If you have not been following along, "The Pet Project"
is my humourous yet somewhat serious project to help our cat, Victoria,
to lose weight through a combination of exercise and diet. You can
catch up on this by reading the posts in order:
Part One - "Our Cat is Fat"
Part Two - "Kitty is on a new Diet"
Part Three - "Cat Walking"
Part Four - "Conquering Failures"
Part Five - "The Scaredy Cat"
During this past Christmas we received a new toy for Victoria - which works surprisingly well at allowing her to exercise when we are not home to play with her, and unfortunately also means she can play with it late at night, making all sorts of racket as she scampers about batting at it.
I call the toy "the Bouncy Mousey". Basically all it is is a fake mouse stuffed with catnip, on a stretchy cord from an attachment that meant to attach to the top of a door frame. However I have attached it to my chin-up bar instead. Due to the stretchy quality of the cord, it bounces and flies around easily when batted by Victoria, causing her to scamper after it, trying to snag it - which she does only rarely as it is set to a height which makes it necessary for her to either stand up on her hind legs or to jump in order to make contact with it.
Ultimately it means Victoria is getting more exercise. But how much is she weighing in at? Today she weighed in at 11.8 lbs. So a marginal improvement. We should check again a month from now and see if anything has changed.
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Archery Christmas Ornament
Saw the Christmas ornament below while visiting relatives. Can you tell our family is really into archery?
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!
Five Rules for having a Merry Christmas from Cardio Trek
Below is Cardio Trek's Five Rules for having a Merry Christmas...
Rule #1. Eat lots of carrots. And veggies in general.
Rule #2. Enjoy the little things, no matter how small.
Rule #3. Reward yourself for all your hard work during the holiday season.
Rule #4. Pay attention to things that don't make sense. eg. Why does the reindeer in the image below look evil? You should avoid evil things during the holidays. Krampus for example.
Rule #5. Have a sense of humour. Because laughter is the best medicine.
:)
Rule #1. Eat lots of carrots. And veggies in general.
Rule #2. Enjoy the little things, no matter how small.
Rule #3. Reward yourself for all your hard work during the holiday season.
Rule #4. Pay attention to things that don't make sense. eg. Why does the reindeer in the image below look evil? You should avoid evil things during the holidays. Krampus for example.
Rule #5. Have a sense of humour. Because laughter is the best medicine.
:)
Five Ways to do Weight Lifting Outdoors in the Winter
#1. Build your own outdoor gym equipment, including:
eg. To build a rowing machine you will need: Rope, a wood or metal bar as a handle for pulling, a stationary metal bar that is elevated off the ground, a heavy weight attached to the far end of the rope, and something to brace your feet against.
#2. Shovel Snow out of the Driveway - and if you have extra energy, clear all the snow from the backyard and front yard too, so you have frozen grass to workout on.
#3. Fill sandbags with snow and build a wall of sandbags... Or a bench made out of sandbags, and use that bench as a bench press, an incline bench or for using free weights on.
#4. Build something out of the snow - snow man, snow fort, ice rink, hockey rink, ice sculpture. Does it really matter as long as you are exercising?
#5. Clean out the garage and turn your garage into a gym.
Examples:
That old broken air conditioner? Use it as a weight for a rowing machine.
Old furniture / chairs? Add some wood and make a bench for using in combination with free weights.
Old scrap metal you aren't sure what to do with? Check out the dumbbells further below.
Old broken bicycle? Make a training bicycle for building leg muscle.
Old patio umbrella with metal pole? Get rid of the umbrella part and use the metal pole to make yourself a nice chin-up bar.
Old junk that you really are not sure what to do with? Take it to the curb for garbage collection. Clearly if you can't use it for weight lifting, then it probably isn't good for much else.
- Bench Press
- Bench with Free Weights
- Bulgarian Training Bag
- Chin-Up Bar
- Farmer's Walk Bars
- Incline Bench
- Kettlebells
- Medicine Ball
- Obstacle Course (Strength Based)
- Parallel Bars (Gymnasts)
- Rope Climbing / Rope Ladder
- Rowing Machine
- Stairs (for Leg exercises, or as an Incline)
eg. To build a rowing machine you will need: Rope, a wood or metal bar as a handle for pulling, a stationary metal bar that is elevated off the ground, a heavy weight attached to the far end of the rope, and something to brace your feet against.
#2. Shovel Snow out of the Driveway - and if you have extra energy, clear all the snow from the backyard and front yard too, so you have frozen grass to workout on.
#3. Fill sandbags with snow and build a wall of sandbags... Or a bench made out of sandbags, and use that bench as a bench press, an incline bench or for using free weights on.
#4. Build something out of the snow - snow man, snow fort, ice rink, hockey rink, ice sculpture. Does it really matter as long as you are exercising?
#5. Clean out the garage and turn your garage into a gym.
Examples:
That old broken air conditioner? Use it as a weight for a rowing machine.
Old furniture / chairs? Add some wood and make a bench for using in combination with free weights.
Old scrap metal you aren't sure what to do with? Check out the dumbbells further below.
Old broken bicycle? Make a training bicycle for building leg muscle.
Old patio umbrella with metal pole? Get rid of the umbrella part and use the metal pole to make yourself a nice chin-up bar.
Old junk that you really are not sure what to do with? Take it to the curb for garbage collection. Clearly if you can't use it for weight lifting, then it probably isn't good for much else.
Winter Chin-Up Bar |
Homemade Dumbbell |
Scrap Metal Dumbbells |
Shocking the Muscle with Arnold Schwarzenegger
The following video was produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bodybuilder.com and deals mostly with how to shock the muscles in the upper body: Chest, arms, shoulders, abs, etc, but also touches on the lower body: Thighs, etc.
Arnold also talks about eating 5 meals per day and how this allowed this allowed him to pack on the muscle in a hurry due to the amount of protein he was eating while training. During his training Arnold was fond of drinking 2 protein drinks per day, plus meals, plus supplements in order to maintain peak muscle growth efficiency.
For those people seeking to build muscle it is important that you stick with it and KEEP TRAINING and follow a strict diet. Quitting, slacking off on the dietary requirements, slacking off on workouts will cause the body to either plateau or go back to its old condition. You need to keep shocking the body with new challenges regularly in order to maintain muscle growth.
Arnold also routinely tried out other sports and activities in order to give his body new challenges - archery was just one of them.
Arnold also talks about eating 5 meals per day and how this allowed this allowed him to pack on the muscle in a hurry due to the amount of protein he was eating while training. During his training Arnold was fond of drinking 2 protein drinks per day, plus meals, plus supplements in order to maintain peak muscle growth efficiency.
For those people seeking to build muscle it is important that you stick with it and KEEP TRAINING and follow a strict diet. Quitting, slacking off on the dietary requirements, slacking off on workouts will cause the body to either plateau or go back to its old condition. You need to keep shocking the body with new challenges regularly in order to maintain muscle growth.
Arnold also routinely tried out other sports and activities in order to give his body new challenges - archery was just one of them.
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