Gym Style Back, Shoulders & Biceps

Back to Cathe today. Thank goodness! I truly missed her when I did some imposter workout yesterday. Steamin' Cardio my foot! Oh my, do you see what I have become? I have become a Cathe snob! :-)

Today was Back Shoulders and Biceps, the usual Tuesday workout during my strength building rotation. This is week 3 of the rotation - after next week, I think I'll move on to Cathe's fat loss rotation. No sense in building up all this lovely lean muscle if you can't see any of it because of my unlovely fat layer. This body is a work in progress. :-)

Workout: Gym Style Back, Shoulders and Biceps
Duration: 50:31
Kcal / %Fat: 246 / 55%
Max HR% / Avg HR%: 82% / 67%
Time in Moderate Zone: 14:34

I would like to take a moment to reflect on these heart rate stats. Please, join me in scrolling down to the last time I did this workout (last Tuesday). You will notice that my max HR and avg HR are lower this time as compared with last time. I spent less time in the aerobic zone. I burned fewer calories. Some might view this in a negative light - "Oh no! You're burning less calories!" But I see this is a major accomplishment. My heart is stronger. I can do the same workout without my heart working as hard - which means I have realized an increase in my stroke volume. Another thing I noticed during today's workout was that I was able to finish all the reps for the first time. Not using Cathe's weights, of course. But using the same weights I used the last 2 times. I couldn't get through all the shoulder presses before. But today I did. Or all the concentration curls. But today I did. Oh I'm still pretty wimpy when it comes to my upper body strength, but I am seeing improvements already in both my strength and aerobic capacity. Yay for me!

I think tomorrow is lower body - Gym Style Legs, standing portion. And abs I think - so a segment of Core Max as well. Dare I attempt the stability ball segment???? Perhaps... but don't expect me to be doin' any pikes. Homey don't play like that. Yet. ;-)