Afterglow

After this years LA Marathon, I’ve been on a plateau. Well that’s not accurate, I actually gained a few pounds. It was either four or six. I’m down again (two pounds) after starting my weight lifting program and cut back a little on the running. It has been kind of slow so starting today (Monday 20, 2007), my new program goes into effect. I tried doing cardio prior to eating breakfast and it just did not work form me. It made me hungrier than ever. So if I have something light to eat before working out early in the morning I feel better (protein, carb mix is better for me).

So my workout went like this.

First the feeding. Half a banana with a 20 oz whey and water mix.

20 minutes of jogging at a very slow pace to get my heart rate up.

Then the real deal.

Squats. 2 Sets of 15 with 2x45s (135lbs).

Lunges 2 Sets of 15 each leg so that came out to 60 lunges holding 25 lb plates.

Single Arm rows (bent elbow) 2 Sets of 15 with 10lbs.

Pushups 2 Sets of 15 (my shoulder still bothers me a little so I’ll have to work on this).

Swiss ball crunches 2 Sets of 15 (that was easy).

Walked for about five minutes to cool off

Had an oatmeal, almond, banana, 1/3 cup milk, ½ cup blueberries breakfast after that.

Active rest tomorrow (5/21/2007). ,maybe some hoops, and hit the weights again on Wednesday the 22^nd.

This will go on for about three weeks before I hit my new fat loss program.

Taken from the book: The New Rules of Lifting.

If anything, I will not be bored for a while. According to my hear rate monitor the whole thing used about 650 calories. Onward