Well, Well, Well-The Wellness Center Reopened
The Fremont YMCA is open again after its annual cleaning week, and I worked out at the Wellness Center last night with trainer Mike Clegg. Before, in between, and after lifting, I spent did three sessions on the treadmill. I walked 40 minutes for a total of 2.05 miles, and burned 423 calories.
I lifted 8,150 pounds with my arms, following my orthopaedist’s instructions to take it easy with my shoulder. When I visited him a week ago he was pleased with both the movement and strength in my repaired left shoulder, but said it would take 8 months to a year to regain full movement and strength.
I lifted 8,100 pounds with my legs, and finished the weight lifting doing 4,000 pounds on the abdominal machine. I am a little jealous when I see younger lifters do really heavy weights, but I am not trying to be a power lifter, I only want to build some muscle, replacing fat with more muscle. The thing for me to do is focus on consistency, lifting 2-3 times each week, and not worrying about what others are doing.
The same thinking needs to happen with my cardio workouts on the treadmill. I need to get to the Wellness Center 5-6 times a week to do cardio, and need to try to get out of my comfort zone and experiment with some of the other cardio machines.
I am trying to psyche myself into early morning work outs again. For much of 2008 I was getting up to arrive at the Wellness Center when it opened up at 5:30 a.m. It did set a positive tone for my day, and it would actually be a better time than after work. Now if I can convince myself to not reset the alarm when it goes off at 5:00 a.m., I will be set.
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That’s exactly how to do it. Focus on what you can accomplish. And, by the way, where’s your current posts?
You said you wanted encouragement, right? So, I’d like to see some regular and current posts here.
Hop to it!