Morning Workout A Success
April 6, 2009 by Kris Jones
Filed under Weight Lifting
I didn’t feel like getting up at 7:09, but I did. After about 20 minutes, I headed to the gym and had a solid workout and now I’m done for today. I’m a little tired because I didn’t get as much sleep as I am accustomed to, but that’s ok because it will help me get to bed earlier.
Workout
30 minutes treadmill 2.95 miles, 32 minutes 3.07 miles counting cool down
3×12 regular dumbell curls 30 lbs
3×12 back extension
3×10 cross curls while doing step-ups on 10 inch platform (curl the arm opposite of the leg stepping)
3×12 bent over row 87 lbs EZ bar
3×12 twisty dumbell curls while standing on one leg (alternate leg and do 1/2 split last rep) 30 lbs
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On the workout
When I’m running treadmill, I always start off walking and increase my speed until ending at my peak. After I’m finished, I walked for 2 minutes to cool down. My peak today was 7.6 MPH speed. I never want to end my running by pressing the down arrow on speed. I always want to build to my highest point in the time I give myself and then stop rather than slowly descending.
The rest of the workout was obviously bisected into biceps and back with a good implementation of balance into the workout. I would have liked to get in another set of both muscle groups, but my time was up. I obviously put an emphasis on running in this session with over half my time spent on the treadmill. I would really like to trim some excess fat/weight off my body so this will be a continuing theme in my workouts.
One annoying thing I do know is I talk about everything I do inside my head as if I was writing it back to you. It’s kind of like when Peter (from Family Guy) was narrating his life.
How is your workout schedule going?
Next, we’ll continue on the workout string and discuss foods to eat before and after a morning workout.
God it’s tough getting back in to the swing of things after you get off cycle. I normally do cardio after weights. Why do you choose to run or do cardio before hitting the weights, Kris? I’m just curious, because I always read that it’s better to do cardio after weights training, but everyone has a different opinion. My reasoning is that after I run, I don’t feel like doing much at all so on days that I decide to do cardio I always do a short workout and run afterward. I run a loop that is just under 4 miles so perhaps if I shortened it up and did it faster then I might feel like hitting the weights after.