Rather than writing this in an email as well, I’m just going to share a link with my gym.
Like 95% of the population, I want to get in better shape this year. Cardio is something that can be done on one’s own using only a pair of shoes and the pavement in front of your house. But weights? that’s different. [Read more...]
Well, not exactly catching up from the weekend because I didn’t really do anything. Unless you count hours of walking around Michigan Ave. which should count for something.
Yesterday was 34 minutes on the treadmill.
This morning’s swim was:
W/U: 200sw/200pu
6X100 on the 1:50
50 drill
6×100 on the 1:50
C/D: 100 pu
Weights this evening proved to be annoying as people tended to linger on the weight machines making it hard to have any sort of rhythm. I didn’t complete the workout. Annoyed.
But in good news my weight is starting to come down.
I have to keep this up, but I’ve now worked out seven times this week!
Total I got in:
Three treadmill workouts, three pool workouts and a weight session.
Pool workout this morning was:
W/U – 200sw, 200pull
Set – 12x100y on the 1:50
C/D – 50 pull
I added two more 100s to the set just because I was feeling pretty good. I still have a long way to go, but this is a fantastic start.
One of my favorite swimmers is Jason Lezak. He of the fastest 100 split time ever swam….which just happened to be in the final leg of the 4×100 relay at the 2008 Olympics. When I decided to start lifting weights a few months ago I went and found a workout used by Lezak for sprint swimmers.
I did the upper body section of that tonight and managed okay. The weight section of the Galter is nice, albeit a little cramped.
Okay, I may be a little behind on this, but I think it’s really cool. The new gym has treadmills that…….woop, quick diversion…yes...I am wayyy behind on this..2007? Really?…..you plug your ipod/iphone into. While this isn’t exactly startling new technology, I found it to be new to me. What’s better is you can play videos on your iPhone through the touch screen interface. Goodbye boredom! [Read more...]
