Saturday, December 22, 2007
Wii-ing take 1
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Playing doubles tennis and WarioWare Smooth Moves on the Wii
Duration: ~3 hours
Notes: You wouldn't think that 2+ hours of WarioWare would be a good workout. Then you'd read the soreness report, and think otherwise.
Soreness report: Radagast's SO was extremely sore for two days after this "workout."
Radagast's totals: 217/225; 54/75; $1012.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 213/225; 55/75; -$135.00
Exercise type: Playing doubles tennis and WarioWare Smooth Moves on the Wii
Duration: ~3 hours
Notes: You wouldn't think that 2+ hours of WarioWare would be a good workout. Then you'd read the soreness report, and think otherwise.
Soreness report: Radagast's SO was extremely sore for two days after this "workout."
Radagast's totals: 217/225; 54/75; $1012.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 213/225; 55/75; -$135.00
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Visiting Knott's Scary Farm
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking around (and waiting in line at) Knott's Scary Farm
Duration: ~5 1/2 hours
Notes: Exercise has never been so scary!
Radagast's totals: 187/225; 51/75; $917.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 189/225; 52/75; -$210.00
Exercise type: Walking around (and waiting in line at) Knott's Scary Farm
Duration: ~5 1/2 hours
Notes: Exercise has never been so scary!
Radagast's totals: 187/225; 51/75; $917.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 189/225; 52/75; -$210.00
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Visiting Disneyland take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking around Disneyland
Duration: ~10 hours, with ~10 miles walked (counted via pedometer)
Notes: Radagast's SO's parents joined us.
Radagast's totals: 150/225; 46/75; $805.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 149/225; 50/75; $402.50
Exercise type: Walking around Disneyland
Duration: ~10 hours, with ~10 miles walked (counted via pedometer)
Notes: Radagast's SO's parents joined us.
Radagast's totals: 150/225; 46/75; $805.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 149/225; 50/75; $402.50
Monday, August 06, 2007
Visiting an arboretum take 1
Who: Radagast's SO
Exercise type: Walking around an arboretum
Duration: ~6 hours
Radagast's totals: 149/225; 46/75; $800.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 148/225; 50/75; $397.50
Exercise type: Walking around an arboretum
Duration: ~6 hours
Radagast's totals: 149/225; 46/75; $800.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 148/225; 50/75; $397.50
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Attending a fair take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Attending a fair
Duration: ~9 hours, with ~10 miles of walking
Notes: Radagast's SO's parents joined us.
Radagast's totals: 148/225; 45/75; $795.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 147/225; 50/75; $392.50
Exercise type: Attending a fair
Duration: ~9 hours, with ~10 miles of walking
Notes: Radagast's SO's parents joined us.
Radagast's totals: 148/225; 45/75; $795.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 147/225; 50/75; $392.50
Friday, June 15, 2007
Walking to a Concert take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Walking from our parking space to our seats at a Roger Waters concert, and back again
Duration: at least 50 minutes, thanks to crowds
Notes: We parked a mile away from our seats for tonight's concert (yes, it was really 0.986 miles; we checked with Google Pedometer), and thus walked two miles in our pursuit of listening to Roger Waters. Of course, getting in and out of the darn parking lot took even longer, but we'll ignore that.
Soreness report: Radagast's upper legs are sore, likely from yesterday's workout.
Radagast's totals: 111/225; 29/75; $665.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 112/225; 33/75; $242.50
[For more novelty walking posts, see Walking to a closed restaurant, take 1]
Exercise type: Walking from our parking space to our seats at a Roger Waters concert, and back again
Duration: at least 50 minutes, thanks to crowds
Notes: We parked a mile away from our seats for tonight's concert (yes, it was really 0.986 miles; we checked with Google Pedometer), and thus walked two miles in our pursuit of listening to Roger Waters. Of course, getting in and out of the darn parking lot took even longer, but we'll ignore that.
Soreness report: Radagast's upper legs are sore, likely from yesterday's workout.
Radagast's totals: 111/225; 29/75; $665.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 112/225; 33/75; $242.50
[For more novelty walking posts, see Walking to a closed restaurant, take 1]
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Tiling take 3
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Grouting the bathroom floor
Duration: ~4 1/2 hours start to finish, ~4 hours physical labor
Notes: Mixing, spreading, and cleaning up the grout.
Soreness report: Who knew making a mess and then cleaning it up could be so much work? Our backs and shoulders are very sore only minutes after completion.
Radagast's totals: 37/225; 2/75; $397.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 38/225; 2/75; -$55.00
Exercise type: Grouting the bathroom floor
Duration: ~4 1/2 hours start to finish, ~4 hours physical labor
Notes: Mixing, spreading, and cleaning up the grout.
Soreness report: Who knew making a mess and then cleaning it up could be so much work? Our backs and shoulders are very sore only minutes after completion.
Radagast's totals: 37/225; 2/75; $397.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 38/225; 2/75; -$55.00
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Tiling take 2
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Tiling the bathroom floor
Duration: ~10 hours start to finish, ~6 hours physical labor
Notes: Inking out the layout grid and then laying about 30 square feet of 6" marble tiles.
Soreness report: Oooooooooooh. We were both extremely sore within an hour of stopping work.
Radagast's totals: 213/200, $707.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 207/200, -$172.50
Exercise type: Tiling the bathroom floor
Duration: ~10 hours start to finish, ~6 hours physical labor
Notes: Inking out the layout grid and then laying about 30 square feet of 6" marble tiles.
Soreness report: Oooooooooooh. We were both extremely sore within an hour of stopping work.
Radagast's totals: 213/200, $707.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 207/200, -$172.50
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tiling take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Laying down Schluter Ditra in preparation for tiling
Duration: ~1-2 hours
Notes: Mixing mortar, spreading mortar, and embedding the membrane all required a surprising amount of muscle power.
Radagast's totals: 212/200, $702.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 206/200, -$177.50
Exercise type: Laying down Schluter Ditra in preparation for tiling
Duration: ~1-2 hours
Notes: Mixing mortar, spreading mortar, and embedding the membrane all required a surprising amount of muscle power.
Radagast's totals: 212/200, $702.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 206/200, -$177.50
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Moving take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Helping friends move
Duration: ~3 hours
Notes: A very good muscle-straining workout. The pizza and games afterwards were a good bonus.
Soreness report: We'll be sore tomorrow.
Radagast's totals: 134/200, $575.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 136/200, $77.50
Exercise type: Helping friends move
Duration: ~3 hours
Notes: A very good muscle-straining workout. The pizza and games afterwards were a good bonus.
Soreness report: We'll be sore tomorrow.
Radagast's totals: 134/200, $575.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 136/200, $77.50
Monday, July 24, 2006
Rearranging furniture take 2
Who: Radagast
Exercise type: Moving furniture
Duration: ~45 minutes
Radagast's totals: 121/200, $527.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 125/200, $37.50
Exercise type: Moving furniture
Duration: ~45 minutes
Radagast's totals: 121/200, $527.50
Radagast's SO's totals: 125/200, $37.50
Sunday, July 09, 2006
RGYM performing better than expected – earnings forecast increased by 33%!
[Cross-posted on Rhosgobel; for more background see these three posts.]
In June of 2005, Radagast and SO started Rhosgobel's Gym (RGYM), a website dedicated to tracking their production of exercise units. In January of 2006 RGYM implemented a new manufacturing process, with initial predicted production of 300 units of exercise in the fiscal year (split evenly between Radagast and Radagast's SO). Based on January pricing of the units, RGYM anticipated earnings between $750 and $1,500 for the fiscal year (earnings, unfortunately, not in thousands).
Analysts were mixed as to whether RGYM could meet these aggressive goals, but through an aggressive marketing campaign, active marketplace analysis, and synergistic employee motivation plans, RGYM is proud to announce that in the first six months of 2006 it produced 213 units of exercise, for a total mid-year earnings of more than $900. RGYM exceeded its mid-year expectations by more than 40%.
As a result of this outstanding performance, RGYM is adjusting its annual production goal to 400 units of exercise (split evenly between Radagast and SO); earnings estimates have been proportionally raised as well.
The highest income-producing exercise class for RGYM in the first two quarters of 2006 was walking, with a total of more than 125 units produced. Unfortunately, due to the market saturation of walking-type exercises (and relatively low heart-rate increase per unit of walking produced), RGYM is revising the predicted earnings-per-unit for walking-type exercises. Specifically, walking for more than 40 minutes will be rebranded to walking for more than 30 minutes, and will be priced at $2.50 instead of $5. While this change will reduce our per-unit income, we anticipate that the reduction in per-unit walking amount should increase our exposure in the coveted low-duration walking market while concurrently reducing our manufacturing cost. Our signature walking to the store (and lugging back groceries) product will still retain its $2.50 price.
Additionally, RGYM is actively responding to current marketplace demand for walking by introducing a new product: walking for more than 60 minutes. This product will maintain the $5 price point of the (now discontinued) 40 minute walking product, and is excepted to attract the walking addict niche market.
While RGYM has historically produced products in the video and light aerobic fitness market, RGYM is now expanding its product line to enter the lucrative weightlifting market. Late in the second quarter RGYM introduced their initial weightlifting product: weightlifting for more than 30 minutes, at an introductory price of $5. The ratio of health gains to manufacturing cost make this product an exciting new addition to the RGYM line, and RGYM expects to see solid gains as a result of this product in the second half of the fiscal year.
RGYM's expenses to date have been well within predictions for the fiscal year. Radagast's SO incurred an initial employee compensation expense of $505 in the first quarter; while this expenditure required deficit spending, it was expected to reduce overall compensation expenses by taking advantage of temporary market fluctuations. As a result, Radagast's SO's cash balance was negative for much of the first two quarters. However, Radagast's SO is forecast to have a positive cash balance early in the third quarter of 2006. Radagast has not had any employee compensation expenses, and thus had a large positive cash balance at the end of the second quarter.
RGYM:
RGYM is a world-class provider of exercise unit production tracking for Radagast and SO. RGYM was founded by Radagast and SO, and currently “employs” two people. More information on RGYM's innovative product line, including daily updates on production, can be found at http://rhosgobelgym.blogspot.com.
Translation from business-speak:
My SO and I thought that it would be a blast to write our mid-year exercise report as a mock business press release; we hope you've enjoyed it. Now, to summarize the above in human-readable terms:
1) We are upping our annual exercise goal to 200 bouts of exercise per person per year (up from 150 originally). Considering that we both exceeded 100 bouts in the first six months of the year, this should be attainable.
2) We are slightly revising our earnings per exercise type; here is the updated list (see the original list here):
$5 exercise:
[Disclaimer: Neither of us is in business, so please forgive anything that doesn't sound right.]
In June of 2005, Radagast and SO started Rhosgobel's Gym (RGYM), a website dedicated to tracking their production of exercise units. In January of 2006 RGYM implemented a new manufacturing process, with initial predicted production of 300 units of exercise in the fiscal year (split evenly between Radagast and Radagast's SO). Based on January pricing of the units, RGYM anticipated earnings between $750 and $1,500 for the fiscal year (earnings, unfortunately, not in thousands).
Analysts were mixed as to whether RGYM could meet these aggressive goals, but through an aggressive marketing campaign, active marketplace analysis, and synergistic employee motivation plans, RGYM is proud to announce that in the first six months of 2006 it produced 213 units of exercise, for a total mid-year earnings of more than $900. RGYM exceeded its mid-year expectations by more than 40%.
As a result of this outstanding performance, RGYM is adjusting its annual production goal to 400 units of exercise (split evenly between Radagast and SO); earnings estimates have been proportionally raised as well.
The highest income-producing exercise class for RGYM in the first two quarters of 2006 was walking, with a total of more than 125 units produced. Unfortunately, due to the market saturation of walking-type exercises (and relatively low heart-rate increase per unit of walking produced), RGYM is revising the predicted earnings-per-unit for walking-type exercises. Specifically, walking for more than 40 minutes will be rebranded to walking for more than 30 minutes, and will be priced at $2.50 instead of $5. While this change will reduce our per-unit income, we anticipate that the reduction in per-unit walking amount should increase our exposure in the coveted low-duration walking market while concurrently reducing our manufacturing cost. Our signature walking to the store (and lugging back groceries) product will still retain its $2.50 price.
Additionally, RGYM is actively responding to current marketplace demand for walking by introducing a new product: walking for more than 60 minutes. This product will maintain the $5 price point of the (now discontinued) 40 minute walking product, and is excepted to attract the walking addict niche market.
While RGYM has historically produced products in the video and light aerobic fitness market, RGYM is now expanding its product line to enter the lucrative weightlifting market. Late in the second quarter RGYM introduced their initial weightlifting product: weightlifting for more than 30 minutes, at an introductory price of $5. The ratio of health gains to manufacturing cost make this product an exciting new addition to the RGYM line, and RGYM expects to see solid gains as a result of this product in the second half of the fiscal year.
RGYM's expenses to date have been well within predictions for the fiscal year. Radagast's SO incurred an initial employee compensation expense of $505 in the first quarter; while this expenditure required deficit spending, it was expected to reduce overall compensation expenses by taking advantage of temporary market fluctuations. As a result, Radagast's SO's cash balance was negative for much of the first two quarters. However, Radagast's SO is forecast to have a positive cash balance early in the third quarter of 2006. Radagast has not had any employee compensation expenses, and thus had a large positive cash balance at the end of the second quarter.
RGYM:
RGYM is a world-class provider of exercise unit production tracking for Radagast and SO. RGYM was founded by Radagast and SO, and currently “employs” two people. More information on RGYM's innovative product line, including daily updates on production, can be found at http://rhosgobelgym.blogspot.com.
Translation from business-speak:
My SO and I thought that it would be a blast to write our mid-year exercise report as a mock business press release; we hope you've enjoyed it. Now, to summarize the above in human-readable terms:
1) We are upping our annual exercise goal to 200 bouts of exercise per person per year (up from 150 originally). Considering that we both exceeded 100 bouts in the first six months of the year, this should be attainable.
2) We are slightly revising our earnings per exercise type; here is the updated list (see the original list here):
$5 exercise:
- Walking for 60+ minutes
- Gardening for 60+ minutes
- Weightlifting for 30+ minutes
- Body Basics
- Fat Burning Workout
- Yoga for Strength
- Yoga for Beginners
- Walking to the grocery store (and lugging back groceries)
- Walking for 30-59 minutes
- Gardening for 30-59 minutes
- A.M. Yoga
- P.M. Yoga
- Pure and Simple Stretch
[Disclaimer: Neither of us is in business, so please forgive anything that doesn't sound right.]
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Anime Expo take 5
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~7 hours total, some of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: Our last time (until next year).
Radagast's totals: 109/150, $485.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 112/150, -$7.50
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~7 hours total, some of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: Our last time (until next year).
Radagast's totals: 109/150, $485.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 112/150, -$7.50
Monday, July 03, 2006
Anime Expo take 4
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~9 hours total, most of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: It takes a long time to hike around the entire exhibit hall; we only just finished the "trail" about midday today (after having worked on it for the past two days).
Radagast's totals: 108/150, $480.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 111/150, -$12.50
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~9 hours total, most of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: It takes a long time to hike around the entire exhibit hall; we only just finished the "trail" about midday today (after having worked on it for the past two days).
Radagast's totals: 108/150, $480.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 111/150, -$12.50
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Anime Expo take 3
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~4 hours total, most of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: Hiking around the exhibit hall (dealer room) is a great way to see a wide variety of anime merchandise!
Radagast's totals: 107/150, $475.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 110/150, -$17.50
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: ~4 hours total, most of it walking/standing while lugging around a backpack.
Notes: Hiking around the exhibit hall (dealer room) is a great way to see a wide variety of anime merchandise!
Radagast's totals: 107/150, $475.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 110/150, -$17.50
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Anime Expo take 2
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: 9 1/2 hours total, some of it (at least a couple of hours) walking/standing while lugging around a backpack. However, much of the day was spent spent waiting in line to see CLAMP.
Notes: Exercise has (almost never) been so much fun!
Radagast's totals: 106/150, $470.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 109/150, -$22.50
Exercise type: Attending Anime Expo 2006
Duration: 9 1/2 hours total, some of it (at least a couple of hours) walking/standing while lugging around a backpack. However, much of the day was spent spent waiting in line to see CLAMP.
Notes: Exercise has (almost never) been so much fun!
Radagast's totals: 106/150, $470.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 109/150, -$22.50
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Cleaning house take 2
Who: Radagast and SO (and Radagast's SO's parents)
Exercise type: Cleaning out Radagast's SO's grandparents' house.
Details: Sorting through decades' worth of possessions, including lugging heavy items up and down stairs.
Duration: ~5 hours
Notes: A reminder: for the sake of your relatives, please clean out your house before you leave it.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are still moderately sore the day after.
Radagast's totals: 6/150, $25.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 6/150, $25.00
Exercise type: Cleaning out Radagast's SO's grandparents' house.
Details: Sorting through decades' worth of possessions, including lugging heavy items up and down stairs.
Duration: ~5 hours
Notes: A reminder: for the sake of your relatives, please clean out your house before you leave it.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are still moderately sore the day after.
Radagast's totals: 6/150, $25.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 6/150, $25.00
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Cleaning house take 1
Who: Radagast and SO (and Radagast's SO's parents)
Exercise type: Cleaning out Radagast's SO's grandparents' house.
Details: Sorting through decades' worth of possessions.
Duration: ~5 hours
Notes: For the sake of your relatives, please clean out your house before you leave it. Regarding the reward, we spent most of our time sorting through stuff in one room; if we'd done more lifting and carrying we would have given ourselves $5.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are both moderately sore the day after, though some of that may be from the yoga tapes.
Radagast's totals: 5/150, $20.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 5/150, $20.00
Exercise type: Cleaning out Radagast's SO's grandparents' house.
Details: Sorting through decades' worth of possessions.
Duration: ~5 hours
Notes: For the sake of your relatives, please clean out your house before you leave it. Regarding the reward, we spent most of our time sorting through stuff in one room; if we'd done more lifting and carrying we would have given ourselves $5.
Soreness report: Radagast and SO are both moderately sore the day after, though some of that may be from the yoga tapes.
Radagast's totals: 5/150, $20.00
Radagast's SO's totals: 5/150, $20.00
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Rearranging furniture take 1
Who: Radagast and SO
Exercise type: Rearranging office furniture
Duration: ~4 hours, with some breaks
Intensity: moderate (including some heavy lifting)
Notes: Radagast's work space is much, much cooler now.
Soreness report: Radagast's back is sore, and both of us still have a bit of lingering soreness from Yoga for Strength.
Exercise type: Rearranging office furniture
Duration: ~4 hours, with some breaks
Intensity: moderate (including some heavy lifting)
Notes: Radagast's work space is much, much cooler now.
Soreness report: Radagast's back is sore, and both of us still have a bit of lingering soreness from Yoga for Strength.
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 :(
