May 10, 2007

  • Thursday Physical Challenge Update

    Already another 10 workout sessions have past.

    Weight: 218 lbs. (99 kilo)  Same as last time despite taking a cruise. 
    Resting heart rate: 84 bpm
    Heart rate after 2 minutes of jumping jacks: 157 bpm
    Squats: 50, same as always
    Pushups: 16. starting to slip.  I must get some hand weights...
    Crunches: 48!  That's my best number yet!

    Here are some pictures from our time on Oahu.

    Here is Hanauma Bay before the throngs of people showed up.  By the time we left around noon, it was teeming with humans.  Click on the pics for a close up.  The darker parts of the water between the surf and the beach is the coral.  This is where the fishies live.  This is the first place we snorkelled.  We went into the water twice.  After we get the underwater pictures uploaded, I will share them with you.

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    After that we travelled further north to arrive at the Valley of Temples (read cemetary) where we saw a duplicate of Byodoin Temple in Uji, Kyoto.  This one was built in 1968 for the Japanese American community.  The original was built in 998.  Requisite link to wikipedia's entry on Byodo-in is here.

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Comments (1)

  • Great pictures of Byodo-in.  Are you sure you didn't just put up the ones from Japan by mistake?  Is the Bay where you snorkeled? 

    You can use cans of soup, etc for weights.  Or a bottle of water.  A 24 oz bottle of water weighs 1 1/2 lb.  It's not as heavy as what you want, but is heavier than your empty hand.

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