I didn’t make it into the gym in time to join Alex for our morning workout, but I still went. My main goal was actually to get my “before” pictures taken for the 90 day fitness challenge that the South Austin Gold’s Gym is doing. Craig (the GM) took them, but oddly enough didn’t want my name or ID number - he said that they just match them up with the after pictures. Very strange indeed, IMO.

It started out slow, as the first five (five!) treadmills I tried either didn’t work at all or wouldn’t go over a 10:00 pace. Once that was taken care of, things got better. I started out with about a half mile of jogging, then did a quarter mile at a 6:00 pace. Walked for a minute, then did another quarter mile at 6:00, then back to 10:00, and a little walking to cool off. Figure about 1.5 miles total.

Next, it was onto my core workout:

Abs: straight leg lifts - 3 sets of 10
Abs: torso twists - 2 sets of 10 (each way) at 50 lbs, 1 set at 60 lbs, 1 set at 70 lbs
Abs: crunches - 4 sets of 50
Chest: incline press - 2 sets of 10 at 110 lbs, 1 set at 120 lbs, 1 set at 130 lbs
Abs: oblique crunches - 2 sets of 50 (each side)
Chest: bench press - 1 set of 20 at 120 lbs, 1 set of 10 at 130 lbs
Abs: sit ups - 2 sets of 25

That was about all I had patience for. I was getting a bit hungry, and hadn’t eaten before going into the gym (something I’m really trying to work on) too. On my way to the lockers though, I decided to do one more run, and found a fully functional treadmill. This time, I just did one mile at an 8:00 pace. My initial HR was 120, and sure enough it was up at 180 or so at the end of the mile. My cardio will get better, damn it.

I think that I should be doing more LSD runs at this point. Its hard though, going without running at all for so long. Hopefully this weekend I can steel myself to go out there and run s l o w l y for as long as I can without walking. That should be a good test at least.

Until tomorrow…

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