I did my cardio intervals today at lunch on the treadmill. I lasted for 30 minutes for which I am quite proud, because I really wanted to stop after 20 minutes! For my high intensity intervals, I ran for 1 minute and my heart rate would hit around 90% MHR. I would then slow down until my heart rate recovered to 65% MHR and would stay there for about a minute before starting off on another high intensity interval. Doing it this way allowed me to do 5 one-minute intervals in the 30 minute period. This gives me a nice tracking method to shoot for improvement on my next interval session (which is presently planned for Saturday or Sunday, depending on how my legs feel after Legs day tomorrow).

My plan is also to do abs today. I’ve been ignoring the abs really since I’ve started working out and trying to get fit. Not sure why, really except that I kind of felt there was so much fat to get rid of first that any work I did on my stomach wouldn’t be seen! But, I purchased the e-book, Flatten Your Abs, by David Grisaffi (see http://www.flattenyourabs.net/ if you’re interested) and am going to perform the beginner’s Abdominal/Core Level 1 routine tonight. His philosophy is a bit different from what I’ve been used to on abs. There are no crunches to start with…he focuses on developing the core and recommends doing Level 1 daily for 2 to 3 weeks before moving onto Level 2. Wow! Daily! That’s quite a commitment for me. I guess now is when the rubber is going to meet the road for me to find out if I’m serious about getting better abs. I know that I can work them in before bedtime since no equipment is needed (at least for Level 1) so getting them in every day shouldn’t be an issue. I just have to DO them! The Core Level 1 routine takes 9 minutes so it’s not a huge time investment either.

So I’ll commit to doing them and see how my midsection is looking after 14 days of doing the Core Level 1 routine. Buff abs, here I come.