Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Today At Gym - 07/22

Morning CardioAt gym I again managed to be a source of amusement for my squash partner on two separate occasions...

First I tried to make a "great save" and dove into the glass wall at the back of the court, we both laughed so hard that we had to "rest" for a moment to shake it off.

The second time I don't even know what happened, I went into one direction and my left shoe went flying into another!

Start Time 06:17
Duration 86 minutes
Calories Burned 1332 kcal
Session Type Cardiovascular Training
Session Focus Stationary Bike (20 min), Stepper Machine (10 min) Squash (56 min)

Somebody mentioned that up to this point I have not been very specific on what my goals are other than to build some muscle, so now is perhaps a good time to mention this briefly.

A general rule of thumb is that for every centimetre your height is above 1 meter you must weigh 1 kilogram. Since I am 1.74 meters tall this would mean my ideal weight should be about 74 kg.

If you want to be more "scientific" about this you can use the following BMI formula to calculate how much you should weigh to have a body mass index of 25 which will place you in the upper range of the normal category.

upper normal weight = 25 x height2

So here is my medium term goal: Weigh 74 kg and have only 10% body fat.

This is medium term goal since at the very least this will take me 12 months: 6 months of bulking and 6 months of cutting to get that body fat down.

See you in the next post where I will be discussing SMART goals!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Haha! I should come watch you guys play :-) Now that's a clear goal! All the best.