Wednesday

Destroyed left hand is still chugging along.  I'm taping it with Neosporin pretty often.

Thought about getting up early to do a ruck march, but after realizing that I would be getting up even earlier on Thursday to exercise and then drive 5 hours to Florida, I decided sleep was a better option.  Still went to the gym at the usual time.

5:00 rowing warmup and 10:00 of stretching.

Started off with a 500m max effort row with 10/10 resistance.  This is such a butt kicker.  My brother Kirt "graced" me with this workout a long time ago and I've trying to do it on a regular basis ever since.  It shouldn't take more than a couple minutes, at the most, but oh man it is an awful couple minutes.  Up until a few weeks ago, my PR and average were around 1:38 to 1:39.  Just couldn't do any better.  Then I realized, hm, maybe I should look up some tutorials on rowing since I'm just kinda making this up as I go.  Watched a few videos on proper form, which was maybe 3 weeks ago.  I've PRed this workout every Wednesday, sometimes twice in one day, since then.  PRed it again today with a 1:33.6, and nearly threw up haha.

Side Planks for 1:00 on each side.  Not much fun after rowing.

A bunch of ankle, knee, and hip mobility exercises.  People give me strange looks when they see me doing this stuff, but the way I look at it, its preventative maintenance.  I do a lot of pretty awful things to my joints, I need to be making sure they are strong enough to handle it and keep me away from injury.

Back upstairs for another 500m max effort row with 10/10 resistance.  Came close to the previous time with a 1:34 flat.  Little pissed that I couldn't edge out the last few meters in time.   The first 250m felt great, good rhythm, just trailed off the last 100m.

More side planks, 1:00 each side.

Changed into my swimsuit and jumped into the pool.  5:00 of stretching in the pool, then 5:00 of sitting in the hot tub.  Then back into the pool to tread water for 30:00.  Funny to think that a couple years ago, I struggled to tread water for 5:00.  Not so much anymore.  I've done up to 60:00 and probably could have kept going but its so boring.  Now that its much easier, I'll mix it up by using only one arm, or not using my legs for a bit.

Went back to my house and practiced jumping rope for a bit.