May I just say that my arms are the most sore they have been so far! I am having a heck of a time! That work out on Saturday really did me in! It is the top of my forearms, and they are so tight, I am having difficulty straightening out my elbows. It is that muscle that flexes when you make a fist. I know that mine has only had to carry around my purse by its straps, and so it is not the usual sore spot, so me doing pull-ups (with help) must have really woke them up!
So much for the whine with dinner...Okay, so today we are to meet at the gym at 6:00. I know that we are for sure going to be working out in the man gym, so I made extra sure I put my stuff in the main gym locker room! I'm getting pretty clever aren't I? Because it never fails, I always put it in the gym we aren't at, and have to use the awful hand scan thing, although I have to admit it is getting easier to use. My picture still looks bad...but at least I don't hold up the line anymore. Anyway, I went to the man gym and met up with one of my team, and one mentor. Ron said that he was having a one-on-one session with someone that couldn't be rescheduled, so the other mentor was going to take us through the work out, UP IN THE OTHER GYM! See, I planned right this time! Ha! So we waited a few minutes for her to get there, and away we went.
It was so crowded in the gym that we went into the "crows nest" area and found a corner for the four of us, right next to the track (the habitrail area). We had picked up a few dumbbells and bars to help with resistance. The instruction paper had only a few exercises on it, but that isn't a good thing because at the top of the paper it said "300 REPS"...300 reps of WHAT! That's a lot of anything to do. We were doing sets of three exercises, followed by at trip around the track, then more exercises, then more trips, etc. . Okay.....we did squats, then mountain climbers, followed by shoulder work using the bar, then once around the track...then jumping jacks, squats with the bar, and push-ups, followed by twice around the track....then repeat the first cycle but add bicep curls, then three times around...you get the idea. I jog-walked my way around the track thinking that I could jog a full lap, but that didn't happen. As the reps got longer, and the trips around the track increased, I just didn't have it in me. We did our 300 reps, and about 1 3/4 miles on the track and then did a few stomach exercises. I have to say that I am looking forward to the day when my fat roll isn't in the way. I haven't used those muscles for so long that doing the isolation stomach exercises burn like crazy. I try to in vision my fat melting away with my sweat, so I can be patient. I didn't get fat overnight, and it will take more than 19 days to change.
After we were done with the team workout, I went to the cardio room, and did 30 more minutes on the elliptical. I am a huge fan of the show "Bones", and an episode I hadn't seen lately was on so before I knew it, I had done an additional 2 miles, and burned 250 more calories. I ate an apple on the way home for a reward.
Tomorrow night the team work out is at 6:00...I hope my arms loosen up before then...
Kelly
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