Tonight we got back from 5 days vacation. Usually I gain weight while away from home and out of my normal routine, but this time however I did not. I think there is two main reasons for this.
First, I more or less "managed" to keep a low carb intake although I did have ice-cream with the kids at three occasions. Since both my wife and my sister in law (we went on vacation with her and her family) it was not hard to stick with it.
Second, we had quite an active 5 days with a lot of swimming with the kids as we spent two days in a water-park at Hovden and a lot of walking and activities in an amusement park, Mikkelparken, in Kinsarvik. We also spent half a day walking in the mountains with the kids.
Finally, the last evening I decided to get a real workout as well and I did a hard track up the slopes of Hovden ski resort. Starting at 795 meters above sea level and ending up at 1250 meters above sea level. The route I took went straight up a steep hillside and it took me 40 minutes to get to the top and then another 30 minutes back down so I got 70 minutes of exercise done.
This puts my total for the 30 days at 21 hours and 40 minutes which puts me way behind my goal of 30 hours. I will try to catch up the next couple of days but I doubt I will reach the goal. However, I am still happy with it considering we had 5 days of vacation within the 30 days.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Slightly behind schedule
There have not been many posts lately as I have been very busy. However, I am still working out and following the JM30Shred routine. I am now on day 23 and I am looking forward to taking my measurements again in 7 days :) Hopefully it will show some improvements.
Some of the last days I have onle done the JM30Shred routine and therefor I am behind schedule on getting 30 hours of exercise in 30 days, but I will give it a last hard push the next 7 days and I am certain I can reach my goal. Like yesterday I did 1 hour on the bike :)
Some of the last days I have onle done the JM30Shred routine and therefor I am behind schedule on getting 30 hours of exercise in 30 days, but I will give it a last hard push the next 7 days and I am certain I can reach my goal. Like yesterday I did 1 hour on the bike :)
Friday, July 15, 2011
Day 16 - 25 km bike ride
Today we had a family gathering so we did not do the JM30Shred. However, I managed to get a 25km bike ride as I took the bike to get to my parents in law place, so I still got my 1hour exercise as it took me more or less 60 minutes to get there.
Day 15 - Half way
So today I am at day 15 of my 30 days of hard workout. My legs felt very heavy today so I decided to only do the JM30Shred routine today.
Anyway, I am on track to my goal of 30 hours of workout as I have now done 16 hours and 5 minutes for the first 15 days :). I am really happy with that :)
Today the new scale we got for free (from points earned on one of our groceries bonus cards) has arrived. This is an advanced scale that in addition to the weight also measure percentage of body fat and muscle mass. This way I can keep track on these values and make sure I do not loose to much muscle mass as my total body weight goes down :).
I know, if it was free how good can it be? Well we have looked it up on Google and the reviews are ok for a cheap version as this is. As long as it is consitent it will give me an idea as to how my body changes. Once I get use the it I might put some of the statistics out here on the blog together with my other measurements.
It is very tempting to do my measurements today, as I am half way through my regime, but I have decided not to, that way I will keep pushing to get the best results possible by August 1st :)
Anyway, I am on track to my goal of 30 hours of workout as I have now done 16 hours and 5 minutes for the first 15 days :). I am really happy with that :)
Today the new scale we got for free (from points earned on one of our groceries bonus cards) has arrived. This is an advanced scale that in addition to the weight also measure percentage of body fat and muscle mass. This way I can keep track on these values and make sure I do not loose to much muscle mass as my total body weight goes down :).
I know, if it was free how good can it be? Well we have looked it up on Google and the reviews are ok for a cheap version as this is. As long as it is consitent it will give me an idea as to how my body changes. Once I get use the it I might put some of the statistics out here on the blog together with my other measurements.
It is very tempting to do my measurements today, as I am half way through my regime, but I have decided not to, that way I will keep pushing to get the best results possible by August 1st :)
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Day 14 - Outfoxed by a group of 60+ retired people
Today I went on an hike up at Tveitevarden again. My legs felt extreamly heave today so I did not do any running on the way up, I just walked quickly. Because of this I was certain I would not get a very good time, however I was only 2 minutes behind my personal best, and still below 50 minutes, as I did it in 48 minutes. I take this as a good sign that I am getting in better shape, even on a not to good day I get an ok time :)
One reason the end time was not to bad today might be that I walked very fast up the last 1/3 of the hike. You see, as I passed around 2/3 of the way up I met a group of nice ladies and gentlemen, all retired, all 60+, out on their weekly trip. Today they had chosen Tveitevarden as their hike of the week. There were about 20 of them and a couple of them had to use a walking stick to balance themselves.
So, here I meet this group coming down as I was going up, and I started a race in my mind, that I would reach the top and then catch up with them before they reached the end of the track. So I walked as hard as I could for the top and did quite a bit of running going back down again.
I never saw the group again!!!
I am telling myself over and over again that they have had to take a different route then me back down!!!
Well, well. now I am waiting for my wife to get back from her hike, she left after the kids had gone to bed, and then we will do the JM30Shred routine together.
(Not trying to be cool or anything, it is just to long to write Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred so I shortened it to JM30Shred)
One reason the end time was not to bad today might be that I walked very fast up the last 1/3 of the hike. You see, as I passed around 2/3 of the way up I met a group of nice ladies and gentlemen, all retired, all 60+, out on their weekly trip. Today they had chosen Tveitevarden as their hike of the week. There were about 20 of them and a couple of them had to use a walking stick to balance themselves.
So, here I meet this group coming down as I was going up, and I started a race in my mind, that I would reach the top and then catch up with them before they reached the end of the track. So I walked as hard as I could for the top and did quite a bit of running going back down again.
I never saw the group again!!!
I am telling myself over and over again that they have had to take a different route then me back down!!!
Well, well. now I am waiting for my wife to get back from her hike, she left after the kids had gone to bed, and then we will do the JM30Shred routine together.
(Not trying to be cool or anything, it is just to long to write Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred so I shortened it to JM30Shred)
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Day 13 - 32 km bike ride
Today I did only one session of exercise as I went on a 32km bike ride. The speed was good in the beginning but passing 1 hour on the bike my legs starting to feel very heavy. I guess I started to feel the hard session on the spinning bike yesterday. Anyway, I finished in 1:33, a whole 8 minutes slower then my personal best on this route, but still it was a good workout :)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Day 12 - Spinning bike - intervals
Today it was raining heavily so I decided to do a 4x4 interval session on the spinning bike. I did 4 minutes hard intervals with 3 minutes easy riding in between.
I interchanged the hard intervals doing sitting position with high resistance for interval 1 and 3 and doing standing position with a medium resistance for interval 2 and 4. In both positions I was going as fast as I possibly could and still keep the speed for 4 minutes (I have to use a medium resistance in standing position in order to make it through 4 minutes).
I have a feeling this will be a much used type of workout throughout the fall and winter to improve my endurance and ability to climb hills and hopefully it will also help on my overall speed.
Today I did not wear my heart-rate-monitor so I do not know my average HR during the intervals but I will use it during my next 4x4 session.
As usual we finished the workout doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred routine :) and today I could really feel that I have improved the last 2 weeks and the routine went much easier today :)
I interchanged the hard intervals doing sitting position with high resistance for interval 1 and 3 and doing standing position with a medium resistance for interval 2 and 4. In both positions I was going as fast as I possibly could and still keep the speed for 4 minutes (I have to use a medium resistance in standing position in order to make it through 4 minutes).
I have a feeling this will be a much used type of workout throughout the fall and winter to improve my endurance and ability to climb hills and hopefully it will also help on my overall speed.
Today I did not wear my heart-rate-monitor so I do not know my average HR during the intervals but I will use it during my next 4x4 session.
As usual we finished the workout doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred routine :) and today I could really feel that I have improved the last 2 weeks and the routine went much easier today :)
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