Great cardio workout. My weekend workouts are turning out the best, for some reason - my trainer said that noon - 2pm are the most ideal times to workout, and today I did 45min of cardio on a pretty high difficulty setting, and blew through it no problem. Compared to last time, when I had to convince myself not to quit every ten minutes, literally. And then I was on resistance 5, today I did resistance 12 intervaled with 15, and jacked it up to 18 then 20 for my last couple of minutes.
I don't understand the heart-rate monitor. 25 minutes through the workout, it said I had a heartrate of 96. That can't be right. I'll have to ask someone about that.Eating was basically one long meal - went to a BBQ at one, and nibbled until 5. Didn't really eat much after that, except for some grapes & peanuts, and I got a street dog at 9pm or so. Nothing - and I mean, nothing - is better than a hot dog from the little vendors in DT Albuquerque. I don't understand it, the hotdogs are nothing special, but that melted cheese, & onions, wow, just makes life complete somehow.
I went to a Third Eye Blind concert at about 8:30, and started drinking. Nothing crazy, but steady drinking until 2pm. I figure about about 500 calories of booze. I don't know, though, about the drinking thing - I have some really built friends, and they drink more than anyone I know. One of my friends was at his best, as far as being buff, during his 50 day drinking spree a couple years ago. Guess it just takes lots more workout time.
Oh, and got a new fancy scale that tells body fat & hydration. Took a baseline an hour after working out yesterday, and it gave me a 19.5% body fat with 56% hydration. That's a little depressing - I thought I started with a 14.5% body fat. More workout time.
Wow, that's random... We were at the Third Eye Blind concert too- good stuff! I don't remember saying noon to 2 is the best workout time; if I did, I was probably referring to the availability of equipment in the gym.. BUT, according to an article I was recently reading it states, "If the client is able to train at anytime of the day and has no preference either way, afternoons/early evening are suggested by research to hold the best performance in some criteria."
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the HR monitor was off- did you do it again to double check it? I really like using the ones you put around your waist instead to check HR instead of the one on the machine you hold- it's much more accurate.
How old are your built friends that drink alot? Could be a difference of how they metabolize alcohol and the quickness of their metabolism. Here's a little something from another article I looked in to that might help explain the concern with too much booze:
Nutrient and kcal/gram
CHO (carbohydrates)
4 kcal/gram
PRO (Protein)
4 kcal/gram
FAT
9 kcal/gram
Alcohol
7 Kcal/oz
"For example, one 12-ounce beer yields 84 Kcal (12 x 7). On a typical drinking binge, several alcoholic drinks can be consumed, leading to excessive calories consumed for that day. That number alone doesn’t appear too alarming, but multiply that by the number of drinks consumed in one day, one weekend, cumulative amount in one month, and you begin to see how alcohol consumption might increase the storage of body fat. In most instances (not exclusively), many of the food items consumed at parties are high in fat and low in nutrients. Worst case scenario would have your client binging on food and alcohol and then going to sleep without adequate time for digestion."
If you did your body fat an hour after you worked out yesterday, that was most likely the problem- You don't want to measure that after a workout- hydration, warmth, sweat, all that effects it and makes it invalid; so next time do it BEFORE doing anything. It should be more accurate that way. Here's the guidelines suggested when doing a body fat measurement:
1. Do not eat or drink within four hours of the test.
2. Do not exercise within 12 hours of the test.
3. Do urinate within 30 minutes of the test.
4. Do not drink alcohol within 48 hours of the test.
5. Do not take diuretics within seven days of the test.