Workout Update
I'm getting Actual Results (tm) from the lifting, though every workout is awful. Darwin and I complain to each other: "Why are you making me do this?" "Why would my husband torture me this way?" and so on. Darwin lifts for half an hour, then works on abs for half an hour. I lift for half and hour and do treadmill wind sprints for half an hour.
Yesterday I realized my arms are bigger. Both biceps and triceps. And actual definition in both! My chest is growing, too. I don't do a lot of leg lifting--my legs are already tree trunks, thanks to a lifetime of biking and running. This is cool! Darwin is also getting more definition. He's lifting more to tone up than get bigger, so he does more reps with smaller weights, while I concentrate on fewer reps with as much weight as I can pound.
Since I don't have my home DVR at the gym, I listen to episodes of Zombies, Run! while I work out. The app thinks I'm lazy because I don't go much of anywhere. :) One weakness with ZR, though, is that its GPS/motion sensor system is rotten for keeping track of running on a treadmill, and it gives me wildly inflated scores. ("You've run. Two kilometers. In. Four. Minutes. And. Fifteen. Seconds," says the computer. Well, not quite) So the app also thinks I'm a sloth for the first mission, and an Olympic athlete for the second.
Another side-effect of lifting--I'm =gaining= weight instead of losing it. I'm assuming it's because I'm gaining muscle, which weighs more than fat. Still, it's disconcerting to check the scale after weeks of hard workouts only to see the number rise. I've ordered a body fat calculator to compensate and get a more accurate idea of my fitness level.
And back to the gym we go!
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Yesterday I realized my arms are bigger. Both biceps and triceps. And actual definition in both! My chest is growing, too. I don't do a lot of leg lifting--my legs are already tree trunks, thanks to a lifetime of biking and running. This is cool! Darwin is also getting more definition. He's lifting more to tone up than get bigger, so he does more reps with smaller weights, while I concentrate on fewer reps with as much weight as I can pound.
Since I don't have my home DVR at the gym, I listen to episodes of Zombies, Run! while I work out. The app thinks I'm lazy because I don't go much of anywhere. :) One weakness with ZR, though, is that its GPS/motion sensor system is rotten for keeping track of running on a treadmill, and it gives me wildly inflated scores. ("You've run. Two kilometers. In. Four. Minutes. And. Fifteen. Seconds," says the computer. Well, not quite) So the app also thinks I'm a sloth for the first mission, and an Olympic athlete for the second.
Another side-effect of lifting--I'm =gaining= weight instead of losing it. I'm assuming it's because I'm gaining muscle, which weighs more than fat. Still, it's disconcerting to check the scale after weeks of hard workouts only to see the number rise. I've ordered a body fat calculator to compensate and get a more accurate idea of my fitness level.
And back to the gym we go!
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