Saturday, January 2, 2010 Workout

I'm so excited about my new routine. I've been really struggling with boredom at the gym. I was always doing my 30-40 minutes cardio, usually the StairMaster, sometimes the elliptical or the bike, maybe 20 minutes on one and then 20 on the other. Then I'd do 40-50 minutes of strength. Same old exercises, same old boring routine.

Then I saw in infomercial on P90X. Not that I would ever buy it because I'm not discipline enough to work out at home. I have to go to the gym to exercise. It's just something I have to do. Maybe it's a competition thing, maybe it's just that I have to be in that environment. What it is, it's what I do.

The thing with the infomercial is it talks a lot about muscle confusion. Which is something I've read about but ignored. So now I'm adding new exercises every week.

Plus, I remembered when I had a personal trainer in the fall of 2008 she had me doing interval workouts and it really burned the fat. She'd have me do five minutes of intense cardio, then a a strength exercise, three sets, then five minutes cardio and then another strength exercise. I'm doing more than the five minutes of cardio but it's because I want to (I can't seem to stop in the middle of one of Lady Gaga's songs).

Here's my routine for today:


Warmup - 10 minutes on the StairMaster (level 5 to 10)

(reps and weight)

1. Lying tricep extension with dumbbells 12 @ 12 / 12 @ 12 / 10 @ 12 <--new & hard!

2. Spin Cycle - 10 minutes

3. Tricep pulldown w/ bar 12 @ 50 / 12 @ 55 / 15 @ 60

4. Spin Cycle - 11 minutes

5. Bicep Curls 8 @ 15 / 8 @ 15 / 12 @ 15 <--new & hard!

6. Concentrated bicep curls 12 @ 20 / 10 @ 20 8 @ 20

7. Spin Cycle - 16 minutes

8. Lat. pulldown (strap) 12 @ 62.5 / 10 @ 67.5 / 8 @ 75 <--75 pounds killer!

9. Seated dumbbell chest press 15 @ 15 / 10 @ 20 / 8 @ 20

10. One-arm dumbbell raise 4 @ 15 <--just trying it out, hurt

11. Spin Cycle - 6 minutes

Total calories burned per Polar monitor: 725

Average Heart Rate: 120

Maximum Heart Rate: 158

Two-hour workout