Swimmin’ in the rain
Took a little post-lunch break to get in a swim workout — 3000 yards, my longest yet. Took 56 minutes and 42 seconds to finish. Maintained a moderate pace for most of it, with one set of 5×100 yards on the 2 minute interval, times ranging from 1:32 to 1:45. Heart rate was at about 110 at the end of the final swim cool down, so I wasn’t taxing myself too much aerobically.
Yesterday evening went to the gym to lift and ride the stationary bike. Concentrated on barbell bench press, biceps curls, incline dumbbell flys, dumbbell overhead press, and some ab work. I seem to have hit a plateau in the bench press, which is frustrating, because I’ve really been concentrating on it in workouts. I haven’t improved my lifting results in the bench press in a month. I may try cutting back on the number of times per week I bench press and instead concentrate on greater volume and intensity when I do bench press. The limiting factor is I don’t have someone to spot me when I do it so I can’t go all out to failure.
After lifting got on the stationary bike for 40 minutes. Maintained a moderate intensity at about 100 rpm, 140 watts over the first half and 165 watts the second half, heart rate maintained at around 121-125, low end of aerobic range. Burned 425 calories and went about 14.3 (virtual) miles. Not much of a workout, just a maintenance-endurance ride.
January 23, 2008 at 4:08 pm
That is a ton of cardio. How many calories are you eating in a day?
January 23, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Keep changing things up keep things fresh. Good luck