When we talk about getting healthy its always about weight....Always. We tell ourselves we need to lose 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 lbs.
Here's the problem with weight...It goes on a lot faster then it comes off. So we get discouraged, we don't see results.
We stop.
Well, I can't stop, because I committed to all of you to do it for 100 days, but how else can we measure besides weight.
Exercise and being healthy is more than a number on a scale. Its how healthy our heart is. How well our bodies can perform different tasks, so I spent Day 1 compiling a few different numbers
Pushups to exhaustion - 18
Pushups are a good measure of muscular endurance, so lets see how that improves over the first 25 days and over the 100 total.
I don't run, not with this gut, so I row. I have a concept2 rowing machine. I used it for a few of the baseline numbers too.
2000m time = 8:46.5 A good measure of cardiovascular fitness.
I also did a 500m rowing sprint and measured my heart rate at various times.
Peak = 190bpm
After 1min = 147
After 2min = 132
After 5min = 110
This gives me an idea of how fast I can recover from exertion
Comparing future results to these will let me see beyond the scale, if the scale doesn't move, but these numbers get better, I'm still making improvements, I don't have to feel discouraged just because one number didn't move,
Now for the ugly part...the body measurements and before pictures
Weight = 255.4lbs
BMI = 34.6 (Obese) - this used to be worse! Used to be Class II obese!
% Body fat = 42.4 %
Waist - 45 in
Hips - 44 in
Chest - 43 in
Thigh - 28 in
Well that's me right now. Day 1 is drawing to a close.
Tomorrow the real work begins. Rob Foster from Trainersonsite.com has sent me my new workouts, so we'll report back on them
Today's workout
Rowing - 2741 meters
Swimming - 1 hour leisure
Pushups to failure
Calories eaten - 2100
Calories burned - 3500
Check back tomorrow!
1 comment:
You got this. Never underestimate the heart of a champion! You are a champion my friend!!!
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