Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Up-catching

i've been inspired by the Thanksgiving gluttony to start working out in earnest. That is to say, i'm going to try (insofar as my schoo' obligations will allow) to work out daily instead of occasionally. i've seen my weights creep up on the workouts i'm actually doing, and that's encouraging. But i have this longstanding bad habit of nailing the carpet down in one place and ignoring that it's bubbling up in another. Presently my shoulders and lats are getting stronger, and that's just spiffy, but my lungs are growing anaerobes and i'm getting just portly. That's not so useful. Pretty much can't run or bike, 'cuz it's dark out just after lunch now. So i'm a try to swim consistently. we'll see how that works with the lifting. Swam tonight and it felt pretty good. i'm (as i mentioned) way outta shape, so i'm sure i looked like one of those 80 year-old cardiac rehab d00ds churning out laps as though my life depends on doing it very slowly. But no matter! Swim i did. And in fact i intentionally didn't count distance. i'm guessing the pool is 25 yards. Pools are usually 25 units, and it took me 17 strokes to get to the other side (which, in the shape i'm in, i could not have done were it in meters). So i can confidently say i've swum multiple furlongs this evening.

Did OH press yesterday. Your spreadsheet, by the way, doesn't round to the nearest 5lb increment. It rounds up. But i didn't. 'Stead of doing 3 x 5 with 120, 130 and 140, i did 120, 130 and 135; but i did 135 for 6 reps, so it worked out ok. Tomorrow it's P'lups, and them thar're gun' be hard.

3 comments:

Pappa G said...

Hehehe...catch that did ya? I'm afraid it would be a bit hypocritical of me to round down. It's just never felt right to go down in weight.

R6Medic said...

i applaud you for noticing that cody! glenn has been secretly plotting to make us stronger without us noticing!! wellllll, not on my watch mister!!!

c said...

Seriously. Uncool.