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Ching is a Whiny Wuss
Posted on January 23, 2010 by Ching under Health, Life.
Landon (personal trainer) tried to get us to work hard this morning at the gym, but we are way too stubborn and he is way too nice. He probably thinks I’m a whiny wuss because I didn’t want to do a lot of the things he wanted us to do (jumping jacks, push ups, etc) and gave up on most everything else within a few reps. In my defense, our appointment with Landon was at noon and we’d been working out since 9 am. I did an hour of advanced step from 9 to 10 am and then played two hours of racquetball from 10 am to noon. As far as energy went, I was “all tapped out” (which, incidentally is the name of the step class that I do on Saturday mornings – LOL).
I’m hoping that all of our energy was just expended and that’s why everything was so painful and exhausting. We’ll have to try everything that he made us do today again, when we haven’t been working ourselves ragged. If we still can’t do it, then we’re in trouble. Maybe 2010 isn’t the year that we achieve our weight-loss goal after all. =P
I worked so hard today (Landon might not have thought so) that it made me want to go on a diet. I figured I would work out more so I wouldn’t have to give up all the foods I love to eat. However, if I need to work out that hard all the time, the foods I love to eat might not be worth it. LOL.
At this rate, we might be 60 before we get in shape. I told Brian that my mission is for him to wake up one day and not recognize me, kind of like in The Biggest Loser. The people look completely different at the end of the season than the way they look at the beginning. When he wakes up next to me one morning and goes, “Who the heck are you?” I would have achieved my goal.
Brian then goes, “You better hope that when I say that it’s because you’ve really changed and not because I’m senile!” LOL.
I hope we achieve our goals well before we’re in our 60s. Not that I think he will be senile at that point but, if I get to my goal weight this year, at least it’ll be less likely that it’s the latter.
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Making Progress
Posted on January 16, 2010 by Ching under Health.
We made it to the gym this morning even though I wasn’t feeling well. Brian said I was tossing and turning and coughed a lot throughout the night.
Anyway, we had to cut our appointment with Landon short because I was worn out. We did have some good news. Brian and I have both lost 3% body fat since our first appointment with Landon a couple of weeks ago. We did our measurements just now and we have both lost 1.25 total inches also. Go us!
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Brian’s Monday Night Workouts
Posted on January 9, 2010 by Ching under Health.
Brian and I met with Landon (physical trainer) this morning for a followup visit. He created workout routines for us to do on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Our appointment was only for 30 minutes each so he only had time to go over the routine for Monday. Hopefully, he’ll be able to go over both the Wednesday and Friday routines on our next visit. Brian’s Monday workout routine is as follows.
Our plan is for Brian to give this a dry-run tomorrow while I’m in my group fitness class. I’m curious if the entire routine can be done in an hour. Landon seems to think so. I’m kind of slow at setting up machines and stuff so I’m thinking I’ll probably take an hour and a half to do mine. We’ll see.
For tomorrow we have an hour of racquetball and then I go to 30 minutes of step followed by 30 minutes of core. Brian will do the workout routine above. I won’t be able to do a dry run of mine so I’ll just have to go for it on Monday.
I’m looking forward to burning some calories and getting rid of some excess baggage. How about you?
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Our New Racquetball Rackets
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Ching under Games, Health.
Our new racquetball rackets arrived today via FedEx. Hurrah!
Brian’s is the one on the left. It’s an Ektelon AirO Warrior racket that is 1900 power level. His racket is part of a racquetball kit
Mine is the one on the right. It is also an Ektelon. Except it is the O3 Hybrid Rip
I selected my racket out of all the racket options available because I think it is ideal for the type of player I am. According to the description on the web site, the racket I have is ideal for beginners who rely more on arm swing than a well-established fast wrist snap. That’s definitely me. Also, it’s supposed to give me more power without sacrificing control.
I’m really excited to take Manny for a spin. It’s a shame it will be a while before we get to play racquetball again because we’re going to be in Kansas City this weekend and then Brian is going to have his wisdom tooth pulled on Monday. I don’t expect that he’ll be able to play racquetball for a couple of days. Bummer.
For now, at least I can hold Manny and swing him around in the air while pretending to hit imaginary balls.
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My Racquetball Mates
Posted on December 27, 2009 by Ching under Games, Health.
Ronnie, April, Jay and Brian
We had fun at racquetball today. We’ve got Jay and Ronnie (and maybe April, too?) completely hooked on racquetball. We’ve created racquetball monsters.
Exhibit A
Ronnie showed up to racquetball today with a new racket, which he is yet to name. It’s not any old generic racket either. It’s an Ektelon Hybrid Hornet
Exhibit B
Did I mention that we normally reserve multiple racquetball courts? This morning we had five court reservations going and we actually played racquetball for three hours (from 9 AM to noon). Sad to say, we are court hogs.
Exhibit C
We now have to wear eye protection when we play. Brian and I didn’t have to before. Playing with Ronnie and Jay completely changes things. We can no longer go on taking eye protection for granted. Brian knows this first hand, unfortunately.
Brian is a bit of a ball/accident magnet. Every time we play racquetball he gets hit at least a few times. Today both Ronnie and I got him good (at almost the exact same spot, too). The time before that he got hit half a dozen times at different parts of his body. And the time before that, Jay got him in the eye. Well, you all know that story.
P.S. Jay wanted me to blog about how he is so much better at racquetball now than when he first started playing racquetball with us. That was his request after beating me at racquetball twice today. LOL.
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