My Little Log Book

My Workout Regime for the day Feeling positively awash with goodwill today. Had another great workout yesterday. Here's how it went Stretching Round 1   5 mins on the elliptical (read - 65 cal) A set of legs and arms workout on the home gym (Leg press, Leg Extension, Shoulder press), 100 twists on the spinner Round 2  11 mins on the treadmill (read - 100 cal) 2nd set of muscles workout Round 3   54 Mins on the treadmill (Read - 612 cal) Maximum intensity - Incline 12, Speed - 6.7 km/hr Check out the stats here Finally did some post exercise lounging around, watching TV, listening to songs loud and cooling down :)

Today's Workout Log 7 Rounds around the campus Time - 50 mins: Distance - 4 kms approx. I have to set my pedometer properly. It gets disconnected with too much movement of my arms! Intensity - Not too high. Considerably hampered by gossiping Feeling - Great Gym - 3 rounds of leg press, leg extension, twister, arms crunch followed by a 5 mins on the vibration plate Today's Food Log Breakfast - 4 pooris and alu sabzi from Ganguram :-) Lunch - Normal with saag, karela, mixed veg, daal and a little rice Bsicuits - 4 Maries Sweets - 1 Nalen gurer sandesh 1 bowl Papaya Dinner - 1 plate homemade mattar chat (with farsan/chips on top) Now how do I sum up these calories????

Finally got around to doing some real kicka.. workout yesterday. In fact two days in a row. 14th October - 6 rounds around the campus (I estimate a distance of 650 or so mts per round) after my last workout on 5th October. It was a relief to get out of the house with a friend and move around after awating a major Hurricane (Phailin), antcipating, preparing and then tiding over it - over the weekend. Not much damage around the campus except a few broken limbs (from trees, silly) and lots of leaves and twigs. 15th Oct - 8 rounds including some slow jogging  (again with above friend) which felt truly satisfying. Continued onto the gym. Did 3 rounds of weights for legs and arms and then the blessed relief of the vibration plates. I know these variety of exercise will help better eventually - but there is nothing more adrenaline busting than watching the calorie count going up up on a treadmill! Here's to more exercise! Did I spoil it all with a beer tonight? Cannot be helped - sigh. i ...

I worked out 600 calories on treadmill today. This is by far my BEST EVER effort on a treadmill. I had done 600 calories one roughly 10 months back when I was preparing for the marathon. However then since my concentration was on jogging - I couldnt log much calories even though I worked out longer. Today's workout log Calories Burnt - 600 cal Workout - walking on incline on treadmill Distance covered - 5 kms Time - 50 mins Maximum incline - 13 Maximum intensity - jogging for 1 min at 7 km per hour speed on 13 incline. Followed this workout with some crunches, leg press and 6 minutes on the Vibration Plate Feeling - good! This workout came about after losing around 1.5 kgs this week because of an upset stomach which compelled me to a minimal diet. I feel positively lightweight and timble toed ;-)

Two days back I  ran 3 kms on the treadmill - in around 21 minutes. This is the first time I have run 3 kms on the trot in my new gym and in the past two months. The feeling was really good. After a round of weight training I came back and power walked for 30 more minutes. I know I am giving more stress on cardio. Bu I guess cardio helps more in weight loss and the feel good factor is more.

Almost half a year gone and I haven't logged anything. I did have a lot of fitness issues the last few months. Will go over them in details later. For now, I have slightly changed my fitness regime. Reading my last posts I realise I was doing a lot of uphill walk on the treadmill. Nowadays I just jog 2-3 kms at a stretch and walk and then jog some more. Around 40 minutes per session. Looking at the skin tone - it looks decidedly unhealthy - I have incorporated some out walks / jogs in my schedule. So I have been walking outdoors at least twice a week. If I can make it to the park - I jog there. Yesterday - Around 5 kms at the park. Jogged for 3.5 kms. Really refreshing. I have a major exam coming up. After it is over - i need to start my uphill / incline training on the treadmill. Really builds up stamina as well as upper body strength. Still a long way to go before my first marathon. Can I make one in December this year...lets see. Just because I havent been logging my efforts doe...