I went to the MBNA Fitness Center in the White Building after work today, instead of the Athletic Weight Room in Rec Hall that I went to last Monday. MBNA does not exactly replicate the equipment in Rec Hall, but they have more variety and the Nautilus equipment is the newer Nitro line. Not that it matters to me, though the Nitro equipment actually claims to read in pounds, rather than arbitrary units. Here was my workout for tonight.
- 5 minute warm-up on the Schwinn Airdyne
- 12 repetitions at 4 on the Hoist Vertical Chest Press
- 10 repetitions at 80 on the Nautilus Nitro Pec Fly
- 12 repetitions at 105 on the Nautilus Combo Pulldown
- 12 repetitions at 80 on the Nautilus Nitro Super Pullover
- 12 repetitions at 3 on the Hoist Seated Shoulder Press
- 12 repetitions at 5 on the Hoist Seated Leg Press
- 8 repetitions at 4 on the Hoist Prone Leg Curl
- 12 repetitions at 80 on the Nautilus Nitro Leg Extension
- 12 repetitions at 120 on the Hoist Standing Calf
- 12 repetitions at 125 on the Nautilus Nitro Hip Abduction
- 12 repetitions at 80 on the Nautilus Nitro Hip Adduction
- 12 repetitions at 6 on the Hoist Low Back/Ab Assist
- 12 repetitions at 100 on the Nautilus Nitro Rotary Torso (both directions)
- 12 repetitions at 50 on the Nautilus Nitro Biceps Curl
- 8 repetitions at 35 on the Nautilus Nitro Tricep Extension (Boy, that needs work!)
- 5 minute cool-down on the Schwinn Airdyne
Again, any set of twelve repetitions is really an indication that the weight was too light. I would like to find the weight for each exercise where I can just manage eight repetitions and then work at that weight until I can get back to twelve. Stay at twelve for a few times — maybe three — and then increase the weight again. Of course, changing machine types makes that a little difficult. I still have not tried the fitness center in the Intramural Building. Unfortunately, the Summer hours for the IM building have the fitness center open only over lunch, so it looks like I am going to stick with the White Building.