Just finished the first of the Men's Health workout and man am I feeling it now haha.
This is a series of six exercise that you do each on in 20 second intervolves then resting for 40 seconds before moving on to the nest. doing all six is a revolution, and your suppose to do 4 to 6 revolutions for a full workout. I've cut out one exercise due to my hatred of the chin up bar and due not owning one, so I did 6 revolutions.
I warmed up with a stretch of the legs and a brisk walk around the pond to get ready for this. Did my first revolution and felt real good about it, Telling myself that this wasn't going to be that bad. I was wrong by the end of my 3rd set, I was sweating like crazy, a lot more than I normally do at least haha. As I finished my last set, I was feeling it, in a good way. I felt so good I took a quick jog around the pond and finished up with another brisk walk and cool down stretch.
Defiantly looking forward for the next workout Wednesday.
See you guys tomorrow!
Derek
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Day 1 (RunKeeper)
Rain was the story of today, as you can see ha. Today I did the first training in the RunKeeper app. I told me to go at any pace for 1.5 mile. I split this up like I had been doing for the past week, with a little altercation. I did a walk/run on off deal, walking .18 mile, running .18 mile, and so on. pretty easy today, as it was really just a warm up day.
They rain was the worst part ha. Rained most of the day, didn't think it was going to stop so I went out in it and did my thing. Went inside, took a shower, and by that time I had stopped. just my luck I guess haha.
Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the week turns out. Check back in tomorrow for the start of the "Furious Fat Loss" Phase of the Men's Health workout. Lets see where this goes!
Derek
Prelogue
So I've been wanting to take a little belly fat off for awhile now and been looking for some ways to do it. After a couple Google searches as well as some Safari searches, I came up with the conclusion that most people out there losing weight are doing the same thing people have been doing for centuries, running. Weather it was running scared from wolves or running in a race, running is something our ancestors have done for a long time.
So, about two weeks or so ago, I decided to do as Tom Hanks and "Run, Forest, Run!" I thought I'd start with a mile, thinking that it was a good place to start, not being a professional in all. First day I made about a quarter mile before I was huffing and puffing. So I divided it up, run .2 mile, rest, run .2, rest, etc. I did this for a week, each day feeling really good after each run. But I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to improve unless I increased the length I was running.
Around that time I stumbled upon an app, RunKeeper. It tells you how long you've run, how far, and your mph, but what really caught my attention was that you can select a training for running a race. 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon is the races you can chose from. Each one gives you some other choices like beginner, were it tells you what you'll be doing, how many weeks it would take, among other things. thinking there's no better way to train to run a mile strait than to train for running 3.11 miles strait and not wanting to spend money just yet, I choose beginner 5K.
I started that today( read other post for deets). I also knew that people running were doing it every other day and doing another workout on the other days. As it so happened, I was reading in October's Men's Health and they have workout that was designed for weight loss over 3 mouths. It would be a workout you do every other day and saw that it was perfect for what I was trying to do. So I will also be taking on the Men's Health's "Strong and Lean in 90 Days" as well as my running. Phase one is in October's Issue, Phase two will be in November's, and of course, Phase three will be in December's. This should give me some versatility in my adventure into weight lose.
So check back day to day to see how I'm doing with the challenge that I've thrown down on myself. Encouragement welcomed! I am mostly doing this blog for myself, to keep me in check, but I do expect to have a few people to view it, so I will act like I'm talking to people just in case haha.
Derek
Me at the Start
Ooooooo!
Ahhhhhh!
So, about two weeks or so ago, I decided to do as Tom Hanks and "Run, Forest, Run!" I thought I'd start with a mile, thinking that it was a good place to start, not being a professional in all. First day I made about a quarter mile before I was huffing and puffing. So I divided it up, run .2 mile, rest, run .2, rest, etc. I did this for a week, each day feeling really good after each run. But I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to improve unless I increased the length I was running.
Around that time I stumbled upon an app, RunKeeper. It tells you how long you've run, how far, and your mph, but what really caught my attention was that you can select a training for running a race. 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon is the races you can chose from. Each one gives you some other choices like beginner, were it tells you what you'll be doing, how many weeks it would take, among other things. thinking there's no better way to train to run a mile strait than to train for running 3.11 miles strait and not wanting to spend money just yet, I choose beginner 5K.
I started that today( read other post for deets). I also knew that people running were doing it every other day and doing another workout on the other days. As it so happened, I was reading in October's Men's Health and they have workout that was designed for weight loss over 3 mouths. It would be a workout you do every other day and saw that it was perfect for what I was trying to do. So I will also be taking on the Men's Health's "Strong and Lean in 90 Days" as well as my running. Phase one is in October's Issue, Phase two will be in November's, and of course, Phase three will be in December's. This should give me some versatility in my adventure into weight lose.
So check back day to day to see how I'm doing with the challenge that I've thrown down on myself. Encouragement welcomed! I am mostly doing this blog for myself, to keep me in check, but I do expect to have a few people to view it, so I will act like I'm talking to people just in case haha.
Derek
Me at the Start
Ooooooo!
Ahhhhhh!
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