Adaptation

It's true: do anything long enough and your body adapts. I'm not a morning person but I've adjusted my routine to include time to feed and walk the puppers. I have an alarm set but often I'm awake (annoyingly) before the sound of chirping birds fills the bedroom. My abs aren't really sore from the core exercises I do 5 days out of 7 (no exercising whatsoever on weekends unless you count dog walks and trudging through state parks during Scouting events) and I even look forward to the cardio warmup when I arrive at the gym.

I won't lie: the backs of my thighs are sore. Not horribly but enough for me to notice when I'm pedaling on the elliptical, or doing stretches at the Cage or on the Mat. Soreness is something to work through, not a reason to sit like a spud. It's a stale excuse that gets re-used countless times in the locker room, mostly by middle-aged women who have already mentally aged themselves into frailty.

I was worried I'd screwed up my stats for this morning's cardio because my fingers fumbled the volume switch on my earbuds and caused my tunes to pause. There was no way to restart the music without climbing off the elliptical to fish the iPod out of my gear bag (tucked under the front of the machine) to manually hit the start button. Ugh. Luckily, the elliptical's programming allows for short pauses. It just tells you to pedal faster. On other machines, like the Step Mill, you actually can't pause. You have to stop. And then you lose all your data. Ugh.

Sweat has been leaking into the earbuds too, causing them to behave erratically with static. I hope they don't short out since the most vulnerable part of these inexpensive ($20) items is the power port, which is made "sweat-proof" with a tiny rubber flap. It's sweat that killed all my previous iPods. This relic is stashed safely in a bag full of lifting gloves and grip pads. I can't imagine using my phone for tunes. The battery life is already suspect because it's an old iPhone 6Plus, and using it to port music will just shorten it exponentially.

Friday is no long Cardio Friday for me since I only do one cardio exercise. It's the same as Monday and Wednesday except that I do a few leg movements instead of pushing or pulling weights. Two sets of pullups and a set of pushups seem to be working for me so far. I'm not confident enough to attempt Pistol Squats yet. I remember my quads clenching painfully the last time I tried, but now since I'm able to do a Reclining Hero Pose (some might say the ultimate quad stretch), that might not be an issue. The body adapts!

Frigid Friday and Legs

30 min elliptical + 5cd
Program 3
Miles 2.93
Calories 330
HR 153-192 (89)

Cage Stretch
HGPU 23

Elbow Plank 60s
Crunches 60
Sideway Scissors 60
Crunches 60
Bicycles 60
Bird Dogs 2 x 60s
Push Ups 30

Walking Lunges
30+30=60

2:1 Seated Leg Curls
15lbs x 15
30 x 12
35 x 12
40 x 12

HGPU 23

Mat Stretch

No Power, No Posts

Friday's workout post postponed due to severe thunderstorms that knocked our power out until the next morning... busy weekend scheduled. Might skip the gym Monday as the next venue asked if I could set up my show a day earlier than I had planned. Ugh!

Friday
Nexersys

15 min x-trainer
Calories 70
Miles 1.82

T, Y & I Raises
3lbs x 15
5lbs x 15

Follow Me
5r Beginner
5r Intermediate

HGPU 31

It's a Mostly Cardio Day, Sorta

I'm addicted to the game Words with Friends ever since my husband turned me on to it. I only play with him online, or in Solo mode. Mostly I've won. But I'm having trouble tearing myself away from the iPad to do other things. Sigh.

The good news is that the twinge in my lower left hip is gone. The bad news is that I'm pretty dam tired. And it's bloody hot out. And I hate the heat. Mostly because pesky flying things keep trying to kamikaze my eyes, nose, ears and mouth.

I had every intention of doing just cardio today. Except when it came time to hit the elliptical for Intervals, well, all four machines were occupied. So I did 20 min on the Step Mill. I haven't done this machine in ages. But I enjoyed it today, and I don't think it made my latent sciatica any worse. I still hate my gloves and can't wait until the new ones arrive. Still, I did manage to knock out 30 reps. Of course, today I only did two sets of pull ups.

Tonight my son is joining his old Cub Scout pack for an overnight trip to the Norwalk Maritime Center. It's an aquarium. I hope it's got A/C. Damn, I'm tired.

Friday Workout

Elliptical Training

Steady State

Calorie :   137 CAL
Distance: 3.78 mile
Speed :    7.54 mph
Duration : 00:30:07

Hammer Grip Pull Up

205.33

Set 1 : 112x25

Seated Flat Bench Leg Pull In

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Wide Hand Pushup

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Side Plank

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

Smith Machine Bench Press

146.67

Set 1 : 30x25
Set 2 : 80x25
Set 3 : 100x12

Smith Machine Incline Bench Press

105

Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 50x15
Set 3 : 70x15

Barbell Up Right Row

50

Set 1 : 30x20
Set 2 : 30x20
Set 3 : 30x20

Barbell Drag Curl

60

Set 1 : 40x15
Set 2 : 40x15
Set 3 : 40x15

Step Machine

Calorie :   158 CAL
Speed :    6
Lap/Rep :  67 Lap/Rep
Duration : 00:20:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

224

Set 1 : 112x30 Yaay!

Catching Up

I did work out on Friday but the day was so hectic I never got around to posting. And then we were traveling on vacation. Luckily, the resort we're staying at has a fitness center which I checked out this morning. I don't fit great into the ellipticals they have (I'm too short to comfortably use the handles without developing a backache) but well enough to do over a mile in 20 minutes, and then do a few push ups, planks, DB laterals and reverse Flyes, and then try Face Pulls for the first time.

Friday was by far more productive, but I was at my "home" gym. 6.81 miles total cardio, push ups and planks, DB Lateral Raises superset with Reverse Flyes, 2 sets of Hammer Grip Pull Ups. It was great except I didn't have enough time to stretch since I'd promised an old friend we'd have lunch.

Today we walked about 7 miles just trekking around Sea World. Tomorrow we plan to see The Magic Kingdom. Should be fun!