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Y Diary #6

Last night I went to the Y a little bit earlier than usual. I used the Elliptical and burned 360 calories. Then I did some tricep workouts, some sit up machine simply titled Abdominal, and some leg extensions. It was kind of crowded in that area so I went on a virtual bike ride. I got so far ahead of my pacer. It was awesome. The trail I was on was called Coastal Trail. I didn’t see any water or anything, just lots of sheep. It must’ve been in New Zealand or something. I burned 130 calories on that bike ride. I think it was probably more than that because you don’t put in your weight or age on that.

Then it was time for Aqua Kickboxing. There was actually a guy in the class. This girl brought her boyfriend with her. Haha. And then later there were two teenage boys that joined in. There was so much kicking. Fast kicking then slow kicking then more fast kicking. Lots of pulsing. We also did this new move called the frog jump which I liked. Good work out.

After class I went into the sauna and that old lady with the see through bathing suit was in there. Creeeeeeeeepy. The couple that was in kickboxing came in too. I guess it was their first day being a member. They said they really liked the class and talked about how hot their apartment was, softball, and how aqua jog looks lame. They only lasted five minutes. Then in walked this ghetto looking kid and a guy that looked like Mario with big pecs. I didn’t talk to them at all. I stayed in there about 15 minutes and then left. I would’ve swam some laps, but the pool was too crowded for my liking.

I’m going to try to go in the morning before work tomorrow.

Y Diary #5

I was going to stop writing Y diaries, but Jerome likes them so I will continue. This entry will be about my trip to the Y on Friday. I had the day off so I was able to go around 3pm. That is a great time to go. The fitness center was so empty. I had my choice of any machine I wanted.

I decided to go with the Elliptical since it seems to be the highest calorie burner. I easily went 45 minutes on that without even pausing. I was listening to talk radio talk about Michael Jackson while I watched four tvs closed captioning about Michael Jackson. Jeez. I was hoping to catch The Doctors on NBC. Hahaha.

I also went down the line of targeted area machines. I did some leg extensions, some arm extensions for my triceps, some sit up things on this one machine, the torso rotator, thigh adductor and abductor (or something like that), and whatever else I could find.

Then I went on a four mile bike ride. I think the trail was called Lost Trail. It was pretty good. It’s weird though because it always says I have a low heart rate, like 67 or something. Then it will jump to 140. I’m not sure what’s up with that.

After that I got into my swimsuit and took a cool shower. Then it was sauna time. There is a sign that says not to go in the sauna alone, but I did anyway. I took that opportunity to lay out on one of the benches. I read this wrinkled newspaper about Shaq coming to cleveland. Sweat was pouring down my forearms. Ew.

Then I showered off again and went into the pool. Fridays are awesome because there is open swim from 4-9:30pm. I swam laps for about twenty minutes, sometimes using a kickboard. Then I did some stretching that I learned from splash aerobics.

I’m willing to say that was my best Y workout thus far. I utilized so many different exercises. My muscles were still pretty sore up till yesterday. I’m going back tonight for aqua kickboxing so I’ll be updating on that soon.