Let’s get started! Shall we?
Day 1 – Sunday, March 22, 2020 – Quarantine Day 06
Fighting COVID19 one day at a time. My Marathon preparation is on hold, so it was weird to walk outside without running.
I will be honest that the walk was nice and something different that I have not done in a long time. At the start, I was a little reluctant to walk a long distance of 6 miles, but when we started the walk and all the talks came in, it was so good and didn’t feel like that long at all.
The biggest advantage this day was the weather. I know, we should not take things for granted during these COVID19 times, but I think, as long as we avoid contact with people and take care of all the necessary things, we should be good. Keeping that in mind, we always keep a few pieces of Clorox and wet napkins with us; And, also a bottle of sanitizers, just in case.
Now, since the weather was really good, I, naturally, had to take a selfie in the beautiful weather. So, here I am soaking myself in the rare Michigan sunlight during this time of the year.
I love those shades, belong to one of my ex-roommates!
Now, the walk started quite easily, but as soon as we hit the fourth mile, my legs were ready to give up. So, I had to push myself for the last couple miles. I guess, a lack of constant running has made my legs a little weaker, so it will be a hard for me when I resume my running once the COVID19 pandemic ends, hopefully SOON!
Here’s the picture of the group from the 6-mile walkathon! 🙂
Day 2 – Monday March 23, 2020 – Quarantine Day 07
So, today was the pivotal day for Michigan. Our Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, announced today that starting midnight, we are advised to leave our homes only for health and safety reasons. Except these two reasons, everyone in the state of Michigan is advised to home-quarantined to further limit the spread of COVID19.
I pray for everyone to be safe and healthy. Hopefully, we will be able to get over this soon and everyone will be able to walk around freely.
Having said all these serious things, we had to take care of our health and what’s the best way to do this apart from doing our daily regime.
This time, we decided to mix things up and instead of going for the sets of 100 at a stretch, we will distribute those in 5 rounds and try to variate it in “CrossFit” style. So, we decided we will do four movements in 5 rounds with reps style going from 50, 40, 30, 20, and 10.
It was a good workout and we were able to do it with ease. Here’s the screenshot from the workout.
Talking about the workout in details, here goes the five rounds.
Round 1 – 50 Push-Ups, 50 Sit-Ups, 50 Russian Twists, 50 Air Squats
Round 2 – 40 Push-Ups, 40 Sit-Ups, 40 Russian Twists, 40 Air Squats
Round 3 – 30 Push-Ups, 30 Sit-Ups, 30 Russian Twists, 30 Air Squats
Round 4 – 20 Push-Ups, 20 Sit-Ups, 20 Russian Twists, 20 Air Squats
Round 5 – 10 Push-Ups, 10 Sit-Ups, 10 Russian Twists, 10 Air Squats
Day 3 – Tuesday March 24, 2020 – Quarantine Day 08
What a day! Work had never been busier, so I really needed something to destress after a long day at working from home. Good for me that the weather was really good, and I could go out for a quick 4 mile run.
In Michigan, we are observing the SOCIAL DISTANCING protocol, therefore, I kept a good 6-foot distance from the fellow runner/dog-walkers. It felt good to see some smiling faces after a long time.
The run was good. Nothing too extraordinary, but I felt good to know that I could keep up with my usual pace. I finished the 4 mile run in 50 minutes 41 seconds with 11’54” pace. Here’s the screenshot of the run.
After the run, I got together with my friends to finish the daily regime. We repeated the same scheme like yesterday, following the 50-40-30-20-10 reps of 4 movements each of Push-ups, Sit-ups, Russian Twists, and Air squats. I remember being sweaty at the end of this workout.
Here’s the screenshot of all the activities from this day.
Day 4 – Wednesday March 25, 2020– Quarantine Day 09
New day! New challenges!
As far as the activities go, I maintained my run and fitness regime, and added two miles of walk in between. It was so refreshing to walk after a gap of couple days.
The run was really good, only because of the weather. I could squeeze in 3.6 miles before coming to a stop as we were supposed to go out for a walk.
I remember not feeling tired at the end of the run, which is always a good sign. I finished the 3.6 miles of run in 41 minutes 30 seconds at 11’12”, better pace than yesterday.
Here’s the screenshot of the run.
The run was followed by the walk, and it was quite decent one as we had to go to a couple places to complete this walk. My favorite place – Hines Drive was booming with many people, keeping SOCIAL DISTANCE protocol in mind and savoring each moment as long as they are alive.
The walk was followed by the workout. This time we decided to increase the number of reps in each round, while reducing the number of movements.
Here goes the workout.
Round 1 – 55 Push-Ups, 55 Sit-Ups, 55 Russian Twists
Round 2 – 45 Push-Ups, 45 Sit-Ups, 45 Russian Twists
Round 3 – 35 Push-Ups, 35 Sit-Ups, 35 Russian Twists
Round 4 – 25 Push-Ups, 25 Sit-Ups, 25 Russian Twists
Round 5 – 15 Push-Ups, 15 Sit-Ups, 15 Russian Twists
Round 6 – 5 Push-Ups, 5 Sit-Ups, 15 Russian Twists
Here’s our entire day in one single picture.
Day 5 – Thursday March 26, 2020– Quarantine Day 10
The weather was not good today, so had to skip my run.
Having said that, I did complete my fitness regime and today’s workout looked like this.
Round 1 – 50 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, Russian Twists, Air Squats & Jumping Jacks
Round 2 – 40 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, Russian Twists, Air Squats & Jumping Jacks
Round 3 – 30 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, Russian Twists, Air Squats & Jumping Jacks
Round 4 – 20 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, Russian Twists, Air Squats & Jumping Jacks
Round 5 – 10 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups, Russian Twists, Air Squats & Jumping Jacks
We added Jumping Jacks to this routine, now.
Here’s the picture of the day.
Day 6 – Friday March 27, 2020– Quarantine Day 11
At last, Friday. Work has been so busy I really need to have some downtime during the weekend! Due to this much work, I really needed to go out for a quick 8 mile bike.
We finished the 8 mile bike in 1 hour and I got to see some beautiful places around my friends’ neighborhood. I never know, I live in such a beautiful place, one more reason that I love Michigan!
After the bike, we continued with our fitness journey and decided to cut down two movements and increase the number of repetitions. The workout was like this.
Round 1 – 60 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 2 – 50 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 3 – 40 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 4 – 30 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 5 – 20 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 6 – 10 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
The entire day can be summarized in the following picture.
Day 7 – Saturday March 28, 2020– Quarantine Day 12
This brings us to the last day of the week. I stayed till 4 AM on Saturday night, therefore woke up quite tired, so had to switch things during evening workout.
Instead of going for fixed repetitions, I wanted to descend the number of repetitions, keeping the movements the same; Therefore, I decided to skip Push-ups and Sit-ups, starting the workout with BURPEES! I was doing BURPEES for the first time since the COVID19 outbreak. God bless BURPEE creator!
The workout scheme was like this.
Round 1 – 10 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 2 – 9 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 3 – 8 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 4 – 7 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 5 – 6 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 6 – 5 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 7 – 4 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 8 – 3 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 9 – 2 repetitions each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
Round 10 – 1 repetition each of Burpees, Jumping Squats, Mountain Climbers, X-UPS & Russian Twists
And the below picture gives you an idea about the workout. We took only 12 minutes to finish it, but sure felt like more than that. I was drenched in sweat at the end of this workout.
This brings us to the end of the week. COVID19 has affected everyone in this world, and I am no exception. Keeping it light for the run, and focusing more on the mental health is the key to go through these tough times.
Here’s my RUNNING JOURNAL for this week. It pained me to see I fell short of 200 miles just by 3/4th of a mile.
Take care everyone. See you next week!
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