Today I take a peaceful relatively short walk at a new part of Lake Atalanta, peaceful Pleasant Ridge, which is more of a walk through the woods than a walk around the lake like the other loop I have taken in previous trips here.
As I walk this lovely trail I reflect on my “old new strategy”. This refers back to episode 70’s “new strategy”. At that time I was transitioning from a program of mostly walking to one of mostly strength training, with some evening cardio built in. My walks had lengthened to at a full five-point-screw-five miles, and I started only walking once every week or two. Meanwhile I would lift weights every weekday. That worked well for what I needed at the time. I built a lot of muscle in my first year of serious weight-lifting. But I was walking twelve miles a week at my slow pace.
Now, I need to burn more calories, so I’m going to try to go back to more walking. Instead of putting in five-mile-walks, I can reduce to a couple of miles and do that in the evening several times a week. I can go to a place like this, or just do an out-and-back trip at Lake Fayetteville which is a little more convenient.
Meanwhile, I am doing cardio in the form of racquetball three days a week. On the other three days I lift. But instead of going to a three-day program of lifting, I am sticking with my old four-day program, and just rotating through, so one week I’ll do three workouts, then the next week I’ll start with the one I didn’t do the previous week. Each time I work out I just look in my log and do the next workout in order. So my muscle groups are now getting hit not every week, but a little more than a week. I think this works well for me, I have noticed that I can lift harder if I’ve had more rest.
So that’s the old new strategy. Let me know what you think!
Weight 7-day Avg. (change since Jan 2018): 216 (-59)
Total Distance (total since Nov 2017): 4.86 Miles (580.88)
Steps: 12,318
Muscle Mass 7-day Avg. (change since Aug 2018): 147.99 (+5)
Body Fat 7-day Avg.: 31%
Daily Sleep Duration 7-day Avg: 8 hours
2019 Goal: 15% Body Fat