Workin' it

Recently, my wife and I started strength training with a personal trainer from LA Fitness. We're trying to get into a routine of Tue/Thu workouts and have been fairly successful so far.

We are breaking our workouts into three major groups, one of which we work on during a training session. Tue was legs and abs, last Sat was back and biceps, tonight is chest, shoulders, and triceps.

Usually, a workout routine hits all of those areas in one week (or even twice a week for the hardcore muscleheads), but we are spreading it across a week and a half for now. So, in three weeks, we get two of each workout.

I've decided to put the triathlon workouts on hold while I get my core in shape with the strength training. Starting in February, we'll go down to once a week with the trainer and once a week on our own for the strength training, so I might readdress then.

Of course, I could try to incorporate the triathlon training into my regular runs, but I'll wait until the spring before doing that so I can bike and run outside.