Strength Training - July 28th, 2008

I warmed up with a 7-min walk outside. Then I did:

A: Wide-grip Deadlift from Box
- 80t/8, 80t/8, 85t/8
B1: Bulgarian Split Squat - 27.5t/8, 27.5t/8, 30t/8
B2: Underhand-grip Lat Pulldown (Pullover) - 35e/8, 35e/8, 35e/8
C1: Reverse Lunge from Box with Forward Reach - 17.5e/8, 17.5e/8, 20e/8
C2: Dumbbell Prone Cuban Snatch - 15e/8, 15e/8, 17.5e/8
D1: Swiss Ball Crunch (Long-arm) - 8, 8, 8
D2: Reverse Crunch - 8, 8, 8
D3: Lateral Flexion (Hannah side 3) - 8, 8, 8
E: Prone Cobra - 120sec, 120sec, 120sec

And then HIIT (outside). I felt better to start than I did last week, however, the heat sapped a lot of my enthusiasm. Workout was 90 mins total.

HRM: 470cals, Max: 171 (96%), Avg: 114 (64%)

I had started walking outside, planning a 10-min warm-up but somewhere my brain was saying no, too long. I see now that I had dropped the last prone cobra last week. Besides, it was pretty warm out, I was warmed up enough after 7 mins. It was a pretty good workout. I felt a couple of times during the C exercises that I was really pushing for those last reps, especially in the last sets. I went back outside for the D and E exercises and then decided to do the HIIT outside as well. This was a great idea until the sun came out… boy was it hot. I didn’t do the 1 min fast, 2 mins slow because it was just too complicated (glasses off). There’s not that wide of a path around the pool and you have to watch for branches at times as well. So I would do 1-1/2 circuits as fast as I could, then 3 at a slower pace. I did try to do two full circuits, but it just wasn’t going to happen. I followed that routine for the last 15 or 16 mins.

So, now that I’ve showered and eaten my lunch I’m off to do some shopping. I’m going to have one more attempt at a high protein/high fiber breakfast food. :o

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