Par Course Alpha
My second workout of the day involved me walking over to Sunnyvale Middle School Park to pound on the par course and do a full circuit for the first time. I started my heart rate monitor leaving my house to include the warm up (walking there) and cool down (walking home) in my statistics. I set the monitor to OwnZone Basic (65 – 85% MHR).
The first apparatus is the step test, where you step up and down from an 8″ tall step for three minutes. My heart rate was 165 when I finished and a minute later I was back down to 130. According to the sign, I’m in beginner mode. That’s fine. I have some endurance, but I’m still pretty weak. The fourth apparatus is for pushups and situps. Unfortunately, the illustration shows a much different apparatus. So, I was able to do 7 pushups on their screwy bar. The apparatus was too narrow for the curl twist exercise, but I was able to do it anyway. Sadly, I didn’t have 5 pullups (I got 2) and some guy was hanging off the low bar, so I did some side bends, knee ups, and two pullups.
A number of the obstacles showed me how much work I need to do to build up my upper body. I’m quite sure that I’m going to be pretty sore tomorrow. I guess we’ll see.
Par Course Alpha (including warmup and cool down walks)
- Time: 1:10:10
- Heart Rate Max: 175 bpm (95%)
- Heart Rate Avg: 142 bpm (77%)
- Time in Heart Rate Zone (119 – 157 bpm): 52:50
- Energy burned: 862 kCal (40% fat) => 345 kCal fat
- Total Today: 1504 kCal (46% fat) => 697 kCal fat
Steadily improving in the weight front. This is encouraging. Here’s the weigh-in:
- Apollo’s Statistics
- Height: 70 inches (1.778 m)
- Weight: 190.5 lb (86.41 kg) [-5.5 lb]
- BMI: 27.33 (-0.79) [Overweight]
- Goal Weight: 165 lb (74.84 kg) [23.67 BMI]
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