Mixin' It Up: The Cardio Edition
Because it rained and turned cooler on Friday, I had to go to the gym for cardio. I've been enjoying my walks outside, so I was a little peeved. I almost blew off the workout, but given my little tiny miniscule brownie-canceling cookie incident and all the 9 Lives I ate over you-know-who's bikini, I decided a trip to the gym was the least I could do. As usual, I'm glad I did! (Funny how that always works out that way!)
First up, the cookies apparently didn't cause a gain (or a loss), as far as I could tell. The gym scale is one of those with the balance bar, and I don't have time to be standing around moving the slider thingie a fraction of a centimeter to make sure it stops exactly in the middle. When it starts its little middle range bounce, I call it done. (I know, it breaks most of fitness world's rules. Call me a renegade. I also weigh with my shoes, jacket, and iPod shuffle on. And at NIGHT.)
The second good thing that happened was the fun little cardio routine I made up on my way to the gym. I call it the 4x10 medley, and you are welcome to adopt and adapt, if you'd like. It's super simple: a quick warm-up and then 10 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the stair climber, 10 minutes on bicyle, and then 10 minutes doing core work. Add in rest breaks and stretching, and a nice little 45-minute cardio session is complete. I couldn't believe how quickly the time zipped by!
I'll be adapting it to outdoor walking somehow. Maybe 10 minutes of long strides with arms swinging, 10 minutes of short, arm-pumping strides, and so on. I love mixing things up!
I was back in the gym this afternoon, for strength training. It was one of those days when there were only a couple of beefies in the weight area, but they all seemed to want to be right where I was at any given moment. Grrrrr. They'e got the entirety of Weight World at their disposal. All I ask is a tiny space in front of the 12.5-20 lb. section of the rack. But nooooo, they have to go get the 50 pound weights at the other end and haul them down to my section! Too bad today! I stood my ground and made them work around me.
Tomorrow is more cardio, possibly the medley again. Or I may do an elliptical 5k. It's been awhile. I'll wait and see what my mood is at the time.
Hope you're all having a great weekend!
Oh, and note to JC: my last day of work is April 30th, which means I have 24 workdays left. Yikes!
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12 Comments:
Oh, it rained and turned cooler? We got 18 inches of snow on Friday!!! :-) Way to stick up for yourself and give the beefies heck.
And yeah, I had some green-eyed meanie attacks when I saw VB. Thought maybe I could reach goal by my 50th next year. But I still don't think I'd put a bikini on. Some things are just not appropriate for certain ages (and certain body types.) LOL
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Hmmm... I'm glad your work out was so great. Did you eat cat food because you were upset?
The question part being: did you eat cat food?
go YOU On the mixing it up.
love,
a woman who isnt sure the words FUN LITTLE CARDIO ROUTINE will ever exit her mouth :)
Ms Cammy - Sounds like the beefies are trying to move over near you on purpose! You should not be so surprised!
Great workout. You're my idol.
Re: Your commment on my post...
Now wait a minute. I know I'm not supposed to mention Brussels sprouts, oops, I said it again, but cabbage too? Good grief girl, you don't like veggies? You gotta help me out here and tell me what I can blog about that won't make you up-chuck :o)
love the cardio idea...i bet it would make the workout go fast!! and cross training is always good!!
i totally know what you're talking about the beefies...but way to stand your ground!!
Heh! In defence of the beefies they've paid their membership too!
And I'm glad the cookies didn't cause any problems. :)
AH! I hate the beefie's at the gym, but I never back down, I just do my thing and demand that they give me the same courtesy I give them!
4X10 medley really sounds fun! and keeps you on your toes I imagine...will have to give it a go this week...especially coming back from vacation I'll need something to keep me motivated :)
Hope you're doing well Cammy!
like your little cardio routine. doing little short spurts on different machines not only varies the workout routine, but it doing anything for 10 minutes is manageable. I am gonna give it a shot. thanks. almost done work, I guess mixed emotions right?
Awesome! Hope the rest of the weekend went as well! :)
You should patent that 4 X 10 medley. It would work perfectly for those with self-diagnosed ADD like myself.
And, forgive, but did I read this right: You ate cat food? Not that I judge your dietary choices, I'm just, uh, confused.
And now that I'm thinking about it more, I am SOLD on the 4 X 10. Except, I don't go to the gym. But I will do 20 minutes on the bike, 20 minutes of walking and 15 minutes of running (well, really, 35 minutes of the sprint/walking routine). Hey, I'm excited about tomorrow morning.
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