Monday I knocked out a 6 mile run like it was nothing. Thursday I am shooting for 9 since the route is a 3 mile loop.
Tuesday my father in law got me into his local rec center so that I could work out while he walked on the treadmill. My father in law is a grandfather. So are 90% of everyone else at this rec center. I used their weight room. A weight room for grandparents.
Improvising and armed only with my phone and a list of exercise routines I copied onto paper from my blog, I dominated the dumbbell area and put my Tabata timer to good use. Check this out:
First I did a regular circuit of a Total Body routine:
- Barbell High Pulls
- Dumbbell Curl to Lunge to Press
- Elevated Feet Press
- Side Lunge & Press
I then decided that circuits weren't going to work in this environment as people kept breaking in to use other weights. I was in a very tight area and did not need to dominate everything so I switched to Tabata for each exercise.
In the future I don't think that Tabata is built for 8 rounds of 1 exercise. I am learning from experience.
- Tabata Round 1- Barbell High Pulls
- Tabata Round 2 - Dumbbell Curl to Lunge to Press
- Tabata Round 3 - Elevated Feet Press
- Tabata Round 4 - Side Lunge & Press
My father in law was still walking on the treadmill so I kept up with the Tabata.
Tabata Round 5, with dumbbells:
- Rows
- Lunges
- T-Push Ups
- Side Lunges
Tabata Round 6:
- Jumping Lunges with dumbbells
- Push Ups
- Lunges with dumbbells
- Reverse Triceps Push Ups (http://youtu.be/5oMnUzy_hQ8)
Then my father in law was done and that was okay because I was gassed. Writing this blog 2 hours after finishing I feel the burn all over and a little less guilty about going off the diet reservation.
Merry Christmas and we shall catch up again Thursday or Friday. Friday I will need to get creative again since I won't be going to the rec center anymore this week.
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