Friday Workout

Weights only today.  Still trying to recover from a cold.

Biceps: 4 exercises of 4 sets each, for a total of 16 sets

Triceps: 4 exercises of 4 sets each, for a total of 16 sets

Total of 32 sets

Tuesday Workout

Only cardio today, and a lighter workout.

Cardio: Elliptical

Time = 135 minutes (2 hrs 15 minutes)

Distance = 11.63 miles

Calories burnt = 1,322

Tuesday Workout

I'm back to blogging about my workouts.  This Tuesday:

Started with abs:

Regular crunches: 5 sets, 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Left-twist crunches: 5 sets, 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Right-twist crunches: 5 sets, 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Total crunches = 300

Cardio: Elliptical

Time = 90 minutes (1 hr 30 minutes)

Distance = 7.95 miles

Calories burnt = 910

Weights:

Biceps: 3 exercises of 3 sets each, for a total of 9 sets

Triceps: 3 exercises of 3 sets each, for a total of 9 sets

Thursday Workout

Started out with crunches in the morning:

10 sets of 20 crunches each, for a total of 200 crunches

No cardio, what a bummer

Tuesday Workout

Cardio:  Elliptical

Time taken = 60  minutes

Calories burnt = 733

Distance covered = 6.24 miles

Friday Workout

Crunches: (morning)

Regular - 7 sets of 20 crunches each = 140 crunches

Left-twist - 7 sets of 20 crunches each = 140 crunches

Right-twist - 7 sets of 20 crunches each = 140 crunches

Total = 420 crunches

Thursday Workout

A much lighter workout today. 

Crunches:

Regular - 5 sets of 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Left-twist - 5 sets of 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Right-twist - 5 sets of 20 crunches each = 100 crunches

Total = 300 crunches

Cardio:

Elliptical:

Time taken = 10 minutes

Calories burnt = 115

Distance covered = 0.99 miles

Biking:

Time taken = 16 minutes

Calories burnt = 106

Distance covered = 3.97 miles

Weights: Arms

Biceps - 3 exercises of 4 sets each = 12 sets

Triceps - 3 exercises of 4 sets each = 12 sets

total of 24 sets

Wednesday Workout

Started this evening with crunches - 15 sets of 20 crunches each, for a total of 300 crunches.  That's a recent high.

Cardio - Elliptical:

Time taken = 2 hours (120 minutes)

Distance covered = 13.32 miles

Calories burnt = 1,564

These were new highs for me in terms of pacing (both distance and calories burnt), specially for a 2-hour period.

Weights - Shoulders:

4 exercises of 4 sets each, for a total of 16 sets.

I'm getting fitter - this was a tough workout, coming the day after a 2,000 calorie/ 3 hrs and 17 minute cardio workout.  Or perhaps its the fact that I had a good basketball game (Lakers-Warriors) to watch while on the elliptical machine, which kept me from getting bored.

Tuesday Workouts - With Some New Personal Bests

Started in the morning with crunches:

7 sets of 20 crunches each, for a total of 140 crunches

Cardio in the evening:  Elliptical machine.  Lots of new highs for me for the Elliptical.

Time taken = 3 hours and 17 minutes  (197 minutes)  - a new high

Calories burnt = 2,059  - a new high

Distance covered =  17.82 miles  - a new high

Monday Workout

Cardio only today, on the Elliptical.

Time taken = 2 hours (120 minutes)

Distance covered = 10.99 miles

Calories burnt = 1,271

Wednesday Workout

Started the day with crunches: 5 sets of 20 crunches each, for a total of 100 crunches.

And that's it. Disgusting.

Monday Workout

Cardio:  Elliptical

Time spent = 144 minutes (2 hours and 24 minutes)

Calories burnt = 1,504

Distance covered = 13.04 miles

Weights: Shoulders

4 exercises of 4 sets each, for a total of 16 sets

Sunday Workout

A bit of a wimpy workout for a weekend, today.

Cardio:

Elliptical:

Time spent = 60 minutes

Calories burnt = 653

Distance covered = 5.62 miles

Biking:

Time spent = 51 minutes

Calories burnt = 349

Distance covered = 12.39 miles

Total calories burnt between the two = 1,002

Weights:

Biceps - 4 exercises of 4 sets each, total of 16 sets

Triceps - 4 exercises of 4 sets each, total of 16 sets

Total = 32 sets of weights

Wednesday Workout - Another Personal Best

Wednesday, I decided to push for burning a higher number of calories in my cardio workout.  I went on the elliptical, then switched to the bike, then returned to the elliptical again.  So there were some nice breaks in the middle.

Elliptical Total:

Time spent = 157 minutes (2 hours and 37 minutes)

Calories burnt = 1,700 calories

Distance covered = 14.73 miles

Biking:

Time spent = 52 minutes

Calories burnt = 300 calories

Distance covered = 11.73 miles

So, between the two, I burnt a total of 2,000 calories.  That's easily my new personal best, for one workout session.

I wasn't too tired, but did feel sore.  This workout isn't sustainable, of course - I can't find this much time on a normal day.  I didn't even get to weights.  But the true test of my continuing fitness that I'm looking forward to - working out again today.

Friday Workout

Cardio:  Elliptical

Time = 87 minutes (1 hr 27 minutes)

Calories burnt = 1,059

Distance covered = 9.01 miles

Weights: Shoulders

4 exercises of 4 sets each, for a total of 16 sets

Monday Workout

Sunday was a complete rest day.  Monday, light elliptical:

55 minutes, 635 calories.  This machine didn't show distance, unfortunately

Cardio Thursday

Thursday evening, to give hurting wrist a rest, I didn't do weights.  Only cardio on the elliptical machine - 50 minutes, 500 calories.

A New High

This Monday, November 24, my blogs hit a  new milestone - 1,240 visits.  Woohoo! 

Normally, between them, my blogs get around 500 visits/day, so this is a nice new rise.

This occasion calls for a random photo - how about one from Kosmix' 2007 holiday party.  Nagraj and Sailesh are flanking me.

New Milestone For My Blogs - 50,000 Visits

On Tuesday this week, my blogs passed 50,000 visits.  Sweet! 

The blogs, of course, are:

• The serious blog - all about Tech, Startups, Revenue
• The all-purpose, main blog
• Blog on cars - one of my passions
• Blog about Travel topics, including not just destinations, but also food, wine, etc.
• The older, retired Autos blog

And on a smaller scale, my profile on blogger has now been viewed 550 times. 

From Jodi's Blog - My Top 5 Tuna Steak Destinations

Jodi Olson, Kosmix's new head of Public Relations, likes to interview folks for their top 5 lists for her blog.  This week, she put up my list - and quite an arbitrary one it is!  I am very flattered.   Her blog is here, and I have also reproduced the post below. 

Vikram Singh's Top Five List of Cities to Eat Great Tuna Steak

Blogger and tuna steak connoisseur Vikram Singh is the author of Information Overload.
1. Poughkeepsie, New York: The Hilton in Poughkeepsie has a restaurant that serves really, really good Ahi tuna steaks. They pan-sear it, and the crust on the outside is made with seeds or something that’s just amazing. The portions are small—you’ll probably have to order two. I recommend following the meal with the house bread pudding. It goes really well with the tuna for some reason.
2. Boulder, Colorado: You can get great Ahi tuna steaks in Boulder. Order it rare there. Most places have really good wasabi- based sauces to go with the steak, and they don’t muck about with vegetables. St. Jillian’s Hotel in Boulder has a particularly good tuna steak—both for a starter and a main dish.
3. Chicago, Illinois: Ruth's Chris steakhouse in Chicago has the best Ahi tuna steaks compared to any other Ruth's Chris. I wouldn’t use any sauce because their fish has a lot of taste on its own, and they don’t make a good wasabi sauce.
4. Mountain View, CA: The Cantankerous Fish on Castro Street. This is the only salad entry in this whole selection. Their Ahi salad is really good, and they have a really good miso sauce with it. Here’s what you do: ask for two extra helpings of the miso sauce, so that you have three in total, and then ask for two separate helpings of the wasabi cream sauce, so you can try the steak two different ways. The dish comes with a lot of vegetables. Very tasty.
5. New York, New York: Most places in New York city that are mid- to upscale have really good Ahi. They cut it too thin and too small to be considered a steak—it’s more like slices of fish. Because of that, you have more surfaces exposed for taste, which makes up for the smaller portion size. I especially like the Ahi in Anthony Bourdain’s restaurants.