For today’s first HIT exercise, I decided to concentrate on my back. I did one set on the seated row machine, completing 5 reps total. This wasn’t a lot of reps, but I believe it’s because I went a little too heavy on the weights.
The next exercise involved the shoulders, I used dumbbells to complete one set of lateral raises for a total of 6 reps. This set was amazingly effective, I could feel my shoulders long after the exercise was done. I also found it harder to do than my normal shoulder press exercise.
When I use the Nautilus machines I just have to concentrate on pushing against the machine and keeping a steady movement while breathing. The dumbbells are more of a challenge. I not only have to grip them and keep my movement steady while breathing, but I also have to maintain my balance while resisting gravity’s pull on the dumbbells. Definitely not as easy as doing the exercises using the Nautilus machine.
After finishing my shoulder exercise, I moved on to the forearms. I completed 6 dumbbell wrist curls using my right arm and 5 using my left arm.
Then I went and completed 19 slow sit-ups while using a 10 lbs medicine ball. These were hard to do and I barely finished 19 reps. I mean, I really had to push it to get to the 19th rep.
The total workout time today was 8 minutes and 32 seconds. I didn’t anticipate this workout being so brief, but since that’s one of the benefits of High Intensity Training – I’m not complaining.
