The Digital Weight Loss & Fitness Weekly Roundup – August 31, 2009
Welcome to the August 31st edition a weekly roundup of quality posts from the blogosphere about fitness and weight loss. If you are new here, please be sure to have a look at my About Me page to see what I am all about.
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Bodyweight fitness video using interval training
No nonsense 6 pack abs
A Few 6 Minute Body Weight Workouts For The Weekend
Before Buying a Mountain Bike
Want To Burn Belly Fat?
Solution to Your Grip Problems
Five Ways To Reduce Your Added Sugar Intake
100 Day Challenge – Day 68 – The Pros and Cons
Workout Results
Choosing Success
A Tip or Two for Motivation…
Push-Up Rut? Go Superman Style
Five Myths About Drinking Water
5 Ways to Tame Post-Workout Hunger
You’re Boring And It’s Killing You!
Motivational Weight Loss Strategies
Nike+ calibration tips
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Starting Over with The 100 Pushup Challenge
Today I re-started the 100 Pushup Challenge using the iTouch App, 100 Pushups. This app is a simple little app that basically takes its user through a series of workouts over a 6-week period to reach the goal of doing 100 consecutive good form pushups. Today I did my initial test and competed a total of 28 good form pushups.
I originally started using the app a few weeks ago but found that I was not committed to doing a full complete pushup. Instead, because I was not being true to myself I was working through the program doing partial pushups. In other words I was only going half-way down instead of creating a 90 degree angle at the elbows and dropping my chest down as far as I could. I used this video for inspiration on how to do one properly:
How To Do a Push Up – For more of the funniest videos, click here
So, with the strictest of form in mind, I have restarted the program and did the initial test and founds that I was able to just squeeze out 28 good form pushups. Not too bad considering even before I started the program a few weeks ago with bad form pushups I could only squeeze out 12.
My goal now is to do 100 good form pushups.
Stay with me as I continue on – I plan to record some video of my progress as I go along. I also am going to restart the 200 situp challenge and will the associated iTouch app and will write about that here too! Stay with me.
The Digital Weight Loss & Fitness Weekly Roundup – August 24, 2009
Welcome to the August 24th edition of what is a weekly roundup of quality posts from the blogosphere about fitness and weight loss. If you are new here (which is more than likely as my blog is brand new), please be sure to have a look at my About Me page to see what I am all about.
I am always on the lookout for interesting blogs, so if you have a suggestion please use the comments to let me know. In addition, if you are interested in trading links please email me at info [@] digital-weight-loss.com. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I did!
A long run that got tough
I hate cheeseburgers, starting now
How NOT to Run 10km
The Cure for Compulsive Over Exercise
Breakfast And Me
First Swimming Lesson
The Long Run – Marathon Training
A Midsummer Night’s Run (through HELL)
Simple And Fresh Workout Ideas
5 Ways to Measure Fitness Progress Without a Scale
The Ultimate Guide to Stretching for Fitness
3 Fitness Training Tips To Challenge Yourself and To Give You That Athletic Edge
Increase Your Metabolism
Top Reasons Why You Should Not Quit Mountain Biking
A strong guy…..
Motivation Tips for Sticking to Your Workout Routine
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Working Out While Traveling Using a iPhone App
This week I am traveling for business. I thought this would be a perfect time to try on the the apps I have on my iTouch to help with my workouts. I have been using the Wii EA Sports Active at home to help get some of my workouts in, but while traveling I obviously do not have that luxury. The app I have been using is iFitness.
What is iFitness
iFitness is an application that a user can place on their iTouch or iPhone and essentially is a tool to help build exercise routines to help build strength and overall fitness levels. There are at least 100 different exercises in the database and they are nicely categorized by body region to help focus on different target areas. The app provides detailed pictures and descriptions of how to do the exercises properly. Exercises range from using free weights, cables, machines, exercise balls and even no equipement!
How I Am Using iFitness
One of the features of the iFitness app is that there are a few pre-build workout plans that provide you with an overall workout over a series of days. Because I wanted to keep things simple and ensure that I was provided with a balanced workout, I chose the muscle-building program. Other pre-populated workout routines include a fat-building program, Beginner Program, Abdominal Defining Program, and Weight Loss Program.
There seems to be a good balance between upper and lower body exercises in my chosen program and each day I feel that I get a pretty good workout in. I do miss my EA Sports Active, but this program will help in a situation like this. I know of some people who use this to design and track all their workouts which will work, it is just not something that I will do right now as I am on the Wii kick!
What Could be Better
My main beef with the program is that I could not find a way to organize exercises as with weights or without weights. I do not have a readily accessible weight room available and I could see the app saving people a lot of time if they did not need to search through all the exercises to find the bodyweight only examples.
Summary
Overall, I have found iFitness to be great while I have been traveling. The workouts are well designed and there really is a huge choice of exercises to choose from. I would recommend it if you are int he market for this type of app on your iTouch or iPhone.
The Digital Weight Loss & Fitness Weekly Roundup – August 17, 2009
Welcome to the August 17th edition of what is a weekly roundup of quality posts from the blogosphere about fitness and weight loss. If you are new here (which is more than likely as my blog is brand new), please be sure to have a look at my About Me page to see what I am all about.
I am always on the lookout for interesting blogs, so if you have a suggestion please use the comments to let me know. In addition, if you are interested in trading links please email me at info [@] digital-weight-loss.com. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I did!
How often to train for muscle growth?
Drinkin’ on the beach (and running too)
Over-use injuries, muscle imbalances, or alignment.
Farmer’s Markets: The Untold Story
The Moose Grind
4 Ways to Stay Motivated When You’ve a Long Way to Go
Report From Hell
2 lbs Gained & Weight Loss Constipation
What Do YOU Need to Get “Geared”
How to Keep From Losing Workout Motivation
Why do you exercise?
The Easiest Healthy Breakfast You’ll Ever Make
Reduce Calories and Reduce Unnecessary Time Spent Working Out
Family Fitness
Weight Gain During Travel? I Don’t Think So!
What Are The Risks Of A High Fat Diet?
Who You Callin’ Stupid and Lazy?
More Equipment Updates
Trying to Go Faster
Six Pack Abs Are Not Hiding Under Your Body Fat
7 Fitness Faux Pas
Fitness and Men
Does the Nike+ Work??
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