weight + 45lbs x 5 reps Set 3: Body Weight + 70lbs x 5 reps

4:55 - 5:00 pm Set 4: Body Weight + 90lbs x 4 reps Set 5: Body Weight + 115lbs x 3 reps

5:55 - 6:00 pm Set 6: Body Weight + 115lbs x 3 reps

6:45 - 6:50 pm Set 7: Body Weight + 135lbs x 1 rep (Unsuccessful - made it 3/4 of the way up) no rest - Body Weight + 90lbs x 3 reps - no rest - Body Weight + 45lbs x 5 reps

Like yesterday, I decided to get into some heavy weights. I attempted a personal best of 3 45lb plates (135lbs). The attempt was unsuccessful but I was close.The spread out nature of the workout was a little different but I think it actually helped in enabling me to move more weight. Obviously taking 3 + hrs to do a workout is not very efficient but I think I discovered that it may have some benefits.

My cold seems to have passed. I think the longer sleep last night was a big help. I was a little worried that I was going to have to get on a plane this weekend with a head cold, but thankfully, it's gone.