Workouts ... Week beginning 24-Dec-2007

24-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:40:19
Time In Zone 0:33:31

Watch calculated limits: 129 - 151
Average Heart Rate 144
KCal/Fat: 530/45%

Workouts ... Week beginning 17-Dec-2007

17-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:35:00
Time In Zone 0:31:42

Watch calculated limits: 129 - 151
Average Heart Rate 138
KCal/Fat: 427/45%

18-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:35:18
Time In Zone 0:30:43

Watch calculated limits: 129 - 151
Average Heart Rate 141
KCal/Fat: 448/45%

19-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:36:45
Time In Zone 0:32:05

Watch calculated limits: 129 - 151
Average Heart Rate 144
KCal/Fat: 488/45%


20-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:40:02
Time In Zone 0:33:08

Watch calculated limits: 129 - 151
Average Heart Rate 142
KCal/Fat: 515/45%

Workout December 08, 2007

Ok, so I'm only 42, I will eventually learn the really basic lesson.

Exercise is not just good. Exercise is necessary to remaining physically fit, living as long as possible and seeing your nieces grow up, graduate high school, college and get married and have great nieces and nephews.

Though I only took a month off this time, so maybe I am slowly learning.

Time exercising.. 0:45:29
Time In Zone 0:32:34

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 146
KCal/Fat: 622/40%

10-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:35:53
Time In Zone 0:31:50

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 143
KCal/Fat: 469/40%

12-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 0:40:42
Time In Zone 0:33:10

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 144
KCal/Fat: 543/40%

16-Dec-2007
Time exercising.. 1:15:31
Time In Zone 1:03:37

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 142
KCal/Fat: 981/45%

Workout 07-November-2007

Time exercising.. 1:07:23
Time In Zone 1:01:26

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 145
KCal/Fat: 909 /40%

Tonight's workout crowd was a bit of a switch.. three guys from about my age to college age. And the stationary bike was free so I did my entire workout on that.

I'm not sure if it's just that America's Top Model isn't there to watch, or if guys have different inspirational TV watching than young women, but tonight's fare was the Comedy channel, one full episodes of scrubs and the daily show (I don't think I have ever bothered to watch the daily show in it's entirety.. it was pretty good.)

I think tomorrow might be a rest day.. we'll see.

Workout 06-November-2007

Time exercising.. 1:12:42
Time In Zone 1:03:15

Watch calculated limits: 125 - 151
Average Heart Rate 143
KCal/Fat: 955 /40%

The workout room was not appreciably cooler. It was appreciably fuller. 3 young women, one adult female and one college age male. the only machine left available was the stairmasterish thing.

I was and am not thrilled. Out of 60 minutes on the stair stepping machine I was in zone for maybe 35-40 minutes. They bailed around then and I was able to get on the stationary bike for the rest of my workout.

I'm not sure what the relationship was between the one adult female and two of the younger girls, it seemed somewhat mother daughterish, and somewhat the crazy aunt. I bit my tongue to not take her to task for calling the shorter girl fat and teasing her about her workout. Yes, it made her up the speed on the treadmill, but no I don't think that's the kind of reinforcement that helps build good esteem or good workout habits.

Workout 05-November-2007

Time exercising.. 0:33:58
Time In Zone 0:31:15

Watch calculated limits: 116 - 151
Average Heart Rate 141
KCal/Fat: 432 /40%

I do really dislike working out in excessive warmth. And unfortunately today, they community workout room appears to have a heating problem. It's near the first freeze outside, but they had to turn on the air conditioner in the workout room.

I think they got it down to about 80 something, but that's just not quite low enough for me to be comfy, so I left it at a 30 minute workout.

This time my only company in the workout room was a college aged male. At least I think he might have been college age and not post grad. The further I get from an age, the less I am able to judge how old a person is.

Workout 02-Nov-2007

Time exercising.. 1:21:25
Time In Zone 1:05:30

Watch calculated limits: 116 - 151
Average Heart Rate 148
KCal/Fat: 1129 /35%

Once is chance, twice is coincidence, and three times is a pattern. This make the second evening where the young lady working out in the community workout room has chosen "Next Top Model" as her inspirational viewing while she works out.

For my workout, since the young lady was sitting on the stationary bike when I walked in, I chose the elliptical. I don't like the elliptical yet because I can't stay inside my workout zone very well while doing a random pattern on the elliptical. I kept going high. In a 20 minute workout I got maybe 12 of tht inzone. When you're goal is an hour in zone that's just not a happy thing.

What was a happy thing is that the treadmill opened up and the young lady just sitting on the stationary bike got on to the treadmill, did her workout, some sit ups after and left before my time on the elliptical was up, so I could do the remainder of my cardiovascular time on the stationary bike.

Either I need more padding or the seat on the stationary bike does.