The night before last I couldn't fall asleep until after 4 in the morning and felt like crap all of yesterday - so decided it would be wise to avoid working out. Today - my workout was fantabulous! I walked 1 mile/ran .3 mile to Gold's Gym. My plan was to start back on intervals. Last time I did them earlier this year, it kicked my butt to do 6.0 mph on the intervals and I walked in between. I decided today to do a ladder workout. Five minute running warmup followed by 2 min at 6.2 mph, slow jog in between for 2 minutes, 4 min at 6.2, slow jog again, 6 min at 6.2. At that time I decided I have gotten fitter this year than I thought and my heart rate was only in the high 140's during the intervals, so for the top and reverse I kicked it up to 8 min x 6.5, 6 min x 6.5, 4 min x 6.5, 2 min x 6.5 and then an 10 minute cooldown. I think I can push even harder because my bpm was only in the high 150's - but will adjust to this for 2 weeks before pushing up. Makes me wonder what I am capable of (in the turtle range). Then, I did an hour of chest, shoulders, back with weights. I don't know if it was because I was feeling good about the workout - but looking in the mirror I kept thinking, "Wow, girl, you are skinny and fit!". Most days I feel fit since I lost the 12% body fat, but not often skinny - so it was a great feeling. Walked the 1.3 miles home and stretched. Now off for some chow.
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