Well I tried out those weights at full weight in my workout today (2.5 lbs each). And yep I could tell the difference. It wasn't too bad on the wrists or the legs until I had to the dern legs strides twice... and a new one called mountain climbers (also twice). It's pretty much the same thing just lower to the ground. After one of those that was enough on the legs. Though when they did the short runs and walks, I moved the weights back to my ankles. I can see me getting another pair so I can have them on wrists and ankles at the same time. I have to pause the game when I want to switch.
After that had some good ol BBQ chicken pizza. Nah it wasn't on the diet, but it was good and I didn't consume mass quantities. Then after dinner Jen wanted to take Duke for a walk. Time to walk off some cals.
I put the weights back on my ankles and we had a good mile walk around the subdivision.
Tomorrow will be time for some more Just Dance 3. Only have it a few more days.
Oh and onto the stats: 26 activities, Time: 26:11 (took a bit longer since I was switching weight locations during it), 98.8 cals burned (felt like more with the weights - dunno if it factors that in by heart rate or not), avg heart rate: 126, max:165.
Total cals so far: 788.
Thinking about breakfast shakes. My smoothy place on the way to work closed a couple months back. May hafta start making some.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Rock em Sock em Workout
We'll call this a weekend post. Yesterday was workout day and today is a day off. The workout was good. I kept in on normal/medium level and I am planning to keep it there. My body is getting used to it. A6 wasn't too rough being a full body workout. No leg strides woo. But they did have one called foot fires..reminded me of what football players do when they squat and move their feet slightly off the ground quickly. A lil bit of basketball integrated into this one.
The stats: Workout time: 22:40, Cal burned: 106.9 Avg Heart Rate: 130. Max: 177
So, why no update last night during the OKC game (which they won)? We rented Wolverine's rock em sock em robots movie. AKA - Real Steel. It was pretty good.
Today we had a dance workout. While at the rental store, I also picked up Just Dance 3. This afternoon all three of us danced to some songs. Jen was laughing hard when we did Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett. It was a good time. I'll have to play some more with game the next few days because it may be worth purchasing. $20-$30 depending on where I want to get it. Not much :)
Oh yeh forgot....went to walmart this afternoon and I found some wrist/ankle weights http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-5-lb.-Pair-Adjustable-Ankle-Wrist-Weights/14894524
This should be a good addition that I can add to my wrists or ankles. Each one has 6 separate bags to increase the weight up to 2.5 lbs. They have a 10 lb adjustable set (2 5lb weights) but I figured that would be too much starting out.
The stats: Workout time: 22:40, Cal burned: 106.9 Avg Heart Rate: 130. Max: 177
So, why no update last night during the OKC game (which they won)? We rented Wolverine's rock em sock em robots movie. AKA - Real Steel. It was pretty good.
Today we had a dance workout. While at the rental store, I also picked up Just Dance 3. This afternoon all three of us danced to some songs. Jen was laughing hard when we did Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett. It was a good time. I'll have to play some more with game the next few days because it may be worth purchasing. $20-$30 depending on where I want to get it. Not much :)
Oh yeh forgot....went to walmart this afternoon and I found some wrist/ankle weights http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-5-lb.-Pair-Adjustable-Ankle-Wrist-Weights/14894524
This should be a good addition that I can add to my wrists or ankles. Each one has 6 separate bags to increase the weight up to 2.5 lbs. They have a 10 lb adjustable set (2 5lb weights) but I figured that would be too much starting out.
Friday, May 18, 2012
A5 and TV
Hmm guess I should mention the OKC - LA game since I just turned it on. Another close one going into halftime. Maybe OKC should pay me since they have won the last two while I have blogged. I'd flip on the truck race but I had to record the replay which starts in an hour. Already had 2 shows recording at the 8pm hour - Supernatural and Grimm - two shows that we both (esp Jen) like.
Speaking of shows, it seems fewer shows appeal to us on network tv. The shows we or I watch get canned and replaced by a cheap to make "reality" show. Fox is very bad about this. Cable channels esp SYFY are doing the same. After Eureka (love that show) gets canned at the end of summer, how many actual sci-fi shows will be on syfy? Almost none.
I do like the Nascar truck races. Usually it's the best race of the three on the weekend. It's been rough so far this year...too many off weekends to start the season, but now it will start picking up. This year I'm pulling for Ty Dillon and Ron Hornaday. Been a Hornaday fan since he started driving for KHI. And it's great watching both Dillons (Austin and Ty) climbing the ranks.
Did I do a workout today???? Yeh ;) After doing the evil workout on Wednesday I was really expecting to feel it on Thurs.............but..... I didn't. Maybe a lil bit but it wasn't that bad. So, I left today's workout on Medium. Yesterday was a day off so why not? Today was 26 activities, full body workout (more balanced), and they threw in some soccer. Luckily I didn't have to go grab a ball and kick it at the TV. ;)
Not too bad. They did throw in a couple of stride jumps...bleh, but I did better. Those
(besides tiring me out) hurt the balls of my feet the most. Oh it also give you medals for meeting certain achievements. Today I went over 500 total cals (though I was close to that last time). It's kinda cool to see them pop up.
Stats: Workout time: 21:59, Cals burned: 103.3, Avg Heart rate: 131, Max: 172, Total Cal: over 600. That short medium workout I did a few days back did not count in the 3 week workout. That's why the cal numbers seem off. The initial goals it set was 600. So I set the next one to 700 in 7 days. I think it means 7 workout days. If I keep it on medium it's a good goal.
Time to relax....the next workout is tomorrow.
Speaking of shows, it seems fewer shows appeal to us on network tv. The shows we or I watch get canned and replaced by a cheap to make "reality" show. Fox is very bad about this. Cable channels esp SYFY are doing the same. After Eureka (love that show) gets canned at the end of summer, how many actual sci-fi shows will be on syfy? Almost none.
I do like the Nascar truck races. Usually it's the best race of the three on the weekend. It's been rough so far this year...too many off weekends to start the season, but now it will start picking up. This year I'm pulling for Ty Dillon and Ron Hornaday. Been a Hornaday fan since he started driving for KHI. And it's great watching both Dillons (Austin and Ty) climbing the ranks.
Did I do a workout today???? Yeh ;) After doing the evil workout on Wednesday I was really expecting to feel it on Thurs.............but..... I didn't. Maybe a lil bit but it wasn't that bad. So, I left today's workout on Medium. Yesterday was a day off so why not? Today was 26 activities, full body workout (more balanced), and they threw in some soccer. Luckily I didn't have to go grab a ball and kick it at the TV. ;)
Not too bad. They did throw in a couple of stride jumps...bleh, but I did better. Those
(besides tiring me out) hurt the balls of my feet the most. Oh it also give you medals for meeting certain achievements. Today I went over 500 total cals (though I was close to that last time). It's kinda cool to see them pop up.
Stats: Workout time: 21:59, Cals burned: 103.3, Avg Heart rate: 131, Max: 172, Total Cal: over 600. That short medium workout I did a few days back did not count in the 3 week workout. That's why the cal numbers seem off. The initial goals it set was 600. So I set the next one to 700 in 7 days. I think it means 7 workout days. If I keep it on medium it's a good goal.
Time to relax....the next workout is tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A4 Crazy train
I had this crazy idea that since I did two last time one on easy and a short on normal that for today's workout I'd put it on normal. DUMB IDEA!@@!!!!
Got OKC - LA on right now...close game this time and as they go to commercial you hear on the PA at the game "Everybody dance now" I said NO I'm done dancing and sweating for tonight. FYI the song was Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory. How appropriate. I'm worn out.
Well anyways... I load it up on normal and it says tonight it will be concentrating on lower body. I know it's going to be rough. It has 24 activities. I think 8 were warmup/cooldown. But god those stride jumps and lunges about put me under. I know at least 3 activs were those. I had to take a few breaks during those. My legs were jelly midway through the 24. But I persevered with more pauses and drinking a full water bottle and got it done. I'm so going to pay for it tomorrow. On the good side there was a new fun actvitiy. This time it was mountain boarding. Nice to have these to make it seem like not work. Only had one though...bah.
Anyways on for the stats: Workout time: 27:59, Cals burned: 135.3., Avg Heart rate: 124, Max: 170, Total cals burned: 479
Got OKC - LA on right now...close game this time and as they go to commercial you hear on the PA at the game "Everybody dance now" I said NO I'm done dancing and sweating for tonight. FYI the song was Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory. How appropriate. I'm worn out.
Well anyways... I load it up on normal and it says tonight it will be concentrating on lower body. I know it's going to be rough. It has 24 activities. I think 8 were warmup/cooldown. But god those stride jumps and lunges about put me under. I know at least 3 activs were those. I had to take a few breaks during those. My legs were jelly midway through the 24. But I persevered with more pauses and drinking a full water bottle and got it done. I'm so going to pay for it tomorrow. On the good side there was a new fun actvitiy. This time it was mountain boarding. Nice to have these to make it seem like not work. Only had one though...bah.
Anyways on for the stats: Workout time: 27:59, Cals burned: 135.3., Avg Heart rate: 124, Max: 170, Total cals burned: 479
Monday, May 14, 2012
Workout #3
As I write this OKC is manhandling the Lakers 100-70 with 10 mins left in the game. Go Thunder...sure I'd rather it be the Mavs playing....
No workout on Sunday. Mother's Day and my legs wanted a break. So I made up for it today. This evening we played some Michael Jackson. It was funny when Jen was moving Danielle's hands in the zombie positions when we were doing Thriller. I'm doing good to get 1 or 2 stars, but when we did that again Jen hit 4 out of 5 (or 5 out of 6)... I'd say I did between 6-8 songs. Though one flaw with that game is their is no setlist. Had to pick a new song after one ended.
Then tonight something must have spiked my water. I did 2 workouts with EA2. The first one was part of my 3 week workout...set to easy. 22 activities and I'd say about 7 or 8 of those are warmup/cooldown - same as first 2 days. It concentrated more on upper body today. Stats------------------- Time: 18:01, Cal burned: 71.7, avg heart rate: 117, Max: 146. After I was done I was sweating a bit, but it didn't feel like that hard of a workout. After thinking for a moment and realizing I didn't workout yesterday and tomorrow is also a day off, I looked to do another one.
This time I went into another menu "my workouts". Here you can build your own or have the trainer do it. I let them with these parameters: short 10-15, normal workout, full body. Well hell it was definitely a sweating workout. 14 activities and only 4 were warmup/cooldown. Near the end of middle 10 were these killer leg strides...kinda like those cross country machines...but without the machine. I had to do those in the 1st workout today and I had problems keeping my arms alternating with my legs but there were only about 40. With this 2nd quick workout the reps killed me --- 80 i think (plus add in all the stuff I had done tonight). Had to stop a few times in that one and I was soooooooo glad to be done with that. Drank over a full water bottle tonight.
Stats for the 2nd workout and you can compare it to the 1st one. Time: 14:36, Cal burned: 73.1, avg heart rate: 138 bpm, Max: 180
Total cals burned tonight 144...total overall: 344
Now time to get ready and head down to Best Buy for the midnight release of Diablo 3. Woo!
No workout on Sunday. Mother's Day and my legs wanted a break. So I made up for it today. This evening we played some Michael Jackson. It was funny when Jen was moving Danielle's hands in the zombie positions when we were doing Thriller. I'm doing good to get 1 or 2 stars, but when we did that again Jen hit 4 out of 5 (or 5 out of 6)... I'd say I did between 6-8 songs. Though one flaw with that game is their is no setlist. Had to pick a new song after one ended.
Then tonight something must have spiked my water. I did 2 workouts with EA2. The first one was part of my 3 week workout...set to easy. 22 activities and I'd say about 7 or 8 of those are warmup/cooldown - same as first 2 days. It concentrated more on upper body today. Stats------------------- Time: 18:01, Cal burned: 71.7, avg heart rate: 117, Max: 146. After I was done I was sweating a bit, but it didn't feel like that hard of a workout. After thinking for a moment and realizing I didn't workout yesterday and tomorrow is also a day off, I looked to do another one.
This time I went into another menu "my workouts". Here you can build your own or have the trainer do it. I let them with these parameters: short 10-15, normal workout, full body. Well hell it was definitely a sweating workout. 14 activities and only 4 were warmup/cooldown. Near the end of middle 10 were these killer leg strides...kinda like those cross country machines...but without the machine. I had to do those in the 1st workout today and I had problems keeping my arms alternating with my legs but there were only about 40. With this 2nd quick workout the reps killed me --- 80 i think (plus add in all the stuff I had done tonight). Had to stop a few times in that one and I was soooooooo glad to be done with that. Drank over a full water bottle tonight.
Stats for the 2nd workout and you can compare it to the 1st one. Time: 14:36, Cal burned: 73.1, avg heart rate: 138 bpm, Max: 180
Total cals burned tonight 144...total overall: 344
Now time to get ready and head down to Best Buy for the midnight release of Diablo 3. Woo!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
A2 - Day 2
Well today was a 2 part workout. The game in the evening and going to SDC today. We were there for about 5 hours and the weather was nice (partly cloudy and low 70s). Mainly it was going back and forth between the kid rides (I do plan to get Danielle on thunderation this year). Also took in the bluegrass - the inlaws were down there for this. I think it was Rhonda Vincent we saw performing. But of course I planned to enjoy the other half of the festival --- BBQ :) Had a good beef brisket sandwich and bbq beans. Bah I made up for it by walking through the park and carrying Danielle when she was "tired".
And tonight was workout 2 with 20 activities/exercises. This time they mixed in some basketball and mountain biking. Yesterday was soccer. I don't know if the workouts were tougher or I was more worn out by SDC, but it was a sweaty workout for sure. I found out yesterday that it's a good idea to have some bottled water nearby.
The split leg lunge thing (forgot what its called) was a doozy. Some activities they will repeat in the workout. That was one. The first time I did it the armband remote was squirly and lost connection mid way through. I needed that break, heh. Basketball defense was good and relaxing...swiping while squatting and some jumping. There are a lot of different activities. I've only done the same two on day1 and day2 and those were part of the cooldowns.
Day 2 is in the books...tomorrow is an off day. Will prob play some MJ dance since it has to go back to the store Monday. Final numbers:
Workout time: 20:31
Cals burned: 92.4
Avg heart beat: 116 Max : 156bpm
Total cals burned so far: 199
And tonight was workout 2 with 20 activities/exercises. This time they mixed in some basketball and mountain biking. Yesterday was soccer. I don't know if the workouts were tougher or I was more worn out by SDC, but it was a sweaty workout for sure. I found out yesterday that it's a good idea to have some bottled water nearby.
The split leg lunge thing (forgot what its called) was a doozy. Some activities they will repeat in the workout. That was one. The first time I did it the armband remote was squirly and lost connection mid way through. I needed that break, heh. Basketball defense was good and relaxing...swiping while squatting and some jumping. There are a lot of different activities. I've only done the same two on day1 and day2 and those were part of the cooldowns.
Day 2 is in the books...tomorrow is an off day. Will prob play some MJ dance since it has to go back to the store Monday. Final numbers:
Workout time: 20:31
Cals burned: 92.4
Avg heart beat: 116 Max : 156bpm
Total cals burned so far: 199
Friday, May 11, 2012
Active 2 - Day 1
Green flag is out for Day 1. Got everything set up after I got home including the resistance band, arm band/heart rate monitor and leg band. Put all my info in (it weighed me at 175) and picked the 3 week cardio workout on easy. There's also medium and hard but we'll save those for later. There are more options like a 9 week fitness program and custom ones, but someone recommended starting off with the 3 week.
Then I chose which 4 days to workout (I picked Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed) ---sidenote I'll prob integrate (PLAY) ;) a dance game or something else on the off days. Those can be good workouts too. Then it started off with workout #1 with 22 exercises. Warmup stretching etc...then the red flag come out on #7 of 22. Time to stop and go eat...PIZZA!!!
OK, figured you'd need a laugh. It's true... we had planned last night to go eat Bud and Walts when I got home tonight. Since Danielle was playing on the computer, I figured I'd have enough time to at least try it out before we left.
Couple hours later and I get back into it hoping I can start where I left off. If that is possible, I did not find it....start over with Exercise 1. And midway through..my daughter wants to join in....and borrow the resistance band...and ask questions...and watch her...and..... So I let her use the band during the demos of how to do the exercise and when its not needed. She tries doing some of the exercises (the tougher ones) but stops and goes back to having fun lifting the band and making mommy try too.
Cooldown hits around #19 or 20 and man I need it. Around 12-18 got that blood pumping. I thought it was funny that #21 was called pretzel!!! Now wait is it teasing me? :)
Results: a bit over 100 calories total lost. From workout 1 -> 20 minutes ( that does not include quick breaks or loading) 86.6 cals burned, and avg heart beat 123 bpm. Not much but gotta start on the bottom rung to climb the ladder.
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quick review: I definitely got my money's worth and can see myself sticking with this. I agree with others saying to not use the wii fit board because my first short workout attempt it timed out twice on me. I turned it off after that. I have a step I made a few years ago (to make the wii board higher) that I can use when needed.
Then I chose which 4 days to workout (I picked Fri, Sat, Mon, Wed) ---sidenote I'll prob integrate (PLAY) ;) a dance game or something else on the off days. Those can be good workouts too. Then it started off with workout #1 with 22 exercises. Warmup stretching etc...then the red flag come out on #7 of 22. Time to stop and go eat...PIZZA!!!
OK, figured you'd need a laugh. It's true... we had planned last night to go eat Bud and Walts when I got home tonight. Since Danielle was playing on the computer, I figured I'd have enough time to at least try it out before we left.
Couple hours later and I get back into it hoping I can start where I left off. If that is possible, I did not find it....start over with Exercise 1. And midway through..my daughter wants to join in....and borrow the resistance band...and ask questions...and watch her...and..... So I let her use the band during the demos of how to do the exercise and when its not needed. She tries doing some of the exercises (the tougher ones) but stops and goes back to having fun lifting the band and making mommy try too.
Cooldown hits around #19 or 20 and man I need it. Around 12-18 got that blood pumping. I thought it was funny that #21 was called pretzel!!! Now wait is it teasing me? :)
Results: a bit over 100 calories total lost. From workout 1 -> 20 minutes ( that does not include quick breaks or loading) 86.6 cals burned, and avg heart beat 123 bpm. Not much but gotta start on the bottom rung to climb the ladder.
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quick review: I definitely got my money's worth and can see myself sticking with this. I agree with others saying to not use the wii fit board because my first short workout attempt it timed out twice on me. I turned it off after that. I have a step I made a few years ago (to make the wii board higher) that I can use when needed.
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