Thursday and Sprinting?
Kat’s really cool. She says, “Why don’t you sell your XBox and buy those rings you want with the money?” Smart, eh? I normally don’t think this way. (Which is part of why I have problems with money.)
I hit the gym today and did some of the stuff I missed from yesterday. I focused on my triceps mostly, doing several vertical dips at one of the ab stations. (You know those things people rest their elbows on, and then bring their legs up and down? Well, that’s where you can do dips, too!)
I went from that into an ouchy triceps exercise called the bodyweight triceps extension. You take a Smith machine, set the bar a little higher than your waist, and stretch out so that you’re grabbing the bar about shoulder width apart. Walk your legs back until you’re forming a flat line diagonally from your feet on the floor to your hands on the bar. Then, bend your elbows and lower your body a little bit (still straight line). To complete, straighten your arms back up. Ow! But really good, and bodyweight-a-riffic.
I did some dumbell cleans, which I decided to do after neca mentioned on her site that she was following a workout she found on stumptuous.com. Those were pretty neat, though I felt a weird clicking ouchy thing in my front deltoid.
And then, the sprints.
For once, I remembered to bring my iPod, so I had my own music on board. It’s amazing sprinting around their stupid indoor track (I do a sprint up the long leg of the track, and jog the other three to catch my breath) while listening to Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Public Enemy, and others. It’s amazing how much you push yourself when you’ve got thrashing music to accompany you.
I did around 20 laps like this, to the point where my lungs were doing that old fashioned “ow! Stop doing this or I’ll bring up blood!” kind of complaining. But it sure felt nice.
On the food, I’m trying something different today. I’ve written down the menu of what I intend to eat today. I’ll keep track of what I eat, and see how I match up. But, having that list of foods lined up from Breakfast, through the snacks, until my treat before bed, I feel is a neat way of sticking to a plan. It’s not as open-ended and nebulous as just reporting what I chose to put in my body. We’ll see if this somehow influences my caloric intake.
I’m in a great mood today. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and opinions.
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