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How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

I got back from my workout earlier to find that the Tahoe Rim Trail hikes that I missed last summer have been posted. Awesome! So I went and signed up for #2 on 4/12, #8 on 4/19, and #5 on 5/3 (the numbers are if you do them all sequentially which actually makes the hikes harder).

So now it's almost time to go home, and I'm pondering life, exercise, and the 5k I signed up for. Yeah, the 5k. You know, the one that's on 4/13?

So TRT #2 is 19 miles long, at an average of 10% grade. Am I going to make myself sorry? I suppose the plus side to all of this is it should be a 4500 calorie burn for the two days!
I finished my workout. The chin-ups weren't as good as the same time last week, but I'm in a new atmosphere now.

* Neutral Grip Chin-Up, 5 sets @ 5RM (why do they put an RM on body weight is what I wanna know), but I didn't do 5 sets of 5. :) Sets: 5 2 1 1 1

* Side Lying Lateral Raise, 15lb dumbbell, 20RM, reps until failure, Sets: 20 20 20

* Snatch-Grip Deadlift on Box (A REAL BOX! heh), 145lbs, 6-8RM, 3 sets, Sets: 8 8 8

35 minutes weights
25 min jog after @ 6mph, 2.5 miles
Total calories burned: 562