My First Day At the Gym

Getting Familiar with the Layout.  As I blogged yesterday I joined a Gym.  I got the tour of the gym yesterday but until you start working out everything seems a little foreign. My goal today was to get my feet wet weight training and at the same time walk around a little bit and get familiar with what I have available to me. I did a very short workout with weights and then I got on the treadmill. I know I'll be sore tomorrow because I haven't picked up a weight in a long time. Here is what I did:

• Incline Bench Press (Chest) 4 sets
• Machine Press (Shoulders) 4 sets
• Machine Press down (Triceps) 4 sets
• 35 minute run on the treadmill

Plan for the rest of the week.  Tomorrow I'll train legs and Saturday I'll hit my back and biceps. At the end of each workout I"ll finish on the treadmill.  I'm going to take baby steps with weight training just like I did with my running. I didn't start off running 30 minutes. I had to gradually build up to that. I'll be adding more and more as I get stronger. I'm also considering a Training Journal that way I can try to track my improvement with every workout. This week I'm just going to get my feet wet and familiarize myself with strength training again. 

PS- Three weeks from now on Thanksgiving I'll be running in the Turkey Trot in Downtown Detroit!