Training Journal Update

January 15th, 2012

Saturday 1/14/2012

Weight – 141 (guess I need to focus a bit more on what I am eating)

STRENGTH TRAINING
No strength training today

CARDIO
Rode spinning bike for 40 minutes early morning.
Climbed Stairs – 14 flights x 3 in early afternoon.

SUPPLEMENTS
Multi vitamin, glucosamine
Whey Protein Shake early morning

WORK SCHEDULE
7:45am til 11:30am

NOTES
Water intake too low today, need to increase, resting heart rate was higher than normal most of the day, probably due to low water and lots of cardio with spinning and stair climbing.

Training Log – Journal entry 01/12/2012

January 12th, 2012

Strength Training – Leg Workout
Very metabolic on the timer for most of workout.

Rode spinning bike for 30 min and did core workout with class.

Nutrition –
approximately 3000 calories today. A bit more than needed, but very hungry.

Weight: 141.8

Thought for today: Focus

Supplements – Glucosamine and multi vitamin

 

 

It’s time to start writing it down AGAIN!

January 12th, 2012

I was reminded today that I have not posted on my blog in TWO years . . .well it hasn’t been quite that long, but it’s been freakin’ long enough!  I’m not a writer, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express once, does that qualify me?   To get things moving forward I am going to do daily journal entries on my path to “fitness excellence” over the next 22 weeks.

Here’s how it will work.

First stop along the way will be March 3rd for my stair climb event at the Terminal Tower in downtown Cleveland.  Second stop will be Spring break – my weekend excursion to the beach the last week of March, and then comes the third stop, GOBA, my annual week long bike through scenic Ohio with 2,999 of my closest friends in the cycling community!

I will post daily with the following information:

  • Strength training activity
  • Cardio Activity
  • Diet – sketchy, but should have most of the highlights i.e. caloric intake )
  • Supplements
  • Weight

If I get really motivated I might even include some video clips and pics along the way, but not until I have my iPhone which happens in one week :)

So that’s the plan!

Special Indoor Group Cycling Class this week!

June 19th, 2011

UFit2 Indoor Group Cycling Classes this week only while I am on my bike trip.

NO Classes on Monday or Wednesday evening.
NO Classes in the morning on Tuesday or Thursday.

2 Classes offed this week:

6pm on Tuesday and Thursday
Send text message no later than Monday evening to reserve a bike. It will be on a first come first basis. I will confirm back that you have a bike.
3306089779 – please include your name in message.

Upperbody Workout

June 19th, 2011

Handswitchouts with full rotation and a pushup in between
Ab Dumbbell reach
Side Plank with elbow touch

Baby bear crawl with no weights forward/reverse

Do 4 sets of the above routine

The UFit2 blog is back. . .

May 11th, 2010

I am back to writing on a sporadic basis with hopes of getting something posted at least a couple of times during the month.

in the upcoming weeks we have some changes and additions to the fitness class schedules and indoor cycling classes.

Thanksgiving Day
- 3 Spinning Classes are being offered 8am, 9:15am and 10:30am. Sign up on the boards in front of the cycling room or text us to request a bike that day. Don’t delay. . . Classes are filling quickly.

- 1 Fitness Class is also being offered at 9:15am. Sign ups are available for this class on the board in front of the fitness room.

NEWS @ UFit2
Additional bikes are being purchased due to the growing popularity of the indoor group cycling classes.

Stupid exercise equipment. . .or innovation?

August 11th, 2009

by Sandy Donaldson

A “mobile treadmill” – what will they think of next?

Those days of slipping on a pair of running shoes and going for a quick jog could be over with the introduction of the mobile treadmill. For just about $6000 you can have your very own treadmobile.  Best of all – there’s no motor, just hundreds of pounds of extra weight and bulk for you to take outdoors and cruise, I mean run with, in the neighborhood.  Now I could be wrong, but if your neighbors have wondered about your sanity in the past, this will definitely help their argument.

Check it out. . .you tell me do we file it under “innovative fitness equipment” or “stupid exercise machines”?

Can’t see this video – here’s a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM

Some great bike rides ahead. . .

August 6th, 2009

by Sandy Donaldson

In the coming weeks as we wind down the summer and cruise into Fall, don’t miss your chance to get some good mileage in on your bike before the snow falls.  Some of my favorite rides are right in our backyard.

MS150 Pedal to the Point (August 15-16, 2009)

I have participated in this ride many times over the past 15 years.  With over 2,100 participants, this two-day, 150-mile ride is one of the Society’s top 20 cycling events and one of the largest bike rides in the Midwest. The event begins in Middleburg Heights, Ohio at Polaris Career Center. From there, cyclists travel 75-miles to Sandusky, Ohio (home of Cedar Point) with an extra 25-mile option for advanced cyclists. The next day, cyclists make the return trip of 75-miles back to Middleburg Heights. Read the rest of this entry »

Sweet Corn Challenge was a hill…and another…

July 28th, 2009

by Sandy Donaldson

This past Sunday I participated in the annual Sweet Corn Challenge bike ride.  It’s a beautiful ride that starts in Richfield Ohio and travels 25, 50 or 100 miles through the beautiful Cuyahoga Valley metroparks area and surrounding HILLS.  This wasn’t the first time I’ve done this ride, in fact, I have had the pleasure of participating for the past 5 or 6 years. 

 

Not sure why, but this year I think it was better than most.  The route seemed easier, or less hilly in the first 20 miles or so, but as we pedaled into the second half of the 50 miler the hills were numerous.  Hill climbing is not my strength, so typically this terrain will wear me down quickly.  But not this year, instead I truly enjoyed each climb.  Maybe doing 430 miles of flat terrain at GOBA just one month ago, convinced me that a hill or two is a good thing! Read the rest of this entry »

GOBA. . .last days of the ride

July 7th, 2009

by Sandy Donaldson

After an incredibly hot and long 102 miles on Thursday – Friday’s 60 mile trek to Fostoria was a breeze!  For those of you who are not familiar with Fostoria – it is well known for its train traffic. Home to a double diamond track intersection, Fostoria gets more than its fair share of trains daily.  For cyclists railroad tracks are not a good thing and during our 60 mile ride we encountered a bunch!

Once we arrived and set up camp, it was off to the downtown area to find something to eat.  Not a lot of choices – but we managed to find a place for wings, onion rings, cheese fries and beer. . .and we wonder why americans are so overweight?  And lots of pizza places too!  Just no place to have a nice lean cut of beef with some steamed vegetables. Read the rest of this entry »