Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Workout in Rainier National Park

So yesterday after work I said F@#k it, I'm gonna go workout on Mt Rainier!
It was my moderate intensity day, so I needed to find a Tacfit workout that had no pullups or rows. Well sure enough the next one in line was Sierra anyways, which was completed as follows:
Sierra-Full Tabata X 4 exercises with 1 min in between exercises=20 min workout. Score is lowest round.
Forward lunges- 4 each leg
Paralette knee press- 10

Basic spinal rocks- 5

Sprawls, Mountain Climber- 5

Oddly I actually was climbing a mountain ;)
So I couldn't quite make it ON Mt Rainier, I underestimated fall tourist traffic big time. That place was freaking packed. So I found a quiet little place between this big bastard
And these
Elevation was around 4500' or so, didn't affect my workout too much, guess I still have some Colorado Springs blood left in me ;)

Here's my national park gym ;)

I don't go anywhere without my post workout Surge I then decided to go explore some of the trails I never got to with the girlfriend and were closed the first time I went.

Found this one that was new to me.It was a nice hike, but the elevation gain really hit with the prior lunges :p

Next I drove down to reflection lake, true to it's name One last shot of Mt Rainier One good thing about Washington is you can get fresh salmon almost anywhere. The resturant at the national park inn has one of the best dishes of salmon I've ever had. Last night was my third time eating it here, almost as yummy as the Surge :p


This was my first time using my new phones camera. The pics didn't turn out very well, but note for next time to bring my regular camera and my old phone which for some odd reason is really good with sunset


Garden of the gods back in Colorado Springs
So when I first started driving out to Ft Lewis, all the pics above is what I was expecting...Was I dissapointed!!! Haha but at least there is this an hour and a half away.
Long drive for a workout, but hope you guys enjoy the pics.