And by he I mean me. If you recall my last post, everybody read my last post, right? I decided it was time to make a change to my workout. Call it boredom, call it wanting to create the ever elusive muscle confusion. Call it, Mike wanted to try something different even though what he was doing was working. Call it whatever you want. Anyhoo, I decided to do a HIT cycle (or 3) after my elliptical and abs. I'm doing the HIT cycle instead of my normal lifting. This is day 5, I've done 4 workouts. I have 2 workouts to go. So, what happens when you make a change like this? So far the results have been interesting. My quads hurt, extra squats, extra elliptical and jump rope. My calves are a little sore, see above. Abs are holding up pretty well considering this workout adds 75-100 extra crunches and kettleball swings to what I already do. My upper body feels great. Giving my shoulders a break seems to be helping. I think the last 2 of these workouts may be a challenge, a challenge I'm looking forward to. At the stage I'm at, a challenge is good. I'm not trying to get to lift more weight, I am trying to whittle my workouts down to an hour so I can't just keep adding reps. I'm thinking I might start adding the HIT cycle to my workout rotation twice a week. The nice thing about the HIT cycle is it is 33 more minutes of cardio. The reality is my whole workout is cardio at the moment. I'm anxious to see how my body reacts to the switch back to lifting next week.
On an unrelated note (nice segue, right?) who else is excited about the new fall tv season getting started next week? I've missed having new episodes of my favorite sitcoms. I watch, How I met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Community (thank you Megan and Zach) Cougar Town. I'm anxious to see the new William Shatner show, although I'm sure it will be rediculous. But mostly I can't wait to see The Middle and most of all Modern Family. Who's with me? Anybody, really? I'm alone on this? I'm not saying I'm a tv nerd or anything, but last week I watched 30 minutes about the CBS fall schedule. It brought back memories from the olden days when I was a boy and all of the networks did a fall preview. Speaking of the olden days, how did we survive with 4 channels? No VCR's let alone DVR's? It was clearly the dark ages. Having to watch shows when the network decided to air them? One tv in the house? Seriously? I'm not sure how I survived. Although I was one of the first kids I knew to have a tv in my bedroom. 13 inch black and white, rabbit ears, got 3 channels (ABC, NBC, PBS occasionally CBS) I warned you in the very first post that I might go off on a tangent. I think I've got it out of my system for now.
That's all for now.
I'll see you at the gym.
