Weight: XXX
Activity: 2.0 miles walking outside, 323 calories, + 1:10 on the treadmill, 2.2 miles, 440 calories.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Stats for July 25
Weight: XXXX
Activity: 1:45 on the treadmill, 3.5 miles, 605 calories, + 1.7 mile walk outside, 224 calories.
Activity: 1:45 on the treadmill, 3.5 miles, 605 calories, + 1.7 mile walk outside, 224 calories.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Stats for July 24
Weight: 218 lbs
Activity: 1:52 on the treadmill, 3.74 miles covered, 647 calories burned.
Activity: 1:52 on the treadmill, 3.74 miles covered, 647 calories burned.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Stats for July 12
Weight: XXX
Activity: 1x max crunches in 2 min: 80
2:19 on the treadmill, 5.0 miles, 854 calories burned
Activity: 1x max crunches in 2 min: 80
2:19 on the treadmill, 5.0 miles, 854 calories burned
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Stats for July 5
Weight: XXX lbs.
Activity: 2.0 hrs on the treadmill, 4.26 miles, 725 calories burned.
Activity: 2.0 hrs on the treadmill, 4.26 miles, 725 calories burned.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Stats for July 1
Off the schneid.
Weight: 215 lbs.
Activity: 4.1 miles walking in real life, another 5.8 on the treadmill, 4 hours total activity, c. 1600 total calories burned. Good day.
Weight: 215 lbs.
Activity: 4.1 miles walking in real life, another 5.8 on the treadmill, 4 hours total activity, c. 1600 total calories burned. Good day.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Stats for June 26
Weight: 216 lbs.
Activity: Boulder HHH - 4.3 miles over very hilly terrain - and at 8500 feet average elevation.
Activity: Boulder HHH - 4.3 miles over very hilly terrain - and at 8500 feet average elevation.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Stats for June 18
Weight: 215 lbs.
Activity: 2.3 miles running/walking + 100 pushups (20, 20, 20, 15, 15, 10) during.
Activity: 2.3 miles running/walking + 100 pushups (20, 20, 20, 15, 15, 10) during.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Stats for June 13
Weight: Dunno, I'm on the road.
Activity: 2x 2 miles running/walking (4 miles total)
Activity: 2x 2 miles running/walking (4 miles total)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Stats for June 10
Weight: 211
Activity: 3.0 hrs on treadmill (5% incline, 2 mph), 6.0 miles, 1,036 calories burned.
Activity: 3.0 hrs on treadmill (5% incline, 2 mph), 6.0 miles, 1,036 calories burned.
Phase 2
Now that I have a bit of a core building up - and the weather is really starting to shine - time for phase two. That includes two things. First, I'm cutting way back on the drinking - of anything other than water. This especially includes alcohol of course but also energy drinks, sports drinks, and soda. I'll do the occasional milk or fruit juice but that's it.
And second, it's time to ramp up the activity level. So in addition to the walking desk I am going to add a couple of things to the regimen. I intend to run a Marine Physical Fitness Test (from when I was in) every Saturday morning. This includes max effort pullups (20 for a perfect score), timed sit-ups (80 in 2 min), and a timed 3-mile run (sub-18:00 for a perfect score). I will post these numbers as well after each PFT.
I also hope to get back into racquetball 1x/week and to lifting 2x/week, once for chest & triceps and once for legs (press, curl, hamstring curl).
And second, it's time to ramp up the activity level. So in addition to the walking desk I am going to add a couple of things to the regimen. I intend to run a Marine Physical Fitness Test (from when I was in) every Saturday morning. This includes max effort pullups (20 for a perfect score), timed sit-ups (80 in 2 min), and a timed 3-mile run (sub-18:00 for a perfect score). I will post these numbers as well after each PFT.
I also hope to get back into racquetball 1x/week and to lifting 2x/week, once for chest & triceps and once for legs (press, curl, hamstring curl).
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Stats for June 9
Weight: 216 lbs
Activity: 47:30 min on treadmill (5% incline), 1.75 miles, 305 calories
Activity: 47:30 min on treadmill (5% incline), 1.75 miles, 305 calories
Stats for June 8
Weight: 213 lbs
Activity: Once again, nada. Too much work today. Hoping to get a couple hours on the treadmill tomorrow.
Activity: Once again, nada. Too much work today. Hoping to get a couple hours on the treadmill tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Stats for June 5
Weight: 213
Activity: The first annual Denver Mud Hash. We started at a state park and the first mile or two was reasonably dry, though it featured a couple of hip-deep water crossings. The rest of the 2-3 miles of the course was almost all slogging through water between knee- and hip-deep. Very slow going, lots of tired Hashers at the end. I'd count it as a pretty good 5-mile hike overall.
Activity: The first annual Denver Mud Hash. We started at a state park and the first mile or two was reasonably dry, though it featured a couple of hip-deep water crossings. The rest of the 2-3 miles of the course was almost all slogging through water between knee- and hip-deep. Very slow going, lots of tired Hashers at the end. I'd count it as a pretty good 5-mile hike overall.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Stats for June 4
Weight: 215 lbs
Activity: Once again nada due to work and home requirements. Hoping to really knock some stuff out tomorrow.
Activity: Once again nada due to work and home requirements. Hoping to really knock some stuff out tomorrow.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Stats for June 3
Weight: 214 lbs
Activity: Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Too much work today - didn't even walk on the treadmill. Plan to take it out on meself tomorrow.
Activity: Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Too much work today - didn't even walk on the treadmill. Plan to take it out on meself tomorrow.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Stats for May 31
Weight: 214 lbs.
Activity: 3 hrs 15 min on treadmill, 6.00 miles, 1000 calories burned.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Stats for May 30
Weight: 216 lbs.
Activity: Not much. I did do biceps & shoulders again but no time on treadmill, no cardio, etc. Looking forward to 3-4 hours of walking desk tomorrow.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Stats for May 29
Weight: 214 lbs.
Activity: 40 min on treadmill, 3.11 miles, 472 calories burned.
Also did the Boulder Hash House Harriers event today, which was a "pick-up" Hash. Everyone assembled at the start, and the initial hare got a 5-lb bag of flour and a 5-minute head start. Once we caught him, the "catcher" got the bag and a 4-minute head start. And so on. Think the ultimate impact was somewhere between 3.5 and 5 miles of mostly walking/hiking/wading across hip-deep "creeks". Good times. :)
Activity: 40 min on treadmill, 3.11 miles, 472 calories burned.
Also did the Boulder Hash House Harriers event today, which was a "pick-up" Hash. Everyone assembled at the start, and the initial hare got a 5-lb bag of flour and a 5-minute head start. Once we caught him, the "catcher" got the bag and a 4-minute head start. And so on. Think the ultimate impact was somewhere between 3.5 and 5 miles of mostly walking/hiking/wading across hip-deep "creeks". Good times. :)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Stats for May 28
Didn't get as much done as I'd hoped for a variety of reasons but ended the day reasonably well with a 32-min hill climb (5-8% slope) on the treadmill. And I did get in some yardwork and some weight training so I'm OK.
Weight: 217
Activity:
- Treadmill: 32 min, 1.75 miles, 302 calories
- 45 min yardwork
- Decent biceps and shoulders workout
Stats for May 27
Weight: 213.
Activity: 2 hrs 20 min on the treadmill, 5.3 miles covered, 817 calories burned.
Activity: 2 hrs 20 min on the treadmill, 5.3 miles covered, 817 calories burned.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Stats for May 26
Weight: 218
Activity: 2 hrs on the treadmill, 4.1 miles covered, 605 calories burned.
Activity: 2 hrs on the treadmill, 4.1 miles covered, 605 calories burned.
Not as lean, still a Marine
I used to be in the Marines - 7 years including two as a USMC Drill Instructor. At one point I was at 170 lbs, running 20+ miles a week at a 7-min mile pace, benching 225 for reps and leg pressing over 1,000 lbs. I had a 32-in waist and a 46-in chest. In other words, I was a pretty prototypical Marine.
Then I got a sedentary job, and got old, and a bunch of other issues. So now I look about what I looked like in high school, which is not really what I'm looking for.
Two things have come up that have caused me to rethink things. The first is a challenge from a bunch of my jarhead buddies to run as close as possible to a perfect physical fitness test by our 40th birthdays. I'm already 40 so I'm using one of theirs, in August 2011. A perfect score for when we were in requires 20 pullups in a single go, 80 situps (or I may sub the current 100 crunches) in 2 min, and a 3-mile run in under 18 min.
The second was an epiphany I had recently the details I won't go into here. But suffice that I intend to apply my will, my discipline, and my spare time to radically rearchitecting myself physically. And since I respond well to tracking and to stimulus, both positive and negative, I intend to do this in a very public way.
So.
My workouts will include some or all of the following:
At least every day I will publish what I did and where I am. I will do these posts at night before I go to bed so I'm consistent and so my workouts are done for the day. I will also try to post pics, as regrettable as they may be at the start of this process. I have a number of goals for this project but one in particular stands out - I wanna see if I can get fit enough to fit in my dress blues as they were tailored the day I got out of the Marines in 1996.
This is an extraordinarily personal blog, so even though it is connected through the magic of Blogger/Google to my professional accounts, I don't intend to do professional stuff here. Anything you, the reader, choose to read into this or into my professional account through this is up to you.
Then I got a sedentary job, and got old, and a bunch of other issues. So now I look about what I looked like in high school, which is not really what I'm looking for.
Two things have come up that have caused me to rethink things. The first is a challenge from a bunch of my jarhead buddies to run as close as possible to a perfect physical fitness test by our 40th birthdays. I'm already 40 so I'm using one of theirs, in August 2011. A perfect score for when we were in requires 20 pullups in a single go, 80 situps (or I may sub the current 100 crunches) in 2 min, and a 3-mile run in under 18 min.
The second was an epiphany I had recently the details I won't go into here. But suffice that I intend to apply my will, my discipline, and my spare time to radically rearchitecting myself physically. And since I respond well to tracking and to stimulus, both positive and negative, I intend to do this in a very public way.
So.
My workouts will include some or all of the following:
- I have a treadmill and have converted it into a working desk. I typically walk at 2 mph at 2-4% incline and can do that for hours at a stretch.
- I will also power-walk and run on the treadmill before/after working hours.
- I have free weights and will be doing very basic workouts - bench press, triceps/biceps curl, shoulder presses, lunges
- I have jump ropes, both normal and weighted
- I taught, and will return to, the USMC "Daily 7" including the world-famous "X-count bodybuilders". For an example of this see http://www.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/8-count-body-builder-pushup---pullup-pyramid.
At least every day I will publish what I did and where I am. I will do these posts at night before I go to bed so I'm consistent and so my workouts are done for the day. I will also try to post pics, as regrettable as they may be at the start of this process. I have a number of goals for this project but one in particular stands out - I wanna see if I can get fit enough to fit in my dress blues as they were tailored the day I got out of the Marines in 1996.
This is an extraordinarily personal blog, so even though it is connected through the magic of Blogger/Google to my professional accounts, I don't intend to do professional stuff here. Anything you, the reader, choose to read into this or into my professional account through this is up to you.
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