Cardio Day(TM)... more running and sprints. With the new phase of the exercise plan, it's longer sprints, but longer in between. Once again I ran to the park, did the sprints, then finished the loop.

* 15 minute jog to park
* 10 30-second sprints, 90-second rest between each
* 15 minute jog back to work

Oh man did this workout kick my butt today! It was a cumulative effect on my arms, the pushups to pseudo-pullups, to shoulder press, to curls. I'm having trouble typing right now. But that's supposed to be good, right?

Warmup, 30 seconds of each in a circuit, 3 sets
* Jumping jack
* Split jack
* Prisoner squat
* Alternating lunge
* Mountain climber

Workout, supersets
* Dumbbell Squat, 30lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 20
* Swiss-ball Reverse Hyperextension, 2 sets of 20
* Pushup, 2 sets of 20
* Underhand-grip Inverted Row, 1 set of 15, 1 set of 7
* Neutral-grip Shoulder Press, 35lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 15
* Inline Reverse Crunch, 2 sets of 20
* Dumbbell Curl, 20lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 20
* Triceps Kickback, 20lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 20

This week starts a new phase in the workout schedule, what the book I'm going through calls "Full Scale Fat Loss". We'll see exactly how much over time, but the workouts have changed, yet again. Now there are more exercises per session with less reps, and more cardio days. Today was supposed to be cardio but because of being at the hospital with my mom, everything's shifted. So here come the workouts.

Warmup, 3 sets of 5 w/45lb bar
* Overhead squat
* Squat
* Good morning
* Lunge
* Romanian deadlift
* Bent-over row

Workout, supersets (two exercises performed immediately following one another)
* Dumbbell Alternating Lunge, 30lb dumbbells, 3 sets of 6
* Squat, 125lb barbell, 3 sets of 6
* Incline Dumbbell Fly, 2 sets of 6 @ 30lbs, 1 set of 6 @ 25lbs
* Incline Dumbbell Press, 35lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 6, 1 set of 2
* Rear Lateral Raise, 1 set of 5 @ 25lbs, 3 sets of 6 @ 20lbs
* Bent Over Row, 60lbs on curl bar, 3 sets of 6

Wow, what a long weekend it's been.

On Thursday afternoon my mom came into MSN Messenger and told me she had been changing the thermostat when she passed out. She hit her head on the floor, and when she came to, she had a big knot on the back of her head. She was wondering whether she should call the ambulance.

In my mom's case, she has MS, so she has trouble getting around at times. This was one of her difficult walking days, so she was worried about trying to walk to the car. Not to mention, she passed out for some reason. So I told her to call the ambulance, and call a cab if she was ok. I would reimburse her cab fare if need be.

On the way home from work I got a call from the doctor, who was having her airlifted to Enloe Hospital in Chico. Come to find out, she had a blood clot in her brain and they needed to have a specialist look ASAP.

Come to find out, all she had from the fall was a bump on the head. It's a good thing she went in, though, because the blood cot was a result of an earlier fall that just kept growing and growing. They set her up for surgery on Friday to drain the excess.

I took Friday off and spent a good amount of the day in Chico. When I got there though, she was having tests run. The MD (not the surgeon) had wanted a barrage of tests done to make sure she was fit for surgery. She got to her room late, and after the hospital we went looking for dinner. We ended up getting home that night around 1am.

On Monday, they finally did her surgery at 5:30pm. We stayed at the hospital until she was out of recovery, and got to see her around 10. She was asleep, but doing fine. The surgeon said it went just fine, and she should recovery shortly. Until then, we just have to be there for her.

She's still in the hospital, and as far as I know, still in ICU. I'll find out more later, since I'm heading up to Chico after work.