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My workout routine is always up for a revision and and I always try to do something a little different to keep my body guessing. The one thing that doesn’t change is that on days where I don’t lift, I do cardio. I loathe cardio but its a necessary evil so I must do it. My normal routine consists of using the cross trainer for 25 minutes followed by a gut busting “gut day.” My ankle has prevented me from using the cross trainer so my only option was to get on the bike. I was aiming for 30 minutes of high intensity biking - to me - high intensity is to keep the rpm above 100 for as long as possible. In an attempt to increase my motivation, I make sure that my mp3 player is loaded with intense music - there are no ballads and the temp is always cranked.

So, to begin my arduous bike workout, I set the level to 8 (of 20) and started to bike away - I biked to 5 miles, then 10 miles and before I knew it I was already at 35 minutes of elapsed time. I felt like I was in the groove so I aimed for another 5 miles before I got off the bike without dropping my intensity - I wanted to make up some time and get the next 5 miles done in under 10 minutes. It was a lofty goal but I know how to push myself past the breaking point when needed.

I selected an Ill Nino song and went to town - at 135rpm. Sweat that was on my brow began to come down in a torrent that obscured my vision - the searing pain in my legs caused tears to form in my eyes - I wasn’t going to be defeated. I was not going to surrender to the pain. Nobody could tell that my eyes were watering because my entire body was soaked - it appeared as if I had jumped in front of a fire hose. I kept on pumping my legs as hard as I could until I reached 15 miles - at that point I looked at the clock - 44:58 - I had done it.

I really couldn’t believe that I could push myself that hard - I’m completely worn out at the moment but I know that there has got to be some sort of energy reserve left. I tried to do the “gut buster” workout but my body was shot - I guess it will wait till tomorrow.

FYI - gut buster is comprised of no less than 6 gut exercises - I am for 200-300 total reps. The pain is quite intense - but - I’ve got free time and I’m still young. I often wonder how much further I can push myself - I guess I’ll just have to find out for next time.

On a side note, I try to title all of the blog posts in a creative manner - some titles don’t make the stringent selection process

Todays rejected post titles include

1. Push it, push it real good Salt-N-Pepa wrote as song called Push it - and push it I did

2. Bike it out, bike it out - my take on Walk it Out

3. My humps, my humps, my lovely lady humps. - this in an homage to Will Ferrel in Blades of Glory as he was on his bike cranking out some cardio - well, he really wasn’t cranking much. There was discussion about what this song meant and nobody really knew - they just knew that it was promiscuous.

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