Awful. Just Awful
This latest experiment was almost a total failure.
What would happen if I made a deliberate effort to exercise every day?
How would it compare with weeks where I did it when I got around to it.
Alas, the difference was tiny.
Sunday:
Make excuse that half the day is done by the time I finish the medical blog and it won't reflect the program well.n If any exercise was done, I didn't make note of it.
Monday:
7 Bench Presses 65 lbs.
65 strokes on exercise bike (high tension for strength training)
7 slow push ups. (works slow muscle fibers.)
Tuesday:
Climb 3 flights of stairs that I would have normally taken the elevator.
Wednesday
12 flights I wouldn't have taken otherwise.
23 minutes walking.
Thursday
6 flights
Friday
15 push ups
65 strokes on the bike
20 seconds on heavy bag
Saturday
65 strokes on the bike
Sunday
Nothing so far.
Total:
3 days on the bike
1 day of weights.
And an average of 3 flights of stairs per day
A little walking. Less than a minute on the heavy bag.
Just pathetic.
On the plus side, it sets the bar low enough I should be able to do better if I try this idea again.
Which I shall.
Wish me luck.
I'm goin' in....
*DM
Next: The Week's Next Experiment: Take 2
THE CHART:
Fitness Goals:
60 beats per minute resting pulse.
10 minutes hard cycling. (intensity 5 out of 10)
Weights: 3 days - 100 lbs. - 6 cycles of 5,5,5,10 repetitions (2 cycles/day)
Current Fitness Record: (since last entry)
3 x < 2 min cycling - average intensity 4 - 65 cycles (Pulse = 126 at last check 2-2008)
1 day - 65 lbs. - 1/2 cycle
Miscellaneous Activity:
23 minutes walking
40 seconds heavy bag
Pulse: 55
Blood Pressure: 109/71 8/7/08
BMI 25 (barely overweight) (6 lbs above usual average, though)
Workout Partner's Progress: Position Vacant
RECENT SYMPTOMS : None
ONGOING SYMPTOMS: Clicking knees, Pain in right knee when kneeling and shifting knee to the right. Hyperhidrosis.
DIAGNOSIS: Unknown injury to right knee, possible impact from small stumble (c. 2006) onto landing of concrete stairs. Injured knee joints from sprinting (c. 2007)
DRUG REGIMEN: Aspartame. (3 diet sodas daily) Caffeine (three cups of coffee daily. two colas.)ONGOING TREATMENT: Tri-Annual dental visits.
PROGNOSIS: Gradual decay of knee function.
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS: Fish Oil supplements. Axillary vacuum curettage.
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