Amilcar Herrera

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Great workout with plenty of energy leftover

September 30th, 2007 · No Comments

I had a pretty good workout this morning :)
(I had my 1 scoop of BSN NO xplode this morning with 6 oz of water about 30 minutes before starting)

1 mile run on treadmill (1/8mile walk at 3.2mph to warm up, 0.75mile run at 7.4mph and 1/8 mile walk at 3.2mph to cool down)
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Recovery workout - easy since I’m still sore

September 27th, 2007 · No Comments

On Tuesday (9/25), I had a pretty good workout and I was sore all day yesterday so I only did a little run (I don’t typically workout 2 consecutive days anyway) and I was still a little sore this morning. My upper back muscles were sore, probably becuase of the combination of 155lb Bench Press I did [...]

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Easy and quick run

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Today, I decided to do a quick run. Just to break a good sweat and keep my heart pumping blood at a good pace but I did not measure the heart rate… I forgot to put on the strap and I had already started … but it does not matter since I got good and quick [...]

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Running out of gas… today’s workout + more detail

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Today, I realized that I’m doing too much cardio at the beginning to keep up adding weight to my exercises. Next time, I’ll go down to 1 mile only since I use it for warming up anyway. I added some HIIT today too..
(Again, I had 1 scoop of BSN NO xplode “pre workout drink”with 6 [...]

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Modified workout, added more weight

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday (9/23/07) I decided to modify my workout and add a little more weight to some of the exercises I have been doing. Here it is.
(Again, I had 1 scoop of BSN NO xplode “pre workout drink”with 6 oz of water about 30 min before I started) 

2.0 mile run on treadmill
AB workout (1 set of 15 [...]

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Just to stay fit, a quick run

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Today, I felt like I need to run a little so I did 2 miles on my treadmill. Not too bad for “my day off”.
Tomorrow, I’ll be lifting weights again, trying to push myself a little more.
Amilcar

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The State of Michigan might “shutdown”

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

The State of Michigan might shutdown on October 1, 2007 becuase of the current $1.75 billion budget crisis. Not everything would be shutdown since there are some essential parts of the government but there are some non essential parts that might close temporarily.
The complete news story: http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070921/POLITICS/709210383&theme=Metro-State-Budget 

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Ran out of time today on my workout but completed “the basics”

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Today, I ran out of time a little (I always workout early in the morning before I eat breakfast, before getting ready to take the kids to school and head out to work). Here is my workout this morning. I added more sets on the Pull Ups and Chin Ups but not as many as [...]

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Amazing Grace from Trevor Mast

September 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Everyone likes freebies, right?
Well, Trevor Mast has done a new arrangement for the song Amazing Grace, he is a gifted musician. You get to listen to his arrangement for this song free. Just go to this page.
This arrangement is included in one of his Cd’s I believe. He has several Cd’s available on his website [...]

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Trevor Mast plays for the Saginaw City Rescue Mission Banquet

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

My friend Trevor Mast played for the Saginaw City Rescue Mission Banquet last night 9/18/07 and they had a full house with over 700 attendees, WOW!! That’s great. The Saginaw City Rescue Mission has a great ministry in place for those in need.
For more details go to http://blog.trevormast.com/2007/09/19/hello-world/

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