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session 71 posted: Fri 2012-02-17 08:52:54 tags: fitness
Woke ~2AM and didn't fall back to sleep until it was starting to get light out, I know I was awake when my scheduled-task winamp alarm fired at 7:30, but I don't know if I got the shut-eye in before or after. Vitamins, coffee, a PowerBar, showered and out by 9:30ish to get some time in on my Cybex circuit before the rest of my day. The gym was busy, far busier than I expected mid-morning on a weekday. I missed a pass on chest press and arm extension, but those are two stations where I feel like I'm "ahead" anyway.

session 71: 3x Cybex circuit:
leg curl: 10-12x 70#
leg press: 12-16x 190-210#
overhead press: 6x 70# → 6-8x 50#
arm curl: 10-12x 50x → 10-12x 10x one-handed each arm
ab crunch: 12x 110# → 12-16x 70-90#
arm extension: 12-16x 50-70#
chest press: 6x 110# → 6-10x 70-90#

I was perspiring before I even got to the gym - not sure what that was about - and I have never had sweat running down my legs like I did by the third set today.

As evidenced by the sleeplessness, not just last night but several nights running, I need to back off caffeine. Ergo, rather than my usual large coffee on the way to the office, I went with an unsweet iced tea, and as luck would have it, it was on sale for $.99 instead of the usual $2.09 or whatever. Lunch: chicken caesar salad from Harbor City.

Planned to hit the treadmill after the office, and I did manage to wrap up there by 4:30. I had made a note to target alternating hi-speed half-laps (8.0) and full-lap challenge speeds (7.0-7.3). What actually happened was, lunch was still weighing on my gut, so I went with endurance speeds: 1mi at 6.5mph, cooldown, 1 lap at 6.0, cooldown, 3 laps at 6.0, cooldown, finish at 6.0 for a total 3.3mi time of 40m02s.