Lifting for 3-26-9

Woke up groggy. It didn’t seem to pass as I wanted it to. At least I got out of the house before noon, despite getting up around 8:30.

NROL, Fat Loss I
Day A, Workout III

Rest: 75 sec between exercises

Alternating Sets
BB Squat: 3×15 @ 135 lbs
BB Bent-over Row: 15, 15, 12 @ 90 lbs (+10 lbs)

Alternating Sets
Supine Hip Extension: 3×15 @ BW
DB Push Press: 3×15 @ 30 lbs

Alternating Sets
Rotational Lunge: 3×15 @ BW lbs
Swiss Ball Crunch: 3×15 @ 10 lbs (+10 lbs)

Metabolic Overdrive: 3 rounds on elliptical (1 minute hard, 2 minutes recovery)

As with before, I feel obliterated. Just. Slightly less obliterated in my post-workout state. The squats felt oddly harder than they did last Saturday. Don’t know, maybe it was because I was 100% fresh. I definitely felt better during push presses, despite being out of breath. Don’t know, it’s always nice NOT to feel pukey.

Rotational lunges were hard, but I felt a little more motivated to push myself into lactic acid. Ow. I can deadlift 300, I can squat 200, yet some bodyweight lunges make me wonder why I put myself through this. :: smirks :: Added weight to crunches made my abs burn. In a nice way. I had to put in some effort.

I sort of “forget” I do the metabolic overdrive shtick after my workout. Because it’s not something I look forward to in the slightest. I gotta keep trying different ellipticals. I used the same style I used on Tuesday, and it felt like a goddamn calf workout. What the hell?

Stretched`n`shit. As usual, by the time I finished stretching, I was completely cooled down. Not a drop of sweat on me.

I want to work on my paper, but I’m short on time and I’m more worried about the CPR certification class tonight. I have a passing knowledge of the key things, I’m just worried about just how much detail I need to remember. I feel scared of screwing up again? Meh. When I took the CPR course here, it was all self-taught. Which, of course, meant that I didn’t learn anything. Sure felt I did, but Prof. Doto made me feel like I knew absolutely nothing. I never want to feel like that again. I don’t want to make a fool out of myself. I want to be “prepared”.

I’m telling myself to chill out a little, and that I may already know more than someone that’s getting certified for the first time. I know 30:2 is pretty much universal, I’ve practiced doing compressions before. The detailed ‘steps’ involved seem too anal to memorize – they seem secondary to actually being able to DO CPR, and understand the big picture. Or so I tell myself.

Just gotta keep myself from feeling overwhelmed and I’ll make it. After I hand in my paper and do my presentation on Wednesday, the rest of the semester will be a piece of cake. I’m thinking of celebrating somehow. Give me something to look forward to. I’m not the academic klutz I think I am.

I specifically signed up to do my presentation on the second week. one, it’s earlier, so I get it done and over with earlier. In theory, ha ha. Two, I had a chance to look at everybody else’s presentation. Let’s see, people reading off their powerpoint, people avoiding eye contact, people reading off their paper. As far as presentation skills, if I just give myself a good outline to follow, probably in the form of a stripped-down powerpoint, I’ll be fine. People shouldn’t be reading your powerpoint as your talking, it’s just there to remind you of the big topic. And to give yourself a launching point to talk about things. Never memorize a speech.

Hey, I took that speech class twice, I DID learn SOMETHING.

Okay. Look over the CPR book again, look over some more resources I printed… One thing at a time.