By Kieran on February 24, 2009
Unfortunately another disrupted week in regards to outdoor exercising and my much needed bike riding. More rain and then my young son had a fall at the local shopping centre hurting his arm, which resulted in a mad dash to the emergency or casualty section of the local private hospital. Turned out he may have [...]
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By Kieran on February 23, 2009
My next must have piece of equipment in my quest to lose weight (fat) is a quality Body fat Monitor. As we all know by now it is not so much our weight, but our body fat than can do the real damage and our goal is really to lose body fat not necessarily weight. [...]
Posted in The Challenge | Tagged body fat monitors, body fat percentage, exercise, fat burn, heart rate, heart rate monitor, lose weight |
By Kieran on February 16, 2009
Week 2 went along fairly easily with the only real problem being the weather. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending upon your perspective) we had heavy rain for about 5 days during the past week which meant that I was unable to get out on my bike – my main fat burning weapon. Being restricted to indoor [...]
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By Kieran on February 14, 2009
My second most important piece of equipment for exercising and fat burning is a good quality heart rate monitor. If you want to increase the effectiveness of your exercise, get more out of each workout, and spend less time with better results, then you owe it to yourself to check out today’s heart rate monitors. [...]
Posted in Fitness Equipment, The Challenge | Tagged cardio, chest straps, cycling, fat burning, heart rate monitor, target zone, Weight Management |
By Kieran on February 13, 2009
Okay, as promised I am going to go through my personal list of must have equipment for optimum weight loss (fat loss). The first item of must have equipment for me is a good bicycle (not an exercise bike), but a real bicycle for cycling outdoors. While I know that walking is one of the [...]
Posted in Fitness Equipment, The Challenge | Tagged bicycle, burn calories, city bike, exercise bike, exercise instruments, fat burning bike, fat burning equipment, fat burning zone, fat loss, heart rate monitor, hybrid bike, road bike, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on February 9, 2009
Well the first week went reasonably well considering – the first week is always the hardest! The calories consumed for the week were as follows: Monday: 1377, Tuesday: 1750, Wednesday: 1435, Thrsday: 1558, Friday: 1644, Saturday: 1674, and Sunday: 1452 – plus I was able to fit in a couple of bike rides, some swimming [...]
Posted in The Challenge | Tagged burn fat, calories consumed, lean body mass, lose fat, lose weight, Weight Loss |
By Kieran on February 2, 2009
Well, my new challenge begins today! The kids are back to school and I am now able to get my life back into some sort of regular routine again – including diet and exercise. The school holidays, including Christmas and New Year have not been kind to my now advancing middle aged body and I [...]
Posted in The Challenge | Tagged average heart rate, bicycle ride, calorie deficit, calorie intake, fat burning zone, maximum heart rate, polar heart rate |
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