Doing weights at the gym

For the last 6 months I have concentrated mostly on cardio-vasuclar exercises, on cycles, step machines and running. This week I had a session with Anna, one of the personal trainers, and once or twice a week I'm going to do weights (Plus a warm-up on the exercise bike and a run on the tread mill).

So, today was my first day, and I found it interesting how quickly my muscles became tired - i guess they get swamped with lactic acid.

At the end of the work out I felt like I hadn't done much, perhaps because I had cooled down from doing the run on the tread mill. I'll see how it goes over the next 6 weeks, I hope I notice a difference!

For my cardio routine I have dropped one of the step machines, and increased my run:

• 2 minutes 6.5kph
• 6 minutes 9.5kph
• 6 minutes 10.5kph
• 4 minutes 11.5kph

I did this run today and the last 4 minutes were the hardest, but I kept on telling myself that I would be extremely pleased with myself if I finish without slowing down. And I did finish without slowing down, and I was really, really pleased with myself!

Today I weighed 74.5Kg which is 11 stone 10 pounds.