With my injured bicep tendon, I am still unable to lift weights. Since I have gained ~1 lb per week since the injury (7 weeks ago) I decided I really needed to do something. I’ve been trying to make conscious choices when eating, but in the past I’ve found that I don’t watch what I eat if I am not exercising at the same time. I found a used Stairmaster for $100 on Facebook, so decided to purchase it and start High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).
In the past I usually just once one activity for HITT – for example I’d use a stair climber or exercise bike for the full duration. I will try using a stair climber for 2/3 of the duration (10 minutes) and try doing squats for the last 1/3 (5 minutes). For details regarding HIIT and the plan I am using, you can look here: HikingGeek’s 12 Week HIIT Program.
I was able to complete 2 workouts this week. On the Stairmaster, I used Level 12 for the high-intensity periods and Level 1 for the low-intensity. For the squats, I did bodyweight squats, usually performing ~8 squats during each 15 second high-intensity period.
The first day was especially difficult and I was extremely sore the next day.
Here’s a timelapse of this week’s workouts.
