<p>I actually have a practical reason for uploading GPS tracks. They get stored and then displayed on my handheld GPS when I go hiking. So I have the exact GPS track in red and I can follow my progress against that. Not only to see how far I have to go, but as a foolproof way of finding the trail if I ever get lost. </p>
<p>If I haven’t done the hike before, I download the GPS track (the White Mountain Guide online edition has them) and load that into my handheld before I go.</p>
<p>I don’t do any “arm” exercises. Just big muscle stuff like rows and presses and chinups and pushups. I figure all the rest of the arm muscles get plenty of work on those. The guy I pay attention to on injury prevention, Mike Boyle, thinks that all of those arm exercises (lateral raises, etc.) are hell on shoulders, especially for older guys.</p>
<p>Basically, all my workouts have four strength exercises: a squat, a deadlift (hip hinge), a push, and a pull. That’s it. A warmup. A couple of core exercises, maybe a power exercise or two (like medicine ball slams or box jumps or KB swings). And the four strength exercises. </p>
<p>I do some arm/shoulder stuff without weights as a warmup with the TRX/Jungle Gym sometimes. Speaking of warmups, I’m really lovin’ this one in the workouts I’m doing right now:</p>
<p>MOfWC, that makes sense. I was thinking along the lines of cheating on summer “homework”, as someone mentioned. Kiddo and her teammates were given a schedule of runs that they were supposed to do and log during August, all individually, before the start of the official running practices prior to the fall quarter. They did have a few cheaters… There is always a way to outsmart the gadget - slow driving around the block would do the trick (if no heart rate monitor is used). :)</p>
<p>When I first got my watch, I discovered that I got too competitive with myself if I ran with my Garmin. My motto was: the little pace dude inside the watch must lose, or else! It took me a while to learn to not check the watch every friggin minute! Never had that problem when I ran using my iPhone and the (somewhat arbitrarily placed) mile posts to estimate my speed.</p>
<p>My workout for tonight: 4.1 miles plus some Bosu ball embarrassment. :)</p>
<p>Blankmind, I don’t envy you the replaster job! In your case, though, once the pool is back in order, you may enjoy the aquajogger!
Last night just fooling around after a late dinner I used it and had some fun remembering old water ballet moves from childhood (pretty certain if I had a garmin, it would tell me to stop fooling around and get down to it :))</p>
<p>dadII, the first few weeks tracking are indeed a pain when you have to enter your recipes, but its worth it, IMHO. To measure, I used a cheap kitchen scale. I’m assuming your pal program is similar to mynet diary in that when you make a meal, you enter the components, and then trigger a “recipe” feature that then let’s you call up that dish whenever you have it. Obviously, its “easier” if you’re the one doing the cooking. </p>
<p>I fall off the wagon enough even when I’m tracking, but the effect of the tracking is that you tend to straighten yourself around pretty quickly instead of remaining in denial You also come to notice trends over time with repect to which foods are working for you, and can eventually tell if your budget is too low and has slowed your metabolism.</p>
<p>Idad, btw, if you were stranded on a desert island and could only do one 20 - 30 minute routine with minimal spine torsion and maximum resistance, what would it be?</p>
<p>So my weight changed by 2.2 lb from yesterday morning. Ran 4 miles out door at good speed, because it rained very hard about half way. Cut all snacks out after dinner. </p>
<p>Again, I am working to hit the target in 2 months.</p>
<p>Deb922, does he mean 4 sets of pushups in that workout? Otherwise it seems like 3:50 would be a long time for 4 pushups. Imagine the commentator. “Let’s count as he goes down on the pushup. Camera 1, can you zoom in? Let’s get a close up of that…” Maybe it’s seconds, not minutes?</p>
<p>Deborah, I have no idea what the timing meant either. It seems like maybe it’s seconds or how long he is into the workout. Maybe someone who knows more will chime in.</p>
<p>I guess it has to be seconds, but that was not my first thought. I kept trying to visualize a minute long pushup. “Spectators, notice the extreme control. Barely a muscle twitch. Now he’s coming back up again. Let’s count…”</p>
<p>I just started switching over to mynetdiary from livestrong for tracking food. I don’t worry about total calories so much, but I wanted to see how I am doing on nutrients, and mynetdiary has a much less expensive option for this than livestrong. After Idad mentioned vitamin K2, I looked it up and decided I needed make sure I was getting enough in my diet. Without the nutrient breakdown, it’s not that easy (for me) to figure out, so I just started taking a supplement for it. Anyway, after looking at the last 5 days of what I normally eat, I see that I am still low in potassium, even though I am taking supplements. I also have zero Selenium, which I’ll have to google and see if this is something to care about.</p>
<p>There is a woman I occasionally see at the gym, but within the last few months, she’s lost an awful lot of weight. She has to be in her early 50’s. My first thought was that she must be sick, but I guess she is still working out. She is at the point where she doesn’t look very good. Could this be anorexia?</p>
Make sure you are getting enough Mg as well, D/K2/Ca/Mg plus some other trace elements like boron are all part of a cycle needed for healthy bones.
Selenium is one of those compounds that has a lovely U-shaped curve for cancer prevention - not enough is bad, too much is bad, in the middle is just right.</p>
<p>Toledo, you would think if she was truly “sick” then she might not have the energy to be working out regularly. My H who has recently lost 40+ pounds through Weight Watchers said last night that when people first see him now they say “omg, are you ok?” meaning I hope you haven’t lost weight cause you are sick.</p>
<p>^ My dad continued to work out throughout his losing battle with cancer. As to people’s appearance I have learned to never assume anything. Everyone has a different story.</p>
<p>Accompanied a family member to yet another horrid big box gym. 20 minute intervals on the treadmill. This sucked. Nothing redeeming about it at all.</p>
<p>Losing weight is a positive for most people. I only know two people who are seriously underweight. It’s sad, no matter if it’s a result of sickness or anorexia (which is also a form of sickness, right?). I always thought anorexia is something that only affected teenagers, but I guess that’s not true.</p>
I’m not trying to say there aren’t plenty of good reasons to get a Garmin. I’m just not doing it yet. ;)</p>
(pretty certain if I had a garmin, it would tell me to stop fooling around and get down to it :))</p>
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