Day 3 of my DST opportunity

Got up at 5:30 AM again. The act of getting up and out of bed has been surprisingly easy for me, so far. I guess my circadian rhythms are still on the old pattern at this point, so my body's "ready" to wake up by the time my cell phone alarm sounds.

I did make one small change in the routine, and it sort of bombed. I'd been popping DVDs into my iBook, figuring I could get through my Netflix queue while I got in my cardio. But, since I'd finished "Wordplay", my next movie would have been that old Tarantino classic "Reservoir Dogs"-- and that's just a little too much to take at 5:30 in the AM!

So, I decided to switch to podcasts instead. I figured I had a huge backlog of those to get through anyway, so it'd be a helpful switch. Here's the weird part-- I can watch/listen to a DVD while I'm working out, no problem. But, when I try to listen to a podcast, the audio gets drowned out by the noise of the XL Glider. It's the same iBook, same volume level-- you'd think it would work, but it doesn't. All I can figure is that it must have something to do with the audio quality of the podcast itself.

So, unless I find some way to boost the audio on the podcasts, I won't be listening to those when I work out in the near future.

I did manage to get my 20+ minutes of cardio workout accomplished. Today was particularly challenging because I had to arrive an hour early at work for our fall conference, but I still managed to get my work out in. I just hope I can stick with this habit long enough to derive some long term health benefits from it. I think Saturday morning will be the real test, of course.

Taking advantage of DST opportunity, Day 2

Got up at 5:30, popped the Wordplay DVD into the iBook and hopped on the XL Glider for 24 minutes of cardio. Still not living up to my old pace, but it was a definite and noticable improvement over yesterday's pace. I managed to finish my workout and the DVD at the same time even, so I dropped the Netflix envelope into the mailbox on my way to work this morning.

I can't say that exercising for two days has made a quantum difference-- I'm not jumping over tall buildings or picking up small cars, but I do seem to have a little more energy and mental focus today. Amazing what a good night's sleep and a little bit of cardio can do for your frame of mind, isn't it?

I just hope that I'm smart enough/have enough common sense to keep this habit up.

Day 1, my DST plan

As I mentioned previously, I planned on using the "fall back an hour" to jump start my fitness regimen again. Ironically enough, my body's circadian rhythms are so strong that I woke up at my regular time (i.e. an hour early instead of 30 minutes early.)

I popped a DVD (Patrick Creadon's "Wordplay") into my iBook and managed to get in 24 minutes of cardio on my XL glider. I'm not achieving the distance or calorie burn that I used to, but to fair I've been away from it for almost a year, so I know it's going to take time to build back up to it.

Let's see if I can make Day 2 as successful.