Orange Theory Fitness
ESP (Endurance/Strength/Power)
- 5:15 pm, BG: 110
- 5:45 pm, BG: 111, Start workout
- 15 stroke row
- AMRAP (6 x bicep curl, 6 x front squat, 6 x neutral full thruster, 8/10/12/14 x alternate pop squat w/ twist)
- AMRAP (6 x deadlift, 6 x hip hinge low row, 6 x weighted burpees, 8/10/12 x double tap knee crunch)
- 15 stroke row
- AMRAP (12 x leg raise, 12 x straight leg reverse crunch, 6 x toe touch crunch, 8/10/12 x pop jack)
- Tread run (2 min run for distance / 1 min base / 2 min push / 30 sec base / 1 min all out)
- 2 min walk/recovery
- Tread run (2 min base @ 7% incline / 1 min base @ 1% incline / 2 min base @ 5% incline / 30 sec base / 1 min all out)
- 2 min walk/recovery
- Tread run (2 min run for distance / 45 sec walk / 1 min all out / 45 sec walk / 1 min all out / 30 sec walk / 30 sec all out)
- Stretch
- 6:45 pm, BG: 117, End workout
- 7:00 pm, BG: 119, 0.3 U correction
- 7:15 am, BG: 128, 30 Minutes Post Workout
Today I had a HIIT workout* on my training plan. I didn’t get into the 5:00 am class at OTF so I went to the 5:45 pm class after work. It was a good class today. The floor/rower portion didn’t get my heart rate up as much as I would have liked but the tread blocks made up for most of that.
Since I knew I was going to the evening class, I made sure I was done eating my lunch by 12:30 pm today so that all of the food and active insulin would be out of my system for the workout. My BGs stayed steady throughout and only started to raise a little bit after the class was over. HIIT training will do that to me sometimes so I did a small correction about 15 minutes after class in order to stay in range.**
Lots of grey when I’m on the floor since my heart rate is usually pretty low.
Low heart rate = strong and efficient heart (this is a good thing for an athlete)!
* Orange Theory classes are all HIIT style but are divided into four sub categories (Endurance, Strength, Power and ESP) so the focus changes each day and depending on the class, could either raise or lower my BG.
** If I can avoid it, I also try not to have too much food or active insulin in my system before bed. In this case, a small correction is better than high BG alarms from my pump while I’m trying to sleep.
Flat-lining but in a good way!
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