Workout: Cycle 45 Minutes, Ab/Core Session On My Tower 200
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 in Workout Log | 5 Comments »
The Caine Mutiny
I began to feel a cold coming on last night so I went to bed a bit early get a good nights rest. When I got up this morning I was still congested so I axed my planned morning swim and headed to my man-cave for a cycling session on my trainer. I didn’t have anything interesting on the DVR so I dug up an classic movie dvd… “The Caine Mutiny” with Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson and Fred McMurray. Ok, I know a lot of you are saying, “I ain’t never heard of that movie”. It’s a pretty old movie. I am an old movie buff. I love movies of the 30′s, 40′s and 50′s. Okay, so I jumped on my trainer and went for 45 minutes. For myself, that is a long time to spend on a trainer. I really have to fight the boredom of riding my bike indoors. The movie helped out quite a bit. I had to do a few standing spin intervals so I could lift my rear end off the seat. My saddle is very uncomfortable.
I used my Tower 200 to do an abs/core workout. It worked out great. I was able to do lying resistance crunches, kneeling pulldown crunches, and wood choppers. There is also an exercise that I saw in the manual where you hook up the ankle straps and grab the overhead handles. From a standing position you pull down with one arm, raise the opposite leg and touch elbow to knee. Its like doing bicycle crunches in a standing position.
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I love the workout Fail vids!
You are logging some serious trainer time my friend – I had a real hard time last night keeping focus on the trainer — boredom was killing me. I have to go for another 75 minutes tonight … gonna be hard!!
I’d love to hear your review of the Tower 200 after a month. I saw part of their infomercial and it does look awesome. I can do many of those moves with my Keys Cable Gym, but lifting a weight stack carries momentum that can make moves like the “wood choppers” kind of awkward.
BTW – I have never heard of The Caine Mutiny — is it work checking out?
Jeff, it’s definitely worth checking out. It’s a classic from the ’50′s, and Bogie nails it.
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