Well, I finally recommitted back to working out (in a serious manner). This time I'm being way more aggressive about it. I rejoined my favorite gym as of Feb 1, and signed up to be assessed by a personal trainer.
I really think I do best if I have a defined routine (a.k.a. rut), so I figured up a little plan to get me consistently to the gym: Every weekday morning at 5 a.m. and then again every night that I don't have other plans, and then weekends as well...that's right, no day off.
And so far, so good. I've been working out as planned.
So then on Saturday I met with my personal trainer for the aformentioned assessment. Not surprisingly, the cardio portion of checking my heart rate went quite well. I HAVE been running, after all (just not AS much in the past couple months). Then I attempted the flexibility portion where you sit and reach and move the little bar as far toward your toes as possible. I knew this would be bad and it was. (My reach was 10 inches for those in the know.) Basically flunked that horribly.
Next up, another weakness for me, the sit-up. I had to do as many as possible before I gave out (or my abs exploded). I impressed myself with an average-for-my-age number of 30 (according to the personal trainer).
Finally we got to the pushup. She asked me if I wanted to know how many I'd need to do to be average. I declined saying that I'd just try as hard as I could. This test was the same as the sit-up. Do as many as you can. (And I even got to do them from my knees.) I knew this would be bad. But it was REALLY bad. I could only do two. Yep. Two. I can jog 3 miles and I can't do more than two pushups.
So it is time to get serious. I set up an appointment to meet with her this week to start working on strength training since she thinks I have cardio under control.
Now I can get back into the loss pattern I was in this summer. I still have my eating routine down, now I just need to up the activity again. And with any luck I'll be near my goal before I know it.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Back to the gym
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9 comments:
this is a great baseline. Think of how impressive your improvements will be! Keep up the great work!
That's a nice way to put it....my baseline. Instead of....my atrophied state.
Lindsay told me that the measurements for flexibility are super challenging and pretty much everyone fails it if that makes you feel better.
I had surgery yesterday so I'm going to be tentative about working out this week. But we should work out together sometime soon. I'm impressed that you do the morning thing. I'm not a morning person but I need to be.
I'm not a morning person either. But I figure it's the best way to make sure that I get to the gym at least once every day. It's too easy for me to get home after work and want to relax or zone out.
I hope surgery went well...
Good for you ! x
If you do the run on Saturday would you want to meet up at the breakfast after? It's going to be cold and miserable for sure, but it could still be fun.
Sure! I should know by tomorrow night if my body is going to cooperate. :)
I'm still hoping I can run it. After all, I paid the fee! And of course it's another race under my belt.
Did you do the Red Flannel Run? I didn't stay for the post race festivities but I had no idea there would be so many people.
I didn't do it. How was the course? Was it icy at all?
I went to the gym this afternoon and ran the 3 miles instead...and I almost fell getting back into my car! Graceful.
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