Hope you are taking care of yourselves and your loved ones!
Day 1 – Sunday, March 29, 2020 – Quarantine Day 13
Sunday was a busy day for us. SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOL is still in effect in Michigan, we were very careful with the way we were hanging out and making sure we do not catch the VIRUS from anywhere and spread it among ourselves.
These days are quite depressing, and we did not want our Sunday to go like that, therefore, we decided to take a hike at a beautiful recreational area in Brighton, MI. It sounded like a great idea from the start and that’s why I was so excited to hike this route.
We did a total of 5 miles in around 2 hours and frankly, I did not feel much tired after the hike. I could have gone for so many more miles even after the hike. Thanks to all the workouts and running that I have been doing.
The hike looked as below.
After finishing the hike, me and my friend, Anupam, did 100 push-ups in less than 5 minutes, quite impressive, Eh? 😀
Once we were back at our place, we did our usual workouts. This time, we thought of focusing on our abs and do more core exercises.
The workout scheme looked like below.
50 – 40 – 30 – 20 – 10
V-Ups
Mountain Climbers
X-Ups
Russian Twists
Sit-Ups
You can check out the entire Sunday in the picture shown below.
Day 2 – Monday March 30, 2020 – Quarantine Day 14
Michigan crossed 6,400 positive COVID19 cases today. It is getting serious each passing day. Take care, everyone!
We decided to stay inside the whole day to stay safe and not risk anything. In the evening, after finishing up with all the work (which is plenty these days), I was excited to do our workout.
It was a 10 to 1 repetitions of three different movements and looked as follows.
10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
Push-ups
Burpees
Lateral Lunges
I remember being drenched in sweat at the end of this workout. Good times!
On a personal note, it was a time to celebrate a *good* news in these tumultuous times. People who are aware about the complicated VISA system here in the US, will know the happiness after securing a lottery in the H1B application process. I had the similar realization when I read the email with the subject “2020 CAP Selection” from my recruiter. I can’t tell you how happy I was and how many things became clear after reading that email.
I shared the news with my close friends and family and glad that they were happy for me!
Day 3 – Tuesday March 31, 2020 – Quarantine Day 15
The number of COVID19 positive cases increased by more than 1,000 today, taking the total Michigan tally to 7,600. Scary times! Never thought we would be affected this much by a virus in China.
Please protect yourselves by keeping tab on your temperature and looking out for symptoms.
We had a rare REST DAY today, we we did nothing. Just entire day work and distressed at the end of the day with some good food and a game or two of Sequence.
Day 4 – Wednesday April 01, 2020– Quarantine Day 16
COVID19 Positive count is increasing in Michigan at a rapid pace, making it the fourth state with the highest number of positive cases in the US.
This is a cause of concern for many people, including myself, therefore, I am barely stepping out and in contact with other people. Glad that we have enough grocery and edibles, which allow us not to go out often.
After a long day at work (meetings from 8 AM till 5 PM), I was ready to stretch out my legs and welcome April (my birthday month) with open arms. As it was the first day of April, I decided to go back to basics and do my regular push-ups, sit-ups and Russian twists.
The workout goes as follows.
50 – 40 – 30 – 20 – 10
Push-Ups
Sit-Ups
Russian Twists
I cannot tell you how much I miss running. If things get better in a week, I will try to finish my quota of running by running almost daily, at least a 5k per day. Let’s see when I will be able to do that.
Day 5 – Thursday April 02, 2020– Quarantine Day 17
COVID positive cases skyrocketed today, inching towards 10K mark. Everyone is scared here in Michigan. Stay home and safe, everyone! These are scary and unprecedented times, so we must take care of ourselves and our loved ones.
Having said that, we have to take care of our body too. Given the amount of work that we did throughout the day, my mind needed some refreshing break, therefore, we decided to go out for biking. We never knew biking would be so much fun, but when you have so much greenery near you, how can one resist.
As you can see, it is an awesome route that I take whenever I bike and simply love it.
Returning from the biking, we did our usual workout routine.
This time, we went with 10-1 repetitions for 7 movements each. Here’s the rep schema.
Round 1 – 10 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 2 – 9 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 3 – 8 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 4 – 7 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 5 – 6 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 6 – 5 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 7 – 4 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 8 – 3 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 9 – 2 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
Round 10 – 1 each of X-Ups, Mountain Climbers, V-Ups, Russian Twists, Push-ups, Sit-Ups & Burpees
You could see the whole day in the above picture.
Day 6 – Friday April 03, 2020– Quarantine Day 18
Man, the number of Positive COVID19 cases are nowhere to stop and we are seeing almost 2000 cases everyday here in Michigan. The total positive cases so far have surpassed 12K and everyone of us are scared. It is just a matter of time your close one might show symptoms of COVID19, so please take care everyone.
We decided to take things slowly given that I worked almost 12 hours today, so we ended up taking the REST DAY today. I needed some break and thought it would be good just to lay low for the day and enjoy a late night movie. It was awesome!
I MISS RUNNING 😰
Day 7 – Saturday April 04, 2020– Quarantine Day 19
New day, more cases and the total number of positive COVID19 cases are now at almost 15K mark here in Michigan. Everyone, stay safe and take care of yourselves!
I am very happy today. I accomplished so many things today, starting off with RUNNING. I felt so good to finally be able to run. I did not check what my schedule was because I just had to run for a few miles and I ended up doing 5.2 miles. It took almost an hour and I enjoyed every single bit of it. I hardly saw anyone out since it was in the morning and got to think about so many things. I was happy to keep my usual pace too.
When I was at around 3 mile mark, I felt a little bit of pain in both of my knees, so had to reduce my pace a little bit. Otherwise, everything else went according to the plan.
The biggest happiness for me during this run was I completed 200 MILES of running in 2020. It took more than a week to go from 199 to 200, but was glad I could finally do it. Cheers to 200 more miles.
After this run, we went to a 4 mile hike at the Brighton Recreational Area and had some good nature time. It was refreshing to be in the nature’s company with hardly anyone around you. The first 1 mile took longer than expected, but we were able to complete the 4 mile trail in around 2 hours. It was awesome. After so many days, I felt I have something a Michigander should do during this time of the year.
Here’s the short video of the birds chirping while on the trail.
Here’s the STRAVA screenshot of the hike.
Now, after the hike, it was time for our usual workout routine.
Having put my body through a rigorous grind today, I took it slow for the workout and finished only 40-10 sets of three repetitions. I think I was done at the end of this workout.
The workout went like this.
Round 1 – 40 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 2 – 30 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 3 – 20 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
Round 4 – 10 repetitions each of Push-Ups, Sit-Ups & Russian Twists
This is how the day looked like for me.
With this, another week bit the dust and I was happy to end the week on a high. I really missed running and was so happy after running a distance of 5 miles. Still many more things to achieve and many miles to go.
Here’s the picture of my running journal.
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