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The last day of the month. You’d think that with what I considered good results for February I’d be raring to go to the gym tonight.
It was the absolute opposite. I was in such a bad mood I spent the entire hour before gym started debating with myself whether I should go or not. I blame this terrible mood on PMS.
In the end, I managed to make myself go.
I told myself, “It doesn’t matter whether you want to go or not. There is no option. You simply go.”
It wasn’t without struggle, though. But in the end, I was glad I went.
Another Go at Pose
Because I was lazy and still nursing some shoulder joint pain, I skipped the machines and went straight to the treadmill.
My monthly goal is to do 3.5km five days a week. I tried out the Pose Method and deep breathing. As an experiment I removed the usual 2.0% slope. I was able to do a 3.7km.
I felt less tired and less out of breathe. Maybe it’s because I skipped the other machines. I don’t know for sure. Will have to do it again tomorrow, after a round with the other machines, to see if I can replicate the result. But I’m feeling hopeful that I found a better way to run.
The 18m Pool
As spring arrives and the weather gets warmer, I see more people going to the pools. Looking back, it’s a good thing I started my fitness regime early this year, otherwise I would have had less time and space to do drills at the pools.
Tonight the 25m pool was crowded. I wanted to swim as slow as possible, so I stayed with the 18m pool. One of the reasons I snubbed the machines except the treadmill was that I wanted to “save my joints” for swimming.
The result? 12 x 18m for crawl. 10 x 18m for backstroke. So I kinda was able to get rid of the guilt of skipping the machines 🙂
For some reason, I find it much easier to swim across the 18m pool. That goes to show that there are still many issues with my swim.
I did a bit of the switch drills in Lessons 4 & 5 of the Total Immersion Swimming: Perpetual Motion Freestyle in Ten Lessons DVD
I also did the first drill in the Breaststroke for Every Body by Total Immersion Swimming
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Time with the Machines and Pool
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- Running 30min = 3.7km at 5.5-7.5km/h, slope 0.0%
- Mechanical Horse medium strength @ 15min
- Pool 12 x 18m crawl, 10 x 18m backstroke, 2 x 18m crawl switch drills, 2 x 18m breaststroke drills
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- Chest Press Skipped
- Sit-up Skipped
- Leg Press Skipped
- Torso Rotation Skipped
- Lat Pulldown Skipped
- Hip Flexer Skipped
- Abdominal Skipped
- Back Extension Skipped
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Lessons learned today:
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Notes to Self: Do
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- Go to the gym five days a week. Whether you want to or not.
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Notes to Self: Don’t
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- Be lazy. You have zero excuse.
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