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threadwalker) wrote2007-10-15 01:27 pm
threadwalker) wrote2007-10-15 01:27 pm
Fitness blah-g
I got a trainer at the gym and we are doing the 5 session intro thing. Day 1 was yesterday. She wanted to know what motivated me. My off-the-cuff joke was that the gym is my anger management tool. Then, more seriously, I told her about how I reorganized my life priorities and my health was key.
Later I realized that the joke has a lot of truth in it. The gym is where I drain off my anger and frustration. I'm a much calmer person because I have that outlet.
We did percent body fat measurement. 29.1%. I thought I'd be at 25% or lower since I've lost weight and I'm inside my BMI. I am angry about the results. (tho not at the trainer). I am not annoyed, frustrated or upset. I am angry. I worked out shortly afterward (1).
I have been working on channeling this anger into something positive.
1. I now have a measurable tool to use for progress from here on out.
2. I clearly have room for improvement, which is something I can focus on.
3. I am going to listen to the trainer and not argue or ignore her. She reviewed my eating and made some suggestions that I am going to follow.
4. She gave me kudos for my work out routine and now she's going to tweak it to focus on core muscles.
5. Trainer told me to think of myself as an athelete in training, so I'm working on acquiring that outlook with regard to food.
6. I am moving forward and not looking back.
7. I have achieved a lot to date and my body fat percent does not undo any of that.
8. I went out to lunch today and chanted to myself that I was in training and I ordered lunch appropriately.
Today I walked down to Ironworks to get info on wall/rock climbing. It's a lot more involved than the one from our work-event. I'm going to take a class the first week of November and see how that goes.
Today I am going to try and find a triatholon for early spring and register for it. Probably sprint length.
The anger is still there, simmering in the back of my mind. And I have a headache radiating from my nose/sinus area outwards. I feel very out of sorts; spiritually off kilter and possibly sick. Blah.
(1)Anger-Fueled Workout
Cardio, elliptical, 30 min, 400 cal (new high)
hammer curl: 3 sets of 12 reps, 12 lb
tricep ext: 3 sets, 12 reps (done very slow), 8 lb
Leg Ext: 3 sets, 10-12 reps 65 lb
Leg Curl: 3 sets 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Leg Press: 3 sets, 10 reps, 120 lb (pulley machine)
Hib Ab: 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Hib Ad: 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Bench press (machine): 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 45-35 lb
Bench decline (machine): 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 20 lb
Abs: 60 crunch, 60 oblique, 30 heal press
Later I realized that the joke has a lot of truth in it. The gym is where I drain off my anger and frustration. I'm a much calmer person because I have that outlet.
We did percent body fat measurement. 29.1%. I thought I'd be at 25% or lower since I've lost weight and I'm inside my BMI. I am angry about the results. (tho not at the trainer). I am not annoyed, frustrated or upset. I am angry. I worked out shortly afterward (1).
I have been working on channeling this anger into something positive.
1. I now have a measurable tool to use for progress from here on out.
2. I clearly have room for improvement, which is something I can focus on.
3. I am going to listen to the trainer and not argue or ignore her. She reviewed my eating and made some suggestions that I am going to follow.
4. She gave me kudos for my work out routine and now she's going to tweak it to focus on core muscles.
5. Trainer told me to think of myself as an athelete in training, so I'm working on acquiring that outlook with regard to food.
6. I am moving forward and not looking back.
7. I have achieved a lot to date and my body fat percent does not undo any of that.
8. I went out to lunch today and chanted to myself that I was in training and I ordered lunch appropriately.
Today I walked down to Ironworks to get info on wall/rock climbing. It's a lot more involved than the one from our work-event. I'm going to take a class the first week of November and see how that goes.
Today I am going to try and find a triatholon for early spring and register for it. Probably sprint length.
The anger is still there, simmering in the back of my mind. And I have a headache radiating from my nose/sinus area outwards. I feel very out of sorts; spiritually off kilter and possibly sick. Blah.
(1)Anger-Fueled Workout
Cardio, elliptical, 30 min, 400 cal (new high)
hammer curl: 3 sets of 12 reps, 12 lb
tricep ext: 3 sets, 12 reps (done very slow), 8 lb
Leg Ext: 3 sets, 10-12 reps 65 lb
Leg Curl: 3 sets 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Leg Press: 3 sets, 10 reps, 120 lb (pulley machine)
Hib Ab: 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Hib Ad: 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 75 lb
Bench press (machine): 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 45-35 lb
Bench decline (machine): 3 sets, 10-12 reps, 20 lb
Abs: 60 crunch, 60 oblique, 30 heal press