Check out this link below to the scary world of what our children and adults are eating today. Beware of what you eat. Read labels on foods you buy and know what you are putting into your body.
Having a whole foods diet that is not loaded with perservatives/artifiical flavours and colours is certainly one way to living healthier and longer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrahc-KfBRo
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Day 7 Challenge No refined Sugar
Had a very good day. After a full on one hour boot camp session in the Auckland Domain I had a banana and consumed a litre of water!
Got home to Pukeohe and cooked up Bacon and Eggs which satisfied my hunger for over 3 hours!
Stable energy throughout the whole day and still feeling great and consistent with what I am eating.
23 days to go!
Cheers
Grant
Got home to Pukeohe and cooked up Bacon and Eggs which satisfied my hunger for over 3 hours!
Stable energy throughout the whole day and still feeling great and consistent with what I am eating.
23 days to go!
Cheers
Grant
Auckland Domain Boot Camp is the Best!
Biggest Challenge yet! Went to Boot Camp up in the Auckland Domain and they split into three groups going on your 2.2 km run time. I joined in with the Alpha group (Advanced level) and I had spent 10 minutes prior with the Head trainer for that group just chatting about how I am training to be a trainer.
Then the work started, here's a sneak preview to what we did:
We warm up with pressups, jogging on the spot, star jumps
Ran down to Mean Hill (bottom of Stanley street still in the Auckland Domain.
Last man to the front sprinting
Squat hold whilst waiting
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 20
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 20
Walking lunge (Reps) 20
First to 20 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 30
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 30
Walking lunge (Reps) 30First to 30 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 40
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 40
Walking lunge (Reps) 40First to 40 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Mountain climbs for 30 seconds
Knee downs with hands of head for 30 seconds
Jumping jacks 30 seconds
x 2 of these then up the hill with
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 20
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 20
Walking lunge (Reps) 20
Had to do your 20 that time.
To the top of the hill (approx 250m)
and down
Last set of
Mountain climbs for 30 seconds
Knee downs with hands of head for 30 seconds
Jumping jacks 30 seconds
Then instructor sent off the slowest and the last group of us around 6 had to race to the top to get to the front runner. I managed to get to the front runner and then push all the way to the end collasping in a heap at the top.
Great work out!!! 1 hour with about 3 minutes of complete rest!
Then the work started, here's a sneak preview to what we did:
We warm up with pressups, jogging on the spot, star jumps
Ran down to Mean Hill (bottom of Stanley street still in the Auckland Domain.
Last man to the front sprinting
Squat hold whilst waiting
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 20
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 20
Walking lunge (Reps) 20
First to 20 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 30
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 30
Walking lunge (Reps) 30First to 30 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 40
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 40
Walking lunge (Reps) 40First to 40 saves the group to next exercise.
Run to the top and down again
Mountain climbs for 30 seconds
Knee downs with hands of head for 30 seconds
Jumping jacks 30 seconds
x 2 of these then up the hill with
Burpee with a Lunge Repetitions (Reps) 20
Standing Jack Jump forwards (Reps) 20
Walking lunge (Reps) 20
Had to do your 20 that time.
To the top of the hill (approx 250m)
and down
Last set of
Mountain climbs for 30 seconds
Knee downs with hands of head for 30 seconds
Jumping jacks 30 seconds
Then instructor sent off the slowest and the last group of us around 6 had to race to the top to get to the front runner. I managed to get to the front runner and then push all the way to the end collasping in a heap at the top.
Great work out!!! 1 hour with about 3 minutes of complete rest!
DAY 5-6 of Challenge No refined Sugar!
Success so far. Day 6 was the toughest with me only surviving on nuts and raisins and one apple for over 6 hours as I was at church drumming for 2 services. After a massive lunch and a sleep and some water I came right.
I am finding that if I eat every 2-3 hours then I am feeling on top of my game. If I leave it longer I get huge sugar cravings!!!
All good though, 24 days to go and still feeling awesome, good stable energy!
Eat well everybody!
I am finding that if I eat every 2-3 hours then I am feeling on top of my game. If I leave it longer I get huge sugar cravings!!!
All good though, 24 days to go and still feeling awesome, good stable energy!
Eat well everybody!
ARMY VS NAVY exercise
Today my mate Daniel took me through my paces Army style! The Challenge, to run 2.4km is fast as possible then do 50 press ups. Then do 100 Sit Ups!
I managed 9 minutes 17 seconds which was much quicker than my Navy time back in the day. Then I pumped out 50 Press ups and then started on the 100 Sit Ups. I got to 60 and I was maxed out! All good though as that leaves room for improvement.
Thanks Dan for pushing me today. Tomorrow is Boot Camp in Auckland, I am training to be a Trainer. Hopefully my muscles are all good from today.
I managed 9 minutes 17 seconds which was much quicker than my Navy time back in the day. Then I pumped out 50 Press ups and then started on the 100 Sit Ups. I got to 60 and I was maxed out! All good though as that leaves room for improvement.
Thanks Dan for pushing me today. Tomorrow is Boot Camp in Auckland, I am training to be a Trainer. Hopefully my muscles are all good from today.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Day 3-4 going well with Challenge: No refined Sugars
Day 3 was good, very long day with music practice at church last night but did well with water intake and food to combat this.
Day 4
Wake up 5am Water
Picked up Milk from farm 20 litres raw cows milk
Breakfast Porridge, natural non sweetend yoghurt, sultanas
Cod Liver Oil 5 mls
Vitamin C
Water
At Work Morning
Sultanas
Morning tea: Left over vegetable and bean soup made by Sally previous night, Feijoa's 3 Chicken liver pate and crackers
Drinking Water
Lunch: Left over Pork stirfry and rice (fist and half portion size) from previous 2 nights ago at dinner time.
Sultanas
Water
Ran home from work
Afternoon tea
Cheese and crackers and Chicken Liver Pate. Water
Bought Potato Crisps as a treat (no refined sugar though, all the flavoured ones have sugar in them) at 5pm
Dinner:
Left over Vegetable and bean Soup. Water
Had shower and laid down on couch for a rest! Woke at 10pm. Had glass of water and went to bed.
Another successful day of no refined sugars, perservatives or artificial flavours and still stable in energy with no dipping in energy.
Aiming to add in a little raw honey for sweetner over coming days if we can buy some from some where. Also nuts to which Sally has helped me to soak and dehydrate beacuase nuts by themselves without soaking have enzyme prohibitors that cause the nutrients not to be absorbed in the body properly. We need to research the nuts thing more but soaking them and drying out again is a good thing for your body!
Off to Bed!
10.30pm
Day 4
Wake up 5am Water
Picked up Milk from farm 20 litres raw cows milk
Breakfast Porridge, natural non sweetend yoghurt, sultanas
Cod Liver Oil 5 mls
Vitamin C
Water
At Work Morning
Sultanas
Morning tea: Left over vegetable and bean soup made by Sally previous night, Feijoa's 3 Chicken liver pate and crackers
Drinking Water
Lunch: Left over Pork stirfry and rice (fist and half portion size) from previous 2 nights ago at dinner time.
Sultanas
Water
Ran home from work
Afternoon tea
Cheese and crackers and Chicken Liver Pate. Water
Bought Potato Crisps as a treat (no refined sugar though, all the flavoured ones have sugar in them) at 5pm
Dinner:
Left over Vegetable and bean Soup. Water
Had shower and laid down on couch for a rest! Woke at 10pm. Had glass of water and went to bed.
Another successful day of no refined sugars, perservatives or artificial flavours and still stable in energy with no dipping in energy.
Aiming to add in a little raw honey for sweetner over coming days if we can buy some from some where. Also nuts to which Sally has helped me to soak and dehydrate beacuase nuts by themselves without soaking have enzyme prohibitors that cause the nutrients not to be absorbed in the body properly. We need to research the nuts thing more but soaking them and drying out again is a good thing for your body!
Off to Bed!
10.30pm
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
DAY 2 NO REFINED SUGAR
Day 2 of the challenge has gone well and it has been interesting with a couple of times where I have looked at or thought about foods with refined sugars! Below is my Friend Dan and I having a workout with the ole wood today. Also a diary entry of todays food vs exercise and activity.
Current weight is 77kg My aim is to loose 3kg in 30 days. Ideal weight for me is around 74kg I think?!
5.00am 2 Fried eggs with 2 pieces of toast with butter salt and pepper
9.30 am Sat down and ate: Streaky bacon fried, 2 fried eggs, 1 grilled tomato, 2 pieces of toast, 1 pancake and honey, water to drink.
10.30 am Went and played drums at church for a practice for one hour.
11.40 am Was hungry and tempted for refined sugar. I found some yoghurt and Banana's in the car while out!
1.20 pm Sandwich with Chicken Liver Pate, fermented red cabbage, gherkin and lettuceand cheese plus 2 glasses of water.
1.40 pm Started work on chopping wood with Dan who came over to help. Took an 1 hour to chop the wood and the 30 minutes to stack away. Another glass of water.
4.00 pm Apple plus another 2 glasses of water with lemon in it.
5.00 pm Chicken Liver pate and crackers and cheese snack. Glass of water and lemon
5.40 pm Pork and vegetable stir fry with basmati rice Glass of water and lemon
7.30 pm Apple glass of water and lemon
9.00 pm Bed time!
FEELING GOOD!
Current weight is 77kg My aim is to loose 3kg in 30 days. Ideal weight for me is around 74kg I think?!
5.00am 2 Fried eggs with 2 pieces of toast with butter salt and pepper
9.30 am Sat down and ate: Streaky bacon fried, 2 fried eggs, 1 grilled tomato, 2 pieces of toast, 1 pancake and honey, water to drink.
10.30 am Went and played drums at church for a practice for one hour.
11.40 am Was hungry and tempted for refined sugar. I found some yoghurt and Banana's in the car while out!
1.20 pm Sandwich with Chicken Liver Pate, fermented red cabbage, gherkin and lettuceand cheese plus 2 glasses of water.
1.40 pm Started work on chopping wood with Dan who came over to help. Took an 1 hour to chop the wood and the 30 minutes to stack away. Another glass of water.
4.00 pm Apple plus another 2 glasses of water with lemon in it.
5.00 pm Chicken Liver pate and crackers and cheese snack. Glass of water and lemon
5.40 pm Pork and vegetable stir fry with basmati rice Glass of water and lemon
7.30 pm Apple glass of water and lemon
9.00 pm Bed time!
FEELING GOOD!
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| Which one am I cutting again? |
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| Right O, smash emm! |
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| Oh what a great feeling splitting logs! |
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| Huge effort by Dan the man! |
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| Happy with that!! |
NOURISHING TRADITIONS WHATS GOOD TO EAT?
I am enjoying a new look to our main diet and having food that has real sustenance as well as health benefits.
http://www.westonaprice.org/
This is from the website that gives a small overview what it is all about
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and bio dynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.
http://www.westonaprice.org/
This is from the website that gives a small overview what it is all about
The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and bio dynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.
CHICKEN PATE ROCKS!
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| Samuel our son enjoying Chicken Liver Pate with his Dad! |
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| That is Ghee (Clarified Butter) on top of the Chicken Liver Pate that preserves it. |
IS SUGAR TOXIC?
Man o Man, I have learnt some stuff about this so called yummy sweet stuff that I have taken for granted over all these years. Even if you are sporty or very active it is still not good to be putting loads of refined sugar into your body! I'm glad I am taking up a 30 day challenge to cut out refined sugars. Lets see how I feel after it!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Chicken Broth x3!!!
| Hi there, I was intrigued by the amazing smells wafting out of the Kitchen when I arrived home tonight! Yummo! I entered the kitchen to be pleasantly surprised with healthy nutritous lovely smelling delights coming from the stove. I asked Sally to share what she had been up to for the day. She was very busy lady! She made Chicken stock reduced down to a bullion (intense flavour) and also made 2 lots of chicken broth which we had some for an entree at dinner time. She had also made Chicken Kashmiri butter chicken in the slow cooker. This was scrumptous! I was impressed that Sally had livers soaking in milk to make Chicken liver Pate tomorrow. But wait there's more: Hot off the press, Sally is trying her hand at Nitrate free bacon by curing the pork with a salt cure, (Salt 2 cups, 1 1/2 Brown sugar, 12 Juniper Berries crushed, cracked pepper, 1 tsp smoked paprika) Repeat over 3 days once a day and then slice and use or freeze. Looking forward to that! I am going to do a 30 DAY CHALLENGE for me No refined sugar at all. this does not include things like natural fruits etc. I will see how I feel. Carbonated drinks and chocolate are my biggest temptations! Keep me honest everyone!  |
| Cheap as using chicken bones from supermarket to make broth, super healthy! |
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| Chicken Stock reduced down to make Chicken Bullion. |
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| Pork being cure over 3 days into bacon less the Nitrates! |
Saturday, April 21, 2012
TUES 24th Next Session
I ran 5 km today at full pace out at Waiau Pa Fun Run. The course was actually 200 m shortr than 5 km. My goal for the 5km today was under 20 minutes. I ran 19.38 minutes but with the added 200 m I would have probably done 20.10. Thats all good as I haven't done much training and to run nearly sub 4 minute km for 5 km which is cantering along quite nicely.
Hope to see you all on Tuesday either at 5.30am or 6.15am at Counties Inn Paerata Rd Pukekohe.
Blessings
Grant
Hope to see you all on Tuesday either at 5.30am or 6.15am at Counties Inn Paerata Rd Pukekohe.
Blessings
Grant
Trampoline compressing fun!
Today I started with clearing the shrubs, tree branches and weeds etc
from my rental property. I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived and
half of it was already in the skip. My tenant had taken the initiative
to start it the night before as she knew we were on a tight schedule
with only 24 hours to do the job. I could of had the skip for 3 days but
I thought if we can nail the job in one day then that would be great.
I was thankful to my friends Rohan and Romelo who helped out and got a good work out.
A couple of times we had to get into the skip and bounce up and down to get the branches to pack down. In the end we had about 1700kg in the 9 cubic metre skip with 5 hours of 4 people having a go at it!
Rohan and Romelo were hanging out to have a go with the chainsaw and it was Rohan's first time. Rohan loved it and probably would have cut everything down if I had let him, haha.
Thanks guys for an awesome productive day with Cross fit fitness added to the mix!
I was thankful to my friends Rohan and Romelo who helped out and got a good work out.
A couple of times we had to get into the skip and bounce up and down to get the branches to pack down. In the end we had about 1700kg in the 9 cubic metre skip with 5 hours of 4 people having a go at it!
Rohan and Romelo were hanging out to have a go with the chainsaw and it was Rohan's first time. Rohan loved it and probably would have cut everything down if I had let him, haha.
Thanks guys for an awesome productive day with Cross fit fitness added to the mix!
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| Ready steady, JUMP! |
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| This looks like back breaking material!! No trees were hurt in the making of this Skip! |
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| Romelo working hard to clear all the debris |
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| Way to go Rohan! I thought your colour co-ordination was spot on with the visor and your t-shirt!! |
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| Just like slicing through butter aye Romelo, you make it look easy! |
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| Romelo loving the chainsaw action |
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| Rohan and Romelo, Romelo still looks fresh, back to work! haha |
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| Grant and Rohan taking a well earned rest! |
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| 1700kg plus the weight of the Skip!!! |
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| A lot to clear! |
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| Previous Week! |
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| After clearing the fenceline and removing the basketball hoop at the end carport on the driveway, much neater!! |
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
WHAT IS CROSSFIT?
I have been asking this question and thinking about the benefits of this type of training for everyday work life. I looked at Crossfit Manukau web page and found this.
http://www.crossfitmanukau.co.nz/?page_id=12
CrossFit is an exercise methodology, an approach to fitness.
CrossFit offers a two-fold definition of fitness. Firstly, we identify 10 physical attributes associated with physical performance: cardio-respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, speed, power, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and accuracy. ‘Fitness’ equates to capacity in each of these areas. CrossFit endeavours to improve all of these attributes. To do this, we incorporate a huge variety of exercises and combine them in an almost infinite number of ways in the ‘workout of the day’ (WOD). Importantly, we utilise functional movement, i.e. movements that are used in real-life and are useful for doing real tasks; no pec-decks or leg curl machines in our gym. Instead, olympic lifts, body-weight exercises, kettlebells and gymnastics form the core of the programme.
Secondly, fitness is defined as our ability to perform work: work capacity. Running a certain distance, lifting a weight a certain number of times, shifting a load from one place to another all involve performing work. The aim of CrossFit is to increase our capacity to perform this work. This ‘real-life’ fitness is of benefit to everyone, whether for sport, at work, or for every-day tasks like gardening or shopping, or just general well-being.
In short, CrossFit is constantly varied, functional movement performed at intensity to increase work capacity.
In practice, it means workouts that are always different, always challenging and always fun.
http://www.crossfitmanukau.co.nz/?page_id=12
CrossFit is an exercise methodology, an approach to fitness.
CrossFit offers a two-fold definition of fitness. Firstly, we identify 10 physical attributes associated with physical performance: cardio-respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, speed, power, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and accuracy. ‘Fitness’ equates to capacity in each of these areas. CrossFit endeavours to improve all of these attributes. To do this, we incorporate a huge variety of exercises and combine them in an almost infinite number of ways in the ‘workout of the day’ (WOD). Importantly, we utilise functional movement, i.e. movements that are used in real-life and are useful for doing real tasks; no pec-decks or leg curl machines in our gym. Instead, olympic lifts, body-weight exercises, kettlebells and gymnastics form the core of the programme.
Secondly, fitness is defined as our ability to perform work: work capacity. Running a certain distance, lifting a weight a certain number of times, shifting a load from one place to another all involve performing work. The aim of CrossFit is to increase our capacity to perform this work. This ‘real-life’ fitness is of benefit to everyone, whether for sport, at work, or for every-day tasks like gardening or shopping, or just general well-being.
In short, CrossFit is constantly varied, functional movement performed at intensity to increase work capacity.
In practice, it means workouts that are always different, always challenging and always fun.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Portuguese Chicken & training at Ohope Beach
Yesterday was a pretty full day. It started with a walk with my Dad around town approx 3 km. Then when we got back had a decent breakfast involving eggs on toast. Then we geared up for a walk and run over by Ohope beach. I dropped my parents off at the old rubbish dump track and I drove to the bottom of Ohope hill and ran the opposite way to meet them. It was a steep 2.5 km climb up but I managed to run the whole thing. Then we got down the the beach my parents and I had Fish n chips (oh well, we have worked up an appetite!)
Why we were waiting for the meal I decided to do a session of leg and chest work out.
I did box jumps to 70cm high @ 20 reps
Tricep decline press ups @ 10
10 Shuttle runs across the basketball court
10 Decline pressups
3 Pull ups
20 Incline press ups with wide legs
20 step ups at 70cm high
After we walked along the beach and up another track.
Home again and we played 16 games of eight ball on the pool table.
Then I said to Mum that I would make dinner. After looking at some of Mum's cook books I found this yummy recipe for Portuguese Chicken! See photos below.
Watch a few movies and then went to bed pretty knackered by 9pm.
Got 9 hours sleep which was very helpful. This made me feel very refreshed!
Go well with your eating plans and exercise and rest.
Blessings
Grant
Why we were waiting for the meal I decided to do a session of leg and chest work out.
I did box jumps to 70cm high @ 20 reps
Tricep decline press ups @ 10
10 Shuttle runs across the basketball court
10 Decline pressups
3 Pull ups
20 Incline press ups with wide legs
20 step ups at 70cm high
After we walked along the beach and up another track.
Home again and we played 16 games of eight ball on the pool table.
Then I said to Mum that I would make dinner. After looking at some of Mum's cook books I found this yummy recipe for Portuguese Chicken! See photos below.
Watch a few movies and then went to bed pretty knackered by 9pm.
Got 9 hours sleep which was very helpful. This made me feel very refreshed!
Go well with your eating plans and exercise and rest.
Blessings
Thursday, April 12, 2012
BLITZED THE LAST DAY OF BOOT CAMP
Today was my last day for the trial week with Fitness Evolved. So far it has been exciting and stretching fitness wise.
However I went today with the attitude that I was going to give it my all. This time I was pleasantly surprised when Danny the Instructer said we were going to do more cardio! I love running and this is a strength of mine.
So when we started I paced myself through the warm up and then I put the foot down in the runs. Luckily my fast running help the rest of the team as they didn't have to run the whole distance because Danny said once I got there the rest could turn around where they were.
I finished the session comfortably and was very happy with my effort. My muscles were okay and I learnt a few more different exercises to take back with me to Pukekohe.
I asked Danny (he owns Fitness Evolved) if I could do one day of Boot Camp at Manukau and he invited me to come to Auckland Domain to see the bigger group with the possibility of starting a Boot Camp in Pukekohe in the future. How cool was that! A God moment. Danny was only there for this week as he was filling in for the regular trainer. So he saw me in action and also how I encouraged the team and liked what he saw.
Looking forward to the possibilities in the coming months. Watch this space!
Blessings
Grant
However I went today with the attitude that I was going to give it my all. This time I was pleasantly surprised when Danny the Instructer said we were going to do more cardio! I love running and this is a strength of mine.
So when we started I paced myself through the warm up and then I put the foot down in the runs. Luckily my fast running help the rest of the team as they didn't have to run the whole distance because Danny said once I got there the rest could turn around where they were.
I finished the session comfortably and was very happy with my effort. My muscles were okay and I learnt a few more different exercises to take back with me to Pukekohe.
I asked Danny (he owns Fitness Evolved) if I could do one day of Boot Camp at Manukau and he invited me to come to Auckland Domain to see the bigger group with the possibility of starting a Boot Camp in Pukekohe in the future. How cool was that! A God moment. Danny was only there for this week as he was filling in for the regular trainer. So he saw me in action and also how I encouraged the team and liked what he saw.
Looking forward to the possibilities in the coming months. Watch this space!
Blessings
Grant
Tree Fitness and more BOOT CAMP
Yesterday I had another crack at the tree with my trusty $10 saw and this time there was no carnage!!
I had to make a cut on an angle up the ladder so I had to use all the strength I had to saw for about 5 minutes to get a branch to fall.
Good thing is I'll be able to use a lot of this for firewood!
Looking forward to my last day of Boot Camp. I'm actually going to miss this group of friendly people!
I had to make a cut on an angle up the ladder so I had to use all the strength I had to saw for about 5 minutes to get a branch to fall.
Good thing is I'll be able to use a lot of this for firewood!
Looking forward to my last day of Boot Camp. I'm actually going to miss this group of friendly people!
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| Got it right this time! |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
BOOT CAMP for RandR
This morning I took my friends Rohan and Romelo for a boot camp challenge at 6am this morning. They agree to this by the way and signed a consent form that waivered me from any reprecussions (nah just kidding).
We started with a warm up and then got straight into the exercises working on Abs, Thighs, and Chest.
We warmed up for 4 minutes exercised for 13 minutes and then warm down for 3 minutes. Total time 20 minutes. I got both Rohan and Romelo to encourage each other and to work together to keep them both going throughout the exercises.
Rohan and Romelo's challenge fo rthe rest of the day is to eat every 2-3 hours but this is things like fruit, crackers and cheese a muffin (low in sugar) etc.
We are working on both of their metabolism's to get their bodies to keep working even while they are resting throughout the day. This is achieved through a high intensity work out that raises the metabolic rate quickly and burns large amounts of calories and keeps burning after the workout to try and repair the body. You must eat correctly though and replace with good carbohydrates and Proteins such as eggs on wholemeal bread.
THAT night we made dinner which was already part made through Rohan's curry and my slow cooked beef casserole. We also had fresh beans and silverbeet from the garden, Yummo! Off to ten pin bowling and we made up some rules that if your first ball went into the gutter or someone got a strike on their first ball the others had to do 3 press ups. If you put the ball into the gutter you had to 3 press ups yourself! Romelo did in excess of 20 Press ups. Hope he is okay today at work!
Rohan's Comments: I enjoyed it actually and I feel awake! Usually in the morning I'm so sleepy.
Romelo's Comments: I was lost for words after I was finished because I was out of breath. Waking up early was hard but once I got into it, it was worthwhile.
We started with a warm up and then got straight into the exercises working on Abs, Thighs, and Chest.
We warmed up for 4 minutes exercised for 13 minutes and then warm down for 3 minutes. Total time 20 minutes. I got both Rohan and Romelo to encourage each other and to work together to keep them both going throughout the exercises.
Rohan and Romelo's challenge fo rthe rest of the day is to eat every 2-3 hours but this is things like fruit, crackers and cheese a muffin (low in sugar) etc.
We are working on both of their metabolism's to get their bodies to keep working even while they are resting throughout the day. This is achieved through a high intensity work out that raises the metabolic rate quickly and burns large amounts of calories and keeps burning after the workout to try and repair the body. You must eat correctly though and replace with good carbohydrates and Proteins such as eggs on wholemeal bread.
THAT night we made dinner which was already part made through Rohan's curry and my slow cooked beef casserole. We also had fresh beans and silverbeet from the garden, Yummo! Off to ten pin bowling and we made up some rules that if your first ball went into the gutter or someone got a strike on their first ball the others had to do 3 press ups. If you put the ball into the gutter you had to 3 press ups yourself! Romelo did in excess of 20 Press ups. Hope he is okay today at work!
Rohan's Comments: I enjoyed it actually and I feel awake! Usually in the morning I'm so sleepy.
Romelo's Comments: I was lost for words after I was finished because I was out of breath. Waking up early was hard but once I got into it, it was worthwhile.
SAWING FITNESS and Broken fences!
Yesterday I attacked the trees and bushes at our rental property and I got a little bit gung ho on chopping down some bigger branches!
Luckily I used all my wisdom about angles, scarfing, roping the tree, making several cuts (because the first 2 were the wrong angle) in the branch before going down the ladder so that I was out of danger.
Unfortunately the branch had a mind of its own and fell before we could guide it to the ground correctly.
I ended up getting it on video of the branch crashing into the fence and ripping off half the gate.
Fortunately that gate and part of the fence is going anyway so I sped up the process of having to build a new fence! haha. Patch up job for the mean time so the dog can't get out.
I used a $10 saw from Mitre 10, not recommended way for felling trees and branches and in the rain to!
On the fitness side even though my arms were still mashed from boot camp I managed to saw through over 300 branches large and small over 4 hours. I also shovelled 1/2 cubic metre of topsoil into rock garden and other garden as well.
Great workout!
Luckily I used all my wisdom about angles, scarfing, roping the tree, making several cuts (because the first 2 were the wrong angle) in the branch before going down the ladder so that I was out of danger.
Unfortunately the branch had a mind of its own and fell before we could guide it to the ground correctly.
I ended up getting it on video of the branch crashing into the fence and ripping off half the gate.
Fortunately that gate and part of the fence is going anyway so I sped up the process of having to build a new fence! haha. Patch up job for the mean time so the dog can't get out.
I used a $10 saw from Mitre 10, not recommended way for felling trees and branches and in the rain to!
On the fitness side even though my arms were still mashed from boot camp I managed to saw through over 300 branches large and small over 4 hours. I also shovelled 1/2 cubic metre of topsoil into rock garden and other garden as well.
Great workout!
BOOT CAMP and Ripping Muscle fibres
Yesterday after completing my second day of boot camp I was surprisingly okay, arms still a mess and hardly any strength in my triceps. You may be wondering how on earth I did that?? Well when you exercise any muscle beyond its capability you rip and tear the fibres in the muscle. This hurts and is painful! But, this is not all bad. By tearing muscle fibres the body goes to work rrepairing which takes energy and causes your metabolism to keep going which also aids in weight lost, and increased strength once repaired.
The only catch is that you have to workout harder next time to tear the muscle fibres for them to grow stronger again, ouch! Yes, this means your intensity of your workout needs to be up slighty each time to get quicker results.
Be careful to recover well before exercising again as the recovery is just as important as the exercise itself.
Personal disclaimer: I am a fitness enthusist with 20 years experience and not a qualified personal trainer. This blog comes from personal experiences and also listening to personal trainers and experts on lots of Fitness subjects.
The only catch is that you have to workout harder next time to tear the muscle fibres for them to grow stronger again, ouch! Yes, this means your intensity of your workout needs to be up slighty each time to get quicker results.
Be careful to recover well before exercising again as the recovery is just as important as the exercise itself.
Personal disclaimer: I am a fitness enthusist with 20 years experience and not a qualified personal trainer. This blog comes from personal experiences and also listening to personal trainers and experts on lots of Fitness subjects.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Big Day with BOOT CAMP
My goodness! I forgot what it was like to do an hour of non-stop exercise! Yes I tried out Fitness Evolved's Free trial week and man was I slammed! What you put in is what you get out of it as well. The bicep, tricep incline and decline's ruin my arms completely towards the end of the hour. I had to get a powerade from the shop as I was shattered.
Had a lovely breakfast and catch up with Jim, Sue and Heather in New Lynn after it as well.
Then I headed to Swanson to paint our rental property roof. I decided to brush it instead of rolling to get a good coat on. I spent 6 1/2 hours painting!
Last night I was well spent but I was feeling good about myself and what I had achieved in the day!
This morning Boot Camp wasn't so bad and I was anble to finish without being out of breath!
Another day of painting. My Triceps are still knackered but thank goodness I don't need those muscles so much for painting!
Hope your nutrition is going well! I am making a slow cooked beef casserole for my friends Rohan and Romelo this morning ready for tonight's dinner.
GO WELL and have a great week. I am missing my Fitness Group buddies back in Pukekohe!
Bless you all,
Grant
Had a lovely breakfast and catch up with Jim, Sue and Heather in New Lynn after it as well.
Then I headed to Swanson to paint our rental property roof. I decided to brush it instead of rolling to get a good coat on. I spent 6 1/2 hours painting!
Last night I was well spent but I was feeling good about myself and what I had achieved in the day!
This morning Boot Camp wasn't so bad and I was anble to finish without being out of breath!
Another day of painting. My Triceps are still knackered but thank goodness I don't need those muscles so much for painting!
Hope your nutrition is going well! I am making a slow cooked beef casserole for my friends Rohan and Romelo this morning ready for tonight's dinner.
GO WELL and have a great week. I am missing my Fitness Group buddies back in Pukekohe!
Bless you all,
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