Swingfest Swingdown 2008 - Weeks 6&7 Update

Welcome to the combined 6th and 7th of thirty weekly updates that will be coming every Sunday until the completion of the Swingfest Swingdown 2008.  The Swingfest Swingdown is a motivational contest and tool that Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I, along with some of our readers, are participating in to help us get in the best shape of our adult lives for Swingfest on July 31, 2008!  View the current results of the Swingdown here!

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As stated in our post earlier this week, we are posting nothing but excuses for the last two weeks of the Swingdown.  Mrs. Gentlenibbles has made it to the gym a couple of times which is way more than I have managed to accomplish. 

 The good news is we have signed up for another 5K that we are running next Saturday and have resworn ourselves to the regime.  We feel confident that next weeks Swingdown will bring Read more

Swingfest Swingdown 2008 - Week 5 Update

Welcome to the fifth of thirty weekly updates that will be coming every Sunday until the completion of the Swingfest Swingdown 2008.  The Swingfest Swingdown is a motivational contest and tool that Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I, along with some of our readers, are participating in to help us get in the best shape of our adult lives for Swingfest on July 31, 2008!  View the current results of the Swingdown here!

Update-Swingfest discount now available through Swingercast 

Let me begin by letting you know today is Mrs. Gentlenibbles Birthday!  So give her a little B-day love in the comments below! 

The word of the Fifth week of Swingdown was “Lazy”!  Neither Mrs. Gentlenibbles or myself set records in the working out department.  This was one of those weeks where we were just busy enough to make excuses to keep from going to the gym and managed to miss some workouts.  That being said, we stayed very well disciplined in our eating and both of us posted overall weight loss for the week!

Mr. Gentlenibbles 

Weight loss for the week- 2.5 lbs
Total weight loss - 11.5 lbs
Best mile time - 9:08 min

Exercise
Tuesday - Lifted Weights/ Ran 1.5 miles on Elliptical

OK from looking above you can see I did not get that much accomplished this week as far as working out is concerned.  I had originally decided to skip the running this week due some tenderness in my left knee.  I have had some pretty bad knee injuries in the past, which over the years has caused me to be very careful about letting them rest if they start “talking to me”.  That being said I Read more

Swingfest Swingdown 2008 - Week 4 Update

Welcome to the fourth of thirty weekly updates that will be coming every Sunday until the completion of the Swingfest Swingdown 2008.  The Swingfest Swingdown is a motivational contest and tool that Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I, along with some of our readers, are participating in to help us get in the best shape of our adult lives for Swingfeston July 31, 2008!  View the current results of the Swingdown here!

Update-Swingfest discount now available through Swingercast 

The fourth week of the Swingdown will not make the highlight reels for sure.  Though both Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I did great on our workouts and also ate healthy for the entire week, both of us posted zeros in the weight loss column for the week.  Fortunately, last week we had several comments on the Swingdown post to keep us motivated after this disappointing week.

Mr. Gentlenibbles 

Weight loss for the week- 0.0 lbs
Total weight loss - 9 lbs
Best mile time - 9:08 min

Exercise
Monday - Ran 3.2 miles, walked 1/2 mile, ran 1 mile, walked 1/4 mile
Tuesday - Lifted weights
Wednesday - Ran 3 miles, walked 1/4 mile
Saturday - Ran 4-1/4 miles alternating walking 5-1/4 miles

This week I temporarily abandoned my fast run then alternating walking shorter distances to do a couple of longer runs this week.  Though they were only 3.2 and 3.0 miles respectively, they represent the longest continuous distance I have done since focusing on a faster pace.  The reason I did this was just to keep my body guessing a little bit and prevent a total loss of my endurance capabilities.   It felt good to put a few more miles underneath me and I may try this strategy every four weeks or so.

Even though I did not post a weight loss this week, I still feel like I am doing well.  I had lost almost ten pounds in three weeks, and was overdue Read more

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