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Old 08-24-2008, 10:38 PM   #7 (permalink)
CloveApple
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I'm back home. I have access to my gym again.

Ok, first a disclaimer. I know now that machine weights are not an optimum choice. I didn't know that when I started them though. I chose them mostly as something that I knew I could get comfortable with and that I remembered liking when I had messed around with them a little bit 20 years ago.

I figure I'll be slowly moving away from them (and the trainer I've been working with every other week has been nudging me towards other things).

But for now y'all will just have to make fun of me.

8/21/08, Thursday
mostly traveling, no excercise that day.

8/22/08, Friday
AM weight: 199.8 Yeehah! I've gotten under 200!

Here's Friday's workout at my gym (with a break in the middle)

The ellipticals were all in use so I did a little bit of bosu stuff while I waited.
bosu plank 40 seconds x 3
bosu compressions 200 x 2

Then, intervals on the elliptical using my heart rate monitor.
5 min warm up
4 min 125-145 BPM ,then 1 min 145 - 155 BPM (repeated 4 times but missed hitting one of the sprint intervals when I got distracted)
5 min cool down

Took a break, then weights:

Bear with me since I don't have any standard formats down. The #s are from the numbers on the plates, +5 is adding a 5 pound weight. (Yeah, I'll learn, but for now just getting this posted takes priority)

3 sets, 10 reps each (unless stated otherwise)
cable cross twist: 25
cable cross shoulder press: 15
low pull: 45
triceps pull down: 5 +5
biceps curl: 2
leg press: 1st set 9 both legs, then 4.5 one leg, then 9 both
hip abductor: 7.5
hip adductor: 7.5
shoulder press: 62.5
seated chest press: 65 +5

8/24/08, Sunday
bosu compressions 200 x 4
bosu plank 40 seconds x 4
bosu crunches 6

elliptical:
5 min warm up
30 min 125-145 BPM
5 min cool down

Last edited by CloveApple : 08-24-2008 at 10:41 PM. Reason: to get my days of the week right
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