In my pursuit of the perfect body, I have hired a personal trainer.
Personal trainers are professionals which can come for a various range of professions, but maily from the professional sports or, yes, army. My personal trainer is a Lithuanian girl very enthusiastic and fun. Thank god. The other two personal trainers at my gym would scare the hell out of anybody.
The one thing you have to know about a personal trainer is that it does cost money and that you have to be able to afford it.
I have just started, though, so I am unable to say yet if it is worth it or not, but I will most definitely let you know.
Regarding exercise, however, you might want to know some things. First, you might already know, cardiovascular exercise is the most effective to burn fat. Second, that everybody has a particular heart rate at which the burn the most fat per minute. The maximum fat per minute that you can burn is 0.6gr. It is not a lot, though. You can easily calculate this maximum performance heart rate applying the following formula.
First you need to calculate your Maximum Heart Rate. This is done by taking your age off 220 if you are a man or 226 if you are a woman. This way, for me:
226-27=199
So my Maximum Heart Rate is 199 heart beats per minute.
From this number, you need to take off your Heart Rate at rest:
199-73=126
Then you multiply by 0.65 and add your Heart Rate at rest:
126x0.65=81.9
81.9+73=154.9
Bottom line, if I exercise at 155 heart beaths per minute, I will be burning 0.6gr of pure fat by minute. That's 36gr per hour.
So there you go, if you plan to exercise, calculate this so you are sure you are getting the most of your workout (I sound like a gym staff member)
Saturday 9 February 2008
Monday 4 February 2008
The Monday Post
Weight: 68.8 kg//10.83 Stones
I can't really complain except that 700 grames loss after going to the gym five days in a row is a bit less than I expected. Oh well, it only means one thing, my meals are still too rich.
Ok, I admit it, I did let myself go on Saturday, but it was my day off, rest from the gym and I stayed home. New technique: going to the gym on my days off (2) and three days more during the week. We will see the results...
I can't really complain except that 700 grames loss after going to the gym five days in a row is a bit less than I expected. Oh well, it only means one thing, my meals are still too rich.
Ok, I admit it, I did let myself go on Saturday, but it was my day off, rest from the gym and I stayed home. New technique: going to the gym on my days off (2) and three days more during the week. We will see the results...
Friday 1 February 2008
The Gym Post
I have been in the gym everyday since monday. I am really really tired, but I think it is worth it. It allows me to eat a bit more normally, which is good and hopefully will make me look gorgeous. Eventually.
Funny are some men there, though. Shorts should not be an option for men, believe me.
And I nice motivational story. Back in 1972 a plane crashed in the Andes, South America. It is a very well known story, specially in Spanish speaking countries. The occupants of the plane were from Uruguay and were lost in winter in the middle of the mountain for 72 days. They had no food or propper winter clothes. At least not good enough for being in the middle of constant snow.
Because they had no food they had no other option that eat the corpses of the poor people who actually died. They did have a radio were they got the news. Not 10 days after the crash, the news announced that they would not be continuing the search for the missing plane and its passenger.
I can only imagine the despair and the hope at the same time.
Three of them finally volunteered to try to get out of there and find help. Only two of them went ahead, the third one went back to the plane. They were under the impression that behind the very mountain they were on, there was a valley. It took them 3 days to get at the top only to find out that behind the mountains, there were more mountains. It took the two of them almost two weeks to get through, walking and climbing. They finally found some guy, a farmer maybe, riding a horse who went for help.
Those two guys crossed the Andes by foot, with no equipment, proper clothes, food and with a weight of 38 kilos, sign of their obvious malnutrition. However, they did it and 14 of them were rescued. 14 survivors out of 23.
If that is not will power, I don't know what is. It is, however, a very famous story, mainly because the press made a big deal with the cannibalism part of it.
I can only imagine the kind of hope you need to have to force yourself to give the one step more during more than 10 days freezing cold and starving.
Funny are some men there, though. Shorts should not be an option for men, believe me.
And I nice motivational story. Back in 1972 a plane crashed in the Andes, South America. It is a very well known story, specially in Spanish speaking countries. The occupants of the plane were from Uruguay and were lost in winter in the middle of the mountain for 72 days. They had no food or propper winter clothes. At least not good enough for being in the middle of constant snow.
Because they had no food they had no other option that eat the corpses of the poor people who actually died. They did have a radio were they got the news. Not 10 days after the crash, the news announced that they would not be continuing the search for the missing plane and its passenger.
I can only imagine the despair and the hope at the same time.
Three of them finally volunteered to try to get out of there and find help. Only two of them went ahead, the third one went back to the plane. They were under the impression that behind the very mountain they were on, there was a valley. It took them 3 days to get at the top only to find out that behind the mountains, there were more mountains. It took the two of them almost two weeks to get through, walking and climbing. They finally found some guy, a farmer maybe, riding a horse who went for help.
Those two guys crossed the Andes by foot, with no equipment, proper clothes, food and with a weight of 38 kilos, sign of their obvious malnutrition. However, they did it and 14 of them were rescued. 14 survivors out of 23.
If that is not will power, I don't know what is. It is, however, a very famous story, mainly because the press made a big deal with the cannibalism part of it.
I can only imagine the kind of hope you need to have to force yourself to give the one step more during more than 10 days freezing cold and starving.
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