Holy Body Weight Matrix, Batman!

After talking myself out of running yesterday, I wasn't going to take "NO" for an answer this morning. When the alarm rang at 4:10 this morning, I was sure protesting, though. I told myself I would soooo regret it if I didn't go do it, though.

Today was Stage 3 workout A1 of the New Rules of Lifting for Women. Wow.
Most of the workouts were new, so I had some adjusting to do. Balancing was in full force today. The single arm overhead squats were much harder than I had expected. That arm overhead changes things so much.

The real killers were the three (!!) sets of 90 second (!!!) planks and then the dreaded Body Weight Matrix (BWM). In case you don't know, you time yourself doing 24 squats plus 12 stationary lunges on each leg (alternating legs as you go) then 12 jumping lunges each leg (alternating again) THEN 24 (!!!) jumping squats. (HOLY COW!) THEN you wait twice as long as it took you and you REPEAT THAT!!! I finished the first set in 4:13. That meant waiting 8:26. That was a loooong wait, but I did it, knowing how difficult the second round was going to be. Before I started the 24 squat jumps, it hit me that I was going to have to repeat all of this. Not a happy thought. The second round was over in 4:08. I kept telling myself that it was almost over and I didn't need to hold back for anything. My legs were jelly when I was done. My right leg started getting stiff afterward, but things calmed down enough to drive home.

After I was at the gym a while, a guy came into the weight area and was using the Smith machine and some of the cable machines like the leg press. He looked pretty fit, so it was interesting that he was using those things. He was hacking and coughing the whole time, so I was glad he was using those machines and not the freeweights, so we didn't share any equipment! My kids give me enough sicknesses, I don't need them from the gym, too.

I wore my Garmin and my HRM, but I'm not sure how to use the HRM recording. I'd like to see that graphed even without the GPS data. I can't figure out how to extract that data, or if I even can. I turned off the GPS since I was inside. It was nicer to have the stopwatch to time rests and the planks and the BWM.

Edit: Figured it out. Here is my HR for the workout... notice the to large hills towards the end. That's the BWM!! This image is courtesy SportTracks.

Heart rate info vs. time