Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Snooze

There are days when u don't feel like waking up, getting off the bed. Pune, for a while now, has been having beautiful mornings. Its chilly, little windy, and bathed in golden sunlight. Not harsh, not too soft. Today was one such morning.
Was bone tired yesterday and ended the day with a glass of milk before i hit the bed. When it came to waking up this morning, i hit snooze like 5 times! Basically, that resulted in skipping the walk on the road. went straight to the gym and hit the treadmill with a vengeance. Started immediately with interval training at 5 degree incline and speed ranging from 5.5 to 6kmph for 10mins.
Went thru basic warm up, 10 inclined push ups, and then 2 sets of 15 step ups with 10kg weights. Followed that up with 2 sets of bicep dead lift on the chair, then inclined bench press with 10kg dumbells. Ended the weight training with regular bicep curls and tricep extension.
Need to focus on large muscle groups. Going to spend more time on lower body next week onwards. Squats, lunges, step ups - all with weights.
Of course, the abs workout must not stop. Wish there was something like "spot reduction" :)

Monday, March 12, 2012

Restart

Life is full of surprises. Some are nice, some not so nice. I am hypo-thyroid. That basically explains the bloatedness, sleep deprivation and some other things that have been plaguing me for a while.
Taking pills aint no answer though. The doc has started me with 175mg daily and i have been on it for 6 months odd. There was some erratic walking / gyming i did, but there was no consistency.
This time around, the resolve is stronger than ususal. The premise is simple: If i dont respect myself, why will anyone else?
Today, walked 2 kms in 20 mins on the road. did 10 mins of interval training on the treadmill @ speed of 5 and incline of 4. Followed by 10 inclined push ups, 2 sets of step ups with 7lbs dumbells and then 2 sets of bicep curls with 10lbs.
Came home. Did one set of crunches, side crunches, back strengthening exercises.
Had a pot of green tea.
I weigh 103kgs right now. The target is 95kgs by 31 May.