Last but not least Swing Dancing...

For the last day of class we had a swing dance lesson. It was absolutely a blast! I loved every minute of it.(including Henry flipping me) It was also a great workout!!
Date: 5-3-07
Time: class
Heart Rate: most of the time it was quite low like 110 but I could see how it would increase steadily if you did it continuosly and knew what you were doing!!!

It was a blast!!!

The wave

For part of my workout I used the wave machine at the Wellness Center! Here are the results!!
Date: Monday April 30, 2007
Time: 40 minutes
Calories burned: 605
Heart Rate: 145-152

Tennis

The first tennis outing for the year was on Wednesday about 5pm. I found some nice courts up north on 19th and had a rousing game of tennis. Most of the time I spent chasing wild balls that the other person was hitting. (the other person is more of a beginner but that sure gave me a good workout)
Time: 1 hour
Heart Rate: 120-156
I can't wait to play more!!!!

Volleyball

On Tuesday in class we played some volleyball. I really enjoyed the idea of 3 people teams because it really got everyone moving!!!
Date: tuesday
Place: in class
Heart rate: 102-137
Most of the time my heart rate was in the 115's but for some of the points where I had to move alot it got up there!

Strongest woman contest..

At the end of class on thursday we had a strongest individual competion. We had to move a large tire across Dakota Field...
Date: 4-19-07
Place: Dakota Field
Time: 20 seconds
Partner: Kayla
Heart Rate: 167
I even had Kayla helping me lift the tire and my heart rate was still that high!!1

A little Karate

In class on Tuesday April 17, 2007 we learned a little Karate from Shawn!! I really enjoyed it and learned how truely little flexibiltiy I have...
Date: 4-17-07
Time: class (15 minutes)
Place: Dakota Field
Heart Rate: 130-168 ( the 168 is from the end and we had to do kick spins five times in a row)

Lights Out!!!

On Thursday in class we had Kristen from the Wellness Center take us through her kickboxing class. It was very fun and I really enjoyed it.
Date: 4-12-07
Place: B. bunker
Time: 50 minutes
Heart Rate: between 123-145

Billy Blanks All the Way

For an activity on Tuesday we did a Billy Blanks Taebo tape. It was quite the workout!
Date: April 10 ,2007
Place: B.Bunker
Time: 27 minutes
Heart Rate Average: 133

Sadly Shoveling in April

On Wednesday evening about 9 pm my roommate and I headed outside to take care of the snow problem we had on our front steps and driveway.
Place: My beautiful blue and white house
Date: 4-4-07
Time: 9-9:15pm
Heart Rate: 120-155
It was quite a workout..especially for April!

Wiffle Ball

We had a wiffle ball tournament inclass on Tuesday here are my results...
Date: Tuesday April 3, 2007
Time: During Class
Place: The BB Stage because of the snow
Heart Rate: 103-120
My heart rate was below the 60-80% on this day but I think if we would have had a bigger stadium then the heart rate would have increased!!\
PS. Our team got man-handled!!!

Salsa Dancing

In class on Thursday we had salsa dancing... here are the results
Date: March 29, 2007
Time: 1 hour
Place: Benson Bunker
Conditions: Muggy and quite hot
Heart Rate: 110-135 (It would have been higher if it would have been continous dance)

****Don't I get some sort of an award or something at least for dancing with Chuck????****

Alaskan Kickball

I wore my heart rate monitor for Alaskan kickball on Tuesday. Here are the results.
date:Tuesday March, 27 2007
Place: Datoka Field
Time:1 hour
Conditions: 50 degrees and windy
Heart Rate: 126-160 Average 130
PS. We won and we had the Alaskan himself on our team!!

A quick run

For my workout on March 21st, I did a little run!
Date: March 21, 2007
Time: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Place: Wellness Center
Conditions: I ran at 7.8mph at 1.5 incline on the tredmill for 7 miles.
HR: 123-182 ( the average heart rate was 173)
I can't wait to start running outside!!!!

Ultimate Frisbee

Today in class we played ultimate frisbee! I wore my heart rate monitor for the games!
Date: March 22, 2007
Time: Class Period
Place: Dakota Field
Temp and Weather: 40 degrees, cloudy and WINDY
Heart Rate: 111-136
PS. Blue team dominated!!!! Don't I get some sort of championship ring or something???

Blog #16

Over break I volunteered in a Kindergarten classroom in LP! I wanted to see what my heart rate will be like in my future job! Here are the results...
date: March 13, 2007
Place: LPGE Elementary School
Activities: Water color painting, reading, setting up art projects, helping students, dancing and playing games, finding lost kids
Heart Rate: 86-116
I realized I am always going to be on the move at work and there is never a dull moment with Kindergarteners!!!

blog #15

I took my two dogs for a 2 mile walk on Monday morning after I ran 5 miles! I have a chocolate lab, Diesel and a Brittney Spaniel, Gunnar!
Date:March 12, 2007
Time: 11am
Place: County Road 86 Long Prairie, MN
Terrain: hilly
Wind: 5 mph
Temp: 45 degrees
Heart Rate: 112-126

Blog#14

On Thursday I wore my heart rate monitor while shoveling the driveway!!! Here is the info...
Place: My house..Fargo, ND
Time: 35 minutes
Speed: Vigourous
Heart Rate: 115-187
Don't worry I finished the sidewalk,steps and driveway all in time to shovel again on Friday!!!

Blog #13

I checked my heart rate in our activity in class on Thursday. I did an interval training session on the treadmill.
Place: Class
Time: 4 Minutes
Speed: Walking 4.8 Running 8.5mph
Heart Rate: 123-178
I walked for one minutes ran for 30 seconds then walked then ran and so on!!

Blog #11

I did a work out video on Saturday...I don't remember the name of the video...It was a terrible video but it was something to do!
Date: Feb 17, 2007
Place: Long Prairie,MN
Time: 46 minutes
Heart rate: 120-141

Blog #10

I wore my heart rate monitor on the treadmill as I did a relatively short run...
Date: Feb 19, 2007
Time: 4:00pm-4:45pm
Place:treadmill at Wellness Center
Speed: 7.8-8.0 mph
Incline:1.5
Heart Rate: 176-192

Blog #9

This is from a class I took at the Wellness Center right after I did the elliptical workout.
Date: Feb 14, 2007
Time: 1 hour
Place: Wellness Center
Activity: Body Blast
Heart Rate: 102-135

Post #8

This heart rate blog is from a work out I did on the elliptical...
Time: 36 minutes
Place: Wellness Center
Activity: Elliptical (Glute #2)
Heart Rate: 137-171

Blog #8

The heart rate for this blog was taken during the warm-up activities in class as well.
Here are the results.
Date: Feb 6, 2007
Time: 10 minutes
Activity: Keith and Tasha's warm-up.
Heart Rate: ranged from 115- 158
At the beggining of the warm up my heart rate was at 118 then it went up when we played the tag game to 158. At the end of the warm up it had dropped down to 115.

Blog #7

I wore my heart rate monitor during the warm-up activities in class. When Henry and John did their warm up these were my results.
Date: February 6, 2007
Place: Benson Bunker
Time: 10 minute warm up
Heart rate: ranged from 107-138
My heart rate was at 138 at the end of the warm-up!

Blog #6

For this post I am using a heart rate that I got while I was in class. This is from the cycle test.
Place: Class-cycle test
Date:Feb 1, 2007
Time:6 minutes
Heart Rate Average: 130 bpm

Blog #5

For this blog I am using my heart rate from my treadmill test. This was done in class on January 30,2007.
Place: Class-treadmill test
Time: 13:14
Heart Rate: Started at 107 and ended at 225.

Blog #4

After I did the eliptical on Wednesday I did some abs. I was interested to see my heart rate while doing abs. I did 15 minutes of abs. The total amount of abs I did was 500.
Place: Wellness Center
Time: 3:45-4:00pm
Heart Rate: 109-112

Blog #3

On Wednesday January 24, 2007 I went to the Wellness Center. I went on the elliptical for 45 minutes. I used the glute setting on the machine. It is suppose to target your glutes and hams the most.
Place: Wellness Center
Time: 3-3:45
Heart Rate: 144-147 range

Blog #2

I also did my second heart rate monitoring on Thursday January 18, 2007! After class I went to the Welness Center for my workout! My work out for the day consisted of running and some weight training. I wore my monitor only while running. I ran indoors and on the tredmill.
Time: 12:30-1:15pm
Distance: 6.2 miles
Speed: 7.8-8.2 mph
Place: Wellness Center
Heart Rate Average: 182-186

First Blog....

The first time I wore my heart rate to try it out was Thursday January 18th, 2007 in class. Chuck showed us a warm-up. The warm-up lasted about 15 minutes. The warm-up did do what it was suppose to and by the end of the 15 minutes I was ready for more strenous activity!

Time: 11am-11:15am
Place: Class
Average Heart Rate: 107-127