August 8th, 2008
I am now done with my Week 2 of Couch to 5k and one hundred push ups.
One Hundred Push Ups
Well I didn’t do as many max push ups like I did last week. But maybe that was because I was doing more before my max?
- Day 1 Max 9
- Day 2 Max 11
- Day 3 Max 14
I still have to do my exhaustion test which I will do sometime over the weekend.
Couch to 5k
This week was tough, my legs are starting to hurt worse and my ‘running’ is about as quick as a mall power walker in the mall. I started Day 1 off with slow runs, then Day 2 the first run was quicker and Day 3 I got through half the runs quicker yet, so I guess its working. I am not trying to force myself to go fast, just as fast as my body is capable of.
Shovel Gloving
I really can’t say much about this other than I do it everyday. It is still prettying tiring to swing the sledge hammer around for 15 minutes straight.
Results?
I started doing the exercises two weeks ago at which I weighed roughly 275. I am currently at 263.8 which is a drop of about 11.2 lbs which isn’t to bad. I am noticing increase in my muscle mass as well as my arms and chest getting more solid. I am finding it easier to do certain activities such as walk up steps and just walk around longer with out sweating and getting out of breath. So far I am very pleased with my results and its getting easier to ‘WANT’ to work out, it doesn’t feel like such a burden.
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August 6th, 2008
I missed day 7, oh well I am right back on track with day 8. Woke up this morning and did my push ups, only did max 11, I wish I could repeat the 20 I did last week on Friday. The couch to 5k week 2 is kicking my butt, I am able to finish it even if I am going as fast as someone who is speed walking. I am getting bad shin splints and my ankles are killing me for the last couple of runs, my sides are also killing me but I am able to lessen the pain if I take deep slow breaths while running. Any advice here would be much appreciated.
I got home and did my shovel gloving and that is still making me sweat a lot. I will do some Wii Fit after the Barcelona / New York game.
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August 5th, 2008
Couch to 5k
I did not wake up at all in time to do anything. So after work I went running, man week 2 of the couch to 5k was really tough for me but I truly think that, sadly, the minute and a half run was the longest I ever ran for with out stopping or walking during it. It was tough but I kept pushing myself I was determined to finish. Half way through when I thought I was seriously going to die I saw a man in a wheelchair coming the opposite way, and as we passed he said hello and continued to go down the trail. I started to think how fortunate I was to be able to get out and run, where most of my life I have spent indoors and on a computer, where this man obviously like to be outside and active. He really helped inspire me to finish the last bit of week 2 day 1.
On the way back to my car he was along the side of the trail, my buddy went ahead and was waiting for me (way better shape than I am) and said common and the man in the wheelchair said, he’s coming just give em a minute and was basically just saying words of encouragement as I dragged myself across the path to my car. This man was an inspiration to me and I doubt I will ever forget that moment.
Push Ups
Anyways I got home and still had my push ups and shovel-gloving to do. So I started with the push ups and I was beat but I managed to finish it but my max was only 9 push-ups.
Shovel-gloving
I was pretty tired at this point but I managed to swing the sledge hammer around my apartment with out breaking anything other than a sweat. I was dripping but I felt like I accomplished something and later that night before I went to bed I did about 45 minutes on the Wii Fit.
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August 3rd, 2008
Today I woke up this morning grabbed me a bagaful and headed out. I was on a mission today, I had to get a Wii Fit. I headed over to my local Toys ‘R’ Us store where I remembered a sign that said they would have them in Sunday. Luckily I walked in and asked the guy standing at the door if they had any left and he said sure do then tried to sell me some extra batteries and protection plans and bundle, which I noticed a lot of parents were jumping on. Anyways I got in line and waited behind a guy who bought a Wii, Wii Fit, Two guitar hero guitars, two extra controllers and three nunchucks.
I got home and ripped it out of the box and got everything started. It took me through the initial test asking me basic questions, which Mii I wanted to use, my height and date of birth. Then it told me to step on and it would weigh me … oh geeze I thought, It’s going to tell me to get the heck off of it. After a few seconds of standing there waiting for it to tell me the inevitable that I was obese and should do more. Funny thing is the weight it had me at was 263 lbs, while the scale says I am 267. Oh well, apparently walking from my scale to the Wii Fit I lost 4 pounds. I’m not complaining.
So I started up with the Yoga and man I always thought Yoga was for women and I could not benefit from it. I was wrong, I was sweating up a storm but I was pumped and having fun. I couldn’t to stop playing so I did the strength exercises and I didn’t want to stop there but I had to go to a family reunion. Oh well it is fun and its part of my workout plan now. To do at least 30 minutes of Wii Fit everyday now.
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August 2nd, 2008
This post is a day late but I assure you that I did this stuff yesterday. Yesterday I had to attend a funeral so after I went out for a run and boy did it feel great to get out and run. So I finished the first week of Couch to 5k and I can not wait till Monday.
I got home and still covered in sweat I picked up my sledge hammer and started swinging away. I felt great afterwards, sweaty, but great. Also, I think I lost another 5 pounds.
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August 1st, 2008
Well I screwed day 4 up big time. So now I am at day 5.
Okay I promise next week I will work on waking up and going running. I just can’t seem to get out of bed when I am waking up next to a beautiful girl. After I did manage to drag myself from the comfort of my sheets I finished week one of the One Hundred Push Up Challenge.
My initial test for the challenge only yielded a whopping 7 push ups. My Max push ups for the three days were:
Day 1: 7
Day 2: 11
Day 3: 20
So I added a whopping 13 push ups to my initial test. I think that is a decent start to my horrible initial test. I can only improve from here right?
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July 31st, 2008
So here I am again sitting in outback with a plate of Aussie fries and a steal on it’s way. I am so weak, why can’t I just say no?
I only ate a little bit though so I guess that’s a good thing… I hate myself for doing this…
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July 30th, 2008
DIET
I screwed up on dinner, I ate wings and a couple rolls. Other than that my day was good. I only had 10 wings though, I usually have 20 so I am doing better and I bet you I hit my calorie count this time. I can’t seem to hit it other days, I am always too low, but I know I either hit or passed it today. Oh well today was learning.
Exercise
I was not sure I was going to get a run in to today or not, we didn’t leave the wing joint until 8pm, and in Ohio it is starting to get dark at that time. I speed home and called a buddy who said he wanted to run with me, so he picked me up around 8:30 and we went for a run.
He is in so much better shape than I am, he has been working out for the past 3 months and has lost 30lbs, lucky bastard. He kept me motivated tonight, tonight was tough, probably because I had a stomach full of wings and crap. But he made me stick with it. When we were done it was pretty much pitch black and we were in the woods and he is blinder than a bat, without the sonar.
So I got home and I really did not feel like swinging the sledge hammer around, but I did and it killed, I almost didn’t get through my fireman motions. I trudged on.
I am now sitting in the middle of my living room in a pool of my own sweat and I feel great. I am going to go take a shower.
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July 30th, 2008
I woke up late… again, see a pattern? I only had time to eat breakfast and do my hundred push up challenge.
My initial test was 7 push ups, keep in mind, when I did my first 10 today I blasted through those and I also got my max to 11. So I am moving on up with only a day of training. I am feeling really good to be able to add 4 push ups to my total.
Tonight I am meeting my girlfriend and her mom for all you can eat wings tonight, what a food challenge for me, I love wings. I am going to try to just get a salad. After wings at some point I am going to have to find time to run and shovelglove again.
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July 29th, 2008
Wow, I am weak. This shovelglove is wearing my arms out. My girlfriend was in the room with me today and she was laughing at me and to tell you the truth I felt like a big dork swinging around the sledge hammer.
But it did make me sweat a little and I feel better to have done it than just sitting down and watching T.V.
DIET
My diet has been going great, although I seem to not be eating enough calories. Oh well, tonight me and my girlfriend made eye of the round steak and I made some asparagus with butter and garlic. MMMMMMM Tasty.
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