You want me to do WHAT?

I will start with yesterday. I am so sorry I missed an entry day. I had a good work out though. Yesterday was my Back day. 


I did my hour of cardio. I slowed my pace down a bit to a 3.0 but I kept the incline. I walked my full hour, all at once again. I like doing that much better. Again, Thanks Bri for talking me into it.


After my cardio, I headed to the machines. I bumped up some of my weights again this week. I am always proud of myself when I am able to complete my workouts at a higher weight. I am still wondering if it's best for me to increase my weights. If I keep bumping up the amount of weight I do, won't I begin bulking up rather than toning and slimming down? I really don't want to end up looking like a female Sylvester Stallone. I will have to talk to Ben about that next week. 

 Here is my workout from Yesterday.

I did a little experiment with my scale the other day. I weighed myself, moved the scale and weighed myself again. I repeated this about 4-5 times. Each time I moved the scale, my weight changed. I suppose it's time to invest in a newer, better scale.
                                                                                            
                                             
                                                                                             TODAY
My legs are like a giant bowl of jell-o. No, really! I can barely walk. I am so glad that someone opened the door for me when I was leaving the gym. I would not have been able to do it. I guess I could have just smashed my face against the door and stood there until someone helped me. I started towards my truck and almost face-planted when I stepped off the curb. I asked myself out loud, "why the hell did I park so far away."


I sent a text message to Matt when I got to the truck.
Me: Man, I can barely walk.
Matt: And you just spent time with a dude...
Me: Lucky for you I'm not old enough to be a cougar yet.


I got the gym and started my cardio. I decreased my walking speed this week because my knee was beginning to hurt from the stress of it. To make up for it, today, I increased my incline. I now walk at a 3.0 mph pace at a 4.0 incline. I walked for 45 minutes (that is how much time I had until my training session started). I met Ben on the bottom floor and we began my leg work out. First up, the Leg Press (DUN DUN DUUUNNNN). Usually, on my own, I do 3-4 sets of 20 reps at 110 lbs. Not today! My "buddy" Ben decided we would do 180 lbs. Uh...what?! Well, I did it one set of 20 at 180lbs. Then he decided to add a little more weight and bump me up to 210 lbs. I thought, "he must be crazy." But I guess that is what he is in shape, and I am....well, not.  I pushed out 2 sets of 20 at 210 lbs and 1 final set of 15 at 210 lbs. Oh, did I mention, in between my sets he had me get up and do 20 squats. Gotta love personal trainers(?). I won't write out my entire workout. You can see it on my Journal. Just know, I can barely walk.      

                                                         
                                                                                   My work out from today.

I came to the conclusion that today's workout was a conspiracy. Matt called Ben and told him of my plan to drag him out shoe shopping tomorrow. Matt offered Bed a large sum on money (at least $20) to immobilize me. Ben accepts, turns my legs to jell-o, preventing me from any further movement this weekend. Matt pays Ben, and Ben takes money and runs away to Tahiti. Something like that. 
I hope he makes it back from Tahiti in time for our session next week.           


My next session is next week. At which point I will be measured again and we will see if any progress has been made.