Lunch Gym Only - back/bis/rowing
My wife and I switched Monday and Tuesday mornings. This will make things much easier on her, and break up my 3 days in a row of training. Should work out well. That said, I haven't trained since Sunday's bike ride, so I was looking forward to the gym. I wanted to do back and biceps, with some rowing.
The gym was not too crowded, but each machine I wanted was busy. So, I did lat pull downs for 6 sets of 10, with varying weight. I never really do these since I never "feel" them in my lats, but they're supposed to hit part of my back. I figured, "What the hell?" My usual machines were still busy, so I just did some isolation bicep curls. I used a 25 and 10 pound dumbbell and did my usual "kill" sets. After four of these, I headed to the rowing machine. My machines weren't opening up and my attitude was like, "Screw it." Weak day at the gym. No big deal.
If you read my rowing machine post, a non-rower who does 2000m in under 8 minutes is "good". Guess what my goal was today. If you guessed 7:59, you would be wrong. Hah ha. I was stupidly hoping for something in the 6's. Hah ha. I'm an idiot. So, I basically started the rowing machine way too hard. I was on pace for a mid-6 time, but then felt the burn after a couple minutes and had to slow down a lot. I ended up doing the 2000m in 8:05. My fault. I blew up early and need to pace myself. This was only my 3rd time really doing it, so I'll do better at pacing next time. Even if I'm rowing 2000m in 10 minutes, at least I'm getting out there and doing it. I like to push myself though and can't help but notice the numbers on the screen! Hah ha. (wink)
I have a swim in the morning and lunch run tomorrow. Should be fun. I'm watching Stage 4 of the Tour de France as I type this. Team time trial day. Giddyup!
And now, your moment of Zen:
It's Two-For-Tuesday!
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