Easter Weekend

Daily Quote: "Restricting calories, increasing your strength, and getting quality sleep are three of nature's best antiaging medicines." --Dr. Roizen & Dr. Oz, from the book, "You, Staying Young: the Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty."

Today is a busy day as I strive to cram all my exercises and activities into one day as tomorrow we'll be celebrating Easter with the Ely family.

9:30 a.m. Warm-up, 10 minutes on the elliptical machine. Weight circuit training, 25 minutes. My weight training is coming along well, next week I'll increase both biceps and triceps weights by five pounds.

I quickly followed weight circuit training with the Cross-Training Workout #1, Mode 3, as written in the book, "Runner's World, Run Less, Run Faster," pg 106-07.

Life Fitness Cycle: Total time 45 minutes. WORKOUT: 5 minutes easy as a warm-up; increased cadence to 100+ rpm and maintain that cadence for 30 minutes (because of the faster cadence, the effort level will be 3 on the perceived effort scale) Note: Effort Level 3 is Moderate to Hard with a noticeable increase in breathing. Followed by 10 minutes of easy running after as a cool-down. The gym was packed today with faces I've never seen before, maybe newbies preparing for Easter feasting?

Later in the afternoon, Suzie and I went bowling practice at the Gold Coast Bowling Lanes. We both did very well, and bowled above our averages. My current bowling average is 163 pins and after the 2008 Boston Marathon I plan to place more emphasis on being a better bowler...I would like to see my average increased to 180+ pins before 2009.

I hope to stay disciplined tomorrow during Easter Dinner and plan to eat healthier portions with plenty of veggies.