Just one week to go!
biggest loser, weight loss, healthy eating, walking, jumping rope
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The Star-Ledger's Biggest Loser Challenge is nearing the end!
The final weigh-in will be next Tuesday, and then we'll know who the winner is! Right now Tom Feeney and Pat Turner are just about neck-and-neck in terms of percentage weight loss.
Today about a dozen participants took part in the walk around the building at lunchtime. They walked around the block five times for a total of a mile. Then we gathered for a healthy lunch of salad and wrap sandwiches.
After yesterday's weigh-in I got a small group together on the parking deck for a jumprope session. Those who joined me were amazed at how much exercise you get from jumping only 30 seconds!
Our cumulative weight loss is now 382.4 pounds! The winners for the last two weeks were Vinessa Erminio, 5.2 pounds, and Beverly Reid, 2.4 pounds. Way to go gals!
Let's see if we can break 400 pounds at the final weigh-in next week!
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on 6/26/2008
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Might as well jump
jumping rope, circuit training, cardio
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As the saying goes, it's a sad day when you don't learn something new.
Well, today I learned something cool ... I learned to jump rope!
I've been following the Men's Fitness series "The Eternal Beach Body Plan." Several of the most recent workouts have included jumping rope, which until now I had never been able to learn.
This morning when I was warming up for my workout at the gym, I noticed a guy jumping rope in the aerobics studio. He seemed to have mastered it...doing all sorts of cool variations.
I got up and went into the studio, grabbed a jumprope off the rack, and when he was taking a break, I went up to him and asked if he had any pointers on how to get started. He suggested that I try jumping up and down while twirling the rope in one hand to get the rhythm. I took his advice, and did the jumping for a minute. Then I tried it with the rope, and of course caught it on my feet on the second jump.
But even with the jumping alone, I could feel an awesome burn in my abs. Hmmm...maybe this is the way to get a sixpack, after all!
The way the workout was structured, I was to do a circuit of 10 exercises, which included two sets of jumping rope alternating with lifting exercises. When I came back for the second set, I jumped for 70 seconds, and to my amazement after that I was able to jump with the rope about five times! Excited, I told my new friend that was the most I'd ever done in my life!
By the last set of jumps, I was up to 10! It felt so cool!
As soon as my workout was finished, I drove straight to Sports Authority and bought a speed rope. As soon as I got home, I started practicing on my driveway...doing a few more jumps each time. The last time I kept count, I was up to 28!
I got my son Doug to take pictures of me as proof of my new skill. As an aspiring trainer, the more exercises I know that I can teach,... read entire entry
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on 6/22/2008
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