Back to the Basics - Walk with Polar Loop and H7

My first video in my new series I am calling the "Back to the Basics" series. This one is as basic as you get... For the most part everyone knows how to walk and just about everyone can walk. The more out of shape you are, the better walking is since you have all that extra mass weighing you down that makes going for a walk even more of an exercise :)

In this video I talk about my after school walk where I grabbed my wolf-dog Kiya, picked up my kids from school and went for a nice walk on a refreshing sunny January afternoon here in Beautiful British Columbia Canada.

Oh, and I wore my Polar Loop with my Polar H7 Heart Rate Sensor to see just how many calories I burned on this outing.

Get Fit Over 40 Update Video - Back to the Basics

I've had my GetFitOver40 Fitbit Flex Giveaway video up for about a week now and so far I have gotten some really great feedback from everyone. One comment that I seem to be seeing over and over again is the request for more "back to the basics" styled videos, where I just talk about the fundamentals of building certain body parts and get into the details of how to do them and the benefits of each exercise.

I started this website and my GetFitOver40 YouTube channel back in May of 2010, almost 4 ago years now! And I have done many of the "basics" type of workout videos. Perhaps now that I'm progressing personally, I tend to do some more advanced exercise videos that may get a bit away from the "beginner" or over 40 year old looking for that more basic health and fitness program advice. With that said, we all need some inspiration, myself included and there are many people out there that are my age and even much older who put me to shame in the fitness category. Still, I aspire to be like them but that does not mean that I may ever get to their level? My goal is to be the best that I can be with my limitations and that should be your goal also. Where you get to is completely up to you!

So I will be doing more "Back to the Basics" style of workouts geared for people starting out looking for info on what they need to do to get in shape and how these exercises are going to help them. I will continue to throw in some more advanced stuff and of course keep doing my Fitness Technology Reviews since everyone likes gadgets ;)

Please feel free to send me your video requests, this will help me stay on track and make sure I cover the videos that you my viewers and subscribers are looking for!

GetFitOver40 Fitbit Flex Giveaway

I am giving away my new in the box replacement Fitbit Flex. I while back I switched form the Flex to the Force and then to the Polar Loop / Polar H7 Combo so I don't need my Fitbit Flex anymore. My wife now uses the Fitbit Force and it is perfect for her needs.

So how can you get involved in this Giveaway?

• First you need to be a subscriber over on my GetFitOver40 YouTube Channel.
• You must Favorite and Like this video
• You need to also place a comment to this video on how I could improve and or promote My YouTube Channel and Website. Pleas try and be positive, I would rather hear ideas that would help me rather than comments about what I am doing wrong ;)

So that's about it, the person that I think has the best ideas on how to improve GetFitOver40 will receive a brand new in the box Black Fitbit Flex!

January 2014 Update Video - Vegas Trip - Getting Bigger - Torn Quad

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted a YouTube video, I was away most of last week attending the SHOT Show in Vegas. I go every year to Las Vegas in January for the SHOT Show gun show, this is for my other YouTube Channel and other website ReplicaAirguns.com. I generally take my Wife Nicole with me and make it a bit of business and a bit of pleasure, we have a good time and take in the Vegas entertainment, food and drink.

This year I came back 5 pounds heavier (Now 188 pounds) even though I ate pretty good and got in three decent workouts while I was there, we also walked a ton which should have offset the extra food and alcohol calories? No big deal since I am trying to bulk a bit :)

A mentioned in an earlier post, I tore my Quad last Monday doing some squats over at my CrossFit Langley gym, we where doing three rep max sets and it was the 4th set at 305 pounds when I overloaded my Left Quad Rectus Femoris and tore it a bit, ten good news is it is not a major tear, I am assessing it to be a first degree tear since there is no bruising and I can use the leg for normal low weight use now (walking and stuff). You can read my original post about it here.

Now that I am back, I will have more regular videos for you as per normal...

Pop Goes the Weasel - Or Should I Say Rectus Femoris!

After a week away in Vegas it was back to the grind and today happened to be leg day at my CrossFit Langley class and it was heavy day, on this heavy day we do 5 sets with 3 reps of back squats increasing the weight with each set till we get to our max three rep weight. Of course we do our regular warmups before hand.

All went well right up to and including my 275 pound third set, I felt pretty good and was sure I was going to squeeze out at least 2 reps at 305... Well I did get one off but at a pretty big cost! Right at the bottom of my first rep of 305 pounds, as I was coming up I felt and heard a "pop" that was accompanied by a very significant sting in my left Quad. It actually stopped me in my tracks and I paused on the way up, I was not sure what to do since I had a spotter behind me and did not want to drop the weight on him, so up I went unassisted and to be honest as I went up it was not all that hard and the sting was kind of forgotten since I was so focuses on getting this weight up and off of me.

Needless to say, no more squatting for me on this day and perhaps for a while :( I finished up the workout doing 10 reps times 6 sets of sit-ups, push-ups and pull-ups, and I did get a pretty good workout in for the day considering what happened.

So here I am sitting at home typing away on my keyboard with an icepack on my leg, not sure of the severity of the Quad Rectus Femoris tear? I am thinking it is at least a first degree tear (about a 5% tear). It could even be a second degree tear (more than 5% but less than a complete tear), but I am fairly certain it is not a third degree tear since that would be a complete tear and there would have been no way I would have been able to get the weight up.

Because of all of this I have decided that from now on I will only lift to get stronger in general. I am not going to do sets under 5-6 reps max since every time I have sustained an injury it has been during reps of 3 or lower. So there will be no more single rep Personal Record attempts. What's the point if I get injured in the process and I can no longer train that body part. That is completely anti productive and not worth the satisfaction of saying I can lift "X" amount of weight.