I am still enjoying the workouts, and find some of them to be super fun, like the prone jackknifes on the swiss ball. The new workout equipment is getting used, which really, is half the battle, isn't it? The workouts are generally enjoyable as well as challenging, and I can't wait to get through the first 6 weeks to see how I have progressed. 1/3 of the way down, 2/3 of the way to go!
I took a look this week at where I stack up on various criteria. Thanks to the elliptical, my cardio is good, and I have a lot of endurance with a nice low resting heart rate. That's a good thing.
I am also getting good core strength, which is really a good thing. Situps are no problem for me, and the work I am doing with the swiss ball is really paying off.
So how about that upper body strength?
Yeah ... not so much. I can do a whole bunch of incline push-ups, but my attempts at a real push-up end in a tangle of limbs. I don't think it counts as "half a push-up" when you collapse on the floor in an uncontrolled fall. Arnold Schwarzenegger, I am not.
My feeble little T-Rex arms are gradually getting stronger, but it's such a slow process. I want to be able to do 7-14 standard push-ups, and right now I can do precisely ... well, zero.
I also need to work on learning how to run. I tried to run, briefly, the last time I was in Columbus, and it did not go well. Nothing felt natural, and I was certain that my gait was completely wrong. A gazelle, I am not.
In time, though, I want to be able to run 2.5 km in 14:26 - 16:25 minutes. Why? Running is a criterion for many things, and it is just a plain good thing to be able to do.
Walking is also another good thing to do, and I want to ramp up my walking from 5 km to 13 km at a stretch. Again, just because it's good to push these things.
Tomorrow is a plain elliptical day, and then Sunday is a rest day (yay!). Then it's back to the weights on Monday.
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