How's the "Hard Body" plan going you ask?
- Category: Health & Wellness
- Posted On: 1/31/2007
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Fantastic! Yesterday was day 34 on the 12-week program and it was the worst feeling. All of my workouts have been going great and I've finished feeling tired, but exhilarated by my progress. Yesterday, however, I ran 4 miles and did my upper-body workout. Ouch... I was at the gym for about an hour-and-a-half and came home using the word "annihilated"; completely drained. But, I was still happy with the progress. The four mile run was in preparation for a 5K race on February 11th. I did a warm-up (10 min/mi for 2:30 and 9 min/mi for 2:30) followed by a 20-minute run at 8 min/mi pace with a kick at the end of 5 minutes at 7 min/mi pace, and finally another .25 miles at 15:00 walking pace. Having run a total of maybe 15 times in the past year, this was great! An average of 7:46 pace for 3.2 miles! (FYI: I have been bicycling and rowing with some short walk/runs this past month.) The following chest, back, and arms workout sapped any remaining energy and left me a physical zombie. It was difficult to keep up the number of repetitions and the weight I've been lifting in previous workouts, but this lack of energy certainly proved my willingness to keep at it. A 7:46 pace for 3.1 miles is a long way off from 7:15, so I'll have to back off on my goal to 7:30 for the race, but that is still outstanding progress (just to be doing it!). My body is looking better than it has for a long time, although I'm not seeing everything I want to be seeing yet. We'll just have to see how I look when my wife and I go to Hawaii in April. BAM! :)
- Category: Health & Wellness
- Posted On: 1/31/2007
- Views: 3,940