Thursday 18/12/08

I am bored of the rowing machine. It is a dull exercise and without music I decided to skip it. Instead I started at the other end of the gym and worked my way anti clockwise around the room.

Leg press. 3 sets of 15. 59kgs.

The plank twice to failure.

Side crunches. 15 reps each side twice.

Seated dips. 2 sets of 15 reps at 36kgs.

Bicep curls. 2 sets off 15 at 18kgs.

Back extensions. 1 set of 15 at 66kgs. And then 2 further sets of 15 at 72kgs.

Chest press. 3 sets of 15 at 25kgs.

Shoulder press. 2 sets of 15 at 23kgs.

Treadmill next for some cardio. 20 minutes of intervals. I started at 7.5mph but after 10 minutes I was struggling so I finished the second half at the reduced speed of 6.8mph.

Cross trainer for more cardio. 20 minutes was planned. Level 9. after about 10 minutes I was cream crackered though. I can’t seem to manage anything above level 8 on the cross trainer at the moment. I aborted and headed to the pool.

Half an hour of swimming was briefly interrupted when Nigel came in to bemoan that he is working AFD’s for the foreseeable future and is only able to get to the gym once a week at the moment.

I have been investigating fitness on the internet since I started this and one thing that cropped up was how good swimming is. It works out all muscle groups in a low impact environment, and is good for the cardio vascular system too. Since reading that I have been swimming hard.

I feel pretty achy today. My upper torso is really feeling the workout at the moment. I don’t know if it is because I have started redoing the banned exercises, or whether my efforts in the pool are having an effect.