Dufisthenics

Like I said yesterday, since my skin cancer surgery I have been doing more cardio and less resistance training.  For a few of those days I have started off by climbing a virtual Space Needle on the stair climber which works out to 910 steps.  Today I once again started this way but I bumped up the speed level one notch going from 60 steps a minute to 70.  I could certainly feel those extra SPMs in my effort level.

Doing pretty strenuous cardio before weight training is something I rarely if ever have done much of in the past.  If anything I have done the opposite, hitting some cardio after weights.  Doing cardio first changes things a bit.  My strength feels diminished but my body feels nice and warmed up.

The bicep and tricep work I did afterward was very tame.  The main goal was to get at least some muscle work in without feeling any stretch or pain in the incision area.

Today’s Workout

Stair climber – 920 steps

Seated bicep curls – 25lbs x 10, 35lbs x 10, 35lbs x 10

Standing one arm overhead dumbbell tricep extension – 20lbs x 10, 25lbs x 10, 25lbs x 10

Concentration curls – 30lbs x 10

Standing cable tricep push downs rope attachment – 80lbs x 10

Standing one arm cable curl – 30lbs x 8

Standing cable tricep push downs rope attachment – 80lbs x 10

Standing one arm cable curl – 30lbs x 8

Standing cable tricep push downs rope attachment – 80lbs x 10