The $1000 Bet - The Process

Surfing + Resting

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:32:00 +0000

There hasn't been much to update. I've been surfing a bunch, but not doing much else. Occasionally playing basketball, but that's about it. My ankle is fully healed which is nice.

My plan is to ride out October with only surfing and sports. I might head to Equinox a couple of times just so that it's not a total waste. That gym is the best and it seems a shame not to pay a visit here and there even on a down cycle.

Paddle Board to Catalina

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:24:00 +0000

Now that I'm a stand up paddle boarding expert (see video below), I'm thinking of doing another one of those stupid things I like to do. A stand up paddle board trip to Catalina seems to be the next logical step. I'm pretty sure I want to do it sooner than later since the waves and water will be getting more intense. I think it will be really hard, probably harder than the knee paddle boarding that people have races to Catalina. I haven't heard of anyone doing the trek over on a stand up. There are lots of logistics to figure out, like practicing and having an escort, etc. Those will come later.

And still taking it easy on the workouts. Just surfed yesterday and today.

Surfing

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:46:00 +0000

I think I might be taking it easy with the workouts for a little bit. Probably going to ramp back up in November with some craziness. At least that is the plan right now. And in the mean time, I plan to do a whole bunch of surfing. I want to get out just about every day.

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Since my dad is in town, we decided to try out the latest craze of stand up paddle boarding. My dad, Chris and I rented 3 boards and went out for a while. It was pretty awesome. Great workout and even better comedy. Chris and I were falling all over the place., and we probably fell over the most when trying to make the other person fall.

Here is one of the boards we rented. The Laird 12'1 monster. It was pretty stable and the easiest to stand on (please keep in mind the relativity of that statement).

And this is pretty much what we looked like by the end:

Surfing

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:58:00 +0000

Stayed up a little last night and had some shit to do this morning, so no super double workout today. Just a good dose of salt water. But it's been getting better lately. Started the session real strong. Depending on certain developments in other arenas I may slow down on the workouts and try to make sure I get to surf every day. I'm really enjoying being out there.

Oh yeah, and this is what it looks like when you tape up your own ankle and do a shit job of it. This shot is over a week after, so some healing has already taken place:

Recovery + Surfing

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:56:00 +0000

Today's workout:

Ab Ripper
Kenpo X
Surfing

Possibly best surf session yet. Starting to figure some shit out, and I'm also just much more comfortable out there.

3/8 Yoga and Super Fun Surfing

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:13:00 +0000

I didn't get going this morning too good. I pushed through the first half of Yoga (but barely pushed), then did some Yoga Belly 7 and the last part which is super relaxing. Skipped all that good for you stretching stuff.

Then went surfing which was awesome. Waves were pretty small and rolly and I figured some shit out. Got some good rides. Might have turned a corner.

Yoga
Surfing

Recovery Week

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:22:00 +0000

I've decided to do a recovery week. Pretty arbitrary actually, but I always found they were helpful in some way while I was strict in my P90X regimen. But just to spice things up a bit I preceded Core with an Ab Ripper:

Ab Ripper
Core Synergistics

New Pool

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:16:00 +0000

So Equinox finally finished the pool on the roof. And I had a chance to check it out. Pretty sweet. It's supposedly salt water, but I couldn't tell the difference. Here's what I did while I was there:

30 min. of swimming
15 min. run :: 1.9 miles
KB Swings :: several sets at 40 lb.
Dumbell Flat Bench :: 10 x 50 lb., 7 x 60 lb.
Dual Pulley Lat Pulldown :: 8 x 60 lb., 6 x 70 lb.
Bicep Curls :: 6 x 35 lb., 8 x 30 lb.
Tricep Pull Downs :: 20 x 50 lbs., 7 x 65 lbs.

Ab Ripper + Kenpo

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:51:00 +0000

I've been trying to kick it up a notch, so preceding Kenpo with Ab Ripper seemed to make sense. I also counted how many reps I do in my full strength Ab Ripper. The norm is 349, and I do 470. That's a pretty solid increase. Kenpo was fun as always.

Ab Ripper
Kenpo

More of the Same

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:46:00 +0000

Some P90X and surfing. Surfing session was pretty rough. It was a bit windy and choppy. And it's not like I would know the difference much except that it was much harder to get out. Legs & Back was also especially hard. I had some awesome numbers in the Back portion, but I was struggling with Legs.

Ab Ripper
Legs & Back
Surfing

Sports Day

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Today was a day full of good stuff:

Yoga X
Surfing
Basketball

P90X + Surfing

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Enough about the damn Sandwich already. At least that's what I keep thinking when I read how many times I've mentioned it in the last couple of weeks. So today was a regular old P90X workout followed by some Surfing.

Ab Ripper
Back & Bis
Surfing

Where is the Sandwich?

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:09:00 +0000

I was supposed to go surfing and only had time to do a single Ab Ripper and workout. But sometimes things don't go according to plan. No surfing and no sandwich - wtf?

Ab Ripper
Chest & Tris

Slow Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:22:00 +0000

Today didn't work out exactly the way I had hoped. At least I got some surfing in.

Just Another VB Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:05:00 +0000

Saturday was my rest day and as much as I wanted to do a workout before the volleyball, I only got to bed at like 1a after a dinner and just couldn't get up. I hate it when the schedule gets altered. So Sunday was a volleyball day and that was it.

Weak Sauce Sandwich

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:57:00 +0000

Today was the first time I did some P90X Legs & Back in over a month. Because of my sprained ankle I've been taking it easy on the lower half. But I'm at about 80-90% in terms of strength (though still pretty swollen), so I figured it was time to bring it back in to the mix. I forgot how hard I find that workout. The Ab Ripper Sandwich was tougher than ever. I would barely even call the 2nd one a full one. I half assed a few of the exercises.

Ab Ripper
Legs & Back
Ab Ripper

Oh yeah, and after all that, some surfing

Surf + Ride

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:58:00 +0000

I was going to do Yoga X, but had to do some shit in the morning. Plus we were trying to get our surf on a bit earlier. So did the surfing thing then the biking thing.

7.40 mile ride :: 28:39 :: 15.5 mi/hr
7.40 mile ride :: 29:27 :: 15.0 mi/hr

Not all Ab Rippers are Created Equal

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:09:00 +0000

Today was going to be a huge day and it got off to a great start. Unfortunately car issues caused a bit of a slow down, but not enough to make a fuss about. Woke up at 4a and did some work. Followed it up with another sandwich:
Ab Ripper
Back & Bis
Ab Ripper

I rocked the first Ab Ripper. Did more reps than I might have ever done (I do extras in just about every move), and all real solid too. The Back & Bis was good too, but I had very little energy to do the 2nd Ab Ripper. I still got through it, but stopped short a couple of times.

And when that was all done I had to take my car in to get fixed which made the Surfing start a little later than anticipated. And that caused no biking to work. It would have been a sick day to do all of that, but surfing and P90X is pretty solid (especially with a sandwich).

Just Surfing?

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:54:00 +0000

Yep. So far today, only surfing. There's an outside chance I might end up going to Equinox, but I'm probably going to choose sleep instead. Sticking to the schedule and getting sleep seems more important than a single workout. I can make up for a missed workout by pushing it tomorrow, but not sleeping will really screw things up.

Surfing + Sandwich

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:58:00 +0000

After a much needed rest day on Sunday, I'm back at it. Went surfing this morning, then a P90X workout:
Ab Ripper
Chest & Tris
Ab Ripper

SBSD Mud Run

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0000

It was crazy hot, but the mud was nice and refreshing. It was hard as shit and my sprained ankle made my achilles feel like it was going to snap several times, but I kept going. Oh yeah, and Chris kicked my ass again. It was probably about a 2 minute gap but he took an early lead and I could never catch up. He's just better than me, what can I say? We did get some awesome footage though - go check it out now!

Yoga for Mud Run

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:28:00 +0000

Tomorrow is the SBSD Mud Run. Chris and I are doing the 10K. So today I'm taking it easy and just did Yoga X this morning. I was going to bike in to work, but time was an issue and rest seemed like a good idea.

Surfing++

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:09:00 +0000

So far today, only surfing for about an hour and a half. But I'm planing to do a workout at Equinox before heading home. Again the ridiculous working hurts. I had to have my sis drive me to my car last night instead of bike. It was late, I didn't have a light and my wife was a little uneasy about the biking. Excuses, excuses - I hate them.

Another Sandwich

noreply@blogger.com (Giannina, Arbel & Una) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:15:00 +0000

Ab Ripper
Chest & Tris
Ab Ripper

14.02 mile ride :: 53:36 :: 15.6 mi/hr