Archive for March, 2009

Pickin up a heart rate monitor

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

    If you are an avid fitness enthusiast ( come on, we all are reading this!) and you are considering picking up a heart rate monitor, there are a few things you need to consider when purchasing. First and foremost, I’ll give you a few good benefits associated with using a heart rate monitor. -Heart [...]

DAY 77 – 10 MINUTE TRAINER by Tony Horton “LOWER BODY” + “CARDIO” + “CARDIO CORE”

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

 Statistically, todays workout ranked top 3.  It was a great workout today I have to say.  So far so good with my nutrition.  I cut Anator out of my diet for now just to lower my calorie intake by 350 calories.  I am back on my lemon water to help boost my metabolism a bit. [...]

DAY 76 – 10 MINUTE TRAINER by Tony Horton “CARDIO” + “CARDIO CORE” + “UPPER BODY” What are the chances I make my weight goal?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I’m not to sure what the chances are that I make my weight goal.  Is being 205lbs the be all end all of this training?  Where did I come up with this number?  Is it achievable?  Yes! Why, because I still have a lot of bodyfat to burn for sure.  I need to up my [...]

Treadmill vs Elliptical

Monday, March 30th, 2009

So the past summer I was trying to decide the winner in the continuing debate between Ellipticals vs Treadmills. As we only had room for one unit in our home gym – I wanted to make sure it would be the right one! Now I enjoyed cross-country running during high school, but university took that [...]

Get Ripped Abs – By Jeff Bayer www.efit-today.com & www.askmen.com

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

This is a really good article.  Thought I`d post it for all the world to read because it`s most obvious that www.blog.fitnesstown.ca gets way more readers than www.askemen.com    Get Ripped Abs By Jeff BayerGet Ripped Abs One of the most frequently stated goals of men in the gym is to “get ripped abs.” The [...]

DAY 75 – 10 MINUTE TRAINER by Tony Horton… “ABS” + “LOWER BODY” + “CARDIO” if you don’t got abs, you’re fired! ~ annonymous

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

Sunday March 29, 2009 If you don’t got abs, you’re fired!  that’s funny stuff.  Abs are hard to get because it takes a lot of hard work, good eating habbits and time.  I’m experiencing the result of Time, hardwork and nutrition because I’m getting some wicked abs.  I found this great article at www.askmen.com .  [...]

Take the Commuter Challenge 2009

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

What a better way to kick off the beginning of warmer summer nights, than to take part in the Commuter Challenge 2009! The Commuter Challenge is a 1 week commitment to either cycling/walking/taking transit/carpooling or tele commuting. This could allow you to spend more time outdoors enjoying the fresh spring air, getting some exercise in [...]

DAY 74 – 10 MINUTE TRAINER by Tony Horton “TOTAL BODY” + “ABS” + “YOGA FLEX”… I trained 45minutes; burned 400 calories; 60% fat cals; Max HR 157bpm – Avg. HR 117bpm

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Tonight, I started my workout tonight at 8:00 pm and it was a good workout.  Hands down TOTAL BODY is the hardest of the 10 Minute trainer workouts becuase it’s just intense.  You start with the pushups and then mid way though your doing your shoulders and this burns you out man!  The second half [...]