Dear Saskatchewan Roughriders:
As I sit here on my couch watching another rough effort against the winless BC Lions, I have come to realize a couple of things.
The first thing that I realize is that I really miss the atmosphere at games at Taylor Field. Since moving to Edmonton, I have only been able to get to a handful of home games in the past 9 years, but I hope to get to more. (I know this game is in BC, but I realized it nonetheless)
But, the second thing I realized is much more profound. I liken our relationship to a father and a child (me being the father and you being the child). Let me explain.
Like any father, I love you unconditionally. I supported you when you were at your worst (2-14 springs immediately to mind) and I have celebrated with you when you were at your best. I wasn't around for the 66 win, but I have been there for every appearance at the big game for the past 42 years. And like any parent, I will continue to be there as long as I am able. However, just because I love you doesn't mean I can be disappointed in you. And let me tell you, right now I am very disappointed in the road you seem to be going down.
It looks to me like you are trying so hard to excel that when it doesn't work, you give up. As individual players, it looks like you don't trust each other to do trust that each of you will perform. This causes you to second guess each other and try to help at the detriment of your own game. It looks like you are always trying to "hit the home run" instead of playing ball control and sustaining drives. I know, you are trying to impress everyone by showing that you can make the sexy, big play. But, you can bore us all to death playing ball control if it means that you play as a team and win games.
It looks like you are going into games with the expectation that because you have been to the final for the past 2 years, the opposition is going to lay down and let you win. As professional athletes you must know that when you are successful you are the targets for every team next year. They each want to prove that they can take you down. And this year, you have been letting them.
I know, you have had your heart broken as some of your favourite players have moved away. But that doesn't mean that your heart had to go with them. You need to look inside yourself and realize that your heart is still in Saskatchewan and you need to let it show. You need to stand up and say that you are still the Saskatchewan Roughriders and players will come and go, but the team remains. You need to go out and play your hardest knowing that players will break your heart again.
Because I love you, I am starting to think that I have been much too lenient with you and you are starting to slide. Maybe it's time for some tough love from your parents. Don't get me wrong, I will still be there for you, but now it's time for you to step up and be there for me. I don't want to punish you, but perhaps I need to take away some of your freedoms until your attitude improves.
So let's make a deal. Right here, right now. You need to step up and improve and I will continue to allow you your celebrations. But, if you don't then I don't want to see a single celebration for anything. That means no celebrating sacks, touchdowns, first downs, interceptions, fumble recoveries, and any thing else that you seem to want to dance about today. Right now, you have nothing to celebrate. So what do you say? Do we have a deal?
As a family, we can do anything if we set our minds to it. My mind is set. Is yours?
Sincerely,
One of your many parents.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Operation 204 - Chapter 42
Happy Thursday!
This is another two-fer update as I am going to tell you about Monday's Absolution class and today's run. I also have some good news, but I'll get to that later.
Monday's class was interesting. The class that I attended was held at a different location of World Health than I normally go to. I usually work out at the City Centre location, but the Absolution class there doesn't fit my schedule. So, I found a class that does. Monday night's at 7:30 at the location on 50th Street and 137th Avenue. It is relatively new and used to be a Club Fit before the merger.
Anyway, as this was a newer location I thought that this gym would be a nice place. Yeah, it really wasn't. It was small, cramped, and seemed to be full of "juice monkeys". Ah well, at least I was there for my class. The class right before mine was a Zumba class which is a new take on aerobics. It involves high energy dancing to a driving beat. It looks like the people there were having fun. Anyway, as soon as that class was over, we could get in for the Absolution class. However, the downside to immediately following a Zumba class is that the room smelled like a hockey locker room. So, at this point I am not having high hopes for the class. I am not enjoying the location, the room, or anything.
So, our instructor comes in, introduces herself and tells us about the class. Here was the surprise for me. The class focuses on the core, of course. It does this by having us do various exercises. Each exercise lasts for 1 minute. The class lasts for 36 minutes and there are no breaks at all. Oh crap. As Karissa will tell you, I enjoy my rest time in between exercises. This was essentially a 36 minute superset.
I don't remember all of the exercises that we did, but a short list of what I do remember consists of crunches, crunches with a twist, reverse crunches, wide leg crunches where we had to reach for the opposite heel, reverse crunches with a leg extension, a held crunch while scissor kicking, a side crunch while also lifting the legs, a superman starfish move, and a few others. All I know is that after a certain point in time, my body was just in pain. It was the toughest class I have ever taken - and that includes my time when I took Mathematical Economics during my undergrad degree. But, the 36 minutes did fly by and by the end, I felt good. I plan on taking the class again next week. It will be a new set of exercises so I am looking forward to it.
That takes me to today's run. Today was one of those days where I had zero energy at the end of the day. I really didn't want to go to the gym at all, but I forced myself to go there. I can tell you right now, that there was something telling me not to go. I get there, get signed in, and head to the locker room. I enter my code to open the door and it doesn't work. I try it again, still no chance. So, I try a third time and same result. I head back to the desk and the girls up there say "not again" and check my file. It seems that they gave me a new entry code and didn't tell me. I take the new code and in I go.
I get to my locker, dial the combination and the lock won't open. I try it again. Nope. Again. Nope. I head back to the desk and they check my combination to make sure I am using the correct one. I head back into the locker room to try again, same result. Finally the locker room attendant opens the lock with his master key and I take it to the front desk to try it. They can't unlock it either so I had to get a new lock. So now I need to remember a new entry code and a new locker combination. I was sure that at this point in time, the world was telling me not to work out.
So, I said screw the world, and I went to the treadmill! Again, I set it up for 60 minutes at 5 mph and away I went. Here are the numbers from today's run.
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 923
Distance: 5.38 miles
Distance Climbed: 271 feet
Average Speed: 4.61 mph
Average Pace: 13:00 / mile
Average Heart Rate: 152 bpm
Once I get a few more data points I will graph them to see my progress.
Anyway, the run today was tough. As I said earlier, I didn't want to be there, but I made sure that I finished it anyway. I fought for every mile that I ran and it was tough. No pain this time, but my breathing was a bit more laboured than usual. The last 15 minutes was really tough, but I dug deep and made sure that I completed the hour. I feel really good now for doing the run and the body feels pretty good too. I made sure that I stretched well before running and I think that helped.
So now to the good news. I reached my goal of 204 pounds. I really didn't think that it was possible when I started my plan, but here I am. 39 pounds lighter than the beginning of my workouts and 41 pounds lighter than my high weight of 245. I am quite proud of myself for getting here, but now I need to set a new goal. Now that I am here, I believe that I can do better. So, my new goal is going to be 195 pounds. I haven't been there since high school so I am going to do my best to get there.
The reason for this new weight goal is that I still have a few pounds of fat that I want to get rid of. If I keep working out and eating well then I know that I can do it. At the rate I am going, I expect to have my goal reached sometime in March, but they say the last 10 pounds are the toughest. Wish me luck.
See you tomorrow. I work with Karissa then, so I am sure she has created some new version of hell for me! Going to have to change the name of my chapters now too.
This is another two-fer update as I am going to tell you about Monday's Absolution class and today's run. I also have some good news, but I'll get to that later.
Monday's class was interesting. The class that I attended was held at a different location of World Health than I normally go to. I usually work out at the City Centre location, but the Absolution class there doesn't fit my schedule. So, I found a class that does. Monday night's at 7:30 at the location on 50th Street and 137th Avenue. It is relatively new and used to be a Club Fit before the merger.
Anyway, as this was a newer location I thought that this gym would be a nice place. Yeah, it really wasn't. It was small, cramped, and seemed to be full of "juice monkeys". Ah well, at least I was there for my class. The class right before mine was a Zumba class which is a new take on aerobics. It involves high energy dancing to a driving beat. It looks like the people there were having fun. Anyway, as soon as that class was over, we could get in for the Absolution class. However, the downside to immediately following a Zumba class is that the room smelled like a hockey locker room. So, at this point I am not having high hopes for the class. I am not enjoying the location, the room, or anything.
So, our instructor comes in, introduces herself and tells us about the class. Here was the surprise for me. The class focuses on the core, of course. It does this by having us do various exercises. Each exercise lasts for 1 minute. The class lasts for 36 minutes and there are no breaks at all. Oh crap. As Karissa will tell you, I enjoy my rest time in between exercises. This was essentially a 36 minute superset.
I don't remember all of the exercises that we did, but a short list of what I do remember consists of crunches, crunches with a twist, reverse crunches, wide leg crunches where we had to reach for the opposite heel, reverse crunches with a leg extension, a held crunch while scissor kicking, a side crunch while also lifting the legs, a superman starfish move, and a few others. All I know is that after a certain point in time, my body was just in pain. It was the toughest class I have ever taken - and that includes my time when I took Mathematical Economics during my undergrad degree. But, the 36 minutes did fly by and by the end, I felt good. I plan on taking the class again next week. It will be a new set of exercises so I am looking forward to it.
That takes me to today's run. Today was one of those days where I had zero energy at the end of the day. I really didn't want to go to the gym at all, but I forced myself to go there. I can tell you right now, that there was something telling me not to go. I get there, get signed in, and head to the locker room. I enter my code to open the door and it doesn't work. I try it again, still no chance. So, I try a third time and same result. I head back to the desk and the girls up there say "not again" and check my file. It seems that they gave me a new entry code and didn't tell me. I take the new code and in I go.
I get to my locker, dial the combination and the lock won't open. I try it again. Nope. Again. Nope. I head back to the desk and they check my combination to make sure I am using the correct one. I head back into the locker room to try again, same result. Finally the locker room attendant opens the lock with his master key and I take it to the front desk to try it. They can't unlock it either so I had to get a new lock. So now I need to remember a new entry code and a new locker combination. I was sure that at this point in time, the world was telling me not to work out.
So, I said screw the world, and I went to the treadmill! Again, I set it up for 60 minutes at 5 mph and away I went. Here are the numbers from today's run.
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 923
Distance: 5.38 miles
Distance Climbed: 271 feet
Average Speed: 4.61 mph
Average Pace: 13:00 / mile
Average Heart Rate: 152 bpm
Once I get a few more data points I will graph them to see my progress.
Anyway, the run today was tough. As I said earlier, I didn't want to be there, but I made sure that I finished it anyway. I fought for every mile that I ran and it was tough. No pain this time, but my breathing was a bit more laboured than usual. The last 15 minutes was really tough, but I dug deep and made sure that I completed the hour. I feel really good now for doing the run and the body feels pretty good too. I made sure that I stretched well before running and I think that helped.
So now to the good news. I reached my goal of 204 pounds. I really didn't think that it was possible when I started my plan, but here I am. 39 pounds lighter than the beginning of my workouts and 41 pounds lighter than my high weight of 245. I am quite proud of myself for getting here, but now I need to set a new goal. Now that I am here, I believe that I can do better. So, my new goal is going to be 195 pounds. I haven't been there since high school so I am going to do my best to get there.
The reason for this new weight goal is that I still have a few pounds of fat that I want to get rid of. If I keep working out and eating well then I know that I can do it. At the rate I am going, I expect to have my goal reached sometime in March, but they say the last 10 pounds are the toughest. Wish me luck.
See you tomorrow. I work with Karissa then, so I am sure she has created some new version of hell for me! Going to have to change the name of my chapters now too.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Operation 204 - Chapter 41
Happy Friday everyone!
It was my first workout with Karissa this year. I hadn't seen her since before the New Year's holiday, so I was both looking forward to and dreading this workout. I knew it was going to be tough - I had no idea - but I knew that I needed to get back into my routine.
My legs have been really tight from my running so I got to the gym early today to make sure that I could warm up properly and get all stretched out. I used the elliptical for 10 minutes then I stretched for another 15 to make sure my legs could handle it. I thought that today we would work on legs as we hadn't done that in a while. My guess was correct. We did legs. We also did some chest work, some back work, some tricep work, some bicep work, and finally some core work.
We started out on the TRX Machine again today. The first superset was made up of 3 exercises. We started with my favourite - suspended lunges! I did 12 per side then moved onto a mat to do a hellish push-up exercise as the second part of the superset. This time I had to hold at the top for 3 seconds, then hold at the bottom for 3 seconds. I had to do 10 pushups this way. The final exercise was TRX rows but only 10 reps for this wonderful slice of life. Then a short break. As Karissa thought my push-ups looked a little too easy, she decided to make them tougher by making me hold it for 5 seconds instead of 3. It sounds easy, but it isn't. The part that gave out was the shoulder blades from holding myself at the bottom of the push-up.
After those 3 reps, we moved onto the leg press machine. Normally I don't mind the leg press as I have quite strong legs. This wasn't one of those times. It seems that Karissa learned a new exercise from her trainer and decided to try it on me. This time we did a couple of warm up sets of 10 reps to find a good weight. We started with 4 plates, then moved to 6 plates, and finally 8 plates. So I had already done 3 sets of leg press. Then the hell began. The twist this time was to do 10 sets of 10 reps with a 30 second break in between. I had to have 1 plate removed after 7 sets as I just couldn't push the weight anymore. In case you are wondering, 8 plates plus the machine is 382 pounds. 7 plates is 337 pounds. So in total, for leg press, if you include my warm up, I pressed a whopping 45,610 pounds in a very short time. My legs hated me after that one.
From there we moved to another superset of which there were only 2 exercises. This time I had to do triceps dips on the bench - 15 reps. This time though, unlike the last time I did this exercise, i didn't get to use bent legs as a mechanical advantage. This time is was legs straight out in front of me so they couldn't help at all. Right after those, I moved to do 21s for the biceps. It has been a while since I have done these, so I'll explain them here. I don't even know what the barbell weighed that we used, but you start like any other barbell bicep curl. Starting at the bottom, curl the bar until the arms are parallel to the floor, then lower. Repeat 7 times. Then curl the bar all the way to the top and lower it until the arms are parallel to the floor. Repeat 7 times. Finally do 7 complete bicep curls. Those last 7 are going to hurt - no question. We repeated that tiny superset twice.
The final superset of the day also only had 2 exercises. I didn't mind these ones for some reason. Maybe because my core is getting stronger, so it seemed easier than I would have expected. The first exercise was a plank with a new piece. This time while in the plank, I had to lower both knees to the floor, then back up - all while holding the plank. Repeat 10 times. The second exercise was what we called a quarter Superman. On my stomach, arms spread out to the sides, lift one leg off the floor then lower it. Repeat 10 times per leg. You know you are doing this exercise right when you feel the back doing the work and not the butt. We did this superset 3 times.
After that, I was done. Day over. Off to the rest of my evening. My legs already feel that press exercise, so tomorrow is going to be interesting. I am so glad I stretched out before hand as I wouldn't have been able to walk at all after that.
Next week, I am changing my routine slightly. I am going to take an ab workout class on Monday so that means no running. I am moving that to Thursday then working with Karissa again on Friday. So, my week is, gym, curl, curl, gym, gym weekend. Not bad.
Oh, and for those of you keeping track, I have lost another pound and am down to 208. Getting really close to my goal, which means I should soon start thinking about my next goal.
See you next week.
It was my first workout with Karissa this year. I hadn't seen her since before the New Year's holiday, so I was both looking forward to and dreading this workout. I knew it was going to be tough - I had no idea - but I knew that I needed to get back into my routine.
My legs have been really tight from my running so I got to the gym early today to make sure that I could warm up properly and get all stretched out. I used the elliptical for 10 minutes then I stretched for another 15 to make sure my legs could handle it. I thought that today we would work on legs as we hadn't done that in a while. My guess was correct. We did legs. We also did some chest work, some back work, some tricep work, some bicep work, and finally some core work.
We started out on the TRX Machine again today. The first superset was made up of 3 exercises. We started with my favourite - suspended lunges! I did 12 per side then moved onto a mat to do a hellish push-up exercise as the second part of the superset. This time I had to hold at the top for 3 seconds, then hold at the bottom for 3 seconds. I had to do 10 pushups this way. The final exercise was TRX rows but only 10 reps for this wonderful slice of life. Then a short break. As Karissa thought my push-ups looked a little too easy, she decided to make them tougher by making me hold it for 5 seconds instead of 3. It sounds easy, but it isn't. The part that gave out was the shoulder blades from holding myself at the bottom of the push-up.
After those 3 reps, we moved onto the leg press machine. Normally I don't mind the leg press as I have quite strong legs. This wasn't one of those times. It seems that Karissa learned a new exercise from her trainer and decided to try it on me. This time we did a couple of warm up sets of 10 reps to find a good weight. We started with 4 plates, then moved to 6 plates, and finally 8 plates. So I had already done 3 sets of leg press. Then the hell began. The twist this time was to do 10 sets of 10 reps with a 30 second break in between. I had to have 1 plate removed after 7 sets as I just couldn't push the weight anymore. In case you are wondering, 8 plates plus the machine is 382 pounds. 7 plates is 337 pounds. So in total, for leg press, if you include my warm up, I pressed a whopping 45,610 pounds in a very short time. My legs hated me after that one.
From there we moved to another superset of which there were only 2 exercises. This time I had to do triceps dips on the bench - 15 reps. This time though, unlike the last time I did this exercise, i didn't get to use bent legs as a mechanical advantage. This time is was legs straight out in front of me so they couldn't help at all. Right after those, I moved to do 21s for the biceps. It has been a while since I have done these, so I'll explain them here. I don't even know what the barbell weighed that we used, but you start like any other barbell bicep curl. Starting at the bottom, curl the bar until the arms are parallel to the floor, then lower. Repeat 7 times. Then curl the bar all the way to the top and lower it until the arms are parallel to the floor. Repeat 7 times. Finally do 7 complete bicep curls. Those last 7 are going to hurt - no question. We repeated that tiny superset twice.
The final superset of the day also only had 2 exercises. I didn't mind these ones for some reason. Maybe because my core is getting stronger, so it seemed easier than I would have expected. The first exercise was a plank with a new piece. This time while in the plank, I had to lower both knees to the floor, then back up - all while holding the plank. Repeat 10 times. The second exercise was what we called a quarter Superman. On my stomach, arms spread out to the sides, lift one leg off the floor then lower it. Repeat 10 times per leg. You know you are doing this exercise right when you feel the back doing the work and not the butt. We did this superset 3 times.
After that, I was done. Day over. Off to the rest of my evening. My legs already feel that press exercise, so tomorrow is going to be interesting. I am so glad I stretched out before hand as I wouldn't have been able to walk at all after that.
Next week, I am changing my routine slightly. I am going to take an ab workout class on Monday so that means no running. I am moving that to Thursday then working with Karissa again on Friday. So, my week is, gym, curl, curl, gym, gym weekend. Not bad.
Oh, and for those of you keeping track, I have lost another pound and am down to 208. Getting really close to my goal, which means I should soon start thinking about my next goal.
See you next week.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Operation 204 - Chapter 40
Happy Monday everyone!
Another Monday, another treadmill day. Again I was dreading today's treadmill run. I curled 6 games on the weekend so I was a bit tired today. I know, all of you non curlers are laughing, but for any of you who have curled, you know how I feel. Non curlers, let me know when you have time and I'll take you out on the ice and we'll see how you do after a 30 minute practice!
So, the treadmill today. The gym was packed today, so I didn't get the machine that I like. There were still lots of treadmills available, but you know how it is, you find one you like and you want to use it every time. So, I used one that I haven't used before. It didn't quite operate properly, but I'll tell you about that later.
So today was another usual treadmill setup. 60 minutes followed by a 10 minute cool down. My heart rate max was set to 154 and the speed to 5 mph. The machine adjusts the incline to adjust my heart rate. If my heart rate gets too high and the incline is already at zero, then the machine will slow down automatically to adjust my heart rate.
I should let you know that I also use my own heart rate monitor as I don't always trust the ones on the machine, plus, to check your heart rate on a treadmill, you really should stop running to grasp the bars in front of you.
This time, the machine didn't slow down when my heart rate went up. I think that I peaked around 171 bpm, but I could still handle it. My breathing was starting to be affected, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle.
So, the run itself...let's split it into thirds. The first third was hard, the second third was harder, and the final third was pure hell. Again, I wanted to stop many times, but I didn't. I pushed through everything to make sure that I finished strong. My numbers show how I did this time.
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 942
Distance: 5.38 miles
Distance Climbed: 247 feet
Average Speed: 4.61 mph
Average Pace: 13:00 / Mile
Average Heart Rate: 154 bpm
That average heart rate includes the 10 minute cool down and the ramp up to get my heart rate up. So, I was clipping along a lot higher than where my training max is supposed to be. So, as I wasn't struggling too much, I think I need to find out where my max heart rate really is.
To that end, I will be getting tested here at Grant MacEwan College. They do a body age assessment, body comp analysis and a VO2 Max test. I am not looking forward to that, but it is a necessary evil if I want to train more effectively.
Anyway, I am so glad I have some motivation to continue working out, else I would probably stop and that wouldn't be good.
I also think that I am going to be moving my treadmill workout to Thursdays as there is an abs class that I want to take on Mondays. I don't want to do both in one night, as one seems to be enough. So, my week will look like: Gym (abs), curl, curl, gym (treadmill), gym (trainer), weekend. Not sure if I am going to go hit the treadmill this Thursday or not, but I'll let you know if I do.
See you later this week.
Another Monday, another treadmill day. Again I was dreading today's treadmill run. I curled 6 games on the weekend so I was a bit tired today. I know, all of you non curlers are laughing, but for any of you who have curled, you know how I feel. Non curlers, let me know when you have time and I'll take you out on the ice and we'll see how you do after a 30 minute practice!
So, the treadmill today. The gym was packed today, so I didn't get the machine that I like. There were still lots of treadmills available, but you know how it is, you find one you like and you want to use it every time. So, I used one that I haven't used before. It didn't quite operate properly, but I'll tell you about that later.
So today was another usual treadmill setup. 60 minutes followed by a 10 minute cool down. My heart rate max was set to 154 and the speed to 5 mph. The machine adjusts the incline to adjust my heart rate. If my heart rate gets too high and the incline is already at zero, then the machine will slow down automatically to adjust my heart rate.
I should let you know that I also use my own heart rate monitor as I don't always trust the ones on the machine, plus, to check your heart rate on a treadmill, you really should stop running to grasp the bars in front of you.
This time, the machine didn't slow down when my heart rate went up. I think that I peaked around 171 bpm, but I could still handle it. My breathing was starting to be affected, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle.
So, the run itself...let's split it into thirds. The first third was hard, the second third was harder, and the final third was pure hell. Again, I wanted to stop many times, but I didn't. I pushed through everything to make sure that I finished strong. My numbers show how I did this time.
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 942
Distance: 5.38 miles
Distance Climbed: 247 feet
Average Speed: 4.61 mph
Average Pace: 13:00 / Mile
Average Heart Rate: 154 bpm
That average heart rate includes the 10 minute cool down and the ramp up to get my heart rate up. So, I was clipping along a lot higher than where my training max is supposed to be. So, as I wasn't struggling too much, I think I need to find out where my max heart rate really is.
To that end, I will be getting tested here at Grant MacEwan College. They do a body age assessment, body comp analysis and a VO2 Max test. I am not looking forward to that, but it is a necessary evil if I want to train more effectively.
Anyway, I am so glad I have some motivation to continue working out, else I would probably stop and that wouldn't be good.
I also think that I am going to be moving my treadmill workout to Thursdays as there is an abs class that I want to take on Mondays. I don't want to do both in one night, as one seems to be enough. So, my week will look like: Gym (abs), curl, curl, gym (treadmill), gym (trainer), weekend. Not sure if I am going to go hit the treadmill this Thursday or not, but I'll let you know if I do.
See you later this week.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Operation 204 - Chapter 39
Happy New Year everyone!
This is going to be a quick post, as I was back in the gym today for a quick treadmill workout. Not sure why I went back to the treadmill as after last weeks workout, I was in pain for two days after. My legs were killing me for two straight days. My body is not used to running.
Anyway, I didn't feel like going to the gym today either. It was one of those days where I would have been quite happy to not go to the gym. I knew it was going to be tough. There was no motivation to go. However, I went anyway. The treadmill was tough. It was hard from start to finish. There were at least three times during my run that I thought about quitting. But I didn't. I pushed through it to finish.
The numbers this time were better than the last one. I started out slightly slower, 5 mph instead of 5.5 mph like last time, to let the machine handle the incline a bit more to get my heart rate up. It worked. I climbed a lot more this time as compared to last week.
Here are the numbers:
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 911
Distance: 5.2 miles
Distance Climbed: 267 feet
Average Speed: 4.45 mph
Average Pace: 13:27 / mile
Average Heart Rate: 151 bpm
So in all, I went further, climbed higher and burned more calories.
Also, my weight loss is continuing at a nice health pace of about 1 pound per week. I am down to 209 pounds. I haven't been this light in years. Down 2 pant sizes and 1 shirt size. Who knew that working out could pay off like this.
No workout with Karissa this week, so look for another workout post next week.
This is going to be a quick post, as I was back in the gym today for a quick treadmill workout. Not sure why I went back to the treadmill as after last weeks workout, I was in pain for two days after. My legs were killing me for two straight days. My body is not used to running.
Anyway, I didn't feel like going to the gym today either. It was one of those days where I would have been quite happy to not go to the gym. I knew it was going to be tough. There was no motivation to go. However, I went anyway. The treadmill was tough. It was hard from start to finish. There were at least three times during my run that I thought about quitting. But I didn't. I pushed through it to finish.
The numbers this time were better than the last one. I started out slightly slower, 5 mph instead of 5.5 mph like last time, to let the machine handle the incline a bit more to get my heart rate up. It worked. I climbed a lot more this time as compared to last week.
Here are the numbers:
Elapsed Time: 70 minutes
Calories: 911
Distance: 5.2 miles
Distance Climbed: 267 feet
Average Speed: 4.45 mph
Average Pace: 13:27 / mile
Average Heart Rate: 151 bpm
So in all, I went further, climbed higher and burned more calories.
Also, my weight loss is continuing at a nice health pace of about 1 pound per week. I am down to 209 pounds. I haven't been this light in years. Down 2 pant sizes and 1 shirt size. Who knew that working out could pay off like this.
No workout with Karissa this week, so look for another workout post next week.
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