August 1st 2010 Daily Update

The beginning of a new month, the end of a week means a few posts to write up this weekend.

Jumped on the scales this morning and was pleased to see that the weight/body fat measurements from yesterday were not an anomaly being once again 76.7kg and 19.5% respectively.

As it is now August I will be switching to the new style of measuring kcals. The main difference is I am using my HRM rather than the cardio machine readings and I am totaling up all exercise rather than just the cardio machines. Unfortunately this makes comparisons with prior months  a little harder however will be a more accurate measurement to use going forward.

Today should be a fairly quiet day, a bit of office work, changing the water for the tropical fish, making some room in the garage for the dumbbells that will arrive tomorrow. On the exercise front there will be a couple of Sprint 8 sessions, a P90X Stretch X and then we'll see after that what happens.

Morning

• Elliptical Sprint 8 reverse: 266 kcal, 145/157 bpm, 02:37, 13:09, 04:23

Afternoon

The afternoon was a chance to really kick out some cardio with a mix of P90X and Sprint 8. The Sprint 8 was one of my best sessions to date with over 17 of the 20 minutes in Zone 3 (80%-90% of Max Heart Rate) which for me is 152bpm to 171bpm.

• P90X Cardio X: 459 kcal, 131/166 bpm, 19:25, 15:21, 07:44
• hula
• jump rope
• Elliptical Sprint 8: 313 kcal, 159/170 bpm, 00:38, 01:56, 17:34
• P90X Ab Ripper X: 203 kcal, 118/141 bpm, 24:09, 01:49, 00:00
• P90X Stretch X: 170 kcal, 96/123 bpm, 33:59, 00:00, 00:00

I completed a P90X Ab Ripper X as I skipped the session on Friday evening. I found the session easier (that is not the same as easy!) and I think it makes a big difference doing this session standalone rather than straight after a P90X resistance session. The day rounded of with a stretching session.

Summary

Daily Total: 1,411 kcal
Monthly Total: 1,411 kcal