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<\/a><\/p>\nI was definitely disappointed. I moved on to the weight lifting. I was basically starting over in that department as well. I had not lifted weights properly in weeks! I’ve definitely missed that! I started slow and with light weights. I feel like I’m basically starting from scratch after taking the summer off from lifting.<\/p>\n
Gym Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Time: 1:33<\/strong> I have some decisions to make. My gym membership is up in a few days. I’m unhappy with my gym for a lot of reasons: it’s dirty, the machines I want to use are ALWAYS broken…they “upgraded” it last year but the upgrades didn’t make the gym a nice one. All the upgrade did was make it so they can double<\/strong>\u00a0the price of membership. The only things I like about the gym: there’s a pool and it’s close by. Are those reason enough to resign for double the price I paid last time? I don’t know. I have to make a big decision by Wednesday.<\/p>\n A lot of questions. A lot of things to consider. I’ll be honest. It’s freaking me out<\/strong>. I do know a few things for sure:<\/p>\n I have to admit: I kinda like having a gym membership. Somewhere to go for ME TIME. It’s ingrained in my routine now and I feel very uncomfortable changing my routine. I don’t know what to do.<\/p>\n I had a glass of chocolate milk for a recovery snack when I got home and found Michael chopping wood in the back yard (he burned over 1000 calories doing it!). It’s a project we’ve had to do for over a year but when Michael hurt his back this winter it took a back seat.<\/p>\n I helped out by moving the chopped wood to the deck. If you’ve ever thought chopping wood or moving and stacking a bunch of fire wood isn’t exercise, you’d be wrong. I was wrong! It was a nice little workout.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nIt felt sooo good to feel that burn in my muscles after such a long break! I used the plated machines first, taking it easy and working my chest and then my back.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI hate to admit this because I was such a reluctant weight lifter when I first started last year, but I’ve been noticing that the toning I’d achieved has kind of gone to flab this summer. Focusing on something like the Portland Century was just too big in my mind and everything else fell to the wayside. Swimming turned into a recovery activity. Cycling was my focus. My legs got super toned, my thigh muscles bigger, but my upper body? It needs work again.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI switched over to the free weights and did some squats, squat raises, bicep curls, shoulder presses and worked my triceps.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter I finished lifting weights for about 40 minutes I spent a good amount of time doing some ab work with a 10 pound medicine ball, lots and lots of stretching. I used the foam roller to try and work out the knot in my calf and then I called it a morning.<\/p>\n
\nCalories Burned: 661\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n>We definitely have enough firewood for winter now. It feels fantastic to have one more project completed. See how many calories I burned just stacking firewood?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNot too bad for 39 minutes of work, right? \u00a0House cleaned, closet organized, showered and cleaned up we headed out to grab lunch and to go grocery shopping. We stopped in at Pogy’s Subs for lunch.<\/p>\n