Project 42 – Work, Work, Work…

OK…  I didn’t work out for almost 2 weeks.  I had an overdue deadline at work and lots of pressure to get it done.  I got up at 4am for many days in a row and worked until kid pickups and then back to work after dinner and the weekend in between.  Whew!  I got it done last Friday and had a nice weekend and even went on a bike ride with Brock and his friend Kiernan.  I am back now!  I worked on a machine called a “Total Body Cross Ramp” yesterday which felt awkward at first but I actually liked it by the time I was done.  This machine kind of simulates running up a ramp but you can also go in reverse which feels like you are running backwards.  As you probably know, running backwards is very difficult and is a great workout if you do it for a while…  I did the last 10 minutes of my 45 minute workout backwards…  Today I did the Elliptical for 50 minutes but totally wanted to stop after 10 minutes.  I did not feel good and was dreading the next 40 minutes….but then some good songs came on the headphones and I started feeling good and by minute 30 I was in a groove like I had not found before.  I felt like I could pull a tractor across a football field.  What a great feeling and I kept it up until the end…  I will keep working this week and next…  Cheers and GO BRUINS!!!!

3 thoughts on “Project 42 – Work, Work, Work…

  1. Mark Post author

    NOW YOU TELL ME!!! 😉 This should save me some time and/or allow me to do more lifting. I haven’t been lifting this week because both shoulders were killing me from sleeping on them and shoveling a ton of dirt over the weekend. How do you measure intensity of your cardio? Is it just your sustained heart rate?

  2. Todd

    Curious Mark, but why are you doing such long cardio sessions? Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with it, but if fat loss is your goal and since time is usually an issue with you, then the best angle of attack is shorter more intense cardio, and really good strength training sessions. In fact many studies have shown you can get better fat loss adaptation when you do 15-20 minutes of really intense cardio vs. slow 40-60 min.

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