Today, I got to the gym a little later than I wanted, but still early. There were a lot more people there than normal. Not that I didn't expect that!
I did a mile using speed intervals: 6.5mph and 5.5mph. Then I did Stage 1 workout B1 from the New Rules of Lifting for Women. It went well. I'm going to be sooooo sore tomorrow. After my first set of lunges, I could feel my leg muscles (I think it was my hamstrings, if I remember correctly) tighten up. Overall it went well, though. I need to use more weight on the swiss ball crunches, though. Eight reps of those are NOTHING! Wow. I used a 10lb weight on the second set, but didn't do anything. Maybe I should hold it over my head next time.
I really need to get some weight lifting gloves. I'm starting to get some blisters/callouses. The most weight I've had to control per hand so far is 32lbs during the dead lift today. I used 25lb dumbbells on the step-ups yesterday and could feel that in my palms, too.
When I got to the gym today, there was someone in the weight room who was obviously a serious lifter. We're talking pumped. Luckily, there is a full range of people that I've seen in the gym, so I'm not going to shy away from the weight room.
My knee is still sore, but it's not worse like it was after my workout on Saturday. I was limping around all day Saturday and keeping a heat pad on the soreness. That helped a lot.
I've joined another running challenge on the Weightwatchers boards. I hope to get in 10 miles a week.
After getting back from my workout, I tried some protein powder in my hot cereal. BAD idea. It is vanilla ice cream flavor from Optimum Nutrition. The stuff isn't toooo bad, but it clumps up and becomes very nasty when heated. Apparently, this is the norm for protein powder. Lesson learned! I'm not sure if I'll stick with the protein powder. The book has you use it, so I thought I'd try it out. It's rather expensive and, although I'm not sure which ingredient is the sweetener, I'm sure it has an artificial sweetener in it.
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