Since my return from out West I've been working my way into a new strength routine. As I mentioned a few posts back, I've sort of used the "5P" workout described here on Ron Lugbill's blog as a starting point. I'm not quite doing a full 5P, but I've worked in four of the Ps. The routine starts with a set of pushups (of which I do a variety of types), followed by a couple of types of leg-lifts while hanging from a set of gymnast's rings. Then I do this prehab exercise, which for me is really a rehab exercise because it targets the area of soreness in my back. Then I go back to the rings and do a set of pullups. I finish the routine with two plyometric exercises: squat jumps and chest-drop pushups. I try to do two sets of this routine three days a week.
This afternoon I went downtown and paddled the K1 for 40 minutes. I kept the intensity moderate and tried to rotate fully on each stroke. It's something I've struggled to do in the K1, but the addition of the foot strap has been a boost to my confidence.
The harbor has been lovely most of the days I've been down there this summer, but a mid-afternoon thunderstorm today washed in a big bunch of floating litter. The city of Baltimore has found a remedy to this problem in its harbor; can't we?
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