Thursday, July 15, 2010

Gym - Day Two

Since I'm working from home today (2nd shift, have to watch the Doomling, so here I am), I went to the gym this morning after running some errands. It got off to a somewhat shaky start as the heart rate grips on the treadmill I was using were flaky at best. By the time I realized it (because, really, my heart rate isn't going to be 100 when I'm at 3.3 mph on a 9.6 incline), I had been going for five minutes. I stopped it, switched to manual (3.3 mph/2.5 incline, increased by .2 mph every 10 minutes), and it showed my heart rate near to 150, not the 125 target I'd set. I ended up doing about 30 minutes on the treadmill between the abortive Fat Burn cycle and my manual settings.

I switched over to weights afterwards and did the following (all 2 sets of 15 reps):

Back extension (200 lbs)
Abdominal Extension (150 lbs)
Bicep Curl (50 lbs)
Tricep Extension (50 lbs)
Fly/Rear Delt (70 lbs)
Delt Pull (90 lbs)

Yes, it's a far cry from when I was benching close to 250 in high school, but you have to start somewhere and my upper body doesn't keep near the muscle mass of my lower body (I can still push 600-700 lbs with my legs).

Regardless, day two accomplished. Day three is Saturday, and I will not skip it just because it's my birthday.

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