Tuesday, Oct. 26: 15:06 Concept II rower, 37 s/m, 2:32 500/m, 2,971, projected 5914
45 minutes weights, with trainer giving me a tip on skullcrushers that was extremely helpful.
45 minute spin class tonight, walking home in weirdly warm weather for the end of October, with a light pattering rain & the smell of wet autumn leaves & wet pine needles. A wonderful smell that makes me swoon a little.
10/26:
15 mins recumbent bike, rolling hills program level 3
With 2x5# dumbbells, 10 each of:
- bicep curls
- tricep kickbacks
- overhead press
- bent over row
- lateral raise
- front raise
- L of YTWL
- W of YTWL
- bench press
- pec fly
- overhead raise while laying on back
- wrist curl
- reverse wrist curl
- sideways wrist curl
Then 10 each of:
- tricep dips on bench
- push-ups on my knees
Last edited by paperclippy; 10-26-2010 at 04:33 PM.
Isn't that a great name, Jay? They are, I hope, going to be the salvation of my triceps. Or at least, they're one part of my plan to salvage my triceps from underneath the remaining bat wings.
Here's a video showing a guy with rather nice arms doing them.
I sweat so hard during spin class that my glasses were covered with water droplets by the end. I wish I had little windshield wipers on them. We're having weirdly warm & humid weather, as though we've traveled back in time to mid-September. Except the maple trees are all aflame or losing their leaves & the air has that late fall smell.
Oct 28:
- 5 min warmup on recumbent bike @level 3
- 3x10 step ups (no weight) alternating with
- 3x10 roman chair leg lifts
- 3x10 single-leg romanian deadlifts w/2x5# dumbbells alternating with
- 3x10 back extension
- 3x10 bulgarian split squat w/5# plate alternating with
- 3x10 oblique sit-ups each side
- inner and outer hip/thigh leg lifts
- 10 min stretching
Last edited by paperclippy; 10-28-2010 at 02:18 PM.
Jessica, would you still be super-impressed with my squats if you knew I was still in ridiculous pain three days later? I had no idea I was overdoing it so badly. The first three sets weren't that hard!
October 28
3 mile run with stroller
34 minutes
October 29
Still haven't decided whether or not to run. I have to manage a first-grade Halloween party this afternoon, and don't know which I need more -- energy or stress relief!
ETA: Opted for stress relief and the optimistic hope that a slow 3-mile run might boost my energy.
Last edited by thesame7lbs; 10-29-2010 at 09:24 AM.
Fri, Oct. 29:
15:06 on the Concept II rower, 37 s/m, 2:40 for 500 meters, 2,891 meters, projected 5,688 meters
45 minutes weight training
45 minutes arc trainer, resistance at 8, intervals
I'm also in awe of AmytheSame's 50-lb squats. The heaviest thing that I've picked up in the gym is a 40-lb. barbell. Though today the weights were out of order on the rack & I tried to move them around. I was able to pick the 90-lb barbell. But I just couldn't budge the 110-lb barbell. At all. Like, it didn't even rock back & forth a bit.
I had no idea I was overdoing it so badly. The first three sets weren't that hard! 
