Morning workout - I didn't know my alarm clock ever showed 5 AM - I don't think I've ever seen it before. The Rec Center is busy in the mornings; it's hard to find open machines.

• 25 min elliptical machine - fat burn setting
• 3x10 - 65 lbs shoulder press
• 3x10 - 70 lb leg extension
• 3x10 - 30 lb biceps
• 1x10/50 lb, 1x10/65lb, 1x10/70 lbs - abductor/adductor
  

No workout today; switching to morning workouts tomorrow.

• 20 min elliptical trainer - hill program, level 3
  
• triceps - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• leg extension - 3x10 - 30 lbs
• shoulder press - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• leg press - 3x10 - 90 lbs
• 10 min Stairmaster - course 2
  
• 1/2 mile walking on the track to cool down

Check it out, I learned the names of some of the weight machines. Not sure what weight to use on each machine yet - I'll bump some of these up next time.

• 20 min elliptical trainer - weight loss program, level 3
  
• triceps - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• leg extension - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• shoulder press - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• abductor/adductor - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• lat pulldown - 3x10 - 50 lbs
• 10 min Stairmaster - course 1
• 1/2 mile walking on the track to cool down

$110 - I'm committed

A good motivator: feeling like I'm not wasting my money. I spent $110 on a membership to the Cedar Falls Rec Center, so now I have to go, or I'll know I just flushed that money away, right? Right?

Don't have a specific plan to get ready for Longs at this point, but I know that last year I felt like some time spent on a Stairmaster would have been useful. So tonight's workout was:

• 10 min Stairmaster - 5 floors/min
  
• 3 sets each on some weight machines - I'll have to learn the names of these, won't I?
• 20 min on the elliptical trainer - weight loss program, level 2
• 1/2 mile walking on the track to cool down

Weight check-in: 180 lbs.