New Year, Same Goals

I vegged out for more than an entire week so I'm curious to see the effects. Weight gain is unsurprising (gym scale today shows 111.8 lbs) but I suspect a lot of that is water since my face seems kind of puffy. Loss of cardio endurance is sad but also not unexpected. Strength is my best, most enduring feature. Luckily, I should be able to recoup my losses fairly quickly although age is against me. I'm trying to prepare myself for the inevitable, when I look in the mirror and the skin seems a little loose where it shouldn't be. I'm sure that'll be happening more and more...

Cardio is hard today. No surprise. Pull ups are hard. Again, no surprise. I've decided to cut back on reps and change my routine a little. Wide hand push ups are okay but T-push ups are harder than they should be. Do a push up, then rotate one side up with an arm facing the ceiling. Then back down, do another push up and rotate the other side up. They seem a lot like Side Planks except your feet stay in the push up position. In total, I could only do 50 but I'm not sure exactly what part of me got tired!

I'm easing back into some light weights and do a few sets of RG BB Rows at the Max Rack, and then some Inclined Bench Presses on the Smith. Those actually felt pretty good. Maybe I've missed benching after all? The DB Laterals are hard, and harder when I up the weight. I know my form isn't great but I'm looking for endurance, not necessarily pretty muscles. Pretty muscles are always welcomed, but I'm not a bodybuilder, not looking to compete. I just want to be the envy of all my friends, and strangers alike. Kidding. Or not.

Dang those Hammer Grip Pull Ups. Take a week off and the last 3 are really hard. For every set. There's no place to do them in my house. There is a pull up bar in the garage, with a hammer grip no less, but I can't reach it because of all the wood beams and 20' ladders lying on the floor there and there's literally no other place to put those items. So my husband can work out there, but I'm limited to the elliptical and push ups. Which was the perfect excuse for me to not do anything at all.

Winter is here, but hopefully not for too long. Tomorrow temps should be in the mid-teens so I'll be driving my son to the school bus stop. He has a class trip to the Stone Barns Farm where the kids will be gathering eggs from the hen house (good luck with that!) and vegetables from a winter greenhouse. He also has orchestra later, so he'll have to bring his viola. At least I'll get to the gym early. And then I'll be able to drag some clothes off to the Good Will, and maybe hit a few more stores for Cub Scouts booster sales for the Blue & Gold Banquet program. Bleah! At least I get to whack the machine tomorrow.

Back to the Grind Workout
(6.25 total miles cardio)

Cross Train

Steady State

Calorie :   133 CAL
Distance: 3.66 mile
Speed :    7.31 mph
Duration : 00:30:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

168

Set 1 : 112x15

Wide Hand Pushup

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Plank

Elbow : 00:00:30
Straight : 00:00:30
Elbow : 00:00:30

T-Push Up

20

Set 1 : 20 Lap/Rep

Bird Dog Plank

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

T-Push Up

30

Set 1 : 30 Lap/Rep

Side Plank

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

Barbell Reverse Grip Bent Over Row

125

Set 1 : 55x25
Set 2 : 65x20
Set 3 : 75x20

Smith Machine Incline Bench Press

126

Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 50x12
Set 3 : 70x12
Set 4 : 80x12
Set 5 : 90x12

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

35

Set 1 : 20x12
Set 2 : 20x12
Set 3 : 20x12
Set 4 : 25x8
Set 5 : 25x10
Set 6 : 25x12 SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

37.5

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 25x12
Set 5 : 25x15
Set 6 : 25x15

Hammer Grip Pull Up

168

Set 1 : 112x15

Elliptical Training

Prgm#1

Calorie :   295 CAL
Distance: 2.59 mile
Duration : 00:30:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

168

Set 1 : 112x15