Bloggaday 135 – June Fitness Report

Bloggaday 135 – June Fitness Report

So every month I’m going to post one of these. At first, I’ll post the monthly updates on my stats. After that, I’ll post the specifics of my workouts. They aren’t the only times I’ve exercised, but that’s when I’ve gone through the rundown with the music. If you want an explanation of the workouts, you can see this Bloggaday -> http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-110-new-exercise-regime-for.html

The weight and fat % could be off. I’m using an old scale that doesn’t work too well. I weighed myself 4 times, one right after the other and got 4 different numbers with a 3 or 4 pound spread. So I’m not too sure how accurate the fat % is on it.

Well, that’s about all I’ve got to say on this.

June Fitness Report

Date: June 28, 2010

Height: 6’ 2”

Weight: 183 lbs

Fat %: 17%

Heart: 72 bpm

Waist: 36 inches

Hips: 41 inches

Arms: 11 inches

109 June 3 Thursday

#	Song	Time	Workout	Comment
1	Shoot to Thrill	3:00	Sparing	Started about halfway through the 5+ minute song
2	T.N.T	3:36	Triceps	Fist half were just bench presses, but then I started working in the extensions
3	Big Balls	2:42	Crunches	I’ve got to work on my neck muscles
4	Back in Black	4:14	Sparing
5	Highway to Hell	3:30	Triceps
6	For Those About to Rock	5:48	Crunches
7	Thunderstruck	5:54	Sparing
8	Here Comes the Fool You Wanted	5:35	Triceps
9	Straight to Rock City	4:12	Crunches
10	Crazy Girl	3:47	Sparing
11	I Love Sugar On Me	3:33	Triceps

113 June 7 Monday

#	Song	Time	Workout	Comment
1	Shook Me All Night Long	3:34	Sparing	I was feeling pretty good. I was moving a lot. If I could do at least this for all three rounds, it would be a good start
2	T.N.T	4:14	Triceps	I’m thinking I might not be 100% from last time. They seemed harder than they should have been
3	Back in Black	3:36	Crunches	These actually felt really good
4	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	3:55	Sparing	Kept my hands up, but I wasn’t jumping around and showing off as much footwork off.
5	For Those About to Rock	5:48	Tap Squats	Tap Squat: Squat, tap the ground, and come up. These were good. I’ve got a feeling I’m going to regret doing them for 5 ½ minutes though.
6	Highway to Hell	3:30	Curls	I wanted to isolate the movement, so I tried kneeling into the arm of the couch, but didn’t work too well. For the second half, I stood behind the couch without much more luck. I think I’m lucky it wasn’t a 5 minute song
7	Thunderstruck	4:54	Sparing	Again, a decrease in footwork. Cardio is definitely a weak point right now
8	Shoot to Thrill	5:18	Triceps	Really started feeling them at the end there
9	Hells Bells	5:16	Crunches	Again, felt good. I’d say these were my biggest improvement.

121 June 14

#	Song	Time	Workout	Comment
1	War Pigs (Cake)	3:54	Sparing	Yesterday, I took one of the 5 gallon water jugs and did some presses, so my shoulders are pretty sore today. Not too extensive on the cardio this time
2	Back in Black	4:14	Triceps	The thing with the water yesterday was more shoulder work, so this wasn’t too bad.
3	Iron Man	5:26	Crunches	I think I went higher, so I should’ve work my lower abs more than I have.
4	For Those About to Rock	5:48	Sparing	When I thought the song was winding down, I decided to finish out with a string of punches… I wasn’t at the end…
5	Running With the Devil	3:37	Triceps	? 404 Comment not found
6	T.N.T	3:36	Crunches	Got off to a really good start. Still feeling good
7	Eye of the Tiger + Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	4:04 +3:55 =7:59	Sparing	Took it a little slow, so I did two songs
8	Watching Airplanes	4:02	Triceps	Cruising along
9	Highway to Hell	3:30	Crunches	Loddy Doddy
10	Thunderstruck	4:54	Sparing
11	Headstrong	4:46	Triceps (with some flies)	A nice change up about halfway through
12	Seven Deadly Sins	2:52	Crunches
13	Shoot to Thrill	5:18	Sparing	I was still feeling really good, but I need to move on with my day. I think I may have slacking off a little bit throughout my workout.

122 July 16

#	Song	Time	Workout	Comment
1	For Those About to Rock	5:48	Sparing	I was feeling good, but once I started, I regretted choosing a 6 minute song
2	T.N.T	3:36	Tri’s and chest	Extensions and Flies for the chest. Can feel that I worked out yesterday, but feeling good
3	Shook me all Night Long	3:34	Crunches	Definitely feeling yesterday’s go round. Won’t be doing anymore sets of these today
4	Back in Black	4:14	Sparing	A lot of 1, 2’s from both stances. A few overhands tossed in for good measure
5	Running With the Devil	3:37	Biceps and Shrugs	I was a little worried at first, but it wasn’t bad.
6	Not Fade away	1:49	Squats	After last time, I’ve decided to take it slow with these

Listening to

Kitchen Nightmares

Twitter Tag

My first fitness report. I don’t think I’ve got any F’s or D’s*, only on the Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

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http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

135 June 29

* I really hope

Bloggaday 134 – SotW 5

Bloggaday 134 – SotW 5

Chuck: Hello everyone. Tom, can you believe this is already the fifth Song of the Week?*

Tom: No, Chuck, it only feels like four SotW’s if you ask me.

Chuck: Yes, well to each his own, Tom.

Tom: Will you every STOP using clichés there Chuck?

Chuck: I doubt it, Tom. It’s just the kind of sports announcer I am.

Tom: Don’t you mean, “music announcer?”

Chuck: Good one there, Tom.

Tom: I really do try.

Chuck: You could have fooled me.

Tom: This exchanged has been a reenactment between Chuck and his wife last night.

Chuck: A little too close to home there, Tom.

Tom: Perhaps we should get off of your wife then.

Chuck: Are you settin

Tom: That exchange came from Chuck’s wife, Chuck’s milkman, and myself the night before last.

Chuck: …

Tom: …

Chuck: Anyways, this week’s Song of the Week is

“I Want to be a Billionaire”

by

Travis McCoy

Tom: And I want to be the first to congratulate them on this success in their career. This really could be a turning point for them

Chuck: Yes… Well… As a note to any potential viewers, there is some harsh language in the song.

Tom: What? Just a few f#@ks and a s#!t or two.

Chuck: Please! The language. We have to be professional to get the Performer of the Month gig.

Tom: Ah yes, the Performer of the Month Bloggaday will be coming Wednesday which we will be hosting.

Chuck: Well, we hop if you ca control yourself for more than 200 words.

Tom: And if you can stay on topic. I was about to tell the folks about tomorrow’s Bloggaday.

Chuck: I’m sorry, Tom. Go ahead.

Tom: Well thank you. Anyways, before that douchebag interrupted me.

Chuck: Oh, come on! I’ve got a mortgage and wife!

Tom: Alright. Tomorrow’s Bloggaday will be the first fitness report for the Bloggaday author.

Chuck: Well, we’ll just have to wait until tomorrow for that. As for today, I’d like to thank everyone for typing and reading the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck. We’ll see you next week.

Tom: Well, I don’t know. You need to learn how to stay on topic, Chuck.

Listening to

Miscellaneous Riff Raff**

Twitter Tag

The fifth Song of the Week is up and only on Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

134 June 28

* You can see the video of last week’s SotW here

** That’s not a band, but it should be

Bloggaday 133 – That’s What She Said Part 1

Bloggaday 133 – That’s What She Said Part 1

The actual joke is towards the end so you can skip this. You can’t miss it.

A couple of semesters ago, I took a Soc 100 class. It was a fun class. Not too intense, so the teacher wasn’t too strict in class. That plus I had a buddy in class, it allowed me to be sniper funny, which is just my way of saying that I would be an asshole and drop devastatingly funny one-liners in class. Unfortunately, I hate disrupting class (that’s just the kind of guy I am), so I don’t do it often, and even in that class, I basically didn’t say it much louder than my corner of the class could hear.

In this class though, our corner was I, a guy who is, in fact, that guy (a friend I met in another class), his friend who was somewheres between our two personalities, and a few other folks who didn’t necessarily disagree with our humor.

I tell you that just to build some groundwork, but I have some stuff to add, so I’ll try to swing back before the end of this Bloggaday.*

I’ll also add that I didn’t really have the teen years where I was part of a group that focused on the stupid humor perfectly epitomized by the “That’s what she said (TWSS),” joke. I ran into a few folks like that at Crafton though, and that’s kind of who’s here in Sociology class.

I will also say, I’m the kind of guy who will latch onto something funny and choke it to death by extreme usage and drive it right into the ground. Hell, the day of me writing this, I actually did that particular thing. Back to the timeline of the joke though. The (TWSS) joke was one of the things that I felt I was using a little too much, so I started reining it in a little bit despite its relatively common current usage in the group.

So me, the guy I know (Carlos), and his friend (Joshua) are working on a group project. I was talking to the friend after class, but Carlos was just kind of floating in the classroom. I was supposed to meet Josh on a previous day and work with him on the project. Since he worked in the Writing Center, he knew the folks, and it was cool if we met in there. So I show up, stick my head in, and don’t see him there. The Computer Lab is right outside of the Writing Center though, so I call his cell and leave him a message. I figured I would go on the computer and be able to see if he came in. A good chunk of time passes and I end up leaving. I’m not sure why I wouldn’t check the Writing Center again before I left, but I don’t remember if I did or not, so I’m guessing I didn’t.

Back to the situation of us in the classroom. As I said, Carlos was never in this conversation. He wasn’t sitting in on the conversation either. He was just walking around the classroom. The snidbit went something like this

Me: I showed up and stuck my head into the writing center but I didn’t see you.

Josh: I was there talking to someone. You didn’t have to just stick your head in there. You could have come all the way in.

Carlos (literally pops in at an angle out of nowhere): That’s what she said.

The setup was so perfect, and the timing was impeccable. I don’t know if he heard me and made his way over to tell the joke, but his ability to pop in from nowhere was brilliant.

Unfortunately, I’ve run out of words yet again to get to some of my one-liners from class, but perhaps on a future installment of the Bloggaday.

Listening to

THE BEATLES

Twitter Tag

The Best “That’s What She Said” moment EVER, only on Bloggaday.

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

133 June 27

* I don’t think I’ve ever been able to do that when I say it

Bloggaday 132 – Cooler Than Me

Bloggaday 132 – Cooler Than Me

So the other day, I was getting some music for my niece and nephew for their trip to Florida. One of the songs they wanted me to get was “Cooler Than Me” by Mike Posner. As soon as I heard the name of the song, I thought, “Hey, I know that song from somewhere.”*

I started listening to it and thought, “Okay, well maybe not.” I move on and get to some other songs. A song later, I decided to listen to my iPod while I did it. I navigated to my purchased playlist, and the first song, the very top of the list? “Cooler Than Me” by Mike Posner…

Son of a bi

Now, it’s not like I just went out and bought it and forgot. I grabbed it as the iTunes free download the day before, so I had listened to it once in something of passing. Still though, it kills you. So stupid. It should have clicked more when I saw it. It’s a relatively distinctive song. Well, I can tell you this week’s Song of the Week is coming from this series of downloads.

Woo, this is a short one. Less than 200 words

Listening to

Dead Mech by A Drabble Noveler

Twitter Tag

Cooler Than Me? Well, it must be Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

132 June 26

* Not terribly familiar. Heck, I was thinking LL Cool J.

Bloggaday 131 – UFC’s 6-Figure Contract

Bloggaday 131 – UFC’s 6-Figure Contract

As I’ve said in previous Bloggadays, I’m a fan of a show called The Ultimate Fighter. The show takes several non-bigtime MMA fighters and has them duke it out until 1 ends up victorious. That one final fighter gets the coveted “6-figure contract.”

Now I thought that was pretty good. 100+k a year for fighting. Not a terrible living. Aside from the winner, a select few other TUF’ers tend to also get that fabled contract with the UFC.

Well that was all cool and dandy until I found out about the actual specifics of the contract. I was actually rather appalled. Here’s how it breaks down.

“The winners of the first three seasons of The Ultimate Fighter competition, and certain runners-up depending on their performance in their competition finals, receive the touted "six-figure" contract to fight in the UFC. These contracts are specifically three-year contracts with a guaranteed first year. Each year consists of three fights, the first year's purse per fight consists of $12,000 guaranteed with a $12,000 win bonus (a maximum of $24,000 per fight), the second year's purse per fight is $16,000 with a $16,000 win bonus (a maximum of $32,000 per fight) and the third year's purse per fight is at $22,000 with a $22,000 win bonus (a maximum of $44,000 per fight). A TUF winner who goes 9-0 can earn $300,000 total on the contract, but only $150,000 is guaranteed for all three years if 9 fights are fought.[1]”

That means the least/most they can make their first year is $36/$72k. Second year? $48/$96k. And the third year is $66/132k. The most that they can win depends on whether they win their fights. So if they win every single fight and the UFC actually decided to keep them for the entirety of the contract, they can average $100k a year. If they don’t win and the UFC for some reason decides to keep them, they’ll AVERAGE 50 grand a year.

Okay, I’m watching the Ultimate Finale (the last episode of The Ultimate Fighter to determine the winner and a few other UFC fights) and it’s the second round of the Jardine/Hammil fight, and you know it’s a rough fight when the camera gets blood on the lens. I don’t see how that fight isn’t fight of the night.

Anyways, I understand they’re just fighting, but I imagine it takes a considerable amount of money to be a UFC fighter. I hear a lot of talk about the camps that they’re in, this world-renowned training. That and their conditioning and everything has to take a lot of money. These guys have to put on one hell of a show their first year so they actually get a second year and I can’t imagine 30 grand goes too far.

If the winner of their show only gets $36k for their first year, what do their nobodies get? I would imagine considerably less. As I’ve implied, after the first year of the 6-figure contract, the UFC can drop their contract, so if the contract holder isn’t winning, there’s not much reason to keep them if they can get some cheaper fight to lose fights.

Now the biggest counter to my point and the unknown variable to me are the sponsorships. I’m sure the folks who move on from the TUF house and other fighters in the UFC in general make a good amount of money from that. I don’t know, the contract itself just seems a little a little lacking*. Considering how popular the UFC is, it seems like they could pay a little bit more to their fighters.

Listening to

The Ultimate Finale

Twitter Tag

A six-figure contract? Only on Bloggaday

Exit stage right to my corner of the interweb > \/

http://twitter.com/daviddysart Plaster Caster Twitter Strutter

http://daviddysart.tumblr.com/ Hung My Head in a Tumblr

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/ A Little Less Conversation and a Whole Lotta Love

http://www.facebook.com/thedaviddysart?ref=sgm If I Never See Your Face Again

Youtube Awesomeness

http://www.youtube.com/user/DavidDysart Still deciding to try to capture it or let it slip

For the Piccaday

http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/daviddysart/Piccaday/ Says I broke it twice, I must have done it half a dozen times

http://thepiccaday.blogspot.com/ Because Yesterdays ain’t got nothing on me

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddysart/sets/72157623465996877/ From the nest in the hills chillin’ with Flynt

New to the Bloggaday? These are the essential posts to see

1 The basics

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-1.html

3 Get PWND with story content

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggaday-3-1st-pwnd-edition-ever.html

73 Mash-up of science and relatable humor? It’s just Bloggaday

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/04/bloggaday-73-pwnd-with-side-of-bacon.html

85 Deadpan humor and drama, what more can you want?

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/05/bloggaday-85-my-public-apology-for.html

118 Maybe some practical real world advice drowned in humor.

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-118-my-guide-to-efficiency.html

120 My new favorite segment, the Song of the Week with Tom and Chuck

http://thebloggaday.blogspot.com/2010/06/bloggaday-120-sotw-3.html

131 June 25

* Weaksauce