Exercise and related thoughts

[redbird]

It being January, I see a couple of people on my friends list are starting exercise programs. Welcome, and I hope you find it as rewarding a habit as I have.

Comparisons are odious, which is one of the reasons I tuck my numbers behind cut-tags: I find it useful to track my progress and remember that I'm doing this regularly, and not useful to compare myself to other people in this. On a related note, I find that it's not good for me to read, or think, too much about weight loss or dieting; I'll skip such posts if I see them. If you put other material in the same post, and don't use a cut-tag on the diet/weight stuff, I probably won't see the other writing either.

Even after an 11-day break, I can feel the difference when I work out—and a few hours later, because I'm stiffer than I should be after exercise—but I know from experience that I'll get back to where I was fairly quickly, if I resume my good habits. Cardio, 34 minutes, top heart rate 148

Assisted chin-up, 10, 4
Calf machine, 50 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Bench press, 60 pounds, 10; 55 pounds, 10, 9
Seated leg curl, 85 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 80 pounds, 15
Triceps pulldown, 45 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 40 pounds, 15
Adjustable row, 90 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curl, 25 pounds, 3 sets of 15

Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 16
Yoga tree, 3 sets of {2 on each side}; wobblier than had become usual

Leg press, 225 pounds, 12, 3 (my knees did not like this)
Bicep curl, 35 pounds, 15; 30 pounds, 2 sets of 15

Stretches

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[gconnor.livejournal.com]

I have gotten in the habit of posting one message per month called "Exercise log" and then going back to edit that post over the course of the month. (Easier if I bookmark the "edit" page for that post, and change the URL of the link every month) It's a little more obtrusive than a private entry would be, but much less obtrusive than posting every time I exercise. Cut tag of course. I came up with an excel spreadsheet that gives the days of the month each on a line with the lj-cut already in, self-calculating. Output looks like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/gconnor/76952.html

Of course, I neglected to post anything in the last few months... sort of got distracted by nanowrimo. hmm.