Workout 36

Another pretty good day in the gym. I held back a little on the time, and went 16 run/12 walk on the treddy, but ran a little faster than I normally would, giving almost the same total calories burned as the day before (358 before cooldown), actually maybe a little more now that I think about it. My weight dropped back down as well after alot of pretty bad eating over the weekend, Im back down at around 222 now. I've definitely been slacking more than I'd like as far as eating healthy, but as long as I keep a steady workout regiment going, the weight should sort itself out sooner or later. As it is, Im down about 6.5 LBs in just over 8 weeks. I also did 17+3 on the elliptical, and hit a quick shoulder press before I left, as that was the only machine I'd forgotten to do the last 2 days (did a set at 130 then maxed out at 140). My upper body strength is still pretty puss at the moment, but seems to be improving pretty quickly, especially considering that I'm only doing 1 set most of the time to save time and b/c Im more concerned with improving my cardio. Pretty much everything I read regarding weight training preaches on and on about the superiority of free weights, but I feel like I really can't be bothered at the moment, as long as the running is coming along nicely. I've also noticed that my recovery time needed is shortening when Im running intervals (which is most of the time), in addition to feeling more comfortable at a higher heart rate. Im feeling pretty good just maintaining around 140-150 bpm, whereas when I started it was probably about 128-140 or so. I think I might also add a couple minutes to the treadmill run so that it corolates with the C25K plan, and then do the 2 minute cooldown on top of it. That would let me jump to the 21/9 segment next week, which seems about right. Be nice to get the porgram done in 4-6 weeks. Alright, guess that's it for now.