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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Saturday, February 25th

I was unsure as to what to do this morning.  I do not lift on the weekends and didn't want to bike.  I ended up going to the gym for a change of scenery and thought I would figure it out when I got there.  I managed:

Intervals on the treadmill:  1 min at around 3.5 mph and 1 min around 5.8-6.2 mph.  Did 10 of those, and with warm-up and cool-down that was around 23 minutes.

Rowing:  2000 meters, which was about 12 minutes

Then I went to the annex part of the gym and did a little 'core' work:

db swings:
10x20
10x25
10x25

Planks:
30 sec
30 sec
30 sec

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Was going to do more, but I figured that would be enough.  Total time was around 45 minutes or so.

Observations:  I'm actually in better cardiovascular shape than I think I am.  I could have gone longer on the treadmill, but I just find it boring and can't stand to do it for very long. I guess the way to increase my fitness there is to increase the speed on my intervals.  In general I don't like running and don't find the bodies of runners to be appealing:  thin, but very little muscle.  Which is why I'm looking into more functional fitness for my cardiovascular work:  intervals, bw training, etc.

Plans for today:  not sure yet.  I need to go to the library to return some books and I need to pay the daycare.  I also need to buy my sister a baby shower gift, but I think I'll just do that online.  I want to clean out some of the basement and try to sell some things, too.

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