<p>Workout today consisted of moving a spinner bike, an ergometer, and a set of lockers. And then my workout this evening was “3.2.1 SLEEP” :)</p>
<p>Speaking of 5 miles:</p>
<p>Exercise guidelines from the American Heart Association and other groups recommend that, for health purposes, people accumulate 10,000 steps or more a day, the equivalent of about five miles of walking. Few people do, however. Repeated studies of American adults have shown that a majority take fewer than 5,000 steps per day.</p>
<p>[Phys</a> Ed: How Staying Active Keeps Us Healthy - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/why-its-so-important-to-keep-moving/]Phys”>Phys Ed: How Staying Active Keeps Us Healthy - The New York Times)</p>
<p>I haven’t run since my 6 miles on Saturday. I was supposed to do 20 minutes Tuesday and 7 x 400 intervals today. The problem is my hip has been bothering me since my last run. Based on my web searches, I think I did something to a muscle that attaches to the illiac crest, though for the life of me, I can’t figure out how I managed that. I’m still trying to decide whether to do my race on Saturday.</p>
Welcome to the world of female hip problems. I hope it is something minor. Women have a wider pelvic structure and it is easy to stress the connectors between hamstrings/hips and all the other stuff around there. I’ve stuggled with this before. If it doesn’t get worse when you run and is very low level pain, go ahead and run. If it gets worse, don’t run. You might have just strained something. Try Advil (3 3 times a day).
In honor of March 1, I did not get up and run. Will need to go after work, but it’s supposed to be almost 70 degrees and I should have enough light to get it in, so that’s OK. I just needed the rest this morning. My streak hit 150 days yesterday.
<p>BCEagle91… Interesting…</p>
<p>My daughter and I used to count our steps every day…</p>
<p>And 10,000 steps was the minimum…</p>
<p>I missed once. i misread the pedometer and thought I made it.</p>
<p>My daughter used to pace around her apartment and hour before midnight…the cutoff time…if she didn’t have 10,000 steps that day.</p>
<p>A little obsessed…</p>
<p>Todays Workout - First Day of the New Month</p>
<p>Dynamic Stretches</p>
<p>4 rounds
45 second mountain climbers
45 second side bridge</p>
<p>4 rounds: 90 seconds on - 30 second transition
v ups
push ups
air squats
body weight row</p>
<p>No fueling problems today. Felt like a solid, basic workout.</p>
<p>This class may not be an option for me after this month, unfortunately. It is held at the “world’s greatest gym”, of which I am not a member due to $$$. This class along with a select few others is open to non-members and heretofore us second-class citizens were able to register along with the members. Now, we have to wait to register and can only join if the class isn’t filled at the end of the preceding month, which is highly unlikely due to the popularity of the instructor. Which leaves me with other unattractive time slots and less desirable instructors :(</p>
<p>I may end up trying to find a crossfit in the area, which should pose no problem, since they are about as ubiquitous as Starbucks in these parts – but I will sure miss the sauna and steam room…</p>
<p>Ordered another three pairs of those shorts from RoadRunner Sports so I will have a total of 7. These will be my running shorts and may get casual use in a pinch. They are all the same color (blue) so it will be easy to tell them apart from all of my other shorts which are black. Those other shorts will be used for tennis and casual use.</p>
<p>I thought about ordering some of the three inch shorts but the way it goes in running is that the cost goes up as the amount of material goes down. I’ll wait for a sale.</p>
<p>i-dad – these ratios you mentioned: "the best correlation for low coronary risk is a total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio of 4:1 or, even better, 3:1. </p>
<p>Triglyceride to HDL ratio of 2:1 or lower is also associated with reduced risk of coronary disease, but this may simply be measuring the same risk reduction as total cholesterol to HDL."</p>
<p>I just looked at my recent blood results – total is 132; LDL is 48; HDL is 73; triglycerides 54. So my ratios are no where near the safe range. Am I going to die? :)</p>
<p>Your total is around 2. If 3 is better than 4, shouldn’t 2 be better than both?</p>
<p>Oh right – 132/73 = 1.8 ratio, where a lower ratio is better. Thx</p>
Dang. LDL of 48? That’s crazy low! I’d be doing some research to see what happens if LDL is too low!
I’ve never had that problem!
Oh, and eat some bacon! Sheesh!
<p>snowblower and snow shoveling the deck for my little cardio workout today. This snow is miserable. Not very much of it, but the timing is such that I have to clear it twice. It hasn’t quit snowing yet, but what’s out there from last night and today is going to freeze solid after melting much of the day. Yuk. </p>
<p>I guess I can’t complain. It’s been an easy winter on the back. At least I got to wear all my new winter snow clothes, including that electric blue parka and my “ghetto” Nike snowpants!</p>
<p>It’s going to melt tomorrow during the day and especially this weekend though. I had a look at my roof and there isn’t enough up there for me to get out the snow rake, especially with the warm weather this weekend. So I get off easy.</p>
<p>4.25 miles, somewhere around 8:40 pace. Smith machines and free weights. Not going to the YMCA as it’s pretty slippery out there (we got more snow in NH than MA I think and much has melted and frozen and the plows can’t keep up right now). I have a few hours of work to do and may sneak in some free weights at home and maybe some floor core stuff.</p>
<p>Or I may just go to sleep early.</p>
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<p>Assuming that these numbers are “natural” (i.e. not due to drugs or supplements, or otherwise done in some unusual condition), all of those numbers look excellent from the standpoint of avoiding heart disease, based on all of the usual recommendations (high HDL, low LDL, low triglycerides).</p>
<p>Be careful in the snow and ice, northerners. Glad you got to wear your neat winter clothes, iDad! We have beautiful blooming trees here already, which is too early. We also have tornado warnings for tomorrow.</p>
<p>Good after work run- shorts and short sleeved tech shirt. Garmin seemed to have some issues- corrupt data or something so I had to do a hard reset. I’m not in a good mood when my electronics act up.</p>
<p>Today’s numbers</p>
<p>Cals:1557
Fat:71 g
Carbs:97 g
Fiber:13 g
Protein:141 g
Sugars:37 g</p>
<p>Carbs/sugar are higher today because I chose to fuel my workout with some gleukos sports drink. I am okay with that for today, just wanted to see if it made a difference in the workout.</p>
<p>[4</a> Health Rules You Can Break Today | Vitality - Yahoo! Shine](<a href=“4 Health Rules You Can Break Today”>http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/4-health-rules-break-today-160000576.html)</p>
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<p>A week? What do I look like? A sparrow? I eat three 4 ounce servings in a day. Sheesh.</p>
Lol, idad. Thank you for reminding me that I need to get steaks for the upcoming Saturday dinner.
Getting back in shape is not an easy task. Ran 3.5 miles in 30 min on the dreadmill today and on Tuesday. Plan on running some more by the end of the week. Did my weight routine every day of the week plus some pushups.
<p>ucbalumnus–Do you mean that if the cholesterol numbers are due to drugs (statins, for ex.) it is not as good news as if they are because you exercise?</p>
<p>My DH has pretty good numbers, but he’s on Lipitor and doesn’t exercise. I have wondered if he and his doctor are just fooling themselves. Does low cholesterol alone prevent heart disease (in people who are overweight and sedentary) or is there more to it?</p>