Jessicca15 days before preparation for departure to Mt KK
August 14th 2008 09:08
Time surely flies….! And I have been going for 1-hour morning brisk walks at the park (with small track hill) where beginners or exercise lovers have their daily carbo burning.
Throughout that almost 2 months of exercising and special healthy diet at the Nutrition Club, my health readings are improving and heading towards the ideal health range, though my weight didn’t change too drastically…. It’s mentioned that this is a better and more lasting effect as I manage to convert my fat to muscles… oh do you know you need muscles to burn fat?
So now I need to start going back to weight training where I will add a backpack of 1.5-2kg to push my body to get use to the pack before I embark that 4.5km hike. (Mind you, it is a 6 – 9 hours hike up in total)
So now let me introduce you to the Beginner’s Level training zone I know – The TTDI (Taman Tun Dr. Ismail) Park
This park is located at the Jalan Zaaba area and it has been the local’s haven for exercising and picnic. You don’t get much parks like this anymore in Kuala Lumpur as most residential areas have combined to commercial areas as well… therefore having a hill side park is a wonderful ideal place to sweat your heart out without the confinement of enclosed gyms.
I actually took many pictures of the nicely padded trails but I haven’t uploaded them yet, so you can visit this link where another person took some really nice pictures of the park.
Kelvin Low’s – TTDI Park
This park actually consist of 3 types of trails:
The easies – flat land trail – about 10-15 minutes per round if you brisk walk.
The intermediate – with small slopes of about 5 deg up and down – about 20-25 minutes per round if you brisk walk.
The advance – Also the largest trail with some 15 degs up and down slopes – about 20-35 minutes per round if you brisk walk (depends on your stamina)
When I first started training I usually go in the evenings and spend about 1 hour and at that time I only manage to do about 1 1/2 rounds with aches all over me. It will take a while to get used to the sudden 15 deg slope at the beginning of the trail but once you are used to it you will be amazed how much faster you can complete 1 round.
The park will usual “wake up” with the visitors as early as 5am. Though it is still early in the morning but there are streetlights around the trails so you won’t get lost… except the advance trail where 70% of the trail is not lit but because there are some open air in between the trails you can actually depend on the moonlight to shine your way. By 6.30am the park will be swarm with visitors, usually senior citizens where Tai Chi classes are conducted.
I usually hit there at 5.45 – 6am and finish it with cool down exercises at about 7am.
The good part about having such early brisk walks early in the morning without the streetlights in the advance trails is that you get to experience the nature with fireflies around to light your way… A truly refreshing experience – though challenging and scary if you can’t overcome the fear of darkness.
The evening walks are great too as you can experience more sweat with the warm climate and then have the cooling sensation as the sun sets – the only problem is that you will experience extra “nature’s visit” when you see packs of monkey on trees curious about your exercise.
I remembered there was a time when a male monkey (which I believe had a really bad day) started screaming and shouting at passers by and it’s own inmates. It was so fears it tried to attack me using the one of the tree branches swung down on me – glaring and shouting at me. But because I just stared at him and didn’t react too much onto its attack, it finally cool down and just stared at me…. As if it realised that it has been too cranky and didn’t attack the rest of the passer by anymore.
I think it attacked me because I was the most vulnerable – with knee guards and backpack….
So there you go about the beautiful park. I will miss it more when I move nearer to my office, which is now about 25-minutes drive away from the park.
Now begins my daily prayer for Mount Kinabalu to have fair weather at the end of this month!
Throughout that almost 2 months of exercising and special healthy diet at the Nutrition Club, my health readings are improving and heading towards the ideal health range, though my weight didn’t change too drastically…. It’s mentioned that this is a better and more lasting effect as I manage to convert my fat to muscles… oh do you know you need muscles to burn fat?
My latest progress chart
So now let me introduce you to the Beginner’s Level training zone I know – The TTDI (Taman Tun Dr. Ismail) Park
Do you see the monkey on the right side?
This park is located at the Jalan Zaaba area and it has been the local’s haven for exercising and picnic. You don’t get much parks like this anymore in Kuala Lumpur as most residential areas have combined to commercial areas as well… therefore having a hill side park is a wonderful ideal place to sweat your heart out without the confinement of enclosed gyms.
I actually took many pictures of the nicely padded trails but I haven’t uploaded them yet, so you can visit this link where another person took some really nice pictures of the park.
Kelvin Low’s – TTDI Park
This park actually consist of 3 types of trails:
The easies – flat land trail – about 10-15 minutes per round if you brisk walk.
The intermediate – with small slopes of about 5 deg up and down – about 20-25 minutes per round if you brisk walk.
The advance – Also the largest trail with some 15 degs up and down slopes – about 20-35 minutes per round if you brisk walk (depends on your stamina)
When I first started training I usually go in the evenings and spend about 1 hour and at that time I only manage to do about 1 1/2 rounds with aches all over me. It will take a while to get used to the sudden 15 deg slope at the beginning of the trail but once you are used to it you will be amazed how much faster you can complete 1 round.
The park will usual “wake up” with the visitors as early as 5am. Though it is still early in the morning but there are streetlights around the trails so you won’t get lost… except the advance trail where 70% of the trail is not lit but because there are some open air in between the trails you can actually depend on the moonlight to shine your way. By 6.30am the park will be swarm with visitors, usually senior citizens where Tai Chi classes are conducted.
I usually hit there at 5.45 – 6am and finish it with cool down exercises at about 7am.
The good part about having such early brisk walks early in the morning without the streetlights in the advance trails is that you get to experience the nature with fireflies around to light your way… A truly refreshing experience – though challenging and scary if you can’t overcome the fear of darkness.
The evening walks are great too as you can experience more sweat with the warm climate and then have the cooling sensation as the sun sets – the only problem is that you will experience extra “nature’s visit” when you see packs of monkey on trees curious about your exercise.
Monkey colony watching passerby
I remembered there was a time when a male monkey (which I believe had a really bad day) started screaming and shouting at passers by and it’s own inmates. It was so fears it tried to attack me using the one of the tree branches swung down on me – glaring and shouting at me. But because I just stared at him and didn’t react too much onto its attack, it finally cool down and just stared at me…. As if it realised that it has been too cranky and didn’t attack the rest of the passer by anymore.
I think it attacked me because I was the most vulnerable – with knee guards and backpack….
So there you go about the beautiful park. I will miss it more when I move nearer to my office, which is now about 25-minutes drive away from the park.
Now begins my daily prayer for Mount Kinabalu to have fair weather at the end of this month!
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