Another late night workout, had a new high on dumbbell bench press and shoulder press. I hit the 90 lb set for bench and peaked at 50lb set on shoulders, so happy. I had a tweak in my right shoulder over the weekend and was worried about tonights workout. Everything went well except my superset on chest with dumbbell flys. I'll probably have to go lighter my next workout as to not hurt it to the point I can lift any other exercises.
We left today for a few days to the Dells for my sons birthday and we'll be hitting the indoor water park. Unfortunately, I couldn't sneak out of the room to do cardio because our baby wouldn't fall asleep. I will double up tomorrow with cardio in the morning and weights at night.
Still not in the morning, but I got my cardio in tonight. Once again, starting the 4th interval I was gassed from running, but just went immediately into the inclines to finish up. I'm shooting for complete running by start of this week.
Failed again on morning workout, it's hard to do a late night lifting and get up early. This is a must goal for me in this challenge and hope that through this Thanksgiving holiday weekend I can get on track.
Tonights cardio... boy did I feel it. Due to my foot acting up I had laid off of running, but went back to it tonight. I started conservative, but by the end of the second interval I was struggling! I lowered my expectations for the third interval and peaked with a 5.5 mph run, but when I went to start the fourth interval I began to gag and dry heave... just what I wanted to feel, knowing I did give it my all. Rather than make a fool of myself and make others sick, yes, there were others working out this late, I decided to flip to a 3.0 mph walk using inclines for the increasing intensities. I had to walk at no incline to get myself back together, then went to level 4, 8, 12, and then 15(max). Heart rate went up satisfactory and then I finished off with a level 4 incline. I then cooled off for an additional five minutes at a walk. My guess is I will be back at full speed in a few weeks. Never give up, just adjust your intensities!
Day 2 didn't start off too well either. My intention was to do cardio in the morning and my lifting at night to catch up, but my son was up on and off with a fever and I was up on and off with him. Needless to say, when my alarm went off at five in the morning, I don't even remember shutting it off.
The good news is that I was able get my lifting in late tonight, finished up a little before midnight. I started with lower body and abs. For the first 4 weeks I will be following the routine attached, unfortunately the leg press machine was taken by someone who did a gazillion sets and I chose a leg machine sled type instead. I chose these exercises because they are similar to what I began my journey with last year. Part of it is to give my body a break from some of the compound movements I've done and focus a little more on the cardio as I need to focus on burning fat! The other part is to compare strength from then and now. I am still amazed at myself at how my self esteem still lacks even after a year with good progress and I have to be creative in seeing things that keep me motivated. I need to remember that it's about progress not perfection!
The start of my challenge was a missed work out. Not a good start, but I will move forward. I started my challenge out of town in Buffalo and was prepared to work out in the morning in the hotel, however this past weekend my house was one big petri dish of colds and it began to take its toll on me. I wasn't sure if it would escape me, but it didn't. I couldn't sleep and had an early morning meeting. I skipped my work out and hoped that by the time arrived back home in the evening I could hit the gym, but I didn't. It's just an excuse, but I'll just continue on to day 2.
