Archive for May 2nd, 2008

Exercise - May 2nd, 2008 & Today’s Totals

Our light rain all day was followed by heavier rain in the afternoon. And I see now that it’s back to heavy rain again. Oh well, at least it’s not snow. I had to push, but I managed to do my 2 30-min treadmill sessions this morning. In the afternoon I did a 15-min warm-up on the treadmill, followed by:

Sets Reps Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
A: Deadlift 3 8 70/8 70/8 75/8
B1: Dumbbell Shoulder Press 3 8 30e/8 30e/8 32e/8
B2: Wide-grip Lat Pulldown (Pullover) 3 8 22e/8 22e/8 25e/8
C1: Lunge 3 8 25e/8 25e/8 27.5e/8
C2: Swiss-ball Crunch 3 15 15 15 15

Where there is a single number that confirms that I did the number of reps called for. Where there are two numbers the first is the amount of weight I used, followed by reps.

Followed by another 15 mins on the treadmill, which again, I really didn’t want to finish. The pullovers were the killer, although come to think of it, the shoulder presses weren’t that easy either. I suspect I’m not at my top possible weight for the deadlift. I may play with that a little next week during the AMRAPs, just to see if I can go higher for even a rep or two.

Other than that, really not much going on again today. I’ll definitely be taking a week off after Wed., and possibly cut the cardio back a little once I’m back. I remind myself that I originally started doing it simply to combat a fairly sedentary lifestyle. As the summer comes I will be outside more, and working around the yard more, and I’m finding it harder to do those things with the cardio. I suspect I’ll drop the calories a little at the same time.

From the HRM today:

Exercise Time Cals Max HR Avg HR Max % Avg %
Treadmill (walk/jog) 30m 288 150 132 84 74
Treadmill (walk/jog) 30m 314 160 140 90 79
TM/Strength Training 60m 636 163 140 92 79
Totals 120m 1238

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2798 (33% fat, 36% carbs, 30% protein)

Breakfast: egg white/egg omelet with cheese, pecan cherry bread, jam, grapefruit (587)

AM Snack: almonds (164)

Lunch: lentil soup, smoked ham, apple (444)

PM Snack: protein shake with cherries, soy nuts (395)

Dinner: homemade hamburgers(2), bbq onions, broccoli, butter, salad w/dressing (828)

Late Snack: protein shake, grapes, biscotti (379)