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What shape are you in?

You might want to know what shape you are in before you’re body sends up an alarm.

I thought I was in great shape. Then my friends started having heart attacks. I wrote this app for my friends so they could see what shape their shape was in.

How surprised I was to find out I wasn’t in the shape I thought I was.

You don’t have to buy any special equipment to take the Fit Test.

FEATURES:
- Check your BMI and Body Fat
- Find your aerobic fitness, with a 1.5 mile run and the Rockport walk test
- Test your strength with pushups and situps
- Find your flexibility by reaching for your toes
- Email test results to yourself or a client.
- Tips to help get you fit again
- Easy to use, no special equipment is needed

TESTS:
BMI
Body Mass Index has been used since the 1980s, BMI greatly improved weight information over standard height and weight tables.

Body Fat
Because BMI alone can’t tell if you are carrying muscle or fat on your frame. The YMCA and Navy body fat tests are 97% accurate for most people.

1.5 Mile Run Test
Because you should be able to run far enough fast enough to save your life. 1.5 to 2 mile runs are the preferred way to test aerobic fitness.

Rockport Fitness Test
Used by cardiologists to measure heart fitness and the effect of your aerobic routine on your heart’s fitness. Watch your workouts improve your VO2max.

Pushups and Situps Strength Test
Used by every military force to test overall strength fitness. Measure your core and upper body strength.

Modified Reach Test
Used since the 1950s to test flexibility. Good flexibility reduces injuries and improves mobility.

The best fountain of health and youth is exercise. Live long and prosper by getting your shape in shape.

Fit Test at the iTunes Store Take the Fit Test and see what condition your condition is in.

TimesToCome Fitness App

TimesToCome Fitness App

TimesToCome Fitness App

TimesToCome Fitness App

This past week we took our first five day cruise from Galveston, TX to Cozumel and Chichen Mexico on Carnival’s Ecstasy.

All in all I was happy with the trip and would gladly do it again. Since we live close to Galveston we can pick up last minute fares pretty cheap.

We spent a day at sea, a day at Cozumel, a day at Chichen and a day at sea.

The food in the main dining is very good but you have to put on real clothing to use the main dining room. The come-as-you are food was about what you’d find in any fast food chain and not so good.

The gym was well equipped, but running on a treadmill while the ship is rocking is a challenge even in calm waters. So I only managed one run.

There is a spa on the ship, shops, clubs and plenty to do. I was curled up with a book most of the time. The back decks are quiet and sheltered from the wind and a good place to have coffee and read.

We had a balcony with our cabin, but when you aren’t in port the wind on the balcony makes it unusable.

I wish I’d brought more clothing, especially warmer clothing and jeans. Galveston’s chilly this time of year and indoors everywhere the a/c was on high. It turns out you can wear blue jeans in the main dining hall now.

I’d've brought more Dramamine too, I went through two containers. Turns out that sea-sick pills are available at the information desk and that’s a very good thing or I’d not have survived our last night out at sea.

On our cruise we stopped at Progresso, Mexico and traveled to see the Chichen Itza Mayan Temple. It took on an even more surreal feel since I had just recently read ‘The 43 Antarean Dynasties’ by Resnick.

Standing close to the base of the large temples and watching a religious sacrifice at the top must have been inspiring, it was amazing just standing at the base and imagining it all.

The ball court hoops are quite high up, at least 20′. We don’t know how the game was played, we do know the losing team was sacrificed to the gods at the end of the game.

Iguanas skitter all over the site occasionally stopping to sun themselves.

The local Mayan population spends its time now entertaining and selling crafts to tourists. Mayan is still a required subject in school so the language lives on.

We stopped at Cozumel, Mexico on our cruise this week. The island is tiny and most of it is geared to tourist entertainment: shopping, drinking, snorkeling, swimming. But I love to wander around cities and explore so that’s what we did.

We made a break from the tourist area down an alley and headed north. The first 3 or so miles we walked we had a line of taxis parked along the street. There were hundreds of them all lined up to pick up tourists from the cruise ship ports.

Eventually we found a road leading inland away from the tourist area. The housing is a mix of old, new, wealthy and poor as you can see in the photos. Everywhere there were dogs, more than a few came out to chase us off. Nowhere did I see a cat.

The locals all get around on foot, bike and scooter. You’ll see young children, mom and dad all piled up on a single scooter.

Cozumel was originally a Mayan settlement and the island was a religious site. Women who were pregnant or hoping to become pregnant traveled to the island to pray to Ix Chel the goddess of the moon, pregnancy and childbirth.