Sometimes you can be so wrong. You see the “facts” and jump to conclusions. You might even feel like you did all your homework on it. The next day you follow up and things are not as they should be!
My day started with a slow motion feel to it. Mt body was stiff and sore from the jogging and weights I did yesterday. I slept in hoping I would feel rested but that did not happen. I struggled to get myself to the gym, 30 minutes later than I should have. Feeling stiff I was not sure how far I would jog this morning. I started out walking to get the kinks out and never felt good to go for the jogging. I walked 20 minutes at 5% incline at 3.3 mph and never broke a sweat really. I felt my muscles tight in my back and decided jogging was not for me today. Bummer. I was expecting to follow up my jogging on the elliptical machine, but that was not to be either. I did not want to half ass the effort if I was not feeling good about the exercising. I changed gears and went into the weight lifting area. I looked around and settled in on the Hammer Strength equipment to lift on.
Hammer Strength (HS) bench press
135-15
225-5,5,5
HS incline press
135-10,10
225-5
HS decline press
135-12
225-6,6
Triceps curls
80-10
70-10,10
Leg presses
210-12,10,10
I felt better after lifting today. That got my back muscles stretched and blood pumping through them. This also felt like a disapointment to me since this was supposed to be a cardio workout, and I was not able to get into a groove and do it. No problems though, my wife and I had a date to see the cherry blossoms again.
And one more, with my wonderful wife!
We hiked for 3 hours again. This time out we each had a backpack to split our food and water so neither of us would take the full weight of it all. I had taken 2 advil right after the gym and was feeling OK but knew this was going to be a tougher hike to do. We made tuna salad and had baby carrots, sliced red peppers, and cherry tomatoes as veggies and some special K wheat crackers as a carb to go with the tuna, and enjoyed the nutrition 35 minutes into the hike. We had planned to park closer but the blossoms were in full bloom and the weather was rainy the day before so more folks were out today to get their cherry blossom fix. Not quite at the half way mark my back was feeling stiff. I knew it would happen and became more irritable from the soreness. My wife thought we had more advil in my back pack but I knew there was none since I noticed this as I put stuff into the pack. Not a big deal, they would not have shortened the walk back any. We made it back to the car after 3 hours. That was a long time today. It was a long time last time too, but today I was more fatigued. This was the type of day I would have layed around on the couch all day! I did feel bad but not quite that bad. I needed the activity after going easy at the gym.
Food all day was healthy. My calories for the day were 2,001 calories. That is on the lighter side for me but I was slightly heavier at the gym scale, so I am ok with lower calories for today.
Tomorrow is a test run for me outside. I will be working offsite and not have my normal gym access. I plan to jog outside for cardio, and my PM workout will either be weights at Bally’s or in my garage. As of now I am leaning towards Bally’s so that way I do some cardio too.
Good
