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Michelle's Things

Friday, October 14, 2005


ok, I went jogging again, I run for probably20 minutes and walk to and from my running spot 5 minutes either side of run. I don't just run the flat, I go up and down two hills before reaching the huge park, then walk fast, back up and down the hills all the way home (puffing my guts out). Tonight though, there was some creepy guy following me so once I got far enough over the first hill (just out of eyeshot), I sprinted like a mad woman for about 300 metres, I was sooo buggered, as it was at the end of my regular jog. Then I was soo buggered trying to do my skip, and struggled to do my work out too, but pushed myself to do it none the less.
The work out I do, I think is quite hard, Phil, it is using small dumbells, but, you have to hear the but. This lady who wrote up the work out, makes you use all this isometric tension, so your not allowed to relax and as your muscle builds the work out gets harder, because your muscles are continuously working against eachother, constantly. Believe me Phil, I am in absolute agony, I do 3 sets of 8 reps of all the exercises, except butt exercises, I do 10 cause my butt needs it.
If I could get the pictures of the workouts on my pc, I will post them up. Phil, thankyou for the advice, I think, like you pointed out, diet is important. I really need to tidy up my diet, I am trying to increase my cardio work outs, but I think the fact I eat crap is why I am struggling with the cardio.

2 Comments:

  • At 6:29 PM, Blogger Phil said…

    Haha, I absolutely adore the pictures (though why are you blue?!?)

    Shelly, you're right. It's not as black and white as I presented it. But I'll simply say this.

    The problem is that it's not a great idea to judge how well you are working out by how much pain you're in. And let me give you an example.

    Take a small dumbell and do a bicep curl. Now, do two hundred reps. Chances are, you'll be really feeling the burn. But you're not getting much of a workout!

    Lactic acid, the cause of this burning sensation is a lot like sweat. If you sweat tons, it might be that you're having a good workout. But what if you're not sweating at all? It could be that it's just cold, or maybe your workout is not designed to be long enough to induce sweating.

    So that's a very important point. You can't let yourself be tricked by how much burning you feel or how sore you are.

    So what's the only way to know? Improvement. If you're happy with how your workouts have been going and you find yourself getting a lot stronger, then by all means, continue. But if you do not, then try and find out what is wrong.

     
  • At 4:35 AM, Blogger Michelle said…

    the only reason I'm blue, is because I wear blue track suit pants, blue hat and black shirt. I'm hearing you, on the workout, I don't really feel much stronger, but I'm reluctant to lift heavy, because I don't want to look too muscley.

     

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