Focus T25 Day 4 (Ab Intervals)<\/p>\n
275 calories. (estimated)<\/p>\n
Barely made it.<\/p>\n
The 275 calories (according to the Fitbit) was an estimate. I forgot to start the timer\u00a0until 1:45 left in the routine. I rounded up to two minutes and then extrapolated it to the full 25 minutes. Granted, it’s not the most accurate, but since I question the Fitbit’s accounting as well, I’m not worried.<\/p>\n
I have a Fitbit Surge which measures the heart rate, but I found it to be inaccurate much of the time, underestimating it considerably during heavy work. I first noticed it at the gym, when I’d be huffing and puffing and it would read something like 120bpm, when I know it\u00a0was 145+. Fitbit calculates the calories burned by taking the heart rate into account, so the good news is that all these burned calories during heavy work are most likely being underreported.<\/p>\n
Now back to the routine. This was a tough one. My nemesis in a typical workout (non-T25) has traditionally been planking. For a while, I had done pretty well; a year and a half ago, I did the 30 day (make that 20 or so day) plank challenge and was able to make it past the three minute \u00a0mark. However, due to subsequent\u00a0inactivity, I now shake uncontrollably after one minute.<\/p>\n
So with the planking and Superman exercises in this routine, I was modifying a lot. Actually cheating. Well, if you look at Shaun T or the others when they sit in the ‘V’ position, their hands are placed down by their hips. I couldn’t do that. My hands were out to the side and behind my back. Of course this is giving me support so I’m not working the abs as much.<\/p>\n
Plus, I can’t get my back as straight as in the video, and my knees were bent more than most. I have a lot to work on.<\/p>\n
At the end of the routine, I didn’t feel sore (other that my calves from the previous day), so I suspect that I didn’t work my abs as much as I should have. In the future, I will need to…dare I say…Focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Focus T25 Day 4 (Ab Intervals) 275 calories. (estimated) Barely made it. The 275 calories (according to the Fitbit) was an estimate. I forgot to start the timer\u00a0until 1:45 left in the routine. I rounded up to two minutes and then extrapolated it to the full 25 minutes. Granted, it’s not the most accurate, but since I question the Fitbit’s accounting as well, I’m not worried. I have a Fitbit Surge which measures the heart rate, but I found it to be inaccurate much of the time, underestimating it considerably during heavy work. I first noticed it at the gym, when I’d be huffing and puffing and it would read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12,13],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-fitbit","tag-t25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justsilence.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}