Weigh-in this morning was disappointing, but illuminative. The scale read 250, which I don't doubt and marks a repeat of the last highest weight I was in 2007 after I finished filming a movie, a role for which I put on considerably bulk. I was, however, also considerably stronger then...right now, I'm teetering on the edge of having to shop for a size up in clothing, which I've not had to do so far and don't want to start...ever.
Workout: Cardio
Equipment Used: Schwinn AirDyne
Duration: 2.75 miles/~15 minutes
Driver: Revco: Sex-O Olympico
Calories: unknown
Quality Level: Bah. This week I'm just trying to get back to it at all, so it's mostly testing and so on. Interestingly, at that pace, which was without a warm-up and featured me trying to stretch my leg muscles in the course of riding and pausing to dick around adjust the seat and so on, I was not challenged in either a cardio sense at all. I didn't even get particularly overheated, not enough to sweat at all. I probably could have maintained that pace indefinitely but my ass was getting sore and I want to do this progressively rather than diving in face-first and getting derailed with forced off-days, as even though this was an extremely light workout, it was realistically also nearly a 6 year layoff, so muscles and body are not used to this at all.
Observations/Intel: I didn't really use the handles much, other than sporadically. I seem to be nursing some sort of either Right Tricep or Right Shoulder (possibly/probably (?) Rotator Cuff) injury of some kind. No idea how or when I aggravated it or where it originated, but shooting hoops in the yard with the kid definitely makes its presence known and felt. I don't want to be put on the shelf with another injury, so I'm taking that side of things very slow. It might have been when I went to the driving range, as I recently elected to go buy a set of clubs and pick up golf again, about 20 years or so after the last time I played it. I'm not a golf dude, by any stretch, but did play a lot in my teens and it's nice to see the drives are still straight, even though every other single facet needs to be practiced for it to remotely come back...
Realistically, the earliest I can consider getting into the gym regularly is going to be (maybe) in 2016. I travel a lot for work, with next week being the first of 3 week-long trips I will be making this year. Not sure how much, if any, working out will happen next week, since the fam is coming with, due to lots of intense petitioning and lobbying on the part of my son, who also has most of his school break then and is not at all a fan of my travel schedule. My wife and I also have wine nights on Fridays and Saturdays, so working out will be out both of those days as well.
This week is more trying to see how my body reacts to any sort of stimulus like this. I want to be back up to about a half hour, if possible, by the workout Thursday night, but it takes a bit to get adjusted to the Air Dyne seat. Duration will probably not be an issue, but the tush soreness might be. In any event, the plan after our return is for me start trying to ramp up a bit more performance. I don't know when that will be - hopefully in October - but I'm far too heavy and out of shape to attempt any kind of rush. On the last 2 trips of this year, I can incorporate the hotel's workout facility into the mix and at least get some treadmill time, if nothing else. They have a light set of weights that I might play around with also, but weights are secondary for the time being, the plan being to get cardio back in order first, then try to work out scheduling to get back into the gym and then resume a lower key sort of modified strength training...along with cardio and family life and work and la dee da and so on...
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