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Treadmill
35min - 15elev (steepest), 2.5mph

Lat 4/10 45lb

Ab 3/10 35lb 1/10 30lb
Rot 2/12 25lb each way

Abductor 4/10 50lbs
Adductor 2/10 40lbs

Squat 4/10 80lbs
Curl 2/12 45lbs

Swam for a while - just playing and cooling off, no laps

eliptical 35 mins ...avg heart rate 141

chest press: 160 lbs x 12/ 100x 8/70/10 burn outs
2nd set 140 x 8/ 90x8/ 60x 12

-old bitch jumped on the lat machine just before me. old bitch

crunch machine: 125lbs 2 sets of 15 ...owie

-goddamned old man jumps on the lat machine infront of me. goddamn old man.

shoulder press: 90 lbs, 10 reps hurts, so stopped at one set....plus the fucking lat machine is open!

Lats: 200 lbs X 8, 130X10, 90x10
set2: 160lbs X 8, 110X 12, 80 X 15

ISO curls: moved up to the 35 lb dumbell today , 7 reps each arm, rest then only 4 1/2 each. wow.....my arms are gonna be huge.

Tricep machine: 50 lbs, 2 sets of 10

then swimming. one sprint of 50m. and playing with the kids.

jinx actually got in the pool today. you should have seen her in her hot pink bikini with the little frilly skirt thingy.... hawt.

1.5 hours figureskating. remembered to hold the abs in most of the time...

Treadmill
1hr yesterday (15elev - 2.5mph - 560calories)
45min today (same - same - 440)

Same-ish strength training both days

45 minutes on the treadmill 13 elev, 2.3 mph avg heart rate 154
(while watching the cowboys beat the snot out of the rams....did you see that play where the snap went flying over Romo's head, and he chased it back like 30 yards, and then ran it all the way back for the 1st down?! christ! )

weightroom:

chest: burnouts: 160lbs x 8 , 120, 80 rest 140x 5 100, 70

lats: burnouts: 200lbs x 8, 150, 100 rest 150x10, 100

crunch machine 125 lbs 15 reps, 12 reps

Iso curls 35lbs 7 reps each, rest, 4 reps.

back: 2 sets of 14 x 90 lbs on the row machine

shouders: 90 lbs 2 sets of 10

triceps: 2 sets of 10, 50 lbs

leg curls: 2 sets of 11 at 7o lbs. i am really weak in the hamstrings.....i think its cuz i have no ass.

80 min on the rugby pitch yesterday. Today rest, recover, work.

Hacked up left lung....25 mins


Hacked up right lung....18mins

Abs of steel

painted the deck. took three days. On second day, could feel stiffness from first day, so must be exercise. On third day, nearlly died . Definitely worth mentioning in th workout log.

Just come back from a terrible yoga class - I won't go to one o that teachers ones again until (if!) I get a lot better. She was very fond of a position called Downward Facing Dog (I heard Diamond Dog, but HM corrected me on the way home). My arms aren't strong enough to hold it for more than 10 seconds, so back on my knees for most of the lesson.

Never mind, there are another 2 instructors so I'll be okay - and I feel better about the first class I took now!

Tomorrow I am going line dancing, and Wednesday to Water Workout. If my swimming costume arrives that is - had to buy it from eBay because the local sports shops don't stock my HUGE size...

Hey SG, "Downwards facing dog" (often shortened to downwards dog or down dog) is a "resting" position which you will encounter a lot in all yoga classes as it's often used as a "segway" between poses. And you will get better at it. But meanwhile, talk to the instructors ask them for an alternative -they will probably recommend the child pose. But if you keep changing instructors, you'll soon run out of them! 10 seconds is pretty good for a beginner, anyway! Well done you. Just try to see the instructors as allies rather than enemies. And don't see difficulty as failure. Ask for alternatives/help to improve.

1/2 hour on treadmill......burned 400 calories :finger pop:

chest: burnouts 160lbsx8, 120, 80...rest...140x5, 100x5, 70x5

lats/delts 200 lbs X 10, 150 x 10, 100x 10 rest 150 x 8, 100 x 5....woof.

obliques: twisty bastard machine, 12 each side postition 4 70lbs :grr:

iso curls: 35 lbs set of 4 each side, rest, set of 6 each side

triceps: 2 sets, 50 lbs

hammies: leg curls 75lbs x 12, 2 sets

swam a few laps...mostly playing around though.

i have a cold. working out is teh suxor when you have a cold. especially a new one. bleh.

on Weds I did my ice class and fell on my ass.

on Thurs I swam 3/4 of a mile in 40 mins.

today I walked with the 1st and 2nd grade to a park 10 minutes away, and back.

Guess which took the most energy and caused the most pain?

I wonder if we're talking about the same pose - HM said it was a dynamic pose. He did back me up, saying the class wasn't pitched correctly (it's supposed to be "All" but he said it was level 2). He's done yoga for years and felt it was too advanced for 75% of the class (not the dog position of course, that's just my currently flabby muscles), but in terms of strength and balance, not enough rest and the lack of interaction. He's going to carry on going to her class though, because he's at that level already.

The specific issues I had with this teacher I didn't have with Bernadette (the previous week), so I'll go to her class for the next few weeks. Or Margaret's - I haven't been to one of hers yet and I'd like to try them all. I know I'm negative, but the instructor in the above class really wasn't good for me - she demonstrated all the positions but then held them with her eyes closed for example, whereas Bernadette circles the room giving individual help. She also spoke very quietly and used the yoga names without their English description. She's only there until the end of October, so after that we'll go back to Vitor, who HM says is also very helpful to beginners.

I am going to keep going with this - if only because when I see the other women doing the harder versions of the poses with sweat drips off my nose doing the easy one I envy them their serene calm. I'd like to earn a bit of that.

Yeah. sounds like a poor instructor. I bet it's the same pose, and it's not intended to be a resting pose, hence the "", but..... :D