Exercise Goals for 2008

Got el pedometer working! Since I put it on partway through the day, the day's steps weren't really indicative of what I really do but it worked, I was able to reset it and it was comfortable and unobtrusive to wear. Tomorrow: Nice clothes that didn't really fit me before but fit me now.

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jespah wrote:

Tomorrow: Nice clothes that didn't really fit me before but fit me now.

Good!

(Didn't work out today, due to anti-Nafta peasants camping right next to where I run, but it's a good excuse to make a January round-up, based on some nerdy measurements I make since Jan 07).

Speed points are based on my times on 200m., 300m., 400m., 500 m, 1K and 2 K.
Stamina points are based on my times on 3K, 4K, 5K, 6K, 7K and 8K.

January breakdown:

59.7 K.
(93% of the required pace to meet the goal)

41.9 points

30 points speed
6 points stamina
5.9 points distance

(The highest score -very hard to achieve- would be 60 for speed & 60 por stamina, distance gives 0.1 per kilometer completed)

So: goodish for speed, average -but below the goal- for distance, bad for stamina.

[My best month, so far is October '07, with 92.2 points; my worst, December '07, with 8.3 points)

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Thanks!

The scale arrived from Amazon. I stepped on it. And ......

{drum roll please}

I have lost 5.4 lbs!!!!!!!!!

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WOOT!!!

Keep on keepin' on, jes.

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Thank you, and thank you for the sig line thingie. Embarrassed

From small things, Mama, big things one day come. - Bruce Springsteen and Dave Edmunds.

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Here's to an even better month coming up.

Joe(Go ya'll)Nation

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JPB wrote:

Refinement for January --

Walk on even days, lift on odd days. It works better with my goofy eating plan.

Jan 21, Jan 15, Jan 7, Jan 1 -- shoulders, abs, back, chest (check)
Jan 22,Jan 14, Jan 8, Jan 2 -- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 650 calories avg, 68 mins avg (check)
Jan 27,Jan 17, Jan 9, Jan 3 -- biceps, triceps, quads, hamstrings (check)
Jan 18, Jan 10, Jan 4 -- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 630 calories avg, 67 mins avg (check)
Jan 27,Jan 19, Jan 11, Jan 5 -- calves, gluts, inner and outer thighs (ckeck)
Jan 26,Jan 20, Jan 12, Dec 31 -- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 675 calories avg, 68 mins avg (check)

Feel off the truck this week. Life intervened but I've made up all but one walk. Next week will be worse. Good intentions, notwithstanding, I seldom exercise while on business travel. I'll pack the resistance bands and the gym shoes/clothes. Using them is another thing altogether.

Other than a two mile walk along a lake in MD on Monday I didn't do a thing all week.

Business travel is complete for the foreseeable future, social events calm down after next Wednesday. Time to regroup and recharge.

Same goals for Feb as listed above. It begins today...

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96.7 miles for January.
Goal is 1,000 for the year.

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42 miles walked in January against 500 by year's end.

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Plan for February --

Walk on even days, lift on odd days.

-- shoulders, abs, back, chest
-- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 650 calories avg, 68 mins avg
-- biceps, triceps, quads, hamstrings
-- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 630 calories avg, 67 mins avg
Feb 1, -- calves, gluts, inner and outer thighs
-- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 675 calories avg, 68 mins avg

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30 reps today. Plus a friend at work suggested we start walking together at lunchtime, whenever the weather doesn't really stink (e. g. today was not a good day).

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Gymmed.

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OK, here comes February, which often manages to be both the shortest and
longest month of the year.

This morning the weather was very pleasant and I got about six and a half
miles in. I would have gone for more but I had an "Uh-oh" (ask Joe Nation
and Dag).

I passed 100 miles!

[Now in Charlestown, RI.]
[Hope to be in Connecticut by the end of next week.]

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Plan for February --

Walk on even days, lift on odd days.

-- shoulders, abs, back, chest
-- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 675 calories avg, 66 mins avg
-- biceps, triceps, quads, hamstrings
-- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 675 calories avg, 66 mins avg
Feb 1 -- calves, gluts, inner and outer thighs
Feb 2 -- treadmill 4.0 miles with varying elevation, 675 calories avg, 66 mins avg

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Cute.
So many people with fantastic exercising goals...
It takes discipline to keep up with them...
I envy you people! (in a good way =)

I have been trying to the practice of swimming, mountain climbing and Yoga.

Swimming is what I do more often. For the past 2 months I have done about 2 - 3+ times a week.

On weekends I go to the mountains, but not every weekend. (this has been going on for about 7 months now. (yuppy!) I get to see waterfalls, and interact with nature... plus, getting to the summit of a mountain is no easy! (not very high, though... 4.500 feet)

Yoga I am not as committed to it as I wish, but once a week seems fair. I do it easily because I do it on my own, so I don't know too many poses and I stick with what I know... I do it more for relaxation...

Anyway... that has been my exercising routine... in 2007 I did pretty good I guess comparing to any other year before that. My goal in 2008 is to make it an enjoyable habit of mine! Just exercise more frequently is better already!

Cheers!

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Excellent, superjuly! Everything helps!

30 reps today, plus we had a nice (though short) walk. Pedometer acting up a bit but I think resetting it fixed it.

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My new workout dvds came a couple of days ago, fun!! I love em. Definitely helps me stick with it to have a bunch of different workouts to rotate between. I missed yesterday, but I've stuck with my schedule other than that...

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maporsche wrote:

Lift Olympic style weights M-W-F (high weight/low rep for strength)
Walk/Run T-Th-Sa (walk during strength training program)
Gain 15lbs of muscle
Lose 5lbs of fat
Hit weightlifting goals
Run 5k at 7.5 mph average
Zero fast food
Eat 3000-3500 healthy calories every day

Year to date update:

Lifting weights M/W/F - DONE
Walk T/Th/Sa - about 50% completed
Gain 15lbs of muscle - I have gained 7 so far
Lose 5lbs of fat - I have gained 6 so I have some work to do
Hit weightlifting goals - DONE!
Run 5k at 7.5 mph average - Not yet
Zero fast food - DONE!
Eat 3000-3500 healthy calories every day - DONE!

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Congratulations.

I understand that gym attendance explodes for the first two weeks of January and by the end of the month is back to "normal". A2K obviously has a contingent of better-than-average self-improving people.

As I've bitched elsewhere, I've had two weeks of niggling physical ailments and I've skimped exercise. NOTE: I did sort the great sheaf of useful exercises that I've printed from the Internet in the last 18 months.

I'm also down to 109 pounds--making a loss of 73 pounds in the last five years. I need to exercise to improve my strength, my endurance and my
balance.

Please nag.

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wow, noddy -- that's an impressive loss. Is there an endpoint you are looking to achieve?

Exercise is the only way to improve your strength, but you know that already. It's hard in the winter and yet each time I get off the treadmill or put down the weights I feel better for having pushed myself to get moving.

It sometimes seems to take more effort to begin than to do the exercises themselves. Focus on beginning -- the rest of it will take care of itself.

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