How to Run
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Moving
So we are moving…
It’s a smaller place and a new part of Cape Town. Should be interesting to get away from the place I’ve been for about 6 years now.
We’ll see how goes.
Swearing is bad for you!
I hate it when I swear but it comes too naturally and sometimes unexpectedly and then I feel shit (I categorise this as a swear word :) about it! I know a lot of people that manage to go through the entire day without uttering a single curse-word or anything ‘nasty’.
It’s just a gentlemanly thing to do – especially at work and my language overpowers me when I get mad or something doesn’t work the way I want it to etc.. I need to control this and my too sudden anger at the most stupid things!
So I think this is a realistic goal that will take a lot of willpower and restraint and I think I’ll actually find this more challenging than not smoking!
I think (again) that I’ll try and keep tab of the amount of swearing I do on a daily basis and that way maybe encourage myself to ‘cut back’ a bit! Cool.
Me and feeling kak
I have been sick so many times this year it’s not even funny any more. I’m not like sick that I have to see a doctor immediately. But it’s just general feeling crappy. I will have sinus problems or my throat will hurt for about a week until it get’s worse and I HAVE to go see a doctor. So I’ll try and eat right; No drinking; no smoking whatsoever (over a month now!!), getting outdoors more etc.. Let’s hope it works! I’ll obviously only start when I’m feeling better!
Teeth In Progress
I will be going for an op soon to get my four dysfunctionally places Wisdom teeth surgically removed. Then I’ll wait for that to heal and get some professional orthodontistry done.
Weird week
So this week is almost up and I want to reflect on it a bit..
Monday was Monday after the weekend at my dad’s place which was awesome (more later).
Tuesday was Mari’s Matric Farewell and she looked cool.
Wednesday was Braaiday and we had some potjie at Gert’s place and then I went to Canal Walk to spend my R500 voucher :)..
Thursday felt like a Monday after the day off but good as I took some Multivitamins which I’m going to make a daily thing as it’s apparently good – and I went to the gym and walked back home afterwards!
Friday is well.. Friday and feels like a Tuesday now and it’s not done yet but drama at work so far has made it interesting so far.
Dries.
Third time lucky
So I had melksuur in my muscles (or something like that) and I felt like I was falling apart piece by piece the whole day…
I redid all my measurements before I exercised and I got the following:
BMI: 19.5
Body Fat %: 7.8
Weight: 71.2 kg’s
So that makes a teeny tiny difference but it’s cool – I’ll remember to do everything beforehand from now on.
O ja and my blood pressure is now normal enough to actually reveal it:
106/53mmHg
I’m not sure what it means but it is apparently not too bad (maybe a tad low)..
This is what I did:
| Exercise | Duration | Comment |
| Treadmill | 11 min before
8 min after |
Starting
Cool down |
| Cycle | 11 min | Last minute was cool down |
| Rowing | 5 min | I think I could have gone longer.. |
| Cardiovascular Activity | 11 min | Last min coo down as well |
| Stepper | 6 min | The show you how many stories you climb so I aim for over 20 |
So all seems good for now and I will not be Gymming tomorrow as it’s Lagrotto’s B-Day party! Yippee! I dread the whole school uniform thing though.. It might just bring a flashback or two about all the k*k I caught on at school – in the uniform..
:)
Second
So this wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I had a beer after work and a cigarette or two. Went round about 8 again and started as planned – on my own!!
So I did 10 minutes of each exercise except the rowing – It simply killed me! So much for likey likey..
I left and hour-and-a-half later quite surprised that I didn’t notice the time fly by..
I had quite a cool discussion with one of the outjies at the place after my stint at all the machines. We did this Health assessment and a few interesting stuff came out of it:
1. I am not overweight (I didn’t know!)
2. I am very unfit (no shit!)
3. I very easily lose my sweat towel as we spent almost an entire minute looking for it!
To the serious stuff:
* Body mass index: 19
Apparently perfect is so between 20 and 21
* Body fat: 6.6%
Is that a good or a bad thing?
* Weight: 70.4kg’s
I really thought it was more – I’ve set my goal weight at just over 80!!
* Height:1.91m
I already knew this for obvious reasons – to gloat!
* My blood pressure was taken after my exercise so the Bunnies might contact me with regards to it and “ways to lower it while leading a healthier lifestyle” (hahaha). I’ll take another measurement before my next ‘date’ and we’ll see if I am still in the red – i don’t think so.
I am surprised the entire thing went quite well on my first day out in the wild doing everything by myself – without the guy in red holding my hand evey step of the way. I’m sure it can only get easier (or is that harder) as I learn more and get fitter! Yippee!
:)
Ignition
This was at 8pm and I was nervous to say the least. Let’s put it this way:
I have never even been in a Gym before (school doesn’t count) and I didn’t know what to do or where to go so I just stood there like a poephol waiting for the guy that was suppose to show me around and work out my ‘master plan for fitness’.
So what I got was the following (after I told him my entire family history and why I had that cigarette before I came to the Gym that is):
| Exercise | Duration | Comment |
| Treadmill | 15 to 20 min | Speed 4.0 – 9.0 km/h |
| Cycle | 15 to 20 min | RPM 85+ Level 3-6 |
| Rowing | 5 to 10 min | 30s*/min (strokes?) |
| Cardiovascular Activity | 5 to 10 min | Level 3-6 |
| Stepper (Moderate) | 5 to 10 min | Level 5-7 |
So over-all for today I did only 5 minutes of the first 4 WARM-UP Exercises and I was pretty much dead.
Dude said I will probably only feel it after two days. I hope not.
So ya, I am posting this late because my home internet is slow – even Google takes almost a minute to load.
My notes on the activities:
Treadmill: This was quite cool as it is pretty much like walking and then we pu the speed up to nine and my heart gets racing and and I feel like I’m running a marathon..
Cycle: If I concentrate hard enough at the TV in front of me I don’t feel the pain in my legs.
Rowing: I actually like this a lot even though keeping it at 30s/min was very hard.
Cross Trainer: This was weird because I think I am too tall for the machine. This worked my stomach so bad I thought I was in a boxing ring with Ali.
Stepper: I don’t know what the point of this is but I makes me very tired!
All of this was just for 5 minutes and tomorrow I have to try the minimum of the times above – let’s hope I survive. :)
