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The hard part is getting myself to the gym in the first place. This morning, I headed out when ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude did, and while we walked through the park I was yawning repeatedly and saying "I'm trying to convince myself that the supermarket isn't very far" (the backup plan, if I wasn't up to going to the gym, was to buy groceries).
Then over the hill to Broadway, and I observed that I could get on the subway with him. I did. I ran a couple of quick errands in midtown on my way to the gym. The idea was to do a lighter than usual workout: warmup cardio rather than half an hour, lower weights, that sort of thing. In particular, any machine/exercise where I've been fluctuating between two weights, use the lighter.
It was a good plan, but I didn't follow through all that well. I did things like reduce the weight slightly, and do three sets instead of two. And there was one machine where I thought I'd been doing 50 pounds, so did two sets at that weight, then grabbed my XpressLine card and saw that it said "45" for that machine. Overall, that was a very satisfying couple of hours, and I hope I won't regret it for the next three days.
Details:
Cardio, 10 minutes, top heart rate 144 (the "warmup" program on the exercise bike, plus an extra 3 minutes because I was in a nice groove)
Calf machine: 80 pounds, 13; 75 pounds, 14, 13
Leg press, 260 pounds, 12; 250 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Seated leg curl, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 30 pounds, 3 sets of 15
No rowing: when I tried that, I had a weird pain in my left hand, between the base of my thumb and the back of my hand
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 20 -- Much less congested than I was last week
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}
Bicep curl, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds in each hand, 3 sets of 15
Hip adduction, 100 pounds, 12--My groin muscles were still a little sore from Thursday, and fet this at once; I did a full 12 reps out of sheer stubbornness; 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Hip abduction, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Lat pulldown, 100 pounds, 12; 90 pounds, 12
Vertical chest press, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Stretches
That's more different exercises than I usually do when I'm not aiming for a light workout.
cattitude did, and while we walked through the park I was yawning repeatedly and saying "I'm trying to convince myself that the supermarket isn't very far" (the backup plan, if I wasn't up to going to the gym, was to buy groceries).Then over the hill to Broadway, and I observed that I could get on the subway with him. I did. I ran a couple of quick errands in midtown on my way to the gym. The idea was to do a lighter than usual workout: warmup cardio rather than half an hour, lower weights, that sort of thing. In particular, any machine/exercise where I've been fluctuating between two weights, use the lighter.
It was a good plan, but I didn't follow through all that well. I did things like reduce the weight slightly, and do three sets instead of two. And there was one machine where I thought I'd been doing 50 pounds, so did two sets at that weight, then grabbed my XpressLine card and saw that it said "45" for that machine. Overall, that was a very satisfying couple of hours, and I hope I won't regret it for the next three days.
Details:
Cardio, 10 minutes, top heart rate 144 (the "warmup" program on the exercise bike, plus an extra 3 minutes because I was in a nice groove)
Calf machine: 80 pounds, 13; 75 pounds, 14, 13
Leg press, 260 pounds, 12; 250 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Seated leg curl, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 30 pounds, 3 sets of 15
No rowing: when I tried that, I had a weird pain in my left hand, between the base of my thumb and the back of my hand
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 20 -- Much less congested than I was last week
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}
Bicep curl, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds in each hand, 3 sets of 15
Hip adduction, 100 pounds, 12--My groin muscles were still a little sore from Thursday, and fet this at once; I did a full 12 reps out of sheer stubbornness; 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Hip abduction, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Lat pulldown, 100 pounds, 12; 90 pounds, 12
Vertical chest press, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Stretches
That's more different exercises than I usually do when I'm not aiming for a light workout.
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