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Saturday, January 12, 2008

New Motto...that needs a bit of explanation.

My trainer has me jog a lot during our weight training sets. I despise jogging. I'm slow, and I don't run right. Not to mention you hear my flab (sorry, I know, too much information). But I still do it because it is one of the only things these days that gets my heart rate up into the cardiovascular zone. I can routinely jog 0.1 mile lap in 55 seconds or less. On a good day, it's about 46 seconds. The most I have ever run consecutively was three laps.

The past week and a half has been hard to get back into the swing of things. Matt's now pushing me even harder on the running and less resting between the cardio part of my program and the weight training. Not a bad thing at all, but I'm trying to adjust to it. We've also increased the number of laps I jog in a session with him, and for somebody who doesn't like jogging, it hasn't been very fun, so I procrastinate the jogging part. Luckily, Matt joins me on occasion. To help me get through all of this, I've come up with a new motto that even Matt enjoys. "The faster I get 'er done, the faster it'll be over."

If you really think about this motto, it makes a lot of sense when it comes to cardiovascular exercise. Let's do the math (oh no I didn't say that!). If you are targeting a certain number of calories to burn, if you work out at a moderate level, you may burn that many calories in an hour, but if you work out at an intense level, you may burn that many calories in a half hour - you're being "more productive," so to speak.

I know I should have a more positive outlook on jogging, but it's not quite there yet, so this motto is going to get me through it. Please note, this motto should ONLY be used for exercise and not for overall weight loss. I truly believe in order to maintain a significant weight loss and a healthy lifestyle, it has to be gradual.

7 comments:

Hanlie said...

I like it! It reminds me of Lance Armstrong, who said: "I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire."

I'm nowhere near running yet, but that day will come... and I will probably look and sound like a herd of stampeding buffalo. Just not as fast...

Anonymous said...

I totally agree with your motto!! I do the thing I despise the most FIRST! Then I go on to what I enjoy.

Lidian said...

I like that too.

Also I think jogging gets more tolerable the more you get used to it. I hated it when I first tried it, and I never have been much good at it but I love it now, only cannot jog too much due to knees etc.

Chubby Chick said...

I love your motto! :)

Heather said...

I totally agree...changes cant be made overnight. they take time and slowly become integrated into your life.

Carleen said...

I agree with your motto too!! good on yah for jogging even thought you don't wanna :)

Teale said...

I think your little motto is cute--and true!