today's workout was sort of blah. an hour on the bike (upright this time) on the "around the world" hill interval at level 6. it was a weird sequence of random spikes and few real big hills. my mind wasn't really into it but i managed to rack up 14.75 miles anyway. i think i may have to stick to the interval settings that give me the hills at more regualr intervals. and maybe consider cutting one bike session down to 30 minutes but increase the intensity. 2 hours on the bike a week just seems to bore the crap out of me.
today's strength training started off strong, then waned to whining once my muscles started cooling down.
3 sets of 12 for the following:
split lunges on the ball
reverse flared knee hyperextensions
leg press @ 90 lbs (my favorite exercise ever)
abductor machine @ 40 lbs
adductor machine @ 40 lbs
lat pulldowns @ 60 lbs (my second favorite exercise ever)
seated row @ 60 lbs
bicep curls @ 10 lbs (i swear i have the biggest but weakest arms ever)
i was also supposed to do some tri kickbacks and some dips but my tris still hurt from the pushups yesterday and i was feeling wimpy and whiny by the time i hit my biceps.
i've just finished training for a new waitressing gig to augment my freelancing income and tonight is my first night on the floor. so i suspect all i will want to do tomorrow is bake under the sun by a body of water. i'm hoping i can still eke out an easy, easy, easy 3 miles anyway. but some serious rest is in order for tomorrow. for reals.
6 comments:
Good luck with your new gig. Enjoy tomorrow. I think you deserve the rest.
Good luck with the marathon. My first is coming up in May. Fun stuff. I'll be following your journey. Take care.
nice workout...
I miss waiting tables, good luck on your first night - recently I was thinking about how I do a much better job at bagging my own groceries than the guys that are paid to do this for me, so I thought that might be a good, low stress career path. At worst, it would leave me (more) free time to workout.
I recall indoor biking (including spinning) was really tedious and boring, but outdoor cycling has taught me about patience (similar to the way running has taught me about strength.)
Nice workout! I need to start keeping track of my lift workouts... I can never remember from the time before, what weight I had most of my machines at.
Good luck with the easy, easy, easy three miles tomorrow!
Great blog! Great great job with the workouts!
I agree about the random hills on the stationary bike, they really don't work too well. There is no way to get into a rhythm. I tend to use the regular hill interval programs or just make the changes manually.
Good luck with your marathon training!
For being so petite, you can sure carry a lot of weight[s]. Color me impressed.
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