January 8th, 2012

224.8 lbs per the digital scale. Progress has been great thanks to a decent diet and somewhat regular exercise despite battling a cold virus this past week. Down nearly 4 lbs since New Years. My short term goal of 220 lbs by January 29th is definitely possible.

While surfing for an entertaining photo of a fat guy destroying a treadmill, I stumbled across a blog article about interval training. While written for busy moms trying to lose pregnancy pudge and become 'yummy', it's still good info.

(This picture is way more hilarious-er than the other stuff I'd found.)

Up to now I've been doing long duration, constant resistance workouts. I put the Precor AMT 835 in Manual mode, warm up on a lower level for 5 minutes, and chug along at a steady pace for another 40-50 minutes at a constant higher resistance setting. Results are immediate and the work is satisfying, but it does take a long time and every now and then makes for sore joints.

If you read the linked article, the benefits of using short duration interval training over long duration training are explained. It's actually more effective and takes less time with interval training. I have seen interval training programs on treadmills, the AMT, stationary bikes, and etc but had always assumed they were for anaerobic training. We'll see how this works.