<p>Good luck with the crawl space Mommusic - yikes, not where I’d want to be!!!</p>
<p>OK, the good news is I had a crawl space workout and there is no standing water. </p>
<p>The bad news is I have NO idea why it smells like a swamp when the A/C comes on and circulates the basement/crawl space air. 
I sprayed some bleach-based cleaner around just to make the trip worthwhile.</p>
<p>Mommusic, unfortunately I’ve had way more crawlspace experience than one might bargain for. Is yours enclosed, or is it vented?</p>
<p>If you ever decide to enclose it so that the air exchange with the house is more controlled, let me know and I’ll pm you some tips 
In ours, we’ve covered the exterior walls with thermax, used visquine, and installed a commercial dehumidifier that runs 24/7 and the difference is outstanding.</p>
<p>kmcmom–the crawlspace is half the basement. There is a 1/2 wall separating the furnace room from the crawl space. We could close it off but the furnace ducts still pass through the space and pick up air.</p>
<p>Just googled visquine (visqueen) and Thermax. Sounds pretty thorough! </p>
<p>My theory is the crawl space joists have mildew, just from summer humidity. Design flaw in the house…</p>
<p>I have a similar problem as you, mommusic. There is a storage room in the basement that smells mildewy, but there is no mold. Right next to it is a door to the crawl space. Apparently a small part of that crawl space is open to the outside, and there is moisture in it. Some boxes we had stored in there are molding, and it smells bad. We’ve had very little rain here, and it really bothers me to have the potential of mold building up there. But it is a large area, and we don’t know how to treat it. I’ll look into that visqueen and thermax too.</p>
<p>^Step one is don’t store ANYTHING in the crawl space! :)</p>
<p>Unless you meant you had boxes stored in the room NEXT to the crawl space. </p>
<p>Basements are useful but a pain in the butt sometimes.</p>
<p>I’ll tell my husband to take those empty boxes out…he put em there! And I don’t want to touch them.</p>
<p>3.5 mi treadmill run. No crawl space action.</p>
<p>Must be something in the water… I was coerced into the basement (still not used to saying that word) yesterday and got some bending and sorting exercise going through pictures we have ignored for 19 months since we moved into this house. Also having some mildew/dampness issues in the far reaches of the unfinished part of the basement. H sprayed some bleach on stuff. Problem is no air flow and high humidity.</p>
<p>Was feeling funky (not in a good way!) yesterday so skipped exercise besides walking the dog. Just got back from the gym - didn’t want to run in the humidity since I was still trying to bounce back. 35 minute treadmill run - felt like a million bucks afterwards - cured!!!</p>
<p>Gym Day
WMI’s Program Week 2</p>
<p>Sprint Runs for Warm Up
Pilates/Core Stuff</p>
<p>3 sets for most exercises
Shoulder elevated single leg hip thrust with 12# ball 20 reps
Close grip pull down (hands facing in/sort of chin up style) 10-12 reps @ 95 lbs.
DB High Step Up 12 reps @ 30 lbs. each hand
Barbell Military Press 20 reps @ 33#
Stationary Back Lunge with 12# ball OH 20 reps
Straight Leg Sit Ups 20 reps
DB Oblique Crunch 15 reps with 30# DB</p>
<p>Note on the scale-- the day after a larger meal and 3 drinks, scale registered an all time low. Then the following 2 days which diet-wise were back to low carb normal – 5 lb. weight gain. I am not worried, because weight has been stable and my food intake has been very consistent, but it’s odd.</p>
<p>Just poking my head in to let mom music and busdriver11 know that before I head off to Newfoundland and when I’m not on the iPad, I will try to send you send you some useful info and links on my DIY “air quality” project regarding the crawlspace of the foreclosure I bought :)</p>
<p>Worked late, ate late, and lost the light for my bike ride, so its a good thing I did the treadmill and pool this a.m. 
May go try to do some wobbly bird dogs. Haven’t read far enough to see if my back guru, McGill, approves of bridges or not, and I’m not quite ready to “stir the pot” (though some would say I’m always stirring he pot :)) so it’s a pretty skimpy core routine of planks, side planks and bird dogs at the moment, but its a start :)</p>
<p>If I add that kettlebell routine I backed off of when I popped the rib, I might be onto something ;)</p>
<p>Hey, thanks, kmcmom! This is starting to worry me a little bit. You hear horror stories about black mold and that kind of thing. I totally understand if you get busy and send it to us after your trip.</p>
<p>'H sprayed some bleach on stuff. Problem is no air flow and high humidity."</p>
<p>I was trying to figure out what you do if it’s an a crawl space, because it’s probably too open to put in a dehumidifier. I guess you could make it more open to the outside, but then you never know what will crawl under there and make it home!</p>
<p>
Alcohol is a diuretic. You were probably dehydrated.</p>
<p>To the basement:</p>
<p>TRX plank/side plank
Stability ball deadbug
Stability ball toe touches</p>
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<p>Med ball slams
Box jumps</p>
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<p>DB front squat
3-pt row</p>
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<p>Single leg deadlift
TRX pushups with hold</p>
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<p>Rest day tomorrow as I load the car for more camping/hiking. I’ve got three hikes picked out – with one biggie. [Mt</a>. Eisenhower](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Eisenhower]Mt”>Mount Eisenhower - Wikipedia) is the next mountain north along the ridge from Mt. Pierce I hiked last time. It’s a mile and a half closer to Mt. Washington. Another famous old trail, the [Edmands</a> Path](<a href=“http://outdoordiversion.blogspot.com/2012/06/mount-eisenhower-via-edmands-path.html]Edmands”>Outdoor Diversion: Mount Eisenhower via Edmands Path) was laid out in 1919.</p>
<p>Here’s the [YouTube</a> version](<a href=“Mount Eisenhower - YouTube”>Mount Eisenhower - YouTube). The last half mile is above treeline and pretty spectacular scenery.</p>
<p>I still want to know if there’s going to be any brookside fishing.</p>
<p>No fishing this time!</p>
<p>Last night S and I ran/walked a mile to the new frozen custard store and back. He did most of the running…I told him I was a lousy running partner and to just trot circles around me if he wanted to.</p>
<p>The most fun sort of exercise! It was warm and humid but we got a reward.</p>
<p>interesteddad–I’ve always wanted to hike Mt. Washington. My BIL lives in southern NH…we just have to make a point of driving up to Mt. W. one of these times.</p>
<p>Rest day yesterday so just the normal activities with sabadog…no frozen custard unfortunately! Still super humid here. Might have to be a treadmill day.</p>
<p>Stretch/strength/core</p>