Well, it’s official now, our pool is closed for the season. So if the weather suddenly clears up and we have the nicest fall on record, we are the cause of it!

Didn’t do much after the lifting, but that was because it was quite late in the day. I remembered how much I enjoyed lifting at that time. Usually now when I lift in the late afternoon it’s because I got up at 6am for school. Oh well, such is life.

Oh, the one great thing today is that I got my protein powder fix from a friend of mine. Her son is working for a company that makes (among other things) ISO XP whey. I got some samples a while back and received 4 containers of it tonight at a price I’m not supposed to share publicly. It mixes up nicely (blender or shaker) and has a really high percentage of protein for the calories (55g = 210 cals with 50g protein). I have a feeling that it’s a Canadian brand, but I could be wrong. Oh, and it’s the cold-filtered type, so I’ll do my baking with the stuff from Costco. 

Food for the day:

Total: 2307 (23% fat, 43% carbs, 32% protein)

Breakfast: two scrambled eggs, cracked wheat oatmeal bread (349)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, eye of round roast, cheese, apple (538)
PWO Snack: protein shake, fruit salad (304)
PM Snack: carrots, hummus (178)
Dinner: whole wheat spaghetti, meat sauce, parmesan cheese, salad w/dressing (662)
Late Snack: fruit salad, protein shake (276)

I started off with 3 mins cardio (walking/jogging on the spot), the prescribed warm-ups, and then did:

Power Training - Strength Training (weeks 4-6)
Workout A1 (1 of 10)

1: Clean High Pull - 75t/3, 75t/3, 75t/3, 80t/3
2: Clean-grip Deadlift - 120t/6, 120t/4, 125t/3, 130t/2
3: Single-leg Romanian Deadlift - 55t/6, 55t/4, 55t/3, 55t/2
4: Push-ups (incline) - 6, 4, 3, 2
5: Bent-over Dumbbell Alternating Row - 40e/6, 40e/4, 42e/3, 45e/2
6: Push Press - 75t/6, 75t/4, 75t/3, 80t/2
7: Pullovers, alternating - 25e/6, 25e/4, 25e/3, 25e/2
8: Windshield Wipers - 8, 8, 8, 8
9: Four-point Plank - 30sec, 40sec, 45sec, 45sec

Total time: 70 mins
HR monitor: 370 cals, Max: 151(85%), Avg: 112 (63%)

This was a fun workout. What almost killed me were the push-ups. I’d call them decline push-ups, but the book calls them incline push-ups. It’s basically putting my feet up on the couch and doing them. I just figured with less actual numbers I had to make them harder. I’m also not sure that I went as low down with the push press, but I’ll work on that next time. They’re what were called Front Squat Push Press in NROL4W.

The only ones I really disliked were the windshield wipers. They kill my back so I grabbed a pillow for under it for the last three sets. The thick rubber mat I lift on isn’t really good for those kind of exercises, especially considering it’s on a ceramic tile floor. I should at a minimum borrow my mother’s yoga mat.

Our grades are up from last night’s test.  Yay for hated bubble tests (at least the marking is fast).

I’m medium happy about my mark (36/45 = 80%) although I know I was hoping for 85%+.  However, because of the way these results are posted I can judge my performance against the class(es).  Between the two groups:

120 people wrote
20 people did not (I don’t get this for a 1st test)

The highest mark was 40/45 = 89%  /  Only 7 people did better than I did.

So, now I feel marginally better about my grade.