The Trio Challenge: Lonely....

Friday, June 3, 2011

Lonely....

Since my counterparts in this quest were off for the day I worked out by my lonesome. I started off with some light walking and some good stretching. Since my body is so sore I wanted to get the muscles loosened up. I proceeded to ride intervals on the bike for 20 minutes going from 80RPMs on the low end to 120RPMs when I was pushing it. After this I walked again and ran some intervals on the treadmill. I attempted running at a slower speed today to see if it had a positive influence on my shin splints and it seemed to help. Next week I will try running a bit longer at the slower pace and see how it goes.

I have softball tonight, and while it is not a great work out it is still better than sitting at the bar drinking empty calories, even though I like doing that too.

Over the weekend I plan on either taking a walk or going for a bike ride just to keep the muscles warm so that when Monday comes around they wont feel the shock like they did this week.

3 comments:

UnknownJune 3, 2011 at 3:08 PM
hmmmm....good to hear your in the gym working hard on a Friday, unlike your counterparts!! winners don't take days off!!
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jgermanoJune 3, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Excuse me. I was loosening up my muscles on the golf course. Felt like I was swinging a spaghetti noodle. The muscles are so tight.
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UnknownJune 3, 2011 at 8:09 PM
stretch it out hommie!
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