Update on Target
Regarding Larry on the target weight loss thing, he gets an extra two weeks to finish. So it'd be April 16th . Reason being is he is a bit under the weather and has a bit more weight to lose than me. As for me, the first week has been a big failure. I had actually gained weight thanks to Chinese New Year and deciding that having a Spicy Perogy pizza won't set me back. Time to get on track and schedule a simple routine.
Man, I really hate the treadmill. However, I'm not going to complain about it anymore than that otherwise I'll never want to step on the thing again. Also, our friggin pulse reader doesn't even work. I was going to use it to estimate what speed I should be going. I was going to use the Karvonen (spelling?) formula of 220-age (an alternative apparently is 208-0.7 X age = heart rate max) and start off by going 60-70% of it, depending on comfort level. I figured this formula should work because everytime I've done that heartrate test thing at a pharmacy I always end up somewhere from 55-60 for a resting heart rate, which is about normal. Alas, I have no way of knowing because the treadmill can't keep track. For me, its kind of a big deal because I'm not motivated enough to use a treadmill and use "comfort" as a guide. An electronic heartrate monitor watch starts at about $60 or so. I guess this is time to use that Chinese New Year money...
Also, I need to remake my resume. I resolve to finish that over the weekend. Its probably a good thing that I can't find my current one, as it'll force me to remake one. Just putting this out there so I'll actually go do it. Thats all for now...
2 comments:
For cardio machines, at least from what I've heard, you burn more fat by keeping at a slower pace for longer. If you ever goto the gym and put 'Fat Burn' as the program, you'll notice that your target heartrate is much lower than if you were doing the 'Cardio' program. Apparently you burn more fat by maintaining a slower pace (ie: 50-60%) for a longer time than you do if you maintained a higher pace (ie:70-80%) for the same time. I'd look it up on the internet to be sure.
Btw, does that mean you're planning on applying for a job right away?
I've read that it may be true during the exercise time,but there is better benefit to exercising at a higher intensity because your resting metabolism rate increases. Plus the added bonus of actually having better cardio.
And yeah, I'm going to start looking for summer jobs. I totally forgot to do this on Saturday. Crap.
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