I did my 30 mile bike ride on the paved trail by my house. It was the same ride as last time, two weeks ago. This time I rode with some friends, and we rode a lot faster. Last time it took me 2:11, and this time we shaved off 11 minutes and did it in 2 hours. I burned 882 calories. I listed it as medium effort because we talked most of the way. I really tried to push it up the little hills that are created by the tunnels under the roads. Most are just short little hills, but they can slow you down. I tried to maintain my speed without down shifting. That was hard.
I had to take a nap after that, but when I woke up I still had our little weight training session at the spin studio with my Yellow team. I was really surprised by how hard the workout was when we used those big blow up balls, mats, ropes and few dumbbells. I usually think of those things as wimpy workout tools. I’m going to the gym to lift some real weights. Well, I could hardly do all of the workout, especially push ups. How lame is that? Oh, and I won’t even talk about me trying to do a 6 minute ab workout. Pathetic. Guess we know what my new goal is for next week. Anyway, I listed that as 30 minutes of weight training even though we did more core training. I burned 182 calories for a total of 1075 for the day.
Off to bed for some much needed rest.
Filed under: Beat the Eat, Road Biking, Weights
I ran a search for “Spin Class” images and your blog came up. I have spent over an hour reading it. …and I plan on reading it more over the next few days. I am constantly trying to improve my health (not my weight but overall health) and your site was very encouraging. Don’t just keep up the great work physically but continue posting. Your success is contagious!
Thanks for visiting Charlottalove. I’m glad you enjoyed your visit. I will continue to post because believe it or not, it motivates me too!