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Monday, June 01, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:17 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:17 New post on my blog: 5 Miles: After the way I fel.. tinyurl.com/metra6 #

05:29 Wt: 180.4, RHR: 49, BF: 18.1% #

12:19 RT @lancearmstrong: It's "no cal" monday, right? I just had a double cheeseburger, fries, and 2 scoops of ice cream. - Ah, to be he #

12:58 Off to the gym! #

14:09 It took a year, but it finally happened... big fat naked dude carrying on a lengthy conversation in front of the lockers at the gym! GAHHHH! #

14:11 RT @levarburton: Still a non-smoker!!! Wednesday will mark 4 months and counting. #Keep Breathing...! #

14:28 RT @PreThinking: Palm Pre Takes Twitter Test And Passes bit.ly/j6k8n #palmpre #twitter #cellphones - OOH OOH! hehe #

14:46 MapMyFitness.com: Completed Circuit Training. 226 (kcal). 00:31:29 #

15:11 For @runninghoosier: The Swirling Eddies, "God Went Bowling" ♫ blip.fm/~7gd8w #

16:00 Hey man, is that Freedom Rock? Well, turn it UP, man! tinyurl.com/ykxew5 #

16:31 OK I'm off! Gotta see my son graduate to the next Cub Scout rank! #

22:00 Good news everyone: I'm improving! :) #

22:05 Ran 5.1 miles - m8.to/22d #

22:13 It'll be interesting seeing what my RHR will be tomorrow. It's been high when I run in the evening, so we'll see this time around. #

22:14 Mapped 06/01/2009 Route (5.06 mi.) #

22:20 Completed Regular Run. 621 (kcal) Distance 5.06 mi. Duration 00:47:58 #

22:30 Wow, my camera's clock got reset. It thinks it's Christmas Day 2008. Merry Christmas, everyone! #

22:43 New Flickr upload: 6-1-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/kq9o2r #

23:43 New post on my blog: Circuit Training + 5 miles: This afternoon was another circuit trainig .. tinyurl.com/m7f8ow #

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Circuit Training + 5 miles

This afternoon was another circuit trainig session at the gym.

Circuit 1
Body Ball Push-ups 10 reps
Push-ups To failure
Cable Leg Extensions 10 reps ea leg (20 total)
Step Plyos 1 min

Circuit 2
Dumbbell Presses on Body Ball 10 reps alternating arms (5 ea)
Half-Crow Push-ups 5 reps ea leg (10 total)
Harpies 20 reps
Jump Squats 10 reps
Warrior Pose w/Tricep Press 30 sec ea leg

Circuit 3
Dips To failure
Hanging Abs 15 reps ea side
Static Lunges w/Lateral Shoulder Raise 10 reps ea leg (20 total)
Side Step Plyos 1 min

Circuit 4
Pike Push-ups 10 reps
Squat & Military Shoulder Press 10 reps
Dropsies 8 reps ea leg (16 total)
Jump Rope 1 min

Circuit 5
Bench Dips w/Feet on Body Ball 20 reps
Bicycle Crunches 30 scissors
Plank Twists 20 reps ea side (40 total)
Boat Pose 30 secs

31 minutes, 226 calories burned.

Then tonight, I ran 5 miles.

Is it too much to think that I might be improving? Tonight went extremely well, I was quite happy! I continued to do 30 seconds of walking per mile.





Splits
Mile 1: 9:23
Mile 2: 9:14
Mile 3: 9:41
Mile 4: 9:43
Mile 5: 9:25
.06mi: :30

5.06 miles, 47:59, 621 more calories burned, for a total of 847.