Learning

Husband and I put the three boys into a martial arts class about three weeks ago.  I think they are learning something called jujitsu.  They all love it a lot and it poops them out a bit.  Last night when I took the boys to their class I started asking the guy who runs the dojo some questions about my workout regime.  I was actually asking for Husband.  He has been lifting weights for just about a year and was doing the whole protein shake thing but it was getting expensive with how much milk he was drinking for it.  So I asked this guy and he said that Husband should just eat a can of tuna because there is no fat or additives like sugar in a can of tuna.  Then I started asking him about the exercise that I was doing and he suggested that I change a few things.  Instead of trying to do the running that I have been doing, he thought that I should bring the pace and the length of the workout down.  He recommend that I do a ten minute walk at a pace of 3.5 for two weeks and after the two weeks to increase the incline.  He said that this will help with heart rate and stamina.

I felt like he made sense but not really at the same time.  I think in my head a work out should be painful and sweaty.  The weird thing about it all is that this workout wasn't painful but I was sweating.  Not a lot but still sweating.  And he explained the heart rate thing so that it made some sense too.  Not enough sense that I could explain it to you but I think I get it in my head.

Oh and as far as hydrating, I asked if 8 cups of water was accurate.  Guess what he said.  He told me that he recommends 8 LITRES of water.  That is the equivalent of two jugs of milk!!  It seems impossible.

Because I felt that doing only a twenty minute walk just didn't feel like very much of a workout, I add a Winsor Pilates DVD.  It was only 20 mins, but good grief!  What a joke!

See y'all tomorrow!!