tbisgrove’s BodyBlog

Its been spotty, at best, for me to get workouts in over the past 8 weeks.  In that time, I’ve moved 3 hrs from Chicago to our new home here in Wisconsin, I retired from my job to take up raising our little girl (at least for the next year), the triathlon I was training for was scrapped (they lost their insurance liscense, the friend competing with me bailed, and there were concerns about arthritis in my knee during a checkup with an orthapedist).  I know, I know. A long list of bad excuses.  I let myself down on this one and now that its getting too cold up here in the great white north, my triathlon days for this year have dwindled to none.

 On an upside, I am now coaching little 7yr olds for a soccer team.  http://www.oregon-soccer.com/season/teampage.asp?pagename=U7Lust&d=U7Lust . Well, I’m the assistant coach… didn’t know they had teams up here until a week before games started, but the idea is to get some experience with the little kids and translate that into coaching the older ones in the spring.  I do have a D license course coming up in November (able to coach through 21yr olds).

 I’ve since joined a new gym here.  Previously, my job had one attached so my lunch consisted of working out and a quick sandwich afterwards.  Now, around 10:30am-11am, I get my little girl up and ready, we head to the gym, and while she plays in the daycare, I work out for about 1 1/2hrs.  Usually, a little less.  I’ve been consistantly going since Monday the 10th.  As of now, it looks to be a regular thing, going 5-6 days a week. 

 Since its been so long since I was working out regularly, I’m currently trying to recondition.  Its been focusing on one bodypart, alternating 20-30 situps between reps, followed by 20-25mins of cardio (usually on a bike).  The weight is steady, and so is the bodyfat.  Unfortunately, this means that over 8 weeks, I lost muscle as my bodyfat went up about 3% and my weight down about 4lbs.  Oh well.  If you don’t suffer some setbacks, and work through them, then you can’t deal very well when real issues come up.  We’ll see by the beginning of next week how I’m faring.