Day 3: Working Your Muscles to Failure

Today was my third day of working towards my weight loss goal and towards training for my triathlon next summer. Today, I worked longer (35min) and harder (hill setting with more resistance) on the upright bike and worked my upper body, to the point of failure. This means I lifted as much as I could until I could not lift anymore at all. I had a hard time lifing the water bottle up to get a drink out of it. This made me giggle at myself in the locker room; I could barely open my locker let alone get my bag out. I am still very excited and I have been very motivated by another podcast I wanted to mention: Zap120. This is a podcast by a real guy, Dave O, who wants to lose 120 pounds. When I say a real guy, I mean a normal, overweight person trying to improve their health, not an exercise maniac who has been fit their whole life. What I like about it is that he is human; he recognizes people are gonna slip, but provides a motivating and encouraging attitude of: Keep on trying! In other news, I joined the master swim class for 3 months at the Club. This means on Tuesday and Thursday morning, all winter long, I'll be in the pool learning and practicing from 6am-7am every week. Wish me luck.