Day 5 - Circuit Workouts
Day 5, and again this mornings blood pressure reading saw a slight drop, 165 / 94 , that's a point a day on both readings for the last FIVE days straight, so far so good.
Another question on liquids, again only water and plenty of it, I am drinking on average 8 to 10 bottles of filtered water each day, 16.9 oz. each bottle.
7:30am - Breakfast
2 boiled eggs, 3 slices of Canadian Turkey Bacon and 2 Turkey Sausages
8:30am - Morning Workout Session
Another AM 4+ block walk, same distance as yesterday and same results, heart rate 140+ BPM with cool down to 90 BPM withing 4 minutes.
Today is circuit training, after 5 minutes on the elliptical for warm up, we started the circuit. The idea behind these types of workouts is that you go from one exercise to the next with minimal to no rest between the exercises, for round one we used the following items, 4 lb weights, 10 lb bell weight and a band with a hand grip on each side, we did about 12 different exercises using the items mentioned for a period of 1.5 to 2 minutes each rep with 15 seconds of rest before starting the next, it was brutal. We did 3 sets of each with a 2 minute rest period between each set. I will have to get the list of exercise names in the coming weeks so that I have a way to repeat at a gym when I get home.
For round two we used a thick piece of rope, about 1.5 inches in diameter tied to a training machine, you had two ends to work with. We performed 4 different exercises variations, again each rep about 1.5 to 2 minutes, 3 sets total.
For round three we worked with the large gym balls, passing then back and forth in flight and one bounce, in rapid succession for 2 minutes, if you missed catching you had to do 5 push-ups.
Cool down, 2 minutes on the elliptical, wow the whole morning was intense, on many of the exercises my HR was well over 140 BPM but never reaching 150 BPM which was, for me the automatic stooping point.
11:30am - Lunch
For lunch we steamed pilled pork (pork roast with all fat removed) on pita bread with celery, carrots and 1/2 cup of grapes
1:00pm - Afternoon Workout Session
More circuit training, but this time using boxing gloves and rotating through 3 different core exercises using a body bag, trainer with boxing pads and what looked like a ladder made out of rope, used for what the trainers called a "ladder drill". We did 3 different variations of each exercise for 1.5 to 2 minutes, 15 second rest then next exercise for a total of 9 different exercises, 3 sets total, 5 minutes rests before next set.
Cool down, 2 minutes on the elliptical
4:30pm - Massage
Deep tissue massage for 60 minutes, it was fantastic!
5:30pm - Dinner
Chicken breast chunks (6 oz) on a bed of greens, spinach leaves (vinaigrette dressing) with 6 low card / low sodium crackers.
Another question on liquids, again only water and plenty of it, I am drinking on average 8 to 10 bottles of filtered water each day, 16.9 oz. each bottle.
7:30am - Breakfast
2 boiled eggs, 3 slices of Canadian Turkey Bacon and 2 Turkey Sausages
8:30am - Morning Workout Session
Another AM 4+ block walk, same distance as yesterday and same results, heart rate 140+ BPM with cool down to 90 BPM withing 4 minutes.
Today is circuit training, after 5 minutes on the elliptical for warm up, we started the circuit. The idea behind these types of workouts is that you go from one exercise to the next with minimal to no rest between the exercises, for round one we used the following items, 4 lb weights, 10 lb bell weight and a band with a hand grip on each side, we did about 12 different exercises using the items mentioned for a period of 1.5 to 2 minutes each rep with 15 seconds of rest before starting the next, it was brutal. We did 3 sets of each with a 2 minute rest period between each set. I will have to get the list of exercise names in the coming weeks so that I have a way to repeat at a gym when I get home.
For round two we used a thick piece of rope, about 1.5 inches in diameter tied to a training machine, you had two ends to work with. We performed 4 different exercises variations, again each rep about 1.5 to 2 minutes, 3 sets total.
For round three we worked with the large gym balls, passing then back and forth in flight and one bounce, in rapid succession for 2 minutes, if you missed catching you had to do 5 push-ups.
Cool down, 2 minutes on the elliptical, wow the whole morning was intense, on many of the exercises my HR was well over 140 BPM but never reaching 150 BPM which was, for me the automatic stooping point.
11:30am - Lunch
For lunch we steamed pilled pork (pork roast with all fat removed) on pita bread with celery, carrots and 1/2 cup of grapes
1:00pm - Afternoon Workout Session
More circuit training, but this time using boxing gloves and rotating through 3 different core exercises using a body bag, trainer with boxing pads and what looked like a ladder made out of rope, used for what the trainers called a "ladder drill". We did 3 different variations of each exercise for 1.5 to 2 minutes, 15 second rest then next exercise for a total of 9 different exercises, 3 sets total, 5 minutes rests before next set.
Cool down, 2 minutes on the elliptical
4:30pm - Massage
Deep tissue massage for 60 minutes, it was fantastic!
5:30pm - Dinner
Chicken breast chunks (6 oz) on a bed of greens, spinach leaves (vinaigrette dressing) with 6 low card / low sodium crackers.
Lights out at 8:30pm
Overall Day 4 Experience: 5 / 5 - By far the most physically intense day yet...
Awesome day. Sounds like massage was very good and relaxing. Nice.
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