Exercise 2/21
Recap time:
Elliptical cross trainer thingy: 15 minutes on level 5 on random program. Sooo hard! 140 calories burned. I found I had to go slow to keep my heart rate from going ballistic. This thing has the heart moniters built into the arm pole things. I was going up around 200 bpm, which is definitely too high. On the little heart rate chart, for my age, a cardio workout should be around 170 bpm, and a fat burning workout around 130 bpm. I’m even more out of shape than I thought! After I saw it was around 200, I pulled back and went slower, trying to keep the rate below 170. At first I thought maybe the machine was off, but when I stopped and checked my pulse the old fashioned way, it was indeed beating around 3+ beats every second. Whoa! Going forwards and backwards was another challenge on this. According to the machine, going backwards should work your quads and calves, while forwards works hams, glutes, and something else I forget. But it seemed to me like my quads were the only thing really feeling the burn in either direction. So I’m not sure if I was doing it wrong somehow, or my quads are just weaker than everything else. It might also be b/c I did cardio last this time, and maybe my quads were still sore from the leg extensions or something.
Strength: Lower Body: higher weights for the extensions and curls than last time. Yay!
15 reps each:
Leg extensions: 30 lbs
Leg curls: 30 lbs
calf raises
Outer leg lifts
Inner leg lifts
Lunges (15 reps each side)
30 crunches (10 each center and each side)
EDIT: an additional 10 crunches for lower abs, bringing legs towards chest)
Posted by: Fuzzy Bunny | 02-22-2006 | 10:02 AM
Posted in: Exercise | Personal
Yup! I ran at 4 for 35 min., bicep curls – 15 reps @ 30lbs., shoulder pull-downs – 15 reps @ 100lbs. Got some blisters on my feet from the running – looks like I am in the market for some new running shoes. Attention all runners: I am looking for something $50-75 thats good for running on the machine and outside, looks OK, and will last for a >250Lb. person.
My plan for today is on the bike for 35-45 min at >100 rpm. Then some work on the butterfly.
What ever happened to the good old days when women exercised by opening and closing the stove, mixing eggs, and giving bj’s? We should have never let you vote.