July 3, 2009
TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 29 + health vs GDP
So I mentioned that I am evaluating a TRX suspension system, by Fitness Anywhere, via a 12-week fitness program (FORCE). Today was Day 29.
Today I led off with 140 snatches in 10 minutes, which counted as my intense cardio, then jumped into suspended incline presses and the other strength exercises of the week 3 and 4 program. Next week the exercise sets change again --- I suspect there will be more sets, more repetitions per set, and less rest between sets. I.e., no rest for the weary.
By the way, here's an interesting graphic, via Dean Bruner: the scatterplot shows adult obesity rate as a function of per capita GDP by state. It is interesting to see the data of what we suspected (think about Mississippi and West Virginia, versus Colorado, as noted in this WSJ article) --- there seems to be a negative trend --- poorer people tend to be more overweight. Is this a problem of education?
Posted by keg at 12:57 AM
July 2, 2009
Earliest jujutsu movie footage?
Tony Wolf just posted about an animated gif someone made of Sadakazu Uyenishi, who taught jujutsu in E. Barton-Wright's Bartitsu Club in London around 1900.
The clip shows the seoi-nage shoulder throw technique, and may represent the earliest motion picture footage of jujutsu and Bartitsu, a martial art I wrote about earlier.
I think it is neat that Bartitsu is the art that captures that honor.
Posted by keg at 8:21 AM
July 1, 2009
TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 28
So I mentioned that I am evaluating a TRX suspension system, by Fitness Anywhere, via a 12-week fitness program (FORCE). Today was Day 28.
Day 27 was a rest day.
For Day 28, I led off with 180 kettlebell swings in 10 minutes. This satisfied the call for an intense cardio component.
For the strength component, I did a repeat of Day 21. While I am not looking forward to the ramp-up in intensity that next week will bring, I recognized that I actually getting used to the workouts in these two weeks, and so see how it will be best to move on to new TRX challenges.
Finally, I note that Fitness Anywhere has re-designed their web site.
Posted by keg at 11:37 PM
June 29, 2009
TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 26
So I mentioned that I am evaluating a TRX suspension system, by Fitness Anywhere, via a 12-week fitness program (FORCE). Today was Day 26.
With the same idea in mind as yesterday's workout, today I started out with the cardio component of 140 snatches in almost 15 minutes, which got my heart rate going (ave > 160 bpm for 15 minutes). Then I launched into the same strength program as in Day 16.
Overall, however, I was pretty fatigued --- I think I am paying for working so hard last week, and the reduction in sleep and excess of stress is catching up to me. So after the TRX workout, I decided I should call it an evening, rather than launch into another kettlebell exercise set and risk getting hurt. Kettlebells, like the TRX suspended inclined press, demand your full mental and physical attention. And I think it is better to know when to stop than to keep pushing the envelope and risk getting hurt.
Posted by keg at 10:51 PM
June 28, 2009
TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 25
So I mentioned that I am evaluating a TRX suspension system, by Fitness Anywhere, via a 12-week fitness program (FORCE). Today was Day 25.
I decided to try something new today. Previously I had been doing the TRX strength component, then followed by the cardio component. But today I first did ten sets of ten kettlebell swings. Then I followed this by the TRX strength component (which is a repeat of Day 15, then five sets of ten goblet squats with the kettlebell.
It was interesting because the swings, of course, rocket your heart rate. But my heart rate was also higher during the TRX strength component --- more than my average heart rate during that component if I lead off with it. Thus, I think I am getting a better workout by doing kettlebells first, then the TRX. The final kettlebell set was just to squeeze out whatever I had left in me.
So I'll continue this experiment of bracketing my TRX strength component with kettlebell workouts.
Posted by keg at 5:30 PM
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