Friday, June 5, 2015

Having My Cake and Eating It Too

Today is Leg Day. Driving to the gym stresses me because I'm not sure if the wheels will fall off, or if some other part will suddenly drop off the car and into traffic. When I'm at the gym, I don't have to think about it until I leave.

Leg Day means cardio and weights. I warm up with 30 minutes of LifeFitness cross-trainer before getting to the Smith machine. I don't care what anyone says, the Smith machine is a godsend because I wouldn't be able to do these movements otherwise. It's been a long time since I did Smith Squats and I work up to 150 lbs. Because Smith SLDLs make my lower back tired, I keep the weight low and just do sets for reps. Finally, I get to Smith Split Leg Squats. I know I can do 80 lbs but I feel it's safer for me to work up to it. The 70 lbs stresses my knees, but the 80 lbs feels great. So I do my 3 sets for reps and I'm happy. Then I take the bosu I've been using to support the back bent leg and put it by the lat pull down machine for GHRs. Those are still hard for the last 4 reps of the last set.

After 10 min of HIIT and 20 min of LISS, I just squeaked by with 6.03 miles in total. The HIIT is hard. I hope it gets easier. I'm able to reach 284 SPMs for a few moments. The LISS feels so good afterwards. I'm singing to myself and I notice Jude on the treadmill in front. I don't know how to react to him. He's a regular, like PonyTail, Maroon and Tattoo Tank, and he's not chatty like The Mayor. It's a good thing.

Friday Workout
(6.03 miles cardio total; 17,787 lbs moved)


Warm Up
Calorie :   140 CAL
Distance: 3.96 mile
Speed :    7.91 mph
Steady State
Duration : 00:30:05
210
Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 120x12
Set 4 : 140x12
Set 5 : 150x12
168
Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 120x12
Set 4 : 120x12
Set 5 : 120x12
112
Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 50x12
Set 3 : 80x12
Set 4 : 80x12
Set 5 : 80x12 Yaaay!

Set 1 : 12 Lap/Rep
Set 2 : 12 Lap/Rep
Set 3 : 12 Lap/Rep
Calorie :   195 CAL
Distance: 2.07 mile
10 min HIIT
20 min LISS
Duration : 00:30:00
148
Set 1 : 111x10
Set 2 : 111x7 (knees achy)

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