Today is day 562.

Classic warm up
impossible abs day 8: 3 elbow plank holds, 25 seconds each
Arms of steel day 8: 4 minutes nonstop punches

Ah, the monkeys eventually loaded. I was wondering about that.

Today is day 563.
classic warm up
35 lbs per hand, squats, 3 sets 12
30 lbs per hand, bench presses, 3 sets 10
30 lbs, one armed bent over rows, 3 sets 12
30 lbs, seated two handed tricep extensions (French press, I think), 3 sets 12
19 lbs per hand, standing bicep curls, 3 sets 10
Situps, hands behind head, 3 sets 10

impossible abs day 9: 3 sets 12 leg raises and 12 side bridges
arms of steel day 9: 4 sets 20 shoulder taps

sweating like a racehorse
going for water now

September 8 was day 564.

Classic warm up.
impossible abs day 10: 3 30 second planks
arms of steel day 10: 5 nonstop minutes punching
3.06 miles on my bike to pick up a rental car, and 3.07 miles back after I returned it

Today is day 565. My stomach is giving me grief for unknown reasons. At the first sign of abdominal cramping or leg trembling, everything I have scheduled for today's workout stops.

classic warm up
10 lbs per hand, dumbbell step ups using my flat bench, 3 sets 12 per leg
35 lbs per hand, stiff legged deadlifts, 3 sets 12
paused because leg was starting to shake, but only a little, also a tonsillolith came out on its own, God only knows why, I'm going to sit for a moment before continuing
started shoulder presses with 10 lb weights but I"m still getting loud clicking from my right shoulder, so I am going to avoid these at least for now
35 lbs, standing one-legged dumbbell calf raises, 3 sets 12
15 lbs per hand, standing dumbbell shrugs, 3 sets 15, this motion does not cause clicking in the shoulders
35 lbs per hand, dumbbell side bends, 3 sets 12 per side

impossible abs day 11: 3 sets 12 leg raises, 3 sets 12 side bridges
arms of steel day 11: 4 sets 20 shoulder taps

fun fact, if you're like me, and you're sweating from all your available pores when you lie on your back to do the leg raises in impossible abs, the sweat will go right up your nose without a by your leave
okay, that's not so much fun, but it is a fact
I need to go clean up now

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve seen or heard that word: tonsillolith...do you get those often?😳

More often than I care to think. My right tonsil is prone to developing them, it's just that the vast majority are willing to come out with very slight intervention on my part (I know for some people it's either targeted use of a WaterPik or a visit to a medical professional when it's time to remove tonsil stones). Having a physical activity cause me to do something with my throat that causes one of the dingdang things to pop out on its own is a weird experience.

That said, today is day 566.

classic warm up
arms of steel day 12: 5 minutes nonstop punching
impossible abs day 12: 3 elbow planks, 30 seconds each

Yesterday, the 11th, I did not feel great gut-wise. I did noy wamt to break my streak, though, so day 567 was

64 punches
64 overhead punches

And I will resume today.

Today is day 568.

Classic warm up
arms of steel day 13: 4 sets 22 shoulder taps
impossible abs day 13: 14 leg raises, 14 side bridges, 3 sets
since I already have the mat out, 30 lbs per hand, 3 sets 10
15 lbs per hand as I am pressed for time, bent over dumbbell rows, 3 sets 15
15 lbs per hand, standing hammer curls, 3 sets 15
15 lbs per hand, lying dumbbell triceps extensions from the mat, 3 sets 10
Leg raises again from the mat, 3 sets 10 this time

Today is day 569. I had my flu shot yesterday; my left arm is on the stiff side near the shoulder.

impossible abs day 14: 3 elbow plank holds, 35 seconds each
arms of steel day 14: 6 minutes nonstop punching (I put on my CPR beats playlist and ran Another One Bites The Dust back to back with Stayin' Alive)

I love both of those; they take me back!

I generally don't listen to music when I have to Do A Thing so much as when I have to Get To A Point. If the exercise is 'do X of Y exercises' I need to concentrate on doing X. Listening to music will make me lose track eventually. If I have to Get To A Point, like Z minutes or Q number of floors or W miles, it's easier to get there if I have music of a reasonably inspirational pace to take at least part of my mind off the fact that I am not at the Point yet.

That being said, today is day 570.

Classic warm up
35 lbs per hand, squats, 3 sets 12
35 lbs per hand, bench presses, 1 set 10, 1 set 9
32.5 lbs per hand, bench presses, 1 set 10
32.5 lbs, one armed bent over rows using the bench, 3 sets 12 per arm
32.5 lbs, seated two handed triceps extensions, 3 sets 12
19 lbs per hand, standing bicep curls, 3 sets 10
Situps, hands behind head, 3 sets 10

impossible abs day 15: 14 leg raises, 14 side bridges, three sets
arms of steel day 15: 22 shoulder taps, four sets

Today is day 571.

classic warm up
impossible abs day 16: 3 elbow plank holds, 35 seconds each
arms of steel day 16: 6 minutes nonstop punching

Yesterday was day 572. I had to work on my company's VPN connectivity to our DR site during lunch and opted to shift the full workout to the next day instead of doing weights and challenges at the end of the day.

But I still have a streak to maintain, so I did 64 punches, 64 overhead punches; it's token activity but it's at least something and it keeps the upper body aware that Things Will Be Required Of It.

Today is day 573.

Classic warm up
15 lbs per hand, dumbbell step ups using my flat bench, 3 sets 12 per leg
35 lbs per hand, stiff legged deadlifts, 3 sets 12
10 lbs per hand, seated Arnold presses because last time I did them they caused less clicking from my right shoulder than regular shoulder presses, 3 sets 12
35 lbs, standing one-legged calf raises, 3 sets 12
15 lbs per hand, standing dumbbell shrugs, 3 sets 15, up the weight next time
35 lbs per hand, dumbbell side bends, 3 sets 12

impossible abs day 17: 3 sets 16 leg raises, 3 sets 16 side bridges
arms of steel day 17: 3 sets 24 shoulder taps

Today is day 574.

classic warm up
arms of steel day 18: 7 minutes nonstop punching
impossible abs day 18: 3 sets 40 second planks