Kettlebell Training

As I was looking for more information on keto-carb cycling, I came across the Warrior Goddess Kettlebell Training website. I decided to try out a guided workout so I signed up for the free introduction. Which turned out to be today at 8 pm BST - that's British Summer Time. Which is 9 am HST. Unfortunately, last week they had to change to a new webinar provider and I was getting emails from both providers and grabbed the info from the wrong one so I missed it. But I am trying to set up another one.

This is what I expected.

This is what I got.

I have never really worked out before with a trainer and weights. I have done weights by myself after having one session with a personal trainer at the YMCA about 30 years ago. I also had one session with personal trainer at the YMCA earlier this year to get me started again. Unfortunately that was a couple days before the lock down began in March so I never made it back to the gym. I'm hoping this supervised kettlebell training might help me regain the muscle mass I lost over the years after getting injured and help me get back on track. We shall see.

Today is the first day of the Reopening Strategy for the City & County of Honolulu. Here's what the rules are for the next 4 weeks. If the 7-day average of new cases on Oʻahu stays at 100 or below for the last 2 weeks of that period we can move to Tier 2.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research had developed a new platform for Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander COVID-19 data to address the lack of data across the nation. I still could not find data on the rate of change over time that would let the community know whether measures being taken are helping control the transmission within the community. Like the data I can find here, it appears to only be showing the cumulative data since the start of the pandemic.


When the pre-travel testing program starts on October 15th, United Airlines is planning to do pre-travel testing for its passengers at the airport. For a fee of about $250. They will be using a rapid test that will be administered at the originating airport before departure; right now it will only be available in San Francisco. It makes sense for United to take this step, they fly the most travelers to Hawai'i.

Internationally, airlines are lobbying for testing for international flights at the departure point in lieu of a quarantine at the destination. Similar to the program the Governor is rolling out in October, travelers would have to get a negative test before they are allowed to fly.


Why won't some people wear masks? A historic look at another safety measure sheds some light on this, seatbelts were also not welcomed. Did you know the seat belt was patented in 1885? But they weren't widely found in cars until the mid-1950's? And that usage was not required until 1984 and then it was only in New York. Unfortunately, if masks follow the same path, we'll all be dead before people start taking mask wearing seriously!   


Flu season is coming up and it is anticipated that COVID-19 will also increase in the fall. A number of things align to make for a large surge, school, cooler weather keeping people indoors more, and the end to outdoor seasonal activities. According to Johns Hopkins University, the case counts over the last 2 weeks have steadily increased in the US, similar to European countries. Now more than ever staying away from big crowds, wearing a mask even indoors, and good hand hygiene become more important.


If you want to know what the most current news is on vaccines read The Latest on COVID-19 Vaccines. In a nutshell, 2 vaccine companies have now released information on how they are testing the efficacy of their product, another vaccine maker has restarted trials in the UK but not yet in the US, and the White House has released a vaccine distribution plan. The distribution plan is to prepare for the release of the vaccine(s) but no timetable was given. It makes sense, though, that they send out plans now, some of the vaccines need to be kept frozen, one at ridiculously low temperatures that require special equipment; hospitals and clinics need to be prepared. And they must also be shipped at those low temperatures so companies like UPS and Fed Ex also need to figure out how they're going to do that.


If you want a rough idea of what life will be like in the coming months, read Charting the Pandemic Over the Next 12 Months. Along the top edge of the screen is a banner with the months, you can click on any month and see what has been predicted.

There were 90 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total known cases up to 11,779. There were 2 new deaths for a total of 124. The 7-day average for Oʻahu was 88.0. 

I'm not sure if I like this one better; graphics are nicer but less data.

There have been some changes to the prototype dashboard; no it still says PROTOTYPE. The HiPAM Forecast has been updated; it makes much more sense now. And although the Notes and Sources has been updated, some information is less helpful; like the Mask Wearing. Before you could go to the actual document; I can't really tell anything at all about the newest notation, it just looks like some kind of code.



Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Alan & Kathy!