David Chung

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Posted

13 Jul 09:53

Hi everyone,

I injured myself again (d'oh)! It wasn't exercise-related either, which is another annoying thing! I tripped on the sidewalk when walking near my house, rolling my ankle while falling and my knee took majority of the impact when my body hit the pavement. At this point it's mostly recovered, but I don't feel comfortable doing any running, jumping, or other high-intensity movements that could stress my knee and ankle.

Looks like I'll be not jumping for a while. At least until I feel confident about jumping without re-injuring my knee and ankle. I'll just preview the new Heavy Rope program's workouts and I'll likely do those when I feel comfortable jumping again.

Posted

04 Jul 09:09

Hi everyone,

I am now 60% done with Month 2 Week 3 of the Dumbbell program! Two more workouts to go and I’ll be in my last week

Today I opted to use lighter dumbbells because I feeling REALLY unmotivated to #DoTheThing. It did help me focus more on maintaining good form than when I used heavier weight before, plus my biceps got a surprising amount of burn in the curls portion of the workout.

I’ll try to go back to the weight I was using before in Week 4

Posted

29 Jun 15:52

JRD Month 2 Week 2 is complete!

I didn't post throughout the week because I have been busy, but I'll just say that after finishing half of Month 2 that anyone who isn't used to doing a lot of upper body resistance training will really feel it in the shoulders, arms, and chest on Day 1's workouts.

Also Day 5 is a struggle if you're not used to doing several exercises in a chain/complex without setting the weights down.

Two more weeks until I finish Month 2! I noticed the new "Heavy Jump Rope" program is launching right when I'm scheduled to start Month 3 as well

#DoTheThing

Posted

22 Jun 10:07

Jump Rope and Dumbbell Program

Month 2 Week 1 Day 5 is complete! This completes the first week of Month 2! Three more weeks to go to reach Month 3 😀

My shoulders are smoked. Between the weighted jump rope, the presses, the shoulder raises, and the push-ups...yeah, they are toast. My legs are also feeling blasted from all the weighted lunges and squats on top.

Adding a jump rope circuit in the middle of the workout was evil, Dan 🤣😂 My shoulders were dying and my legs still felt a little rubbery from the lunges

I'm going to take tomorrow off before starting with Week 2.

#DoTheThing

Posted

21 Jun 19:15

Jump Rope and Dumbbells

Month 2 Week 1 Day 4 is complete!

I was planning to do this one yesterday, but it was way too windy to do an outdoor jump rope workout in my part of the world (gusts up to 75 MPH? No thanks!)

No wind when I did the workout this morning which made it easier to focus and flow (and sprint…a lot of sprints)

I don’t use the AMP handles, so I just did it as a “follow along” workout instead of actually trying to count my skips. I still think I got a good workout out of it considering how exhausted I felt when it was done (also the endorphin rush was nice)

#DoTheThing

Posted

19 Jun 18:52

Jump Rope and Dumbbell program

Month 2 Week 1 Day 3

First time through this workout. It was shorter overall than expected and felt similar to Month 1 Day 5--first half is all jump rope only, and second half is all bodyweight/dumb bell only stuff.

I used heavier weights for the leg exercises as I had done for Month 1 Day 3's workout...that turned out to be a mistake with the weighted lunges. I'm going back to 15 lb dumbbells next time for the lunges, but I'll keep the 44.5 lb weights for the squats, hehehe 😁

#DoTheThing

Posted

18 Jun 20:47

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Jump Rope and Dumbbell program

Month 2 Week 1 Day 2 Jump Rope-only Cardio day! My upper body still felt sore from Day 1 going into this workout.

Whenever Dan shouts “Sprint” during these types of workouts I really do try to go all-out as fast as I can. Really leaves me feeling gassed at the end of the workout when I do it every single circuit

#DoTheThing

Posted

17 Jun 17:26

Jump Rope and Dumbbell program Month 2 Week 1 Day 1

This was my first time doing this workout, so I opted for 15 lb dumbbells to see what it was like. A lot more weights & push-ups heavy than expected, but doable. I wasn’t very taxed on the cardiovascular/lungs side compared to other workouts, but the muscle fatigue in my upper body (arms, chest, shoulders) was definitely there for sure

#DoTheThing

Posted

14 Jun 17:26

Jump rope and dumbbells Month 1 Week 4 Day 4 is complete!

Today’s workout went much better than the last jump rope-only workout. The rope spun very smoothly today with each swing and I could actually flow with it. I actually thought I could make it through the entire workout without tripping on the rope! Then I tripped on the rope 3 times during the last 2 minute circuit…😅

One more workout and I am done with Month 1!

#DoTheThing

Posted

12 Jun 18:22

Jump Rope and Dumbbells Month 1 Week 4 Days 2 and 3 are done!

I did Day 2 yesterday and finished Day 3 today.

After four weeks, my opinion is that Day 3 is toughest of the Month 1 workouts. Especially for people who don't normally do squats or hit their leg muscles very much in their workouts. In my case it's mainly tough because I insist on using heavier weights than Dan would probably recommend if he was coaching me in-person. Still, doing a 4 minute jump rope "cooldown" (four 1-minute intervals with 10 seconds between each interval) after all those rounds of squats and thrusters is not fun at all 😅 At least on Day 5, you don't have extra jump rope rounds after you are done with the dumbbells and push-ups.

I have noticed that I have been tripping on the rope more than usual for the past two workouts as well. Going to take tomorrow off as a rest/recovery/stretching day.

#DoTheThing