Good water workout
OK, 'nother tough pool workout today. I pushed on the cardio... enough so I got my heart rate up as far as 145 a couple times. Which may have been too hard, as I promptly got a bit of a headache doing that! I'm definitely better in the mid-130s range.
It's like after a couple of slightly lower carb days (40%P/35%F/25%C), I get a little fruit in my smoothie before my first workout of the week and I go ballistic in water aerobics, LOL! The two days of no workouts and only house cleaning may have had something to do with it. I'm sore as hell now though and fading fast as I type this.
The instructor really worked our legs, so I decided to top them off with some water walking/jogging. In the shallow end, I walk, then when it gets deeper, I jog. I go forward... then go backward for variation. And usually add in a few laps where I side step the length of the pool.
I was feeling mild lactic acid burn in my legs pretty good every time I finished a pool length after the first quarter mile. Just kept plugging away. I really wanted the whole half mile. I imagine that I am pulling a sled with Bob, Jillian and a couple contestants from "Biggest Loser" on it. I read somewhere that the resistance you encounter in water is 12X that on land. It feels like it. A half mile of walking in the pool with my heart rate between 120-130 is WAY more work than that same half mile on dry land. It also takes close to a half hour to do.
I'm done in now!
'Night.
Heh...that done in feeling is pretty good when caused my exercise I find. :)
Yeah, I kind of enjoy it. Kind of.
I just keep thinking that providing challenges for my muscles will only help them get stronger.