The Chances

How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Well, I can honestly say that eating BEFORE going to the gym made a difference. Today was great.

Circuit 1
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns (drop set), 1-3 reps @ 120lbs, 6 @ 80lbs
Medium-Underhand-Grip Pulldowns, 15 reps @ 80lbs, then hold midpoint until failure (32 secs)
Seated Hamstring Curls, 15 reps @ 80lbs
Jumping Lunges, 10 reps on each leg
Hill Run, 1 min, incline 12, 8.5mph

Circuit 2
Terry Pulls (pyramid up with weight), 20 @ 20lbs, 12 @ 30lbs, 6 @ 40lbs
Back Kicks w/Shoulder Press, 10 reps each leg (20 total) @ 10lbs
Hill Run, 1 min, incline 12, 8.5mph

Circuit 3
Seated Cable Rows, 3 @ 120lbs, 8 @ 80lbs
Step-ups, 40 reps alternating (20 per leg)
Butt Kicks, 1 min

Circuit 4
Incline Bicep Curls, 10 reps each arm (20 total) @ 20lbs
Pike Crunches, 25 reps
Seated Hamstring Curls, 10 reps each leg (20 total) @ 45lbs
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

47 minutes, 200 calories burned

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

WOW.

You'd think that after all this time, I would have learned the lesson that I learned today. I suppose I'd learned this lesson before, but sometimes a repeat is necessary.

Did you know that it's important to eat prior to a workout?

I got light headed on the treadmill while doing sprints today. I'm going to eat lunch now.

Circuit 1
Scorpion Push-ups, 7 reps
Dumbbell Flys on Body Ball w/Crunches, 10 reps @ 25lbs
Leg Extensions (pyramid up with weight), 20 @ 60lbs, 12 @ 80lbs, 6 @ 100lbs
Jump Squats, 20 reps

Circuit 2
Decline Dumbbell Presses, 20 @ 25lbs
V Cable Flys, 15 reps @ 20lbs
Squat Thrusts, 20 reps
Side Lunges, 20 reps alternating (10 ea leg)

Circuit 3
Close-Grip Pushups, 10 reps
Plank-ups, 20 reps
Jump Squats, 20 reps
One-Leg Squats, 10 reps per leg (20 total)
Jumping Jacks, 1 min

Circuit 4
Military Shoulder Press, 8 reps @ 25lbs
Wood Choppers, 15 reps on each side of body @ 80lbs
Knee Tuck Jumps, 10 reps
Static Lunges w/Lateral Shoulder Raise, 10 reps on each leg @ 10lbs
Reverse Crunches, 20 reps
Hanging Abs with a Twist, 10 reps on each side (20 total)

Circuit 5
30-second sprints (5 over 5 mins), nope... 1x30sec [b]FAIL![/b]

Friday, October 10, 2008

I just got back from running, and it's much windier than yesterday. Severe weather alert and everything:
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING AND WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
The nice thing is that I ran with the wind for about half the way. :) 5.34 miles, 9:33 min/mi average, 51:05 (6.3mph). 674 calories burned.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Yesterday would have been my running day, but of course I went and forgot my gym bag. This may be an excuse, but I'm sorry, I'm not running in work shoes, dockers, and a polo shirt. But that's just me.

So today instead of the gym, I ran. Lots of wind, too, gusts are like 25 to 30 mph. It turned out pretty well, 5.33 miles, 52:40, average 9:52/mi (6.1 mph). 675 calories burned.