A lot of the cool blogs are filled with pictures...mine must be BORING! lol. Really though...I know I gotta get a camera - my current one is taking a bunch of blurry shots and it's so old that I might as well just buy a new one.
Anyway, my weekend was great - Brian finally had a couple days off after working 20 days in a row...and what did we do? Train at the gym! haha...yes, it's actually a way we spend time together. We don't train together often but it's nice when we get a chance. Our training styles are very different but we are such great motivators for each other. He does lower reps, heavy weight with a decent amount of rest, whereas I knock out twice the sets with very minimal rest and high reps. The reason we do this is because Brian is already very lean and is trying to build and maintain muscle whereas I need to fit in cardio whenever I can to help lean me out. So by keeping my heart rate up during my strength training, I can burn more calories. Does that make sense?
Right now I'm really motivated to rev up my cardio, which is miraculous cause I am not a fan of cardio. I'd much rather strength train but at this point, my body can afford to do just a couple days of strength training a week. My body type builds muscle very quickly...so what's happening is I keep building but not leaning out. This is where the cardio comes in...I gotta suck it up and get it done!
Just wanna give a shout out to my friend Lesley back home...she's been tearing up the roads with some huge cycling races lately and I'm so proud of her! :)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
The Swim Continues
Hi Everyone! How are things?
Just wanted to update you on my swimming progress:
Not Michael Phelps yet but I am MUCH better than I was before. Luckily, I'm a very dedicated person and always play Brian's instructions (in my head), stroke for stroke. My breathing is better than ever before...but I gotta ask, HOW do you keep water from going up your nose and choking you?? AH, I always feel like such a putz when I end up in a coughing fit from snorting water. The burning!
So the nose breathing is one weakness...the other one would be my kicking. I usually kick my feet at the edge of the pool for a while to practise...but as soon as I start swimming, they both kind of sink. Also, I tend to curve to the left! As you can tell, this is all a total learning experience for me...but I'm determined. I swam 20 very baby laps, did 3 sets of pushups and 3 sets of tricep dips off the edge of the pool . The tricep dips were brutally hard today...I was hopeful it was because I got a good arm workout from the swim itself?
Anyway, I hope you all are enjoying your current workout routine! Anything new you wanna try?
Just wanted to update you on my swimming progress:
Not Michael Phelps yet but I am MUCH better than I was before. Luckily, I'm a very dedicated person and always play Brian's instructions (in my head), stroke for stroke. My breathing is better than ever before...but I gotta ask, HOW do you keep water from going up your nose and choking you?? AH, I always feel like such a putz when I end up in a coughing fit from snorting water. The burning!
So the nose breathing is one weakness...the other one would be my kicking. I usually kick my feet at the edge of the pool for a while to practise...but as soon as I start swimming, they both kind of sink. Also, I tend to curve to the left! As you can tell, this is all a total learning experience for me...but I'm determined. I swam 20 very baby laps, did 3 sets of pushups and 3 sets of tricep dips off the edge of the pool . The tricep dips were brutally hard today...I was hopeful it was because I got a good arm workout from the swim itself?
Anyway, I hope you all are enjoying your current workout routine! Anything new you wanna try?
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