Check Up Jan. 15
by Chris Perrin on Jan.15, 2010, under Check Up
Also known as the day I wished my coworkers would have called during my workout. And those inconsiderate jerks didn’t.
Yeah, I worked myself to DEATH at the gym. Bench press, incline press, decline press and abs. I wish I had had a spotter because I think I could have eeked out a rep or two more, but I didn’t for fear of crushing myself under the 155 pounds of metal.
Still, it was a day of ups and downs.
The scale wasn’t as nice to me as I’d hoped. I was only down .8 pounds. That makes my total weight loss 10.4 pounds. Not a bad two week total, I was just really hoping I’d show a little more progress.
But, I vowed not to let myself get too down. Fact of the matter is that I don’t know what’s going on with my body, really. The fact I didn’t repeat my 9.6 pound loss could be due to the fact all my water weight is gone or that I am adding muscle or that I had a bunch of water the night before. There are lots of reasons other than I didn’t eat well and my workouts were ineffective. So I keep telling myself.
However, I did get back on track with the eating. My food intake was almost perfect. For that I am happy.
So was my work out. In the end, I returned to work sweaty, exhausted, and full of adrenaline having burned a nice 571 calories.
January 16th, 2010 on 5:13 am
The scale has too many cruel vagaries to trust anyway.
So, as a somewhat serious concern, do you think you’ve allotted yourself enough recovery time for the exercise your doing?
-Rob D.
January 16th, 2010 on 6:05 am
Do you mean recovery after I’ve worked out or recovery in between sets?
Recovery after the workout…I do rush back, but I have the drive back to let my heart rate get back to normal. Plus I walked a half lap after running so it wasn’t such a severe jolt.
Recovery between sets… Yes. My workout is design so I do small weight, lots of reps and then give myself 1 minute rest. It’s what my trainer told me to do.