Fitness is a Parky’s most effective weapon to combat Parkinson’s.
I’m a believer in doing a variety of activities. To read a little about the activities that I do throughout the week click here.
On this page I will occasionally post some workouts.
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Monday Feb 21st 2022
Mountain Biking
Morning Ride
Afternoon Ride
Tuesday Feb 22nd
Squat Day
Warm up
Front Squat – 4 sets of 8-12 reps
Back Squat – 3 sets 6-8 reps
Wednesday Feb 23
Chest day
Warm up
Flat barbell bench press – 4 sets 8-12 reps
Dips – 3 sets 8-12 reps
Incline dumbbell bench press – 4 sets 8 – 12 reps
Plank Dumbell bench press – 3 sets 8-12 rep
Burpees – 3 sets of 20
Parkinson’s causes me to quite literally forget how to move. I’ve started working with Darbe Schlosser of the Motorvation Foundation to use audio and other cues to move more naturally. I’ve started incorporating these practices in the form of boxing movements into my workouts between sets I’ve already noticed improvement in my gait and movements generally.
Thursday Feb 24th
Mountain Biking
Ride
Climbing at SportRock
Saturday Feb 26th
4 Rounds
20 x pushups
10 x burpees
10 x pullups
Sunday Feb 26th
3 sets x 10-15 bicep curls
3 sets x 8-12 db row
3 sets x 6 side, mid, to front db raises
Sunday morning workout with Can’t Shake Me!
Monday Feb 28th
BJJ at Arte Suave Springfield
Tuesday Mar 1st
Wednesday Mar 2nd
Climbing at SportRock – 12 climbs in an hour
Thursday Mar 3rd – Deadlift day
4 sets of 5 reps @ 385lb
Monday March 7th
BJJ at Arte Suave Springfield
I just recently got back into BJJ. My kids enjoy it and are fairly successful at it. I plan on training for a few months and participating in a tournament with them towards the end of the summer.
Thursday March 10th
Climbing at SportRock followed by deadlifting. I felt strong!!
Monday March 14th
BJJ. Squat 314 lbs for “pi” day
Tuesday March 15th
Front Squat Workout
Warmup
8-10 reps
5-8 reps
2-3 reps
8-10 reps
Friday March 25th
BJJ No Gi at Arte Suave – Today I had fun picking on the college kids a little bit. The thing I love about No Gi is that you don’t have to worry about collar chokes!
So I’ve realized that’s it’s a bit boring to just list my workout for the day. SO I didn’t really even bother putting my workout in lately because….well that gets old fast. Instead, maybe I’ll talk a bit about what sorts of exercise related activities I’m looking forward to trying in the near future. I talked to a friend a bit today about putting together a mountain biking trip to Bryce Resort this summer. TOTALLY STOKED!!
Saturday May 14th 2022
Workout today:
3 rounds of:
deadlift 370 lb x 5
pushups x 30 (or as many as can do)
burpees x 10
finish up by adding weight to deadlift till failure (410 lb, 430 lb, done)
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