This post will be slightly different than the rest. I plan on updating throughout the week with my status report of my working out. Each week will (theoretically) get a post. My goal is to work out at least three times a week. I'm actually hoping to average four. If I have either more time or the want, then I will work out more. Here we go!
Monday
Today was the first time working out in about a week and a half so I thought I would go slightly easy on myself. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Today I started out with a brisk five kilometer jog. I warmed up by stretching and walking one lap. Then the fun began. I then proceeded to jog for two kilometers and then walked the next. I then decided to try to jog the last two. They were tough! It was shear willpower that kept me going! And I didn't even use my power song! Although that's probably because I forgot.
Some of you may not know what I mean by power song. My brother got me hooked on a Nike/iPod running system. It's called Nike+ and is a runner's best friend. Not only do you get to listen to music while you run, it tells you when you've reached certain points. I don't know about you, but without the music I get bored while running and that decreases my chances of a successful run. I also have a bad habit of underestimating how long I've traveled and that causes me to give up when I only have a short way to go. You have a sensor that you place in your shoes that measures your distance. It transmits the data to a receiver that you put into your iPod. You set your type of workout (I usually do distance, but you can do time, calories, and probably something else I'm forgetting). Depending on your distance you get notices when you reach a certain point (on the 5K, it's every kilometer). You also get a notice at the half-way point and then one at 400 meters, 300 meters, and so on. I know what you're thinking, I started this paragraph talking about the power song, but haven't even got to it. Basically you choose a song on your iPod and when you hold the center button for three to five seconds it plays your power song. It gives you that little boost when you really need it! Mine is Push It by Static-X if you were curious. Anyways, enough about running, let's move on...
The second part of my workout involves weights. I've never been fond of the weights and it shows. I can't lift a whole lot, but you've got to start somewhere. I've read that the more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism is, so I've started working this in. I started out by doing a lower back exercise where you are on a diagonal bench with the above of your waist hanging down. You then bring your self back up straight. I did three sets of ten holding ten pounds each. Next time I'm going to up the final set to 25 pounds. I then started the bench press and did three sets of ten using 35 pounds on each side. I think next time I will try 40. I then did bicep curls using the bar and five pounds on each side. I then did some hand weight exercises.
That was pretty much Monday and I am tired. I won't be able to go on Tuesday so I will be back on Wednesday (I hope!)
Cya!
M.G. Farmer
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Just a suggestion on blog management: Reposting to an earlier post may cause it to not be read as widely. I would instead suggest that you tag everything for a particular week with the same, unique tag, and thus, they can all be recalled together. This will help greatly by pushing new content to the top and aiding your readers by not making them have to re-read old information, PLUS you still get the benefit of grouping by week.
For even more benefit, you could add a link to this week's and last week's tag on the page header for easy navigation.
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