Hello All!
As mentioned this week will be cardio in order to get myself back in track, that way I am able to hit it hard starting next week.
Today I did the bike. The last time I was on the cardio bike, I was able to set it to Level 10 and be there for 50min. However I have not been at the GYM for a bit and one has to start a bit lower and then work our way back up. Therefore I set it to level 8 and gave it a time of 40min plus 5min cool down for a total of 45min.
Here is a quick snapshot of the results:
Sorry the shot is on a bit of an angle, but the ceiling light was reflecting back and you couldn’t see, so I had to get sideways a bit. Also you can see my Zune LOL I was watching Tomb Raider II the Cradle of Life. It’s one thing I love about doing cardio on a machine, being able to watch a movie LOL.
As you can see, the distance traveled was 22.28km and my calories burnt was 399. Now I will also say that at the end I peddled so fast that my heart rate went as high as 173, don’t worry it was just a spike, I did not keep it there long, I only sped up at the end for about 2min the RPMS went as high as 163RPMS. During the entire time I tried my best to keep the RMPS at 100 and during that time my heart rate was going back and forth between 130 & 152, most of the time it stayed within the 140s.
It felt really good to get back to it, tomorrow I will be back on the bike again, as I will be working my way back to the treadmill and then back to some hardcore training next week.
Thank you for your time:
Mike
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ReplyDeleteYes it's a weighted ball. During ab ripper X there lots of exercises that have the option to lift your arms up in order to add extra weight and difficulty to the exercise, I held the weighted ball up in the air. Also the cross leg ab crunch where they alternate in touching their toes with the hand of the opposite side, instead of doing that I hold the ball with both hands, and alternate touching my toes with the ball, left and then right and so forth. Finally at the end I use it for mason twist by touching the floor on each side with the ball. It works wonders. I have since then upgraded to use a 25lb weight. I tell you it burns good :o)