Monday, December 24, 2012

General: Fitness Review 2012

KeepFit

During 2012 my Keep Fit regime changed completely, so can’t do a direct comparison to my 2011 fitness review.

In June, we decided to get in a personal trainer for a couple of private sessions at home, mostly to get Lynn a suitable regime but also to give me some more motivation.   After looking around locally, decided to get in Carl Bradshaw   It certainly worked, in that it got Lynn back into a fitness routine and I now do a wider range of activities.

This is my weekly routine now:

 

Warm up - Exercise / Time

Intensity

0 –easy

10 -Hard

Main Aerobic session

Intensity

0-easy

10 Hard

Resistance

Stretch

Monday

Running 5 min @5mph

4

Cycling 25 min

14mph level 12 (6.0m – 1.2)

7

Yes

Yes

Tuesday

X/trainer 10 min Level 2 @57 watts

4

Rowing 25 min @30spm

7

Yes

Wednesday

Cycling 5 min Level 10 @11mph

4

Running 25 min @7.0mph

(2.8m)

7

Yes

Yes

Thursday

Running 5 min @5mph

4

x/trainer 25 min Level 3 @80 watts

19-16 & 8-5 back

7

Kung Fu

+

Weights

Yes

Friday

X/trainer 5 min Level 2 @57 watts

4

Cycling 25 min

14mph level 12 (6.0m – 1.2)

7

Yes

Yes

I have got into this new routine, but have recently been a little sporadic.    Will make sure I get back into the proper routine after Xmas of course Smile

I don't have much in the way of analysis but for the main exercise have done a couple of measurements:

Monday heart rate peak at average 138 and peak 147
Tuesday 144/151
Wednesday 154/168
Thursday 133/145
Friday 140/148

Of course the regime is totally different to last year, but overall I think the results are pretty good.   I’m still able to avoid chocolate, cakes and biscuits Mon-Thur and not going too mad Fri-Sun… and my alcohol intake is worrying low recently Smile 

For 2013 it will be to stay with the current programme, and try to increase the time to 30 mins for the main exercises, whilst also increasing the Resistance training a bit over the year as well.    We’ll probably get Carl to come in and do another review of our progress in the new year, so will give an incentive to make sure we keep to the schedule !

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