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Last week I got my newest drysuit ... a Santi e-Space trilam. It's a custom-cut suit, and when I took it for its first dive last Wednesday I learned something important ...
... it's generally not a good idea to measure yourself for a custom drysuit the week before Thanksgiving ...
The suit was a bit ... snug. Now, Santi did a great job of cutting it to the measurements I provided. Problem is that between T-day and last week those measurements changed a bit.
So I decided it was time to do something about that.
As some of you may remember, back in 2006-2007 I lost about 40 lbs ... well, in 2009 I managed to put most of it back on again. The stationary bike I have at home just didn't seem to be as effective as it once was ... not to mention it's tough to motivate myself at home. And for the past few months I've been dealing with this little malady called plantar fasciitis in my right heel, which is preventing me from doing any sort of exercise that puts pressure on the heel.
Anyway ... yesterday I decided to head down to my local LA Fitness center and sign up for a year's membership, plus four sessions a month with a personal trainer. I spent about 2 hours down there getting ... as Arlo Guthrie put it ... inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected ... well, actually they asked me what my goals were, took a bunch of measurements, took my weight, and gave me some ideas about a 3-workouts a week schedule that would help me get to where I want to go, and assigned me a personal trainer ... Matt.
This morning I showed up at 5 AM for my first session with Matt. We went over all the weight machines, he had me do a set on each just to make sure I knew how to do them properly ... and came up with a schedule that's going to have me working with these machines to target different muscle groups on each of the three weekly sessions. Besides the weight training, there'll be at least 30 minutes of cardio each session. And whenever I am not diving after work, I'm gonna be dropping in for lap swimming.
So ... those of you who work out on a regular basis ... any suggestions on things to try or think about as I progress over the next year? I'm just starting down this path. The plantar fasciitis is already becoming a concern ... and one I have to work through because I don't want it to hold me back. I was reading up on that subject, and from what I read it takes anywhere from 9 months to 2 years to clear up. So that's going to be a problem because one of the goals I wanted to set for myself as a motivation was to work toward doing a triathalon later in the summer. We'll see what my foot can handle.
Oh ... my goals ...
1. Weight loss - I am currently at 248 ... I want to get back under 220 by the end of the year
2. Improved upper body strength - this morning was humbling. I couldn't do sets with weights I used to warm up with 30 years ago.
3. Flexibility - this is a biggie ... even in the best of times, valve drills are not easy for me, particularly on the left post. A huge motivation for all of this is to finally put that hurdle behind me.
Any suggestions, comments, or encouragement would be welcomed ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
... it's generally not a good idea to measure yourself for a custom drysuit the week before Thanksgiving ...
The suit was a bit ... snug. Now, Santi did a great job of cutting it to the measurements I provided. Problem is that between T-day and last week those measurements changed a bit.
So I decided it was time to do something about that.
As some of you may remember, back in 2006-2007 I lost about 40 lbs ... well, in 2009 I managed to put most of it back on again. The stationary bike I have at home just didn't seem to be as effective as it once was ... not to mention it's tough to motivate myself at home. And for the past few months I've been dealing with this little malady called plantar fasciitis in my right heel, which is preventing me from doing any sort of exercise that puts pressure on the heel.
Anyway ... yesterday I decided to head down to my local LA Fitness center and sign up for a year's membership, plus four sessions a month with a personal trainer. I spent about 2 hours down there getting ... as Arlo Guthrie put it ... inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected ... well, actually they asked me what my goals were, took a bunch of measurements, took my weight, and gave me some ideas about a 3-workouts a week schedule that would help me get to where I want to go, and assigned me a personal trainer ... Matt.
This morning I showed up at 5 AM for my first session with Matt. We went over all the weight machines, he had me do a set on each just to make sure I knew how to do them properly ... and came up with a schedule that's going to have me working with these machines to target different muscle groups on each of the three weekly sessions. Besides the weight training, there'll be at least 30 minutes of cardio each session. And whenever I am not diving after work, I'm gonna be dropping in for lap swimming.
So ... those of you who work out on a regular basis ... any suggestions on things to try or think about as I progress over the next year? I'm just starting down this path. The plantar fasciitis is already becoming a concern ... and one I have to work through because I don't want it to hold me back. I was reading up on that subject, and from what I read it takes anywhere from 9 months to 2 years to clear up. So that's going to be a problem because one of the goals I wanted to set for myself as a motivation was to work toward doing a triathalon later in the summer. We'll see what my foot can handle.
Oh ... my goals ...
1. Weight loss - I am currently at 248 ... I want to get back under 220 by the end of the year
2. Improved upper body strength - this morning was humbling. I couldn't do sets with weights I used to warm up with 30 years ago.
3. Flexibility - this is a biggie ... even in the best of times, valve drills are not easy for me, particularly on the left post. A huge motivation for all of this is to finally put that hurdle behind me.
Any suggestions, comments, or encouragement would be welcomed ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)