Workout: 15:00 circuits
Weight: 122.8
I changed the order of my circuits this morning. Usually I do bike, stairs, treadmill, eliptical. I haven't been dying through the circuits anymore so i decided to switch it up Cornbread style. This morning I did eliptical, stairs, bike, treadmill.
And I hated every.single.second of the entire hour. Oh my, it was wretchedly awful.
Eliptical - heart rate: 151
Stairs - heart rate (taken manually): 180
Bike - heart rate: 140ish
Treadmill - heart rate: 168ish, highest incline of 5%
Ankle is in a lot of pain today - probably worse than it ever has been. Hurt while I was doing the stairs and then made me wince when I started running. I'm icing it this morning to see if that helps at all.
Showing posts with label stairmill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stairmill. Show all posts
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March 3 and March 4
Kept meaning to get on here yesterday and then never made it...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10 minutes cross
Weight: 125.0
Run was good. Ran at 6.0 until 3.75 miles, increased to 6.1, increased to 6.2 at 4.0, 6.5 at 4.25. Ran 4.5 miles in 44.34. I only did 5 minutes of cool down as my cross training. I have to say, the additional cross training will probably get left out from here on out (actually from here on, I think there is enough miles that we don't have cross training anyway).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Workout: Circuits
Weight: 124.0
Circuits have become slightly easier since I switched programs on the stairmill. Which means I should probably switch back to the previous program!
Bike for 14:00, heart rate up to 121.
Treadmill for 14:00 with an incline interval program - highest incline was over 5%. Heart rate: 164
Stair mill for 14:00. Not sure about heartrate
Eliptical for 14:00 at level 10 to keep my heart rate up. 152-157. I hit the eliptical hard this morning.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10 minutes cross
Weight: 125.0
Run was good. Ran at 6.0 until 3.75 miles, increased to 6.1, increased to 6.2 at 4.0, 6.5 at 4.25. Ran 4.5 miles in 44.34. I only did 5 minutes of cool down as my cross training. I have to say, the additional cross training will probably get left out from here on out (actually from here on, I think there is enough miles that we don't have cross training anyway).
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Workout: Circuits
Weight: 124.0
Circuits have become slightly easier since I switched programs on the stairmill. Which means I should probably switch back to the previous program!
Bike for 14:00, heart rate up to 121.
Treadmill for 14:00 with an incline interval program - highest incline was over 5%. Heart rate: 164
Stair mill for 14:00. Not sure about heartrate
Eliptical for 14:00 at level 10 to keep my heart rate up. 152-157. I hit the eliptical hard this morning.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Thursday February 18, 2010
Weight: 124.0
Workout: 13:00 circuits. Dreaded, horrible, despicable circuits.
I guess today's circuit training was as bad as previous. I think it helped that I chose a different program for the stairmill and the intervals were only 13 seconds long rather than 48 seconds long. Felt better and like it went by quicker.
Bike - 13:00. Got my heart rate up to about 145, but generally stable at 135. Never feels like I'm working very hard on the bike, which is why I do it first.
Stairmill - 13:00. Not sure about my heartrate on the stairmill because I don't know how to check it. Didn't feel out of control like it does sometimes on that machine. Still hate the stairmill. How anyone can do it for more than 15 minutes is beyond me.
Treadmill - 13:00. Ran 1.25 miles in the 13 minutes. Did the random hill program and hit a high of 5% incline. Ran the entire 13 minutes without a break at 5.8mph - did not slow my pace at any point (have always done so in the past). Heart rate was between 164 - 174 depending on the incline. Good workout. I like running the hills
Eliptical - probably close to 20:00. Got on the eliptical next to C and finished her workout with her. She was very chatty, too, about something she's upset about so I couldn't just quit after my 13 minutes without looking like a total creep - "Hey, sorry to hear about all this, but my time is up. I'm going to hit the shower now. Hope it works out for you." I love her. I would sit and listen to her forever if she needed me to. Ultimately - it wasn't about me, it was about her.
Good workout. I always feel like I could take a nap when I get home.
Workout: 13:00 circuits. Dreaded, horrible, despicable circuits.
I guess today's circuit training was as bad as previous. I think it helped that I chose a different program for the stairmill and the intervals were only 13 seconds long rather than 48 seconds long. Felt better and like it went by quicker.
Bike - 13:00. Got my heart rate up to about 145, but generally stable at 135. Never feels like I'm working very hard on the bike, which is why I do it first.
Stairmill - 13:00. Not sure about my heartrate on the stairmill because I don't know how to check it. Didn't feel out of control like it does sometimes on that machine. Still hate the stairmill. How anyone can do it for more than 15 minutes is beyond me.
Treadmill - 13:00. Ran 1.25 miles in the 13 minutes. Did the random hill program and hit a high of 5% incline. Ran the entire 13 minutes without a break at 5.8mph - did not slow my pace at any point (have always done so in the past). Heart rate was between 164 - 174 depending on the incline. Good workout. I like running the hills
Eliptical - probably close to 20:00. Got on the eliptical next to C and finished her workout with her. She was very chatty, too, about something she's upset about so I couldn't just quit after my 13 minutes without looking like a total creep - "Hey, sorry to hear about all this, but my time is up. I'm going to hit the shower now. Hope it works out for you." I love her. I would sit and listen to her forever if she needed me to. Ultimately - it wasn't about me, it was about her.
Good workout. I always feel like I could take a nap when I get home.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010
Weight: 124.8
I feel like a chicken running around with my head cut off this week. And it isn't looking better until next week. Hence no post yesterday and the late post today.
Thursdays are circuit day. I.HATE.THURSDAY. Hate it. Hate.it. Despise it. Dread it. Hate it.
It is by far the worst, most horrible, hardest workout of the week. I never want Wednesday evenings to end... because then I'll have to wake up on Thursday and do the dreaded circuits.
Today I started with the bike - 12:00. Had my heart rate up to 135 bpm on the bike. I don't push it a whole lot on the bike. I consider it slightly better than a warm up.
Moved on to 12:00 on the stairmill. I would like to curse the person who created the stairmill. It is the worst. horrible. wretched. And at 12 minutes, the intervals lasted 48 seconds each. Thats a long fricken time when I'm working so hard that my forearms are sweating. Really? Forearms? Yes. And dripping. I think if it weren't for the stairmill, I may not hate circuits as much. I really despise the stairmill and would rather cut my arm off with a butter knife than do it for much longer than that.
Next up was hill intervals on the treadmill for 13:00. I ran the entire 13 minutes without a break at 5.8 mph. I think the top hill was around 4 or 5% incline for over a minute. That one was tough, but it was the last minute so I couldn't allow myself to stop. Heartrate was up around 178 bpm on the treadmill.
Finally I ended with the eliptical for 13:00. I consider this circuit to be slightly more than a cool down. I certainly don't slow my pace down to a cool down level, but I'm not hitting it as hard as I do the stairmill and the treadmill.
If I wanted a higher level circuit workout I should consider not reading magazines while doing the bike and the eliptical. I may consider that for next week.
I'm always so glad to have it over. So happy to be in the locker room drinking a glass of water and hopping in the shower. It feels like a huge accomplishment, even though I have no ability to measure my performance. I guess my measure of success is how much it sucked. And every Thursday it sucks. A lot.
Fridays are 20:00 of lighter cross training with upper body + leg press, abductors & adductors. Its a much lighter day and a welcome reprieve after the treachery of Thursday.
I feel like a chicken running around with my head cut off this week. And it isn't looking better until next week. Hence no post yesterday and the late post today.
Thursdays are circuit day. I.HATE.THURSDAY. Hate it. Hate.it. Despise it. Dread it. Hate it.
It is by far the worst, most horrible, hardest workout of the week. I never want Wednesday evenings to end... because then I'll have to wake up on Thursday and do the dreaded circuits.
Today I started with the bike - 12:00. Had my heart rate up to 135 bpm on the bike. I don't push it a whole lot on the bike. I consider it slightly better than a warm up.
Moved on to 12:00 on the stairmill. I would like to curse the person who created the stairmill. It is the worst. horrible. wretched. And at 12 minutes, the intervals lasted 48 seconds each. Thats a long fricken time when I'm working so hard that my forearms are sweating. Really? Forearms? Yes. And dripping. I think if it weren't for the stairmill, I may not hate circuits as much. I really despise the stairmill and would rather cut my arm off with a butter knife than do it for much longer than that.
Next up was hill intervals on the treadmill for 13:00. I ran the entire 13 minutes without a break at 5.8 mph. I think the top hill was around 4 or 5% incline for over a minute. That one was tough, but it was the last minute so I couldn't allow myself to stop. Heartrate was up around 178 bpm on the treadmill.
Finally I ended with the eliptical for 13:00. I consider this circuit to be slightly more than a cool down. I certainly don't slow my pace down to a cool down level, but I'm not hitting it as hard as I do the stairmill and the treadmill.
If I wanted a higher level circuit workout I should consider not reading magazines while doing the bike and the eliptical. I may consider that for next week.
I'm always so glad to have it over. So happy to be in the locker room drinking a glass of water and hopping in the shower. It feels like a huge accomplishment, even though I have no ability to measure my performance. I guess my measure of success is how much it sucked. And every Thursday it sucks. A lot.
Fridays are 20:00 of lighter cross training with upper body + leg press, abductors & adductors. Its a much lighter day and a welcome reprieve after the treachery of Thursday.
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