Posts by jen_n_juice

yes!  jogging is something i can handle for a fairly long duration, whereas running just speeds up my heart because my muscles have to work so hard to do it.  i just don't think my body is a fan of that stuff...and when you're working at such a high heart rate, it's basically "sprinting" to your body and the cardio becomes anerobic vs aerobic...which means you burn calories differently since it's not using oxygen anymore...which is a "whole 'nother" story!

building muscle only actually happens when 2 things are going on:

1] you're eating more calories than you expend

2] you're doing strength/resistance training with pretty heavy weights

and even if you do resistance training but are not eating more calories than you burn, you're just going to end up toning your muscles! 

I vote for stretching your calves.  I get charlie horses (the ridiculously painful cramps in the calves) especially in my left leg due to some nerve damage from a car accident over 3 years ago.  If I don't stretch enough (daily), I wake up in the middle of the night and have to use my full body weight to push down on my heel and stretch out that tight muscle!  Ow.

I imagine the flip-flops were no help.  You may have a potassium deficiency, but try stretching.  I thought I had a potassium deficiency...but the real culprit was my lack of stretching.  Since discovering yoga, the cramps have magically disappeared!!  Whodathunk?  Down-dog is my favorite, but a standing calf stretch works just as well!  Hold them for 20-30 seconds and repeat 1-3x...do this before bed, or any time, really! 

i wipe everything!!!  with some sort of disinfectant.  i ALWAYS catch cold when i don't!  rarrrrr. 

it's gotten to the point where i've become a germ-o-phobe!

i thought the jersey city-ish area wasn't too bad...i mean, compared to manhattan.  i suppose i was going with craigslist rents, but if 500-700 is unrealistic, i may as well live in a hole in one of the boroughs!  i don't mind a few roomies.

I have a meeting tomorrow with my own Personal Trainer...he's been there and done that...yay for resources.

I just received my NASM Foundations Course in the mail today...after I take a look, I'll have a better idea of how long it will take.  The training director at the gym who offered me the job said that if I have any brain at all [and he said it looked like I did, considering the 3.6 GPA and two BA's], it shouldn't take me long.  We'll see how well my brain is doing these days!

Thanks all for the advice.  I'll be talking to the training director again on Monday...I'll let you know if I decide to try and negotiate a higher pay.

And well...I always wanted to be a bartender for a little while...Haha, here's my chance!  But is there a demand for unexperienced bartenders?!  Oyyyyy.  I know how to make a mean rum & coke...pouring a draft doesn't look too hard.  What else do you people drink?  I'm sure I can concoct tasty libations.  ;-) 

interesting...i can comfortably zone out for a couple miles at 5.0mph and a 0.5-1.0 incline...but it's never been an "ahhhhh, here we gooooo..." haha, i'm surprised i can comfortably do a 5k.

i'll just keep trying! thanks guys!

lunges are pretty evil.  especially because they never get easier!  but i still do them because ain't nothin' else but squatting that torches my legs as much as they do!  i used to hate squatting too...but i've started to like the burn!

i'm sick.  hahah. 

both are good exercise...but i feel like running is a better conditioning tool.  anyone can walk, but not everyone can run [well, do it and enjoy it].  running also batters your body, while walking is gentle.  

walking to burn calories...kinda time inefficient.  walking to get in some exercise, A+.  running to burn fat..probably not gonna happen unless you can sustain it for more than 20-30 min.  running for heart health and body conditioning, A+.

was the professor trying to argue something?  that one is better than the other?  one will always be better than the other...it all depends on the circumstances..

i just got the numetrix sports bra with a polar transmitter/F6 watch.

logs cals/time spent exercising/weekly exercise goals/max HR, avg HR/whether you performed a light/mod/heavy workout...it's pretty cool! 

i'm technically on week three, but i've been changing up the runs a little.

one is a mile jog [6.0 mph], then an interval of sprinting [8.0mph]/walking [4.0mph]

one is an interval of jogging/running for 20 min [5.0-6.4mph]

one is just jogging for 20 min at my THR [165, which happens to fall between 5.0-5.6mph]

i'm going to attempt week 4 as soon as i get over this stupid sickness. 

for me--someone who's 5'3:

150lbs=size 10

142lbs=size 8

136lbs=size 6 ----all four sizes come from express pants.

130lbs=size 4

so i started running last week...did sprint/walk intervals...

working on week 2.   yay!  perhaps i'll even slow my sprints down to increase my long-distance endurance.  sound like a plan?