I did 40 minutes on the elliptical after work this evening and I ended up doing my best distance to date in 40 minutes: 2.72 miles, which beats my previous best by just about a tenth of a mile. (I added two new songs to my cardio playlist, “Breadfan” and “Stone Cold Crazy” by Metallica,…

My second really busy day in a row and I haven’t been able to keep up with my normal posting pace, but if I don’t get the workout posted, I’ll forget all about and so without further prelude here is the…

I was back on track with a cardio workout this afternoon after work. I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, and since it was the first time in about a week, it was noticably differerent than the last time. I only had to do about 64 RPM to maintain my target heartrate, which was down…

Having had a good night’s sleep last night, I felt good the beginning of the workout today, but as is usual for me at this point with a chest workout, my upper body began to feel like putty two-thirds of the way through.

I didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday, but I did have a training session with Bernard, the last of my first set of sessions. Today was a lower-body workout day.

I forgot that my workout started at 6:15 AM today and so I was at the gym at 5:45 AM (thinking it started at 6 AM. That gave me time to squeeze in 20 minutes of cardio, which I missed the last two days because I was running out to Annapolis after work where the…

For a variety of reasons, I had to keep this workout short and be back here at the office in time for softball. First of all, I realized that I forgot my workout shorts (my softball shorts for that matter!) and I had to run over to Macy’s to get a new pair. (One advantage…

Another day of just cardio, but each day a little progress, a little more that I notice. Today I did 40 minutes on the elliptical again. I don’t know exactly how they measure distance, but yesterday, I did 2.40 miles in 40 minuts. Today, in that same 40 minutes, I did 2.65 miles–a quarter of…

I kept it simple this afternoon and did 40 minutes of cardio on the elliptical. And stretching afterwards, but nothing else. I’m still not 100% over my cough so I don’t want to overdo it. It’s 104 degrees out right now, and I just found out that to cope with the heat, Metro is reducing…

I brought all my stuff with me to do a cardio workout after work this afternoon, but I am calling it off for three reasons: My cough is still not 100% and I don’t think it’s a good idea to do cardio with a cough. My knees is still a little sore from the game…

At 4 PM, I headed up to the local Bally’s to do some cardio before Dad gets here. I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, and it felt really good. In fact, I am beginning to notice a difference, not directly, but indirectly. My target heart rate for cardio is 149. When I started this…

This afternoon was another workout with Bernard. My knee was fine throughout the whole thing, but it’s still slightly uncomfortable on the stairs. In any event, today was a chest and abdominal workout day. And it was one of the toughest workouts yet (I felt particularly weak!)