The Chances

How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

You know after yesterday's workout, I felt like I'd done some work, but didn't really feel like I had gotten anything out of it if you know what I mean. I did enjoy a lot of the new exercises (especially the ones at the crossover station, that's just a cooool machine).

So this morning when I woke up, I could barely move. I'm not sure if it was the wood choppers, the leg extensions, or just a combination of all of them but I tell you... yeow! I hadn't felt this sore since when I first started working out! So you think it's doing something? :)

Alright, it is now DAY 9.

Circuit 1
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns, 1-3 reps, drop weight by 1/3, then 6-8 more - 3 @ 120lbs, 8 @ 80lbs
Medium Underhand-Grip Pulldowns - 15 @ 100lbs, then hold midpoint until failure (as it turns out, 30 secs)
Seated Hamstring Curls - 15 reps @ 120lbs
Jumping Lunges - 10 reps each leg
Hill Run - 1 min, incline 12, 8.5 mph

Circuit 2
Terry Pulls, on one knee @ crossover station, pull weights across chest, pyramid weight. Again I screwed up the pyramid. :P - 20 @ 40lbs, 12 @ 30lbs, 8 @ 40lbs
Standing Lat Pulldowns - whooops, forgot to do this one
Back Kicks w/Shoulder Press, I had balance issues with this one - 10 reps each leg @ 5lbs
Hill Run - 1 min, incline 12, 8.5mph

Circuit 3
Seated Cable Rows, 1-3, drop 1/3, then 6-8 more - 3 @ 120lbs, 8 @ 80lbs
Step-ups, 40 reps alternating (20 per leg)
Butt Kicks, a very LITERAL name. You jump up and kick your own butt, and it kicks your butt - 1 min

Circuit 4
Incline Bicep Curls, 10 reps per arm - 20 @ 20lbs
Pike Crunches, this one was weird, roll forward & back on a ball - 25 reps
Seated Hamstring Curls, one leg at a time, 10 per leg - 20 total @ 60lbs
Butt Kicks - 1 min

Circuit 5
Supermans - hold midpoint for 1 min
Boat Pose - hold pose for 30 secs
Reverse Plank - hold 1 min
Jump Rope - 1 min

45 minutes total + 5 minutes on treadmill @ 4.5mph due to them cleaning the bathroom in the middle of the day, 358 calories burned

Day 10 off! I'll be jogging and testing out the Forerunner 101 I got.