My first time going 10 minutes straight. It was really pleasant. [/sarcasm]
Good stuff!
I find long cycle to be easier than only jerks - that damn holding in the rack is still not quite restful.
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Press, 2 16s - 15/12/12
Towel Rows, 2 16s in one hand - 6/6/6/6
Squats - just prying... I'm tired.
* I forgot to chalk again before I started and started with a half load. I set it down once and chalked really quickly and then back at it. oops.
** I wish the Gymboss did something to indicate 1 minute left. I hate the suspense and it's too hard to look at it. The gymboss needs to be bigger, despite the fact that most people want it small. I'm going to have to research a bigger timer with either more options or huge numbers. or both.
Good suggestions, but I think the answer is making an mp3 that counts down the minutes, then 30s, 15s, then 10-1s.
The suspense of 9 minutes with no feedback would kill me!
I came across workoutmuse.com the other day.
I am trying to come up with something similar, I liked the idea of it. I was trying to use synthetic voices, but I have found that the voices although passable are generated at a much lower frequency which are causing issues when I merge them with music in audacity.
If I figure out something useful in the near future I will let you know.
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Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
I am trying to come up with something similar, I liked the idea of it. I was trying to use synthetic voices, but I have found that the voices although passable are generated at a much lower frequency which are causing issues when I merge them with music in audacity.
If I figure out something useful in the near future I will let you know.
Maybe chimes for the numbers? Like a clock tower? I have a tabata mp3 that uses them and it works pretty well.
The initial concept I was going for was a tabata 20-10 protocol. 8 rounds, 4 mins total.
The voice over worked something like
Round 1, Start.
10 seconds.
5 seconds left
Rest for 10 seconds
5 seconds left
Round 2, start.
etc
I was happy with it till I found a 4 minute song and exported it together and found it did not work.
How did the chimes work? I am sure it will make sense explained slowly with small words, but I am having trouble envisioning it.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
The initial concept I was going for was a tabata 20-10 protocol. 8 rounds, 4 mins total.
The voice over worked something like
Round 1, Start.
10 seconds.
5 seconds left
Rest for 10 seconds
5 seconds left
Round 2, start.
etc
I was happy with it till I found a 4 minute song and exported it together and found it did not work.
How did the chimes work? I am sure it will make sense explained slowly with small words, but I am having trouble envisioning it.
I emailed it to you. I used audacity to merge it with music. 20 minutes of music in on audacity mp3 and repeat the tabata mp3 four timies with a minute in between rounds.
Ok, that file makes sense. I thought about that, but I think I want something more feedback oriented, I will let you know if I come up with anything good.
Congrats on the anniversary. I am not sure when mine is. Well in regardes to BMI I guess I don't have one. Pretty sure it still puts be on the edge of overweight. POS.
Ok I guess at 215 I am overweight and at 210 I am "good".
I am sitting around 215. I believe I dropped as low as 210ish at one point in time, but got so much negative feedback on being too skinny I sorta stopped caring so much.
Oh and to echo Bytsi, you are an inspiring dude.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
Congratulations Roland! My anniversary is coming up on 11/7 (my first WW meeting was 11/7/97, took one year to hit my initial goal weight).
Your consistency and ongoing progress is inspiring!
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Ok, that file makes sense. I thought about that, but I think I want something more feedback oriented, I will let you know if I come up with anything good.
Seems like it would be easy to find a voice or use your own to say the times and countdown. I never have time to play around with it...
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Congrats on the anniversary. I am not sure when mine is. Well in regardes to BMI I guess I don't have one. Pretty sure it still puts be on the edge of overweight. POS.
Ok I guess at 215 I am overweight and at 210 I am "good".
I am sitting around 215. I believe I dropped as low as 210ish at one point in time, but got so much negative feedback on being too skinny I sorta stopped caring so much
I got that, too. But new people I meet don't think I'm too skinny. It's the before and after with people who've known me that's the issue.
Today is my 6th anniversary of hitting my "healthy weight" by BMI standards. I know BMI is crap, but when you're fat and get slimmer, BMI is A OK.
Congrats on that! It is great that you have tracked your progress well enough to know where you were physically during your journey.
I didn't realize that your BMI is so low right now, no wonder losing that 5 or so pounds is so tough for you. I am sure your body wants to hang on to every precious fuel cell. lol
Actually, the other day, when I entered my new low weight (151), Fitday put me at under 30% BMI for the first time (like 29.something percent). It was a very happy moment for me . . although I didn't post it in my log cause the number is still ridiculously high
I could still survive a short famine.
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