A New Week

This week I decided to turn it back up a bit. I am doing a cardio/strength circuit Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I'm going to run on alternate days and I do the WII Fit yoga/strength warmup 6 days a week.
I found the Cardio circuit on "About.com". My first week doing it was a real challenge. I had to be very careful not to get hurt. This circuit works your lower body and gets your heart rate up and I think it wakes up your metabolism as well. It includes leg lifts off of an exercise ball, raised lunges with dumbells and some running.
Next week I'll go back to the EA Sports Active workout. I believe it helps to change up every other week to keep your muscles confused. I'm still learning about this stuff.

CalorieCount.Com

I found this website this morning and tried it for the day. It's really good. I logged in everything that I ate for the day and my level of physical activity for the day. At the end of the day you can analyze your intake, your calories, too much carb, not enough carb......
Excellent! Check it out.
http://www.caloriecount.com/

Ouch!

Lower back pain has been something I have had to deal with for many years. Since I have been exercising and stretching it has abated substantially. This past week I started to have back spasms in my lower back so I went online and did some research. It turns out to be a no brainer. Stretch it out and work through the discomfort. By the time I am finished with my workout the spasms and discomfort as pretty much gone.

Check it out on About.Com

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/lowback.htm

Something Different

For the past 12 months I have slowly increased the intensity of my workout. At first I would do a 20 minute WII Fit routine of stretching, Yoga and strength exercises. I did that 6 times a week and ran 3 times a week. My running routine is still the same, Tuesday 21 minutes, Thursday 28 minutes and a 5K on Saturday or Sunday (about 35 - 38 minutes). I added in light weights 3 days a week and about 3 months ago I started the EA Active workout. The EA Active is one of the most challenging I've tried so far with 23 minutes of strength and cardio in a circuit style workout. This past week I changed things up again by switching to a fat burning strength and cardio circuit (Paige Waehner). I dropped a couple of pounds and a couple of inches in a week doing this circuit 3 times a week with WII Fit and Running on alternate days.
It's a very intense workout so I think next week I will go back to the WII Fit , EA Active and running and continue that for a few weeks.
I feel great!

Welcome to Dick Weeds Workout Blog

I can't believe that I'm finally getting around to this. I've been working out for over a year and I feel great! Now I would like to share my experiences and possibly motivate others to change their bad habits.
15 months ago I stepped on the scale at my doctors office and weighed in. The nurse said "207 pounds" and I said "you must be wrong, I've never weighed over 201". I got back on scale again only to find that I was really 207 pounds. The doctor gave me a script for blood pressure meds, printed out a diet for me and sent me on my way.
No discussion of exercise.
At the end of December my wife and I bought a WII system with the WII Fit program and stepper and that's where it all began.
I am now down to 180 lbs with a body fat percentage of 18% - 20 %. I run three days a week and cross train on alternate days with one full day of rest.
I have competed in two 5K races with a 2nd place finish in my group in the last race (official time 33.40.04).
Not bad for a 64 year old guy.