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Last Week’s Workouts and the Start of Movember

Had a pretty good week of workouts and decided to stick with an upper/lower routine by following one I wrote out a few years ago. I’m still adding more conditioning work than needed, but it’s getting better. Avery did great by “spotting” me in her jumper and cheering me on with her cute and loud coos.

I don’t write it out, but I always warm up before lifting with a 10 minutes of dynamic moves and stationary biking before ramping up the weights to my working sets. Again, this is in additional to walking at least a total of 3 or 4 miles each day of the week and chasing a very fast crawler around the house.

Monday – 10/27

– Back Squat: 4 x 8 x 215lbs

– Straight Leg Dead Lift: 4 x 8 x 205lbs

– Dumbbell Lunges: 3 x 10/side x 45lb/side

Superset w/ Glute-Ham Raise: 3 x 12

– Double Kettlebell Swings: 3 x 31 x 25lb/arm

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups

Tuesday – 10/28

– Bench Press: 4 x 8 x 160lbs

Superset w/ Strict Chin-ups: 4 x 6

– Dumbbell Hang Clean & Press: 4 x 10 x 30lb/arm

– 1-arm Dumbbell Rows: 3 x 12 x 45lb

Superset w/ Bodyweight Dips: 3 x 13

– Renegade Rows w/ 30lb Dumbbells: 3 x 10

– Dumbbell Curls “21’s”: 3 x 20lb

Superset w/ Standing Triceps Ext w/ 45lb plate: 3 x 12

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups

Wednesday – 10/29

– Warm-up walk/jog followed by 12 x ~75 meter hill sprints pushing Avery in stroller with 35lb weights in bottom basket; cool down jog of ¾ mile

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups + run 2 miles easy

Thursday – 10/30

– Front Squat: 4 x 8 x 170lbs

– Dead Lift: 3 x 8 x 230lbs

– Clean: 5 x 5 x 120lbs

– 31 Bulgarian Split Squats w/ 20lb Dumbbells/arm and 31 Push-ups

– 1 Round of Tabata bike

Friday – 10/31

– Overhead Press: 4 x 8 x 105lbs

– Barbell Bent Row: 4 x 8 x 130lbs

Superset w/ Dumbbell Incline Press: 4 x 10 x 45lb/arm

– Dumbbell Hang Clean & Press: 5 x 5 x 45lb/arm

– 4 Rounds: Close-grip Bench – 10 x 130lbs, Wide-grip Pull ups x 5, Kettlebell Windmill w/ 25lb/side x 10/side, Bike ~30 seconds

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups

Saturday – 11/01

– Cardio Challenge (30 min of 30s on: 30s off) wearing Elevation Training Mask

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups

Sunday – 11/02

– Walk 1.5 miles with Kelley and Avery in stroller to playground to push Avery in swing and then run 1.5 miles back

– Reel Mow back yard while wearing Avery in the Onya

– 31 1-leg squats and Push-ups

– Strict Pull ups x 10, 11, 11

November 1st marked the end of October and the month Avery was born. Yep, we’ll be celebrating her one year birthday on the 15th!!! Ahhhh! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it many times again; being a parent is equivalent to having a time machine stuck on the “future” setting.

I’ll be sharing more about her birthday soon, including her 1 year pictures we had done recently. But I need to go for now and just wanted to mention that I’m participating in Movember and just shaved my face clean on 11/01. Now I’m all set to let my mustache grow…..or something to that effect, it never grew well before.

Starting with a clean slate.....
Starting with a clean slate…..

If you can, I’d love to have you support the cause by donating to my page or team of Dads/Bloggers. Just sharing our page with your friends, family, and followers would be much appreciated too!

Any plans for November?

Have you heard of Movember?

Going Dad’s Top Ten Pinterest Picks (9): Random Humor for the Systematic Life

Sometimes, okay, a lot of times, we all need a good, hearty laugh. Really, we should all laugh more throughout the day every day. Smiling and laughing release “feel good” hormones that actually decrease stress, and even forcing a smile has been proven to lower stress levels!

To all parents, including myself, consider this news you can use and force that grin!

Me reducing stress....
Me reducing stress….

Seriously, try it out when you’re feeling stressed; just stop and force a smile. It actually works! What also works is Pinterest and the infinite posts of memes, quotes, pictures, and more of hilarious content.

For no particular reason, I recently felt the weight of stress bearing down on me and sought refuge in Pinterest. Guess what? It worked! And then it kept on working for way too long; that site is addicting!

Anyway, figured all of us could use a little laughing medicine to start another week off on the right…..errr, emotions. Enjoy these random Pinterest posts of humor to assist in an otherwise systematic week ahead!

1. Something Going Mom and I deal with daily.

2. Maybe it’s for swim lessons? Or maybe the duck was tired of them riding her tail feathers!

3. One bad bird…

4. I could do a whole post on Grumpy Cat memes….hmmmm

5. It may not be with dinosaurs, but we’re doing this to Avery some day for sure!

6. So many good cat memes!

7. They had one job…

8. This is all I’ll ever think of when I see these stickers now.

9. Had to have some puns in here, since I obviously love them all!

10. Kinda funny, sad, and true all at once.

That only took me half the day to put these together since I kept getting sidetracked. Damn you, Pinterest!

Anyway, enjoy your Monday and this week!

Any plans for the week ahead? Avery is turning 9 months on the 15, and G-Ma will be watching her the entire weekend as Kelley and I celebrate our 7th anniversary at Embassy Suites. We’re just a little excited. I’ll fill you in soon!

Baby Facial Expressions. Because, Why Not?

The Monday after a July 4th weekend is perfect for a picture-themed post.

We had a great, but exhausting time spending two nights at G-Ma’s for the first time. After making it back home on Sunday, Going Mom and I ran around doing chores and tending to the yard.

I will have a recap of the weekend up soon, but in the meantime, here are several pictures of Avery’s cute, sometimes eerie, facial expressions I’ve been able to snap a shot of.

I'm not sure why, but I'm going to cry and play.
I’m not sure why, but I’m going to cry and play.
Well hello. I'm cute.
Well hello. I’m cute.
Oh no! What have I done to the bear!?
Oh no! What have I done to the bear!?
That's so funny I just....oooohhhh....umm, Daddy
That’s so funny I just….oooohhhh….umm, Daddy
My Mom, you can't have her!!
My Mom, you can’t have her!!
The ball wasn't being nice.......so I ate it.
The ball wasn’t being nice…….so I ate it.
Oh right! I pooped!!
Oh right! I pooped!!
I'm really not in the mood for tickle birds....
I’m really not in the mood for tickle birds….
I wish I knew what G-Ma was whispering in my ear. Hmm, I wish i knew what an ear was.....
I wish I knew what G-Ma was whispering in my ear. Hmm, I wish i knew what an ear was…..
Mommy said bath time, I say bahhhhhhhhh!
Mommy said bath time, I say bahhhhhhhhh!
I thought it'd just be a fart....
I thought it’d just be a fart….
I wish I was down there.....crawling
I wish I was down there…..crawling

Hope everyone has a great day and start to a new week!