Light Day

The plan called for spinning.  The only spin class I enjoy is Renee's noon session on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Today is Thursday.

But I had a teleconference scheduled at noon over the lunch hour, so spinning was out.  I didn't realize that until this morning when I looked over the packed agenda on my calendar.  I wasn't too crushed though because I was feeling a bit fatigued from the last 3 days, which were more on the heavy side.  I figured I could use the unscheduled rest.

But as afternoon wore on, my appointments eased and I was feeling stressed.  So I walked over to the gym figuring I'd just put in 30 minutes in the pool.  The pool is always relaxing.  At the last minute, I decided to just hop on the elliptical trainer instead and do a low-intensity workout of some sort, watch TV and burn a few calories.

I did 3x20 minute programs, with dead hang chin ups in between.  First, the Fit Test program, which is pretty easy and averages out to about 10C/minute.  I scored low (38), but I wasn't surprised.  I'm not feeling at my peak.  Next, did a 20-minute hill profile and kept my HR around 110-130.  Sweating, but not huffing-and-puffing.  Finally, I tried a so-called "fat burner interval"  Not sure why that's different from a regular interval, other than the cross ramp segments were longer, which I assume was supposed to correspond with lower resistance.

I don't know.  Bottom line, I finished up just short of an hour, breaking a sweat but never going beyond a light aerobic intensity.  It wasn't particularly fun, but it served it's calorie-burn purpose.  I watched the first half of "The Butterfly Effect" on the closed circuit.  (I like the plot concept, but not the execution.)

Tomorrow?  Don't know.  I really want to spend 30 minutes in the pull (pull?  I meant pool.  Sheesh)... at least pulling a buoy (would have been funny if I'd have typed 'pooling a buoy').  And then really put in a good strength training session before the long weekend...though I don't want to burn myself out before Saturday's CrossFit.

I recognize I'm feeling some depression lately, but my workouts help to lift me out of that cloud...if only for awhile.