I put in a nice weight workout tonight full of dips and pull-ups, squats, curls, up-right rows, shoulder press and bench press. Topped it off with a few planks. Planks are the most miserable exercise ever imagined. Holding the plank position is a real quick indicator of your core fitness. My core it a little flabby and pliable right now.
After weights I packed up my bike and hit the Tuesday night spin session at Summit. It was a grueling ordeal. We did ten 4-minute strength sets with 2-minutes rest between each. Strength on a trainer means pushing nearly your highest gear....big ring in the front and little guy in the back. It burns, and then burns more. Like doing a wall sit for 40 minutes. I think I may have enlarged sweat glands. Seriously. I was like a running faucet, slammed two big water bottles during the workout, looked like I'd been standing outside in the rain and everyone else just had a little perspiration on their brow. To be fair, I was trying to hurt myself tonight on that bike; really break the tissues down and burn some carbon. It worked, I still feel a little sick.
Yesterday I swam 2,000 yards in the morning. I can't even remember all the details, but it was a good workout. Put in a good kicking set. Kicking is something I skip normally, but I shouldn't. The flutter kick works magic on your hip flexors.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to rise early, scrape the windows of the car, and drive to the treadmill waiting patiently for my arrival.
No comments:
Post a Comment