So today has been a real bad day. Work is getting to be a real drag, and it is the kind of day that I could (and have) eat everything in sight. I brought a couple of snacks, and have eaten all of them, and have a banana for after my work out that is in danger. The difference in this bad day, and a previously bad day, is that I will have an outlet so I wont get into the food mode. I left work and headed to meet up with my group because we were meeting at 6:00 or so I thought.
For whatever reason, the parking situation at MUSC was horrible. I got there in plenty of time for the workout, but after I circled the block for over 15 minutes looking for a parking spot, I was late. Again this is a change for me. In the past, I would have left and went home, but I persevered and found a spot fairly close to the entrance. I hurried to the man gym, and the team was there, working out very hard, because at some point an e-mail went out letting us know we were meeting at 5:45!!!! GAAAAAA!!!! I had missed over half of the workout. There were two other team members there, and three mentors. Ron had the group pretty worn out when I got there, so I joined in the fun, and did the usual, squats, lunges, bar work, dumbbell work, and stomach stuff. One exercise we did was to put the weighted bar behind our neck, and twist side to side, then do the twisting except bent over. It was hard, but because I wasn't worn out, I was able to handle it better than the others. Ron asked me if I wanted a broom handle rather than my blue end weight (he had given most of the group broom handles by now) but I said no. It was really an odd workout, and when we were done, I asked Ron if I could make up the exercises I missed out on. He told me that I was fine, that I had done enough. I was sweating like I had worked out a ton, but I didn't feel like I did. I said my goodbyes to the group, and went up to the main gym to do some cardio.
I went on the treadmill and set the equipment to a fat burning program. It (the readout) said that the incline on the treadmill would change until my heartbeat was at the optimum fat burning level. Goodie! So I set it at 3mph for 30 minutes, and tried to burn fat. I had put "Bones" on the TV, and about every two minutes I was instructed to "place my hands on the heart rate pads"...so I did. Well, apparently I wasn't getting my heart rate up very fast because the incline started to change..slowly at first, then more aggressively. 1% - 3% - 4.5% - 6%...until I started noticing I was getting further and further from the TV. I had to really hang on to the heart beat pads at this angle, and still I wasn't beating fast enough. It went to 7% - then 8% - then holy crap 9%...and I am not kidding, I felt like I was hanging on for absolute dear life! Not to mention that my heart rate STILL wasn't high enough! I looked around, still hanging off the treadmill by the way, to see if anyone else was in danger of their Titanic going down like I was , and of course everyone else looked normal. By this time, I am running to keep from flinging off this monster and my earphones are stretched out like a jump rope, trying to stay connected to the TV! One of my team mates came by about then and said something to me but of course I couldn't hear him. I smiled and waved, and he wandered off. I tried lip reading and to me he said "WHY ARE YOU FALLING OFF YOUR TREADMILL, ARE YOU TRYING TO DIE HARD"...What he actually said was "Way to be on the treadmill you die hard"...it was close. At least the smiling and waving was appropriate. Before I fell off completely, I made one last grab at the heart beat pads, and SHAZAM!!! I still wasn't at the correct fat burning rate. That was it...I was done! I hit the pause button, and when I caught my breath, I carefully stopped the program, and selected a regular one...3mph, 2% incline....Phew! About a minute into the new workout, I put my hands on the HB pads, and finally, I was at the optimum fat burning...wouldn't you know it. I did the remaining 20 minutes and was soaked. I added another 2 miles to my day and came home. I ate a banana in the car to celebrate.....What a bad day!
Tomorrow workout at 6:15...then weigh in on Thursday...Oh boy!
Kelly
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