CooperFit

As an employee at Cooper, I participated in our CooperFit program -- this is a incentive program that measures your health and fitness level based on gender and age. I had a fasting blood draw, blood pressure taken, girth measurements and my BMI recorded (BMI=body mass index -- a measurement of body fat based on height and weight applying to adult men and women). The last requirement of the program is running a mile and a half or walking one mile.

Here are my results:

Blood Pressure -- 106/66

Height -- 68 in. Weight -- 121.4 lb.

Waist -- 23.5 in. Hip -- 35 in.

BMI -- 19 Ratio -- 0.66

Mile and a half run -- 9:47

VO2 Max -- 52.89

Blood work results:

Total Cholesterol -- 185 mg/dL

HDL (good cholesterol) -- 82 mg/dL

LDL (bad cholesterol) -- 86 mg\dL

Triglycerides -- 92 mg\dL

Glucose -- 83 mg\dL

Vitamin D -- 59 ng\mL

It was fun having something to train for. Last year my mile and a half run time was 10:04. With some training I improved my time, as well as my overall health and fitness. Maybe challenge a friend or your coworkers. Encourage others to get healthier with you!

These articles come from a great website, ptonthenet.com

One of my favorite forms of cardiovascular training -- intervals:

http://www.ptonthenet.com/displayarticle.aspx?ArticleID=3049

Here is an article about late night eating. Sometimes after a long work day I'll come home and just want to EAT! On some nights that's okay! My late night snacking depends on what I've had to eat earlier in the day.

http://www.ptonthenet.com/displayarticle.aspx?ArticleID=3147

To learn more about the Female Focus program at the Cooper Fitness Center click the link below. If you or someone you know would be interested in learning more about these programs offered, please email me at lmaine@cooperfitnesscenter.com

FEMALE FOCUS

We've got a spot just for you!

In the beginning...

I am so new to this whole "blog" thing. I plan on using this for several reasons -- I'd like my clients to keep up with this page for nutrition updates, cardio homework, various articles I agree with and so on. I also plan on posting a few things I do throughout my week -- maybe what exercises or cardio I did; or what I ate for dinner...

I'll probably get a little personal with it and use it to post some fun pictures of my family, friends and other artsy things. I've wanted to start an interactive website for a while now...so this is kind of my way of getting started. Guess we'll see how it goes ;)