I’m back, lol.
Gayle – I really liked the standing portion she does variations of oblique and standing core work. The med ball segment was good but I used my 6 lb ball and definitely need to bump it up to the 8 lb. next time. I’m going to try three more segments tomorrow.
I have one of the older Garmin’s (201, I’m pretty sure that’s the number). It doesn’t have the heart monitor feature (plus it’s HUGE!) I really should use it more often.
Stephanie – Enjoy your run! I usually only wear my HR monitor during strength or cardio (most people only use it for cardio but as you can see….you burn some great calories with weight training too!) I believe that some models of HR monitors will only calculate calories burned above a certain HR number (90-100 bpm) but my F11 seems to calculate all the time. I may have to look that up to be sure.
Sherry – I hope the weather clears up for you soon! DS can hardly wait until the school year is over. I can’t believe he’ll only have one left after that (he’s a junior in HS now). My other son has college courses until mid May and then he has a short break until the Summer semester starts (I think he’s only taking a class or two though).
Amelia – Oh my, hopefully the doctor will prescribe a good antihistamine for you. I have bouts of sinusitis and I know it’s horrible. I like a couple of bars in particular (I get them at Target because they’re cheaper than anywhere else). Clif Mojo bars aren’t as high in protein but they’re mostly organic with no fake stuff or high fructose syrup plus they taste great! I also like the Target brand (I think it’s called Market Place or something like that) in Strawberry and Choc PB flavors.
Heidi – I hope today s less stressful for you! A good stretch is always nice!
Carolyn – I like the Polar heart rate monitors. They have several different models to choose from that do more or less functions. I have an F11 because it came with a wearlink chest strap that’s pretty comfortable and not too binding. They also make an F4 and an F6 that come with the plastic chest strap and don’t do a couple of function that the F11 does (but if you don’t use them, you really don’t need them).
I think most of the Sporting Goods stores carry them now as well as Target. Oh, and reading about your DH’s bike accident yesterday kind of scared me, lol. That’s one of my fears on the bike, not stopping in time and really hurting myself again! I don’t blame him for not getting on a bike again, I will NEVER play volleyball again after tearing my ACL!
Belinda – Have a great cardio session! How’s Alesia feeling?
Hi Michelle, Sue, and Melissa! Melissa, I’m so sorry you felt a bit down about not getting in the RT.
Michelle is enabling me to buy some tanner now…..
Liann – I burned about 2200 - 2300 calories on my last run of 22 miles so I think the marathon will be a little more. This will be my 3rd marathon since Nov 2005 and I’m getting excited! Now you really got me wanting to give the rest of Core Blast a try!
Kathy
