Day 33 and 34

It has been over a month after I had started my pursue and as I checked my entries I noticed that there is almost 2 weeks gap between now and the last entry that I last updated. This week, I got myself to a few visits to see doctors to have my medical checkup before a return visit to Klinik Kita next week. The most important thing that I need to check is my glucose level. First check this week at in-house clinic, my reading was 5.5 after 10 hrs fasting. Good results but unfortunately my blood pressure went up 140/90 which was at the borderline. The good Doctor advice me to watch out my cholesterol as I shared my details with the doctor. A also checked my weight and the was 96.5kg.
As for the exercise routine, I have step up my jumping rope repeats from 1000 to 1400. I also try a few variation skipping exercise for every skipping session. I have three type of skipping technique that I do and normally I completed these routine for every 300 repeats before every stop
1. Jumping with both feet up simultaneously(Basic Jump). I would normally started my routine by doing 40-60 repeats before I go to the next steps. This routine is quite exhaustive and you could feel the pain after completing the 60 repeats on your thigh
2.Jumping with 1 feet up intermittently.I did this for every 50 -100 repeats
3.Speed skipping which I use to imitate an actual running position where you push your feet higher and push forward your upper body while remain jumping at the same spot. I normally did 60 - 80 repeats. This routine is meant to work out my mid body and thigh and i usually do it in the last push of the skipping repeats.
I need to experiment with these routine for target workout. I remembered last time when I actively doing my skipping in 2005, I did have a few tricks that I had not started this time. I could do backward skipping and multi swing in one jump.
Just to share in this entry I include here a few skipping technique that I get from Wikipedia

Jumping rope techniques

Several simultaneous jumpers, jumping a single rope

Some of the techniques that can be used when jumping rope are:

Basic jump

This is where both feet are slightly apart and jump at the same time over the rope. Beginners should master this technique first before moving onto more advanced techniques.

Alternate foot jump (speed step)

This style consists of using alternate feet to jump off the ground. This technique can be used to effectively double the number of skips per minute as compared to the above technique. This step is used for speed events.

Criss-cross

This method is similar to the basic jump with the only difference being that while jumping, the left hand goes to the right part of the body and vice versa for the right hand, with arms crossing in front of the body.

Side Swing

This is a basic technique where the rope passes the side of the skipper's body, without jumping it. Usually the skipper performs a basic jump after a side swing, or a criss-cross.

EB(front-back cross)

This is similar to the criss-cross except one arm crosses behind the back.

Double under

To perform a double under, the participant needs to jump up higher than usual while swinging the rope twice under his feet. It is possible to have the rope swing three times under the feet (triple under). In competitive jump rope, triples, quadruples ("quads"), and quintuples ("quins") are common.

Toad

The toad is a more complicated trick where the jumper performs the "Cross" manoeuvre with one arm crossing under the opposite leg from the inside.

Crougar

The crougar is a trick where the jumper jumps in a normal open jump, but with one arm hooked under the same leg.

Awesome Annie

This is where the jumper alternates between a crougar and a toad without a jump in between.

Inverse toad

Similar to the toad, except the arm crosses the same leg from the outside (rather than the opposite leg from the inside).

Elephant

A cross between the inverse toad and the toad, where both arms cross under one leg, rather than one.

Frog/Donkey kick

This is a variation of a handstand, with a beginner version and an advanced version. In the beginner version, the jumper does a handstand, comes down and then pulls the rope under. In the advanced, the jumper pulls the rope while coming down from the handstand.

Combination jumps

There are many more difficult jump roping tricks that combine two or more of these techniques to make a single trick. These combinations can also be used in Chinese Wheel, Double Dutch, Egg Beater, triangle and Long Rope.

Other

Many other variations are possible, including: "skier", a side-to-side jump keeping the feet together; "bell", a front-and-back jump keeping the feet together; "scissors", a jump putting one foot forward and the other back, then switching back-and-forth; "jumping jack", a jump putting the feet apart and then together; and "can-can" a jump with one leg up and bent, followed by a jump with both feet on ground, followed by a jump kicking the foot out. The possibilities are endless, and many Grand National champions have routines consisting of tricks they made up.

Day 17 and 18

On day 17 not much of a difference in routine to share in this entry. I continue with my normal routine. I did again doing some calibration with my weigher by jumping onto the clinic's scale. The weight recorded on the 17 days was 97.5kg. I have been losing 2.5kg ever since i started 17 days back. Looking at the figure it was not encouraging though I found myself quite fit lately . So i need to step up my exercise. I could not do much by reducing my calorie intake due to too many temptations that i could not resist when at home. So at night I increase my skipping to 1100 repeats which equivalent to 30 minutes workout. I also started to work my upper body by doing weight lifting focusing on my arm and chest. I managed to complete 1 cycles of iron pumping (bicep, triceps,chest and back)
On day 18, I escaped from work and head myself to Wangsa Walk. I looked around the gadgets area and ask for the latest price of X Box kinect set with 4MB Memory. Back in the factory i have been promoting the Kinect set to Khaidir the Application Group Technician knowing that his is a slim fitness buff. Initially I never thought of him to take my recommendation seriously but after couple of times he failed to get the Kinect set by himself, I sure that he really means business. That day he complained to my office mate of me for not "lying" because he did not get the same price of the set that i got.Words spreads very fast to Liza, our production clerk and quickly she jumped to see me the minute I got myself to the office. Liza was very eager when she asked almost everything that I know about the X Box kinect set. She is also a fitness buff having a slim figure which is the envy of many chicks in my plant. Her slim figure could also make guy's jaw dropped when seeing her physically. I told her every single details that I know about the game set and she listen attentively to every single word that came out from my mouth. At last she decided to ask me to get for her a set of the X Box set and agree to pay the amount of RM1600 for the console set. Well I have closed a deal that I never thought of doing by promoting X Box set. It all seemed too easy to convince her to get the set. I think what make it easy that the fact that I have trimmed down my size as she could noticed it and that was enough to convince her to get the console set. And furthermore the back pays season for the Non Management is coming. By forking out RM1600 would not be an issue to her as she could take home 7k to 8k of her back pays she will be getting next month.