Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Shape up or...

Since the daylight savings change has gone into effect and the temp's keep dropping, I now find myself at the fitness center after work during the week. Sunday and Monday I could still feel Saturday mornings ride in my legs, a reminder to take 10 min and stretch which I did not do, and I could also feel Sat night bowling in my back and RH middle finger-which I must have pulled. Extreme Bowling.
So yesterday I checked in at 227 but the scale was off by 4 which would mean 223 - norm for now - but at least 20 over what I would like to be by Spring. Today I check in at 225. The plus/minus 2 lbs is norm but it's nicer when they are on the minus. So now the goal is to lose some baggage to make me faster and increase endurance. I will be going back to my lifting and cardio and this year I will ride Saturday's. I'm going to reread my motivational workout/what to eat books and try to incorporate as much as I can.
Yesterday after work was another one of those days where I must have not had enough food in the tank when I got there cause I did not fell like doing anything. I jumped on the bike and decided to see what the different settings had to offer. I tried a couple of things but ended up on 'Random' which is a pretty good workout. It increases and decreases the resistance to mock hills and flat. It really gets the heart pumpin. After about 15 min I was bored w/ that and still feeling like I should just go home and make something to eat I jumped on the Elliptical. This is another mindless workout so I just closed my eyes and went at it telling myself that it's just like bike riding: the first couple of miles/minutes suck but after you reach a certain point it all starts to feel better if not good. So sure enough, with my stomach growling and a bit sick feeling and my head a bit light - 13-15 minutes into it I feel some sweat starting and the sick feeling going away, not completely but tolerable. I lasted on the Elliptical for 30 minutes but had to stop cause my feet were feeling numb again. 400 cal's on that and around 100 or so (I forgot, but it was more of a warm up than anything) on the bike.
This is what I think will work for the next couple of weeks:
Monday - Legs , Back, Biceps, Calves
Tuesday - Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, Abs
Wed - Cardio
Thurs - Legs, Back, Biceps, Calves
Friday - Cardio
Sat - Legs, Back, Biceps, Calves - If bike ride then do Back and Biceps only? Will see how that works
May have to switch to a MWF routine if Sat gets to messed up seeing that the fitness center is only open until 1 pm.
TBD

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