Lunch Gym
Nothing exciting. My wife ran in the morning, so I slept in. I headed to the gym at lunch for chest and tricep. I did the usual bench press and butterfly machine, then some tricep pull downs. I went until failure with each, then headed to the rowing machine after about 30 minutes. I rowed on level 10 of 10, like before. It wasn't as hard as it was after doing back and bis, and I got to 10 minutes and was about hop off but was at about 2100 meters. I figured I would go for 2500 meters, which took me to 11:28. Still, not too hard. Later, I looked up good rowing times online to compare. It seems people gauge how "good" they row by the 2000 meter time. Doing the math backwards, I was on a 9:15 2000m pace. Anything under 8, I read, is good for non-rowers. People that have rowed in high school or college are in the high 6's/low 7's. Needless to say, now I have another goal to chase! I was just going casually, but next time I'll go nuts and see how fast I can do it.
Here is a pretty ridiculous video of someone doing 2000m in 5:52.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-YjrX4zJk
And now, you're photo of the day:
Quick note about Saturday, the 29th. I went to the Blue Ash Rec Center with the family and swam for 15 minutes in my new Speedo jammers. I noticed a difference, though didn't time it. I got in around 30 laps, and then played with the kids so my wife could swim.
Also, Friday night we bought a treadmill. We got a 2006 Precor 956i from a gym that was moving. Great condition and roughly half the price of similar units online. It weights about 250 pounds though, and was tough to move to the basement. We need to have a new plug installed to use it. Hopefully we'll get that installed soon and then I can work out pretty much all the time.
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