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TnT's Workout Blog

"Are you guys runners? You look like runners.
They are my favorite kind of people."
 - Christy Shimp
@ Sun 30/11/2008
Exercise Bicycling
Course Kranji - Bukit Timah
Distance 53.21K
Time 3:18'16
Comments (Ave 16.1kph, max 30.8kph) Another attempt to get to the countryside. We take the shortest route to the NTU campus and pass it. Because of the army's shooting exercise we have to take a detour on our way north. We do not mind since the old highway is much more scenic than the new four-lane flat highway. We see a couple of organic farms on our way, but other than that it seems that most of the north-western non-developed island is used by the military. However, we spotted this must-to-check place: Bollywood veggies.

We almost reach the northmost place in Singapore at Kranji Dam. Coming down from there we pass the highest point in Singapore: Bukit Timah. (There is a mountain bike trail we have to try sometime). We end up riding a lot on busy highways. We start the day in cloudy conditions and do not bother to put any sunscreen on --- we even get a couple of rain showers early on --- but eventually the sun comes out, and we are toasted.
@ Sat 29/11/2008
Exercise BodyAttack
Comments This is the last BA session on Saturday in Fusionopolis. It will be moved to Sunday starting next week, and it will be replaced by BodyVive. The reason is that there have been so many consecutive high impact, high cardio classes on Saturdays, that they want something softer in between.
@ Fri 28/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.5K (pedometer's is out of battery)
Time 40:35
Comments Ave 130, +27C, sunny, totally blue sky, no clouds, which is rare.
@ Tue 25/11/2008
Exercise RPM
Comments This time I take this exercise more seriously and I also sweat more.
@ Mon 24/11/2008
Exercise Pilates
Time 60:00
Comments Our first Pilates class at FitnessFirst. At first, it felt easy, but towards the end the workout gained in intensity, and the number of repetitions increased. We also held our feet up high a lot.
@ Sun 23/11/2008
Comments No bike ride today. Instead, we walk to the nearby (appr. 2 kilometers away) Sheng Siong Supermarket. We have lunch at a Chinese restaurant. Among other things, we order a dish called "spicy beef", and the server warns us it is really hot. At some point after the dumplings we are served this dish with plenty of red chili, and some vegetables and some kind of meat in ratio of 90:10. We assume it is the beef, although it tastes more like pork. Never before have we seen so much chili in one dish as today. It is pretty painful to eat, too. Then, shortly thereafter, the server brings us another dish and says it is the spicy beef, and again warns us it being really hot. Honestly, we are really scared to taste it --- however, it turns out to be relatively mild compared to he first dish (which must have been the fried intestines Tomi ordered). The second picture on right shows both of them. Unfortunately we do not have pictures of the dumplings and the mushroom dish we also have.

The other picture is from Friday: we had a couple of beers and appetizers after work at the Blooie's Roadhouse by Science Park II: it's our closest bar and not a bad one.
@ Sat 22/11/2008
Exercise BodyCombat + BodyPump
Time 60:00 + 60:00
Comments First time in combat sessio --- a combination of cardio kickboxing and karate. We ended the session with crunches. The program was a bit confusing, or the instructor, and the pace high. Consequently, it was hard to do the movements with control. Even if we were sweating quite a lot after the combat, we stayed for another hour in BodyPump.
@ Fri 21/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.5K
Time 39:28
Comments Recently we have had some cooler days. And there is a nice breeze at the west coast, which is not the case farther away in the inland, or eastern part of the island, which is hotter and gets less rain.
@ Tue 18/11/2008
Exercise RPM (spinning)
Time 60:00
Comments Yet another LesMills workout. The cycling studio opened just yesterday. Tonight's session wasn't super popular, probably because the opening has not been advertised extensively. However, there were a lot of curious faces viewing us through the glass walls. Spinning is hard, much harder than riding on the road or over the mountains.
@ Sun 16/11/2008
Exercise Bicycling
Course Nanyang Technological University - Bukit Gombak - Clementi
Distance 44.2K
Time 3:00'50 (ave 14.6kph, max 35.6kph)
Comments Park hopping! Today we familiarize ourselves with the park connector network. It is a pedestrian/bicycle path network that connects Singapore's parks together, not all of them in the same network, though. Many of the connectors run along the water canals. However, not all the connectors are connected, as we find when coming down from Bukit Batok. There is no way of crossing the Ayer Rajah Expressway, so we have to walk our bikes across an old railway bridge to access another connector.

We start our trip riding to the NTU campus. From there we have a plan to take what looks a nice and peaceful country road on the map, and it is a nice and peaceful road, but after a couple of kilometers it ends at a gate to the army shooting range, O-Oh! We turn back.

We continue through a huge cemetery area. Eventually, we end up at Bukit Gombak MRT station, where we have durian ice cream and a couple of mugs of fresh fruit juice for a couple of $$. This is my second encounter with durian and we do not become friends this time either. The first time I had it in a mooncake, which left me quite impressionless.

Last highlight of our trip is this amazing park, Bukit Batok Town Park, with a nice pond, Lake Little Guilin (see the cliffs on right), which used to be a granite quarry. Wikipedia tells it is a popular location for wedding pictures. I don't question that.

Some notes: my understanding is that 'bukit' means a 'hill' in English. Earlier in our trip we have a Korean 'breakfast' at the Super Bowl Complex, and some delicious kiwi and strawberry juice. I wonder if the name of the place has anything to do with THE Super Bowl, the champioship game in American football. Anyway, the food is good and the service excellent.
@ Sat 15/11/2008
Exercise BodyPump
Comments We both used some heavier weights this time. I don't really know if we had a new LesMills program or whether the instructor just made everything up --- anyway, Cheslyn was fun as always. We noticed that the cyclefit studio is finished and sessions will start this coming week.
@ Fri 14/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.5K
Time 40:33
Comments +26C, cooler morning. Apparently I am getting used to these early morning runs. I forgot my heart rate monitor and the pedometer to the office yesterday, so there are no numbers. The guy on right is a frequent guest or a permanent tenant of ours. Usually he shows up very early morning, but today we met him when coming home from work.
@ Mon 10/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 7.5K (6949 steps)
Time 40:16
Comments Ave 129, max 140. After spending an efficient day in a meeting and a guest lecture, this was quite a refreshing run, even if the heavy rain had soaked the town so that it was even more humid than usual.
@ Sun 09/11/2008
Exercise Walk
Course Labrador Nature Reserve
Comments We had a slow and late start to the day so we decided not to go to a bike ride. Instead, we explored the last one of the nearby parks we had not visited yet, the Labrador Nature Reserve. We walked again through the Kent Ridge Park and the Hort Park to the Alexandra Arch (picture on right), a brand new pedestrian bridge. This was again a very warm day --- no sign of a cooler weather brought by the monsoon season.
@ Sat 08/11/2008
Exercise BodyAttack
Time 60:00
Comments Still another LesMills workout. It's all about cardio: one hour of running, jumping, kicking, and some recovery in between doing push-ups. Besides cardio, it was good for core, too. Very effective and hard, even if it was supposed to be a beginner class. Definitely not something one considers to do in the midlde of the workday.
@ Fri 07/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course West Coast Park
Distance 3.9K (3628 steps)
Time 20:38
Comments Ave 133, +34C. A short mid-afternoon run in a sunny weather.
@ Thu 06/11/2008
Exercise BodyVive
Time 60:00
Comments This is another LesMills program that combines taiji, pilates, cardio workout, and strength training. With the exception of the last one, which we worked out with rubber tubes, this session is relatively easy.
@ Sun 02/11/2008
Exercise Run
Course Hortpark
Distance 12.26K (11353 steps)
Time 1:08'47
Comments Ave ~130. We ran to the Hortpark to get a piece to our balcony hose. We started at noon, so it was very warm already.
@ Sat 01/11/2008
Exercise BodyPump
Comments Another fun session with Cheslyn, and we worked out the program #67. This time I used heftier weights than two weeks ago. I still could feel my abs from Thursday's ABT. By the way, there is no ABT in the new schedule that started today. Instead there is LesMills BodyVive. Have to check that out.