Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Strength, Cardio and New Pain

Today, in going along with my determination to break my plateau, I woke up again at 4:30 AM and did my strength training on my upper body. I worked it pretty dang hard today, and was really happy with my effort. I also did 30 minutes of the elliptical machine on a hilly course, traversing nearly 3 miles at level 5.

On a down note, my nipples started hurting about 20 minutes in to the cardio. Probably from my shirt rubbing on it. Not a pleasant thing to have painful nipples and a sweaty shirt running over it while trying to keep my heart rate up. If it happens again tomorrow, the band-aids will be broken out to stop the chafing.

On a definite plus side, I weighed in at 228 today, and although I won't call this a plateau breaker, it is at least slightly down from where I have been. I will keep up the endurance work and hopefully will reach my goal by the summer.

Paul

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