Day 7

I tried to do everything except swim today.  I'd like to eventually get to the point i can do the full variety of lifting on both tuesdays and thursdays (while swimming MWF), but i think i'll be too sore in some areas for a while to do it more than once weekly.

Today i hit it pretty hard, exploring what might make a good mix - (reps x weight):

• 50 x 90 lower back machine.
• 50 x 70 twist core machine.
• 20 x 50 tricep press.
• 20 x 50 wing flapping
• 20 x 70 crunch machine
• 5 x 100 press machine (bicep/chest)
• 5 x 50 press machine alternate motion (chest)
• 5 x 50 "fly" (chest)
• 12 x 50 curl
• 10 x 75 lat pull

And i walked vigorously for about 20 minutes, 210 calories, and had my heart around 155 for the duration.

I realize the weights aren't that impressive for someone my size - chalk it up to:

1. I'm weak and just starting
2. I'm more interested in endurance right now than brute strength
3. I wanted to try a number of things

I like the walking -- i think cardio is one of my biggest deficiencies and improving it needs to be my primary focus.  it also feels like serves as a warm up (I did 5 minutes at the beginning) to wake my body up, and a post-lift "stretch" (I did 15 minutes afterward) to jangle the muscles loose afterward.  I have no scientific grounding for that stance, but it feels right.

I think tomorrow i will be very sore - particularly in the core (again) and likely in the arm/chest/shoulders (they already feel tight an hour later).  Hopefully i'll be able to swim tomorrow.