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I was looking for a workout buddy to help keep me on track with my current quest for fitness. But nothing has really panned out. So I'm going to use my journal to help keep me...honest? No, that isn't quite the word. Accountable? Again, not quite the word. But for now, they'll do.
So far I am still managing (one day at a time) to go to the gym and do water aerobics and/or swimming/kicking six days a week. The Y is closed tomorrow to observe Memorial Day, and so I got up and went there at 7:45 this morning and did 15 laps with a kickboard, 4 laps of breaststroke and some deep water jogging/aerobics stuff.
I also incorporated some modfied Tabata-style "sprint" drills. I first learned about Tabata Sprints from a health/nutrition blog called Mark's Daily Apple -- if you're curious, here's the link where he describes the sprints http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-are-tabata-sprints/. Basically, you go all out for 20 seconds, then "rest" for ten seconds, and lather, rinse, repeat for 8 times without stopping, a total of four minutes. This can be running, squats, whatever. So I tried deep water running -- and did 10 second sprints followed by 10 seconds slow jogging -- six intervals. I'm working my way up to full Tabata Sprints. It's pretty taxing, even the very modified form I did for TWO minutes...I was sucking some serious wind when I finished up.
Tomorrow is my day off. :)
I also made it my New Moon vow to work on the "one day at a time" fitness quest.
So far I am still managing (one day at a time) to go to the gym and do water aerobics and/or swimming/kicking six days a week. The Y is closed tomorrow to observe Memorial Day, and so I got up and went there at 7:45 this morning and did 15 laps with a kickboard, 4 laps of breaststroke and some deep water jogging/aerobics stuff.
I also incorporated some modfied Tabata-style "sprint" drills. I first learned about Tabata Sprints from a health/nutrition blog called Mark's Daily Apple -- if you're curious, here's the link where he describes the sprints http://www.marksdailyapple.com/what-are-tabata-sprints/. Basically, you go all out for 20 seconds, then "rest" for ten seconds, and lather, rinse, repeat for 8 times without stopping, a total of four minutes. This can be running, squats, whatever. So I tried deep water running -- and did 10 second sprints followed by 10 seconds slow jogging -- six intervals. I'm working my way up to full Tabata Sprints. It's pretty taxing, even the very modified form I did for TWO minutes...I was sucking some serious wind when I finished up.
Tomorrow is my day off. :)
I also made it my New Moon vow to work on the "one day at a time" fitness quest.
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