Monday, August 29, 2005
Body Basics take 7
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Kathy Smith's Body Basics video
Portions of tape: warmup, arms, aerobics, cooldown
Duration: ~40 minutes
Notes: It's a warm night here, which probably contributed to us being too hot and tired after the aerobics portion to continue. Radagast's SO's mom did the warmup and arms portions with us, but reports that the aerobics portion was too fast to follow along with.
Exercise type: Kathy Smith's Body Basics video
Portions of tape: warmup, arms, aerobics, cooldown
Duration: ~40 minutes
Notes: It's a warm night here, which probably contributed to us being too hot and tired after the aerobics portion to continue. Radagast's SO's mom did the warmup and arms portions with us, but reports that the aerobics portion was too fast to follow along with.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Pure and Simple Stretch take 5
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing
Duration: ~10 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO's mom also did this, along with the entire Healing Yoga for Aches and Pains video.
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing
Duration: ~10 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO's mom also did this, along with the entire Healing Yoga for Aches and Pains video.
Lawn mowing take 3
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Yoga for Beginners take 2
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners video
Portions of tape: warmup, standing poses, forward bends, seated poses, inverted poses, deep relaxation (entire tape)
Duration: ~1.5 hours (tape was 1 hour)
Notes: We didn't do nearly as much rewinding as we did the first time we used the tape, which was nice. Radagast needs to work on keeping his back straight during the inverted poses. Radagast's SO's mom came out about 1/4 of the way through the tape, and then plopped down and watched us do the entire rest of the tape, inserting comments now and then.
Soreness report: On Sunday our thighs, shoulders, arms, backs, and sides were all very sore.
Exercise type: Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners video
Portions of tape: warmup, standing poses, forward bends, seated poses, inverted poses, deep relaxation (entire tape)
Duration: ~1.5 hours (tape was 1 hour)
Notes: We didn't do nearly as much rewinding as we did the first time we used the tape, which was nice. Radagast needs to work on keeping his back straight during the inverted poses. Radagast's SO's mom came out about 1/4 of the way through the tape, and then plopped down and watched us do the entire rest of the tape, inserting comments now and then.
Soreness report: On Sunday our thighs, shoulders, arms, backs, and sides were all very sore.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Pure and Simple Stretch take 4
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing
Duration: ~10 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO was doing this with Radagast's SO's mom, who also did the entire Healing Yoga for Aches and Pains video. We might donate the Healing Yoga video to Radagast's SO's mom, since she seemed to get more out of it than we did.
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing
Duration: ~10 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO was doing this with Radagast's SO's mom, who also did the entire Healing Yoga for Aches and Pains video. We might donate the Healing Yoga video to Radagast's SO's mom, since she seemed to get more out of it than we did.
Monday, August 22, 2005
Pure and Simple Stretch take 3
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing, floor (complete video)
Duration: ~40 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO's mom watched us (and fell asleep halfway through); she promises to do the video tomorrow.
Exercise type: Pure and Simple Stretch
Portions of tape: standing, floor (complete video)
Duration: ~40 minutes
Notes: Radagast's SO's mom watched us (and fell asleep halfway through); she promises to do the video tomorrow.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Gardening take 2
Who: Radagast, SO, and SO's mom
Exercise type: Gardening
Intensity: Light to moderate
Duration: ~2 hours
Notes: Planting more than a dozen plants in pots, including three very nice ferns (a sword fern, Myers asparagus fern, and Rumohra adiantiforme) in three rather large new pots for our entryway. Lots of lifting and lugging of heavy bags and pots for everyone.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are both moderately sore from yesterday's work.
Exercise type: Gardening
Intensity: Light to moderate
Duration: ~2 hours
Notes: Planting more than a dozen plants in pots, including three very nice ferns (a sword fern, Myers asparagus fern, and Rumohra adiantiforme) in three rather large new pots for our entryway. Lots of lifting and lugging of heavy bags and pots for everyone.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are both moderately sore from yesterday's work.
Labels: house
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Taming the jungle (gardening) take 1
Who: Radagast, SO, and SO's mom
Exercise type: Gardening
Duration: ~4 hours
Intensity: Moderate
Notes: We had let our back lawn turn into a meadow, and today decided to clear it out. Work included string trimming, mowing (with a push mower), weeding, and tearing out large clumps of grass.
Exercise type: Gardening
Duration: ~4 hours
Intensity: Moderate
Notes: We had let our back lawn turn into a meadow, and today decided to clear it out. Work included string trimming, mowing (with a push mower), weeding, and tearing out large clumps of grass.
Labels: house
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Hiking take 3
Type: Hiking
Duration: ~4 miles
Notes: Hiking in the Hoh Rainforest (along the Hoh River Trail); this was probably the most level hike we've done to date.
Duration: ~4 miles
Notes: Hiking in the Hoh Rainforest (along the Hoh River Trail); this was probably the most level hike we've done to date.
Labels: walking
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Hiking take 2
Type: Hiking
Duration: ~2 miles
Notes: Hiked to Sol Duc Falls in the Olympic National Forest/Park. Very pretty falls, though there were a bunch of other people around (some attempting to claim a Darwin award).
Duration: ~2 miles
Notes: Hiked to Sol Duc Falls in the Olympic National Forest/Park. Very pretty falls, though there were a bunch of other people around (some attempting to claim a Darwin award).
Labels: walking
Monday, August 08, 2005
Hiking take 1
Type: Hiking
Duration: ~3 miles
Notes: Hiked to (and back from) Second Beach, on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula. It was a very pleasant hike through moss- and lichen-filled second growth forest, and the beach was very pretty (and nearly empty of people). We even snoozed for a bit on the beach.
Duration: ~3 miles
Notes: Hiked to (and back from) Second Beach, on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula. It was a very pleasant hike through moss- and lichen-filled second growth forest, and the beach was very pretty (and nearly empty of people). We even snoozed for a bit on the beach.
Labels: walking
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Walking to closed restaurant take 1
Type: Walking
Duration: ~5 miles
Notes: To catch the 7:30pm Coho ferry (from Victoria, BC to Port Angeles, WA), we had to leave our car in the ferry's parking lot at noon (and even then we were on standby). We then decided to walk to Haultain's, the fish and chips place we visited last year (link). Unfortunately, after walking more than 2 miles to the restaurant, we found that they were closed for some reason (they're normally open on Sundays, but had a note up saying they were closed).
We never got our precious Haultain's fish and chips :(
Duration: ~5 miles
Notes: To catch the 7:30pm Coho ferry (from Victoria, BC to Port Angeles, WA), we had to leave our car in the ferry's parking lot at noon (and even then we were on standby). We then decided to walk to Haultain's, the fish and chips place we visited last year (link). Unfortunately, after walking more than 2 miles to the restaurant, we found that they were closed for some reason (they're normally open on Sundays, but had a note up saying they were closed).
We never got our precious Haultain's fish and chips :(
Saturday, August 06, 2005
Walking to tea take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: 2 miles
Notes: Every walk should have a break for high tea in the middle of it.
Soreness report: Lingering soreness from the fieldwork for both Radagast and SO.
Exercise type: Walking
Duration: 2 miles
Notes: Every walk should have a break for high tea in the middle of it.
Soreness report: Lingering soreness from the fieldwork for both Radagast and SO.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Fieldwork take 8
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Lugging dozens of boxes of equipment and pieces of luggage around, climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room, and lugging heavy carts up steep ramps.
Notes: Radagast's field course is finally over. This has been our most strenuous week of the year.
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Lugging dozens of boxes of equipment and pieces of luggage around, climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room, and lugging heavy carts up steep ramps.
Notes: Radagast's field course is finally over. This has been our most strenuous week of the year.
Labels: mixed
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Fieldwork take 7
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Notes: Radagat's SO did much more hiking today than Radagast, who spent most of his time at the base camp.
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Notes: Radagat's SO did much more hiking today than Radagast, who spent most of his time at the base camp.
Labels: walking
Kayaking take 3
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~45 minutes
Notes: Radagast finally found time to get out on a kayak; Radagast did most of the work due to Radagast's SO having a few blisters.
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~45 minutes
Notes: Radagast finally found time to get out on a kayak; Radagast did most of the work due to Radagast's SO having a few blisters.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Fieldwork take 6
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Notes: Radagast's SO did much more hiking today than Radagast, who spent most of his time at the base camp.
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Notes: Radagast's SO did much more hiking today than Radagast, who spent most of his time at the base camp.
Labels: walking
Kayaking take 2
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~1 hour
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~1 hour
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Fieldwork take 5
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Labels: walking
Kayaking take 1
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~1 hour
Exercise type: Kayaking
Duration: ~1 hour
Monday, August 01, 2005
Fieldwork take 4
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Exercise type: Working in the field
Details: Hours of hiking over rough terrain; climbing (and descending) 62 stairs every time we go to our room.
Labels: walking
