In addition to a good workout I also had the personal trainers run my body-fat and blood pressure numbers. The BP numbers turned out so good I am sure the machine was broken. I was so sure they couldn’t be true that I insisted on three measurements (2 from the right arm and 1 from [...]
Archive for December, 2011
12/21/2011: Some Good News
Posted: December 21, 2011 in fat, fitness, health, life, Me, my life, weight, Weight loss3
Pictures Don’t Lie: Embarrassment Often Leads to Action
Posted: December 19, 2011 in fat, fat loss, fitness, health, life, Me, weight, weight lifting, Weight lossA picture says a 1,000 words (or in this case 40+ extra pounds). Other than my obvious state of half-sleep (the picture was taken at 7 a.m.) my well-rounded cheeks and less-than-subtle second chin aren’t camera-shy. It appears much of what used to be known as “my chin” is now lost in a round, full face. [...]
Day 9 [12/16/2011]: The Numbers
Posted: December 16, 2011 in fitness, Me, weightTags: evaluation, Exercise, fitness
Here are the numbers: BP: 118/63 Pulse: 97 (a hour after workout- which s a bit worrisome) One Mile Run: 14 minutes (shameful) Push-ups (1 minute): 25 reps
Day 8 [12/15/2011]: The (Partial) Results
Posted: December 16, 2011 in UncategorizedEnded up spending most of the day grading papers. In the end the only test I performed was one minute worth of push-ups. That resulted in a measly 25 reps. I have free time tomorrow, so I will get the rest in tomorrow.
Day 7 [12/14/2011]: Planning a Fitness Evaluation
Posted: December 14, 2011 in fitness, health, Me, weight, Weight lossTags: Exercise, fitness, fitness evaluation, Weight loss
I am putting together a list of factors to get a baseline of my fitness level. I will run through the list tomorrow and see what my personal bests are for each item on the list. So far it includes:
Day 6 [12/13/2011]: Try This At Home
Posted: December 14, 2011 in MeTags: Exercise, fitness, skyrim, weight
The Skyrim workout: Every time you encounter a screen load (so about every 30-60 seconds) drop and do about 10 push-ups or, if you are in better shape, do push-ups until the load screen disappears. Bet you didn’t think you could combine gaming and working out. Well I just did.
I couldn’t be more apathetic if I tried, but then that would kind of be self-defeating (more self-defeating than my present apathy?! Maybe.)
Day 4 (12/11/2011): Slow Start…
Posted: December 12, 2011 in UncategorizedNothing much happened today. I mean that. Almost nothing. I ate, graded papers, went to church, graded papers, ate, graded papers, went to a party, and then sat down here to type this. Man this is a real slow, and boring, start, to my fitness journey.
Day 3 (12/10/2011): Dealing with a Cold…
Posted: December 11, 2011 in UncategorizedNothing much to report other than feeling like crap.
This Just MIGHT be the Funniest Thing You’ve EVER read!
Posted: December 10, 2011 in Me, my lifeTags: Funny, humor, laugh, lol, scambaiting
The Set-up: Back in 2009 I got yet another attempt to advertise a product on my blog. I decided to have some fun with the salesman and his product. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did. ——————————————————————————- From: Nick To: John Subject: text link Hi, I was curious what it would [...]
