- My wife Karen had her body fat calculated from caliper measurements. She is 17.28% body fat, right in the middle of the "athletic" range for women(12.9mm on Abs, 18.0mm on thigh, 14.9mm on tricep, and 8.0 suprailiac). The person who measure her had measured hundreds of people previously and had only seen one women leaner(16.8%). She is at the 99th percentile for women her age, an amazing accomplishment after having our 2 children(youngest is 2 years old).
- I started my daughter on the Strong Kids, Healthy Kids program today from Fred Hahn. I got the book and read it a couple of nights ago. I wondered whether she would goof around too much or not concentrate, but she did awesome! We did DB curls, DB Overhead press, pushups, DB squats, leg press, DB bent rows. Before and after weights we did sprints on the track. We had a lot of fun and I am very proud of her. We will be continuing again next time we go to the YMCA(next week).
I worked out briefly before getting my daughter from the kids room.
Workout(~25 mins excluding sprints):
- Dips: Unweighted, +10#, +20#
- Close grip pullups: Unweighted, +10#, +20#
- Sumo Dead Lift: 225# 6 times then 5 one reps at 275#
- BB Bent Row: 5 one rep sets at 155#
- DB Bench Press: 40#, 60#, 80#
- Overhead Press: 70#, 80#, 90#
- Sprints: on track with my daughter
I made a salad for lunch and we served it with some tuna and chicken salad we made. We found some low-carb tortillas from "La Tortilla Factory" and made "tuna melts" out of them. The tortillas have only 6 net carbs(18 carbs but 12 fiber) and a decent amount of protein. It is still frakenfood in my book(has vegetable oil , canola, wheat gluten and soy) so we won't be doing it often but was fun to have as a treat.
1 comments:
Oh this is excellent! "Strong Kids Healthy Kids" - what a great idea.
My kids LOVE it when I give them challenges. Randomly I'll ask them to jump as high as they can or do a pushiup or run to the mailbox and I'll time them. They get so into it. Now why I didn't think to come up with some kind of structured program is beyond me.
Of course, too much structure will drive them away - then it will feel like homework or chores. Does the book address that? I'm going to pick it up anyways.
Good stuff Jeff. Thanks for the post.
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