Day 33

Day 32 - Filthy 50

3 mile jog around piedmont

Burned 479 kcal in an hour
My pace was a slow 11miles per hour

Planned for bootcamp but missed it due to  traffic from a local festival

Day 31 - 5 Mile Jog

Day 2 of the Newtons. Jogged around Stone Mountain.

Burned 437 kcal in 50 min.
Burned 2447 kcal after 10 hours.

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Day 30 - 2 Mile Jog

Jogged around grant park in my Newtons! Photos to come.
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Day 29 WoD - Shoulder Press 5-5-5-5-5 reps

Shoulder Press 5-5-5-5-5 reps
55-60-65-70f-70f
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Day 28 - wod death by pull up

With a continuously running clock, do one pull-up and one handstand push-up the first minute, two pull-ups and two handstand push-ups the second minute, three pull-ups and three handstand push-ups the third minute... continuing as long as you are able. When you cannot complete the required number of reps for either exercise, continue only with the other as long as you are able.

Use as many sets in any order each minute as needed

Dacia 6+11=17

Day 27 - wod shoulder jerk

Behind the neck Jerk 1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Dacia 75-85-95-115f-115f-105-100

Day 26 - wod Gator

8 Rounds for time
5 front squats
26 Ring Pushups

Post WoD
5 minute Ring Stand

Day 25 - wod 12 min AMRAP

400 Meter Run
5 Deadlifts

Day 24 - wod Overhead Squat 3-3-3-3-3

Day 23 Bootcamp

8:30 - 9:30 bootcamp
352kcal burned
2 hours - 777kcal
10 hr - 1997 kcal

Day 22 - crossfit WoD

My monitor is broken :(
But here's what I did.

Day 21 - Jogging

Did 3.3 miles today at about 11am.
Burned 437kcal in 35 minutes.
After 10 hours I burned 2684kcal.

My waist belt works but it has gotten loose, so I have to wear a fitted shirt for it to accurately capture my heart rate.  I still plan to buy a new one.

Day 20- WOD

5 rope climb
5 clean jerk
4 rope climb
4 clean jerk
3 rope climb
3 clean jerk
2 rope climba
2 clean jerk
1 rope climb
1 clean jerk

After 1hr 423 kcal

After 3 hours 981kcal (10:30pm)

Day 19 - My Grant Park Pi Mile

Burned 438 kcal in 36 min 3.14 miles around Grant Park.  Not a fast run, but good burn.
1 hour - 651 kcal
2 hour - 832 kcal (took a 2 hour break w/o monitor so the numbers here will be off a bit)
 

Grant Park on a Sunday

Farmers Market at Grant Park on Sunday

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Day 18 - Crossfit WOD & Day 1 - Paleo

Today I decided to sign up for the Paleo challenge at the gym.  I am a week late, so I have to really hit the ground running.  Wish me luck! 

What is the Paleo diet?
This diet is based on the types of foods that people at prior to the Agricultural revolution (about 10,000 years ago), when everyone was a hunter and gatherer, thus the name Paleo (Paleolithic).  As a result, meals were based on meat and vegetables.  Some other names for this diet is the caveman diet, the hunter-gatherer diet, or the stone age diet.

For more information, go to www.thepaleodiet.com.

Now for the WOD of the day.

29 FOREVER!!!!
29 min AMRAP:
1 super hill run
29 squat snatches #55/#75
29 V-situps
29 push presses #55/#75


I did 2 reps and 1/2 a run. (1st rep #55/ 2nd rep #35)

1 hour - 510 kcal
2 hour - 892 kcal
3 hour - 1160 kcal

Copyright 2011 Dacia Tarleton

Day 17 - crossfit wod

Burned 529kcal - 55min
Burned 2530kcal - 10 hrs

Day 16 - crossfit wod

Burned 295kcal in first 35 minutes.
After 10 hours 2982kcal burned.

Vacation in Bogota

I was off for about a week, so no data.

Day 15 - Brutal 3.3 miles around Grant Park

I tried to get out early, but it was still quite humid at 11am and only 81 degrees.  I jogged and walked 3.3 miles today.  Burned 488kc after 55 minutes.
Let's see how the day goes.

3 hours later - 1188 kcal

Day 14 - 3 mile jog on the treadmill

Today I decided to take it easy and do a run on the treadmill.  I have a 10k and a half marathon to prepare for in the coming months, so I need to get my runs in when I can.

I did a slow 3 miles today at about 33 minutes.  I burned 367kcal in that 33 minute jog.  I started at about noon today.

At 2pm - 787kcal burned
After 10 hours - 1763kcal burned

Copyright 2011 Dacia Tarleton

Day 13 - La Fitness Lower Body & Core

Today is the first day of working out in the gym with my usual workout.  I will call it the Xavier Full Body Rotational Workout.  With Xavier's workout, he focuses on certain body parts each visit to the gym.  Today was legs, latissimus dorsi (aka lats or back), and abs.  This workout took 1 hour and we started at 11:55am.  We burned 330kcal after the first hour. 

Here is a pic of one side of the lats courtesy of Wikipedia.

WORKOUT
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1. Warm-up - 10 min Run on treadmill @ avg 6.3 speed. Burned 96kcal
2. Routine 
• Squat press 90lbs - Reps 20 - Sets 3
• Calf Raises (toes pointed straight) 90 lbs - Reps 20 - Sets 3
• Calf Raises (toes pointed inward) 90 lbs - Reps 20 - Sets 3
• Calf Raises (toes pointed outward) 90 lbs - Reps 20 - Sets 3
• Seated Legs Curls (Hamstring) 90 lbs - Reps 20 - Sets 3
• Pulldown (Lats) 50lbs - Reps 20 (10 front/10 back) - Sets 3
3. Abs
• Situps - 30
• Scissor Kick - 30
• Crunchy Frog - 30
• Mason Twist - 30

CALORIES BURNED
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12:55pm - 350kcal
1:45pm - 720kcal
2:45pm -
9:45pm - 1710kcal (10 hours)


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Day 12 - 2.2 mile jog (after 7 days vaation)

Just got back from a short vacation, so back to the experiment.

Today @ ~3pm I did a 2.2 mile run around Grant Park.  I should do better and do these runs in the morning or late afternoon.  Its hard to give 100% at 90+ degrees.

Burned 269kcal after 22 minute run.

After 10 hours (1am) I burned 1930kcal.

Vacation in Brazil

Sao Paulo for 6 days

Day 11 - Bootcamp @ 6:30am

I took a 6pm bootcamp 2 days ago and burned about 250kcal. My hunch is that because it was 91 degrees out, I was too hot to exert my best effort.  In order to do this experiment justice, I have decided to measue bootcamp based on the 6:30am class. 

The challege is waking up this early!  Wish me luck!

In todays class I was 10 minutes late, so hit the park and ran to the group.  I started the watch at this point.  We did 20 minute AMRAP of hate makers (3 rounds of 5 push ups, 20 mountan climbers, and 1 jump and clap), 3 suicide up hill runs, incline situps, twisting squat jumps (360 degree turn into next squat), and pelvic thrust (the naughty 80s move).  We ended with 2 minutes of scissor kicks and stretching.

After the workout I burned 350kcal (30 minutes).  By 7:30am I burned 450kcal.  Let's see what happens all day!

At 9:30 burned 725kcal
At 10:30 burned 980kcal
At 11:30 burner 1130kcal

After 10 hours I burned 1850kcal.

Day 10 - 2 miles around grant park

I ran 2.1 miles in about 22 minute.  I burned 141kcal during the run.  At 10 hours, I burned 1981kcal.

Vacation in Miami - I did a 2 mile run...but ate all the calories back

2 days in Miami

Day 9 - 2.5 mile run

I ran 2.5 miles today. This burned 390kcal.

I burned ~1500kcal after 10 hours.

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Day 8 - 2 mile run

After a 2 mile run I burned 395kcal. 
Ten hours later I burned 2678kcal.

Day 7 - Sedentary Day (A Little R&R)

Today, I am resting my body. It is important to give your body time to recover. CrossFit is a very intense workout and between that and running, my muscles definitely can use some R&R.

For good measure, I am monitoring calorie burn today. The idea is to get as many data points as possible.

I started wearing the waistband at about 9:45am so I will have it on until about 7:45pm.

At 4:10pm, burned 1420kcal
At 7:45pm (10 hours) burned 1954kcal (195kcal per hour)

Copyright 2011 Dacia Tarleton

Day 6 - Atlanta Memorial Mile

It's Memorial Day.

Hats off to all those who have served, are serving, and willing to serve.

I honor of all the men and women who risk their lives, I did the Atlanta Memorial Mile in Kennessaw this morning.  Finished in 7 min 24 seconds. Burned 150kcal during that 7 minutes.  started at about 10 am.
At 2:46pm burned 1121kcal.
After 10 hours (~8pm) I burned 2497kcal.

Day 5 - CrossFit Horse

I have never done CrossFit on a Saturday, but the gym does their own workout (not the HQ workout).  It was tough.  I burned a lot of calories this morning.  In about an hour I burned 450 kcal.

Today we did CrossFit Horse.
1 min AMRAPS:

wall balls
box jumps
kettlebell swings
pullups
situps
thrusters
back extensions
sdhp
row
pushups

Check out the Fitness Battalion CrossFit blog to see more details.

11:00 am - 11:55 am - 450 kcal

By 1:50pm, 901kcal burned.
By 2:10pm 1045kcal burned.
By 3:30pm 1431kcal burned.
By 4:30pm 1552kcal burned. (add ~144kcal for 30 min shower)
By 5:30pm 1708kcal burned.
By 6:30pm 1845kcal burned.
By 7:30pm 1920kcal burned.
After 10 hrs 2154kcal.

1st hr - 450kcal
2nd hr & 3rd hr - ~451kcal

4th hr - ~288kcal
5th hr - ~286kcal
6th hr - ~265kcal
7th hr - ~

Modified Walking Handstand

Thrusters

What did I eat before and after?
I had Kashi Heart-to-Heart with almond milk for breakfast.  I took the Jack 3d supplement today.  Plenty of water during the workout of course.

After the workout I ate an egg sandwich.

Copyright 2011 Dacia Tarleton

Day 4 - Crossfit WOD

Today's workout:
Seven rounds of:
35 Double-unders
1 Snatch

I did this in 13:10 with total weight 434 (62 lb per snatch).At the end of this I burned 290kcal.
Post WOD was deadlifts
5 rounds 5 reps @ 50% (85 lbs)
5 rounds 3 reps @ 70% (135 lbs)
5 rounds 1 reps @ 90% (185 lbs Failed)

Check out the Fitness Battalion CrossFit blog to see more details.  

After this which 15 min later, I burned 450kcal. (11:30am)

After 10 hours I only burned 2456kcal.

Double unders

What did I eat before and after?
I woke up late so I skipped breakfast. Bad move because I could tell I was running out of fuel.  I did drink some water mixed with Jack3d.  Wonder if this changes calorie burn and how much it improves the workout?  Maybe I will do 1 of of Jack 3d next week in bootcamp to compare.
For lunch I had tuna and crackers. 

Day 3 - CrossFit WOD

Had two days rest on tues and wed so I'm back at my week of CrossFit.  I tried to measure my rest day calorie burn but it didn't work out so well because I didn't get good contact on the waist belt. (It needs a little sweat to make a good connection.)

Here's the workout.
For time: Run 1 mile (big loop + small loop)

Check out the Fitness Battalion CrossFit blog to see more details. 

Today I burned 350kcal in crossfit after 55 min.
1 mile run (8min 42sec),

Post WOD:
50 partner pushups,
50 partner ball situps,
50 partner lunges (15lbs),
25 bear complexes (squat clean, thrusters, back thrusters).
Time for post wod ~12min.

At 12:46pm (20 min later) my burn was at 416kcal.  That's another 66kcal post workout! Whoa!
Let's see what it is after a few hours.

In 10 hours I burned 2340kcal.

Partner Ball Situps

Partner pushups

What did I eat before and after?
I had Kashi Heart-to-heart with Almond Milk before the workout. 

I was bad and had 3 fried chicken wings from Popeyes with mashed potatoes afterward.

Day 2 -CrossFit WOD

Thruster 2-2-2-2-2-2-2
Translation: Thrusters 2 reps 7 sets to max
Here are my results:
52 57 62 67 67 72(f) 72

Post WOD
21-15-9
Clap push ups
Squat jumps
Squat clean jerk

Check out the Fitness Battalion CrossFit blog to see more details.

10:00am - 11:00am - 350kcal
After 10 hours here is my burn: 2516kcal


What did I eat before and after?
About 1 hour Before crossfit, I ate a bowl of Kashi Heart-to-Heart cereal with almond milk.

After Crossfit, I ate a lamb gryo with mixed greens salad  with vinagrette.

A 10 min Drive to gym in a manual car burns 55kcal

Day 1 - Calorie Burn on a Sedentary Day

Today is Sunday, May 22, 2011.  I woke up late, so I started tracking my calorie burn at 11:15am.  My watch maxes out at 10 hours, so the measurements will be in 10 hour intervals.

• 11:15am - 9:15pm - 1860 kcal - Regular day of running errands, surfing the net, reading, etc.  Nothing too out of the norm.  So looks like I burn about 180 kcal per hour on a sedentary day.
• 10:00pm - 8:00 am - 597kcal - Surfing the web, sleeping, waking. So basically while sleeping I burned about 300kcal.  I went to be late, around 1am but I noticed I had already burned over 200kcal at that point.

Copyright 2011 Dacia Tarleton

How Many Calories Are Burned in Bootcamp?

So far, I have burned between 450kcal and 500 kcal during 40 minutes of bootcamp.  This is great, but the true test will be the long-term burn throughout the day following bootcamp.  Ideally I would like to do bootcamp at the same time everyday, but this may not be feasible.  I will do my best to remain consistent.  The goal is 10 hours of measurement with the first hour starting with the activity.

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How Calories Are Burned in a Crossfit Workout of the Day (WOD)

I have been tracking my calorie burn when doing Crossfit WOD for 3 weeks. My average burn during the 45 to 60 minute time frame is 270 Kcal.


What is interesting is not just what you burn during the workout, but what your body burns following the workout. Over the next few days I will be updating my burn during the workout and 9 hours after the workout minus the time it takes for a shower.

I workout at Fitness Battalion for Crossfit. Check them out below.

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What is Crossfit?

Because I cannot explain it, here is a video.



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What Is This All About?

The goal of this blog is to determine which is the best way to burn calories.  Is it in the gym doing a regular workout with some cardio and some weights, doing a jog, Crossfit, or bootcamp.  For good measure, I am also tracking my calorie burn during days where I am not working out to see what I burn in a regular day doing sedentary activities like working on my computer or reading a book.

I weight 149 lbs.  I am 5' 6".  I have an athletic build.

I use a Sportline Duo Heart rate monitor watch with a chest belt to track my heart rate and calorie burn.  This is one of the most accurate ways to monitor calorie burn.  Keep in mind that everyone is different, so you may burn more or less calories than I do attempting a similar experiment.  The idea here is to use a scientific approach to understanding the effects of various work outs from a caloric perspective on an individual.


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