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hip injury
I did something to my hip earlier at the end of week 4, twisted the ligament or what have you. It feels sort of like twisting your knee but at the hip. I tried to work through it in most of week 5 but it was getting worse instead of better. It has still been bothering me but it is slowly getting better. So my plan is to restart up on Thursday with week 5 -day 4 cardio, Friday week 5 – day 3 strength training/day 5 cardio, Saturday – day 6 cardio, Sunday – day off, Monday – week 6, and hopefully my hip won’t start acting up.
My other plan of attack is to up the resistance on the gazelle. It is taking me more work to keep my heart rate up than what it took when I initially started. So I think this past week my legs were flailing about at a ferocious rate, hence the hip hurt.
My other plan of attack is “I ain’t gonna feel bad about it!”
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I recently went to the bookstore and picked up my new favorite book The Eat Clean Diet, by Tosca Reno. The book is a wealth of information that I am devouring. I am anxiously looking forward to her second book coming out The Eat Clean Diet Cookbook. I have a gazillion cookbooks on my bookshelf and am looking forward to being able to cook out of one without worrying about what it will do with my health.
polar motivation
Because of these blog posts, slow burn and Oh, my beating heart, from Lolly Knitting Around I did some research at Polar USA and made an ebay purchase. I now have a Polar F55, you can see some of the features on the right side, things like Polar Body Workout, Polar Fitness Test, Polar OwnCal and more.
This watch has shown me that my output in the past has been minimal. My workouts now are soooo much harder but much more benificial. My goal right now is to do a minimal of 15 minutes of cardio for 6 days a week, but at a 70-80% output. Once I do this for a while I will step up the minutes. Before I would just focus on minutes, now I am focusing on output while stepping up the minutes.
The watch is motivational, I want to see progress and I like to challenge myself. I just have to remember not to be to hard on myself.
