volleyball

Today I played volleyball outside with some friends. My HR was between 90-130. We did't play a very serious game....we just had fun for over an hour. After that, we shot some hoops and I found that my HR was a little bit higher than playing volleyball.

frisbee golf/ rollar blading

Friday was so nice out that I went frisbee golfing and rollar blading with some friends. I had my HR monitor on....and it was all over the place. My heart rate ranged from 80-120 throughout the day. It wasn't a very strenuous day...but fun and burned a good amount of calories.

Outside

Finally, it is getting nice out to be able to run outside! The last two days I ran about 4 and a half miles in the sunshine. I wish i would have put some sunscreen on because my face actually got burned! The wind was going opposite directions the last two days. Yesterday i ran into the wind on the way back, and today I ran into the wind at the beginning. My heart rate was always around 150-165. When i was running into the wind though, the avg. HR was a little higher!

Kickboxing/plyometrics

This week on thursday, during cardio class we did some kickboxing for 50 minutes. It wasn't very hard, but it sure got me sweaty by the end of the workout. My heart rate stayed between 125-140. Also, in my strength and conditioning class, we did some plyometrics. That really gets the HR going due to the short bursts of high energy neeeded. My highest HR was 185!

Strength and Conditioning class

This week during our strength and cond. class, we had a lab that involved doing several speed and agility drills. My heart rate got up to 180 during one of the drills that involved sprinting, shuffling, and back-pedaling. Many of the drills were tiring and had my HR going pretty goood.

Interval training

For class on thursday, we did two minute interval training at 11 different stations. I worked up a good sweat after the first 4 stations. My heart rate was highest at about 150 during the jump rope station. Otherwise, my avg HR stayed around 120-130.

Basketball

Today I played a pretty competitive game of basketball with my friends. We played two twenty minute halves. The met for basketball is around 8. I burned around 340 calories playing basketball. It was a lot of fun, and we ended up winning by 4.

Dancing

Thursday we salsa danced for about an hour in class. I got pretty sweaty and tired toward the end of the period. The met for dancing is around 4.5. According to the equation, I burned around 288 calories. But, I didn't dance the entire time, so I probably burned less than 200 calories.