9 Months to Tri

First of all, Brett uploaded videos of Days 1 and 2 to their respective posts. If you want to see them, click here for Day 1 and here for Day 2. As a side-note to Day 2’s 12 minute walk/run, I’d like it known here and now that I never walked. Not even a little bit.

Well, since I’ll have so many other things going on (running, biking, swimming, etc), apparently we’re doing ALL the weights at once. Its a superset of something like 10 different dumbell and machine exercises that target all the major muscle groups.

So, Mike started me off with 5 minutes cardio warm-up, then 12 repetitions of each exercise (quickly, no resting), then 6 minutes of cardio, then I repeated the circuit, but Mike upped the weight just a bit while reducing the repetitions to 10 each. Then, 6 more minutes of cardio. He tells me he’s raising the weights next week. Also, keep and eye out. Either today or the next day, he’s going to post the actual workout sheet for you to see. Adjust the weights according to your own strengths.

TIPS:

If you’re unaccustomed to lifting weights, an important rule to remember is to breathe in and out on every repetition. Breathe out when exerting (when going UP on a bench press or curl, for example) and breathe in when returning to your starting position (when going DOWN on a bench press or curl). While it seems exaggerated and people make fun of this, you often hear weight lifters grunting while they breathe out on the hard part, but that’s the reason why. If they were breathing in, they wouldn’t be able to grunt.

Tomorrow, I’m swimming! Can’t wait, its one of my top 10 favorite things to do.

 

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