The Chances

How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Sleeping Heart Rate + Weight Workout

While the title implies I did a sleeping weight workout, be assured, I did not.

I actually decided to earn my Geek Cred last night and strapped on the HRM while I slept. Yes, my friends, I was that bored.



What's interesting the most to me are the spikes about every 5 to 10 minutes. Is each one the beginning or end of a dream? Then there's the point at around 3am where my heart rate dipped down to about 32bpm. Tim here at work says that was probably when I got away from the tiger. I told him it may have been AFTER the tiger got me, and I died momentarily. There WAS a small spike just prior to it, after all.

Then again, I didn't die in real life; I lived through it so I could get down to the gym.

Warmup, w/45lb bar
* Overhead Squat
* Squat
* Good Morning
* Barbell Lunge
* Romanian Deadlift
* Bent-over Row

Workout
* Multidirectional Lunge, 3x20x65lbs
* Underhand-grip Dumbell Row, 3x20x25lbs
* Single-leg Bridge, 3x20
* Serratus Dip, 3x20
* Plank, 3x10
* Hanging Scapular Retraction, 2x10

Tomorrow's forecast looks pretty good, so this time I won't be wearing tights. I'll have them in the bag though, just in case.

3 comments:

Marcy said...

LMAO I'd probably try that out as well. Does that mean I could get Geek Cred?

Unknown said...

Those spikes are all the times your wife kicked you while you were sleeping. And you wonder why they outlive us. ;-)

Pat said...

I'm gonna have to try that. Not sure I'll do it for an entire night.