Feb 19:
-15 minutes intervals on treadmill + 5 minute cool down. DB bench press. Cable low row. Leg press. Attempted 5 minutes on one of the weird alien hill-ellipticals, forget that!
Feb 20: nothing
Feb 21 AM: 12 min stair sprints, lat pulldown, barbell in corner shoulder press, KB swings with 35 lb KB
Feb 21 PM: 45 minute spin class, my first ever.
How did you like the spin class, krampus? I hated my first one and did not go back for at least a month. Then I broke my foot and couldn't do anything else so I started spinning (in the boot). Now I am addicted.
Feb. 22: mat pilates class, 50 min elliptical. No dog walk - it's yucky out.
Oh, you guys, it took me forever to try a spin class. I ended up on a bike just because I'm getting older and can't run: Too many damn recurrent injuries, mostly a wicked case of plantar fasciitis. So I used to sit on a stationary bike, cranked to a very high resistance, and peddle for an hour. I found it incredibly boring and uncomfortable, as those bikes aren't very adjustable. Also their resistance varied so much. The gym's director saw how regular I was about this activity and said, "Why don't you try spin?" I was so shy, I wouldn't even attempt it for weeks & started avoiding her in case she asked again. I don't have any memory of trying the class but I think it was an instant addiction, because it was far more exciting than the stationary bike.
Okay so today I had a very hard time getting to the gym. This was one of my mornings that happen periodically where I got up, got dressed and then somehow my will gave out and I just sat there. Usually it's when I am overwhelmed by some task at work that I haven't yet done, and that feels critical, and I feel like I can't do anything else till I attend to it. And then my manager wanted a report on a project I'd been overseeing by close of business, because her manager needed to include the status in a report for **his** manager. Then my manager also wanted me to draft language and a plan for part of everyone's 2013 goals. (Yes, we're just doing the "sign up letters" now, for March.)
So no gym till 6:30 PM tonight.
Friday, Feb. 22
30 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, resistance at nine, random intervals
60 minutes back & biceps routine, back to weights, which I hadn't done since last Tuesday because of going away.
30 minutes back on the Stairmaster
Last edited by saef; 02-23-2013 at 05:15 PM.
Reason: Stationary vs. stationery gets me all the time.
15 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, resistance at nine, aerobic intervals
60 minutes shoulders, biceps and triceps routine
45 minute spin class, straight up spin, an excellent class which actually soothed my creaky knee
Feb. 22: nothing-- had my dinner/auction after work so no time for any exercise
Feb. 23: wanted to make up for lack of yesterday's exercise, so I took 2 bikram yoga classes. One at 11 am, the other at 4 pm. The second class really wiped me out, but I sure slept like a baby (and my weight was down this morning). I feel like I'm getting sick again though which makes me MAD. I want to go to Zumba today but I don't feel I can handle jumping and dancing so I'll probably do yoga again.
90 minutes Bikram yoga in the morning
95 minutes Bikram yoga in the afternoon
