Trainer session today. I'm weaning off of her so I asked her to take me out to the equipment part of the gym to run me through some workouts I can do on my own when I'm not with her anymore. It was good. I'm sore. Going to take a spin class tomorrow morning before work to loosen up muscles :hangloose:

I am doing some catching up:

Sun. Dec. 2nd, 30 min. on the stairmaster

Sat. Dec. 15th, 35 min. on the stairmaster

This time of year is generally hard for me. The holidays are somewhat overwhelming to me as well as to the people I work with (teenage families), so it's a lot. Added to that, and often what comes with this time of year, I have been on antibiotics and steroids for a sinus infection. Additionally my husbutch / wife has been sick with a bad cold. Now we are both finally better. However, while she was sick, I slept on the couch to avoid germs, and now my back is full of kinks. I'm hoping time and exercise will clear those up.

I have one more week before my break. That winter school break (a M-F and then a M-T) will be a great time for a staycation exercisecation connection back to me and my body.

I'm inspired reading about others' exercise. Move it or lose it. Love ya all! Oh, and I'll be back later after I go to the gym to tell you all about it.

interval ran 6 k's with Scout

Also am 6 weeks off tobacco and 2 weeks off sugar

for me the 2 go together,good food lifestyle and exercise

Tonight my work-out plans started out stressful but ended positively.

I started out by forgetting my phone and having my ipad not be working. I felt so frustrated. I just sat down on the floor of the gym against the wall and got teary as I tried to make my ipad work. Eventually it did.

Then I did 35 minutes on the stairmaster. I could only get youtube to work on my ipad so I watched "Judge Judy full episode." And, really, what can be better than that? So it all worked out okay.

Also, without having my phone, I read the NY Times in the locker room instead of look at my phone. It's good to shake things up, but takes a minute, because I thrive on routine.

Just do it!

omg, dead tired...

I did go to the gym after a long work day and little sleep. 35 minutes on the stairmaster. And it felt great!

Now I'm getting up the energy to brush my teeth.

Just did 6klms this morning interval run with Scout

was 23 celsius,79% humidity,was like running in a sauna,it was hard but felt so good,but a bit worried about Scout,as pitties dont like the heat,although this was 5.30AM
Life in the tropics

also 19 days no sugar
day 4 no complex carbs,pretty much no precessed foods,as much as is possible in our society.

Hello to all the exercise nuts........................

I cant work out how to reply,NYC
its good,maybe we can be exercise/food buddies vai here
its hard,but I feel really toxic when I eat bad food.

I didnt know to peronal message,IE bounderies and such

cheers

My jaw muscles got quite a workout today... potluck at work! :p

After a long patch of serious stretch sent my plans awry, yesterday I restarted trying to do regular exercise on a daily basis.
200 steps on my stepper so far - aiming for 500 by the end of the day, plus some light dumbell work.

I have been doing Pilates since October and I love it. Until I really get more muscle memory (it is a lot to learn, who knew?) I am doing an individual and a group class for 1 hour each a week.

I loved swimming but for various reasons that have to do with my eyes and water, I had to find something else. I think I have found my exercise niche.

7...and 7hrs sleep...
 

7mi run in full Sun this am...really did not want to go shopping at all today, I've had enough of stores
full of people Christmas shopping and stressed out, so I ran...alone...quiet, no talking but in my head.
And slept for 7 hrs...was thinking about the importance of sleep...lowers my stress levels, still working
on that, seems once a New Yorker...smiling...anyway, my vegan food and green smoothies have certainly
helped, but I'd like to increase my sleep to 8hrs...see, even saying that stresses me out a bit...so much
to do...So, I posted this video on importance of sleep for anyone who may also have this issue of high
stress levels, and/or not getting enough sleep.

keep on keeping on my friends, Greco



Nutrition to Improve Sleep | Runners Need Their Zzz's

6klm interval run
cooler temp today

day 7 no processed foods
or carbs
feeling a lot less cravings

My winter recess has started so I have this week off, plus Monday and Tuesday of the week after. Hallelujah! Yesterday I just slept because I was so exhausted from all the work of the holiday week before break.

Today I went to the gym and did 35 minutes on the stairmaster, pattern: 2 minutes each of levels 6 down to 1, repeated 3 times. As I go lower on level I allow less weight on hands/arms, and then on 1- I do no hands/arms at all. I haven't done balance work for awhile and need to start reintegrating that into my workout on the weight floor.

Then I did 35 minutes on the weight floor: 100 pelvic tilts (knees bent, 5 seconds), 100 5 second sit-ups, weight lifting (arms and legs), yoga, and stretching. It all felt great. The gym was fairly empty.

Wishing everyone some great workouts!

xmas day exercise :)
 

Me n the hound,interval ran 6k's

hardly saw anyone :)

and its stinking hot down under

have a great one,you northern hemisphere exercisers

cheers from OZ

Wups I meant to say stress not stretch! :-} Back on track today - 500 steps done, but only one weights session.

7mi
 

7mi this late morning. Sleep. Got 8hrs finally last night!
And, now know for sure that 7hrs is the best for my body...smiling.
Like this coach Holly because she's not super skinny!...some good
ideas in this video.

Merry Christmas exercisers!

keep on keepin' on, Greco


Staying Fit During The Holidays

Exercise
 

Merry Xmas A, my own exercise experience will be walking to a feast meal and exercising my right hand as it shovels turkey, fixings, and many desserts into the mouth, again and again, and then taking home seconds :)

MC
 

Ha! Merry Christmas charley...and enjoy your feast.

Boxing day
 

6K's interval run
trying to up it to every day now,instead of every 2nd day
survived xmas,without all the food
although I'm athiest,so to me it was just Tuesday
but merry or happy whatever to,all those living in the past,LOL
IE northern hemisphere
its 8.10 am here Dec 26
cheers,big ears...................thats how it goes big nose

bit of Aussie bad humour

Went to the gym Monday and Tuesday- modified holiday hours worked for me.

Monday: 40 minutes stairmaster, pattern- 2 minute repeats of 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 on the stairmaster that functions one level lower (i.e. is one level easier) than my favorite, which was occupied. 30 minutes weight floor.

There was a young to middle aged trim Asian man on my favorite stairmaster. He had a warm, positive disposition, and I felt like we had a bonding moment of loving the stairmaster when I stepped up so we were both at the top of our stairmasters and he said, "We are a small group who must have the stairmaster, but there's nothing like it! Let's do this!" OMG, it was just the best gym connection ever, made me feel so understood and encouraged.

Then in the locker room I ran into Judith. This was on Christmas Eve. I know she goes to church so I asked her what she was doing for Christmas. She said she'd be at the gym. Oh, Judith :rrose:. She was very mismatched today. More and more I think she has Aspergers Syndrome or something like it. She said she had just taken a pilates class and that she was now going to order dim sum. What?! To the gym?! Yes indeed. I was fascinated! First of all, the gym has it's own cafe (a terrible cafe!) so I figured you couldn't just like order a pizza and certainly not dim sum! But, yes, Judith explained, it was a normal occurrence for her. It was SO Judith.

Tuesday: 35 minutes on the hard stairmaster (my favorite one), and I upped my levels and could feel it. I did Levels 7 down to 1, my first time doing 7 as part of a pattern. I definitely felt it! I'm doing a lot of hands off for Level 1, and I can do it but can feel the uneasiness of my balance. It gives a good sweat to have to balance. Then I did 25 minutes on the weight floor. Then, back in the locker room, there was no sign of Judith. I was sad not to see her.

So, yeah, my winter break has been 3 great days in a row of working out so far! Let's do this!

Only could about 3klm,power walk,no running
I gotta listen to my body,I keep trying to do,what I could do before I got sick,then push to hard and breakdown.
I'm enjoying this thread though.

sounds like an interesting gym NYC :)

6 long snow walk
 

Talkie friend came out for a long walk with me
today...found it interesting as she hasn't wanted
to go further than 4mi...it was good, cozy, and
warm until we got back to the cars...the landscape
was a Winter wonderland...just beautiful...And
stretching for an hour when I got back home...love
slow stretching...This video is a good one for those interested.

keep on keepin' on friends, Greco



Beginner Running Tips | How to Stretch After Your Run

Today was 30 minutes on the stairmaster (my favorite) doing two two-minute sets of 7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and then a few extra Level 1s. It was intense and felt great.

Then 30 minutes on the weight floor. It is funny how lifting a weight instantly gives energy and clears the brain. I love weightlifting after a cardio work-out. And then it makes the stretching even more heavenly.

I hung with Miriam in the locker room, the kvetchy older plump Jewish woman (me also being of a similar description though not as old). She said that she spent Christmas tending to less mobile, elderly friends. She worked out with her trainer and then was going for a slice (not having it delivered, lol) and then a massage.

Peace out, exercisers!:byebye:

Interval ran 80 mins,by the beach this morning
unsure in klms
I have lived here 6 mths,and not wanted to drive the 8 mins to the beach,it was soooooooooooooo invigerating.
tmrw Scout can have a swim too

Yesterday was 35 minutes on my fave stairmaster (Pattern: 6-1).

Today was 30 minutes on the Matrix which is a stairmaster knockoff that I only turn to begrudgingly. There are only two actual stairmasters, and someone else was on the second best one. My favorite one was not working properly. It's touch screen wasn't working. There is nothing worse than a touch screen not working. I unplugged it, replugged it - to no avail. I approached a fix-it guy and told him about it and he said, "Maybe we need to order a new console." Order a new console?! That sounds like it would take forever. I begged him to try and fix it, and he said he would. Actually I'm not even sure he was the fix-it guy, but :praying:. Like this is a catastrophe- I'm so attached to that stairmaster. It's my bestie.

I understand the Matrix better but our relationship still needs work. It has very steep side bars / handles that my hands can't stick to- they get sweaty and slide down. Now normally I'd put a towel but they're so vertical that a towel won't sit on them. I need something that will adhere between me and the bars. Gosh, gonna have to figure that out. Still I pushed my way through it. I did levels 1-6, mainly level 3, heart rate 155.

I have what I think is a post nasal drip, I think from dry heat in our bedroom at night. Oh, gosh. I am prone to lung things, and my lungs are definitely tight. It has not kept me from exercising but definitely makes it harder. I bought some Ayr spray / plain nasal saline spray. I hate when my lungs feel tight. Oh, body, just feel normal :praying:

I'm really feeling good about getting in a workout every day of my winter recess! Thanks, everyone, for the companionship and support!

If you have lung problems,you could try adding a swim into your exercise,"not sure about pools over there"
But swimming will stregthen your lungs,they are muscles,so working the out helps them get stronger.
Sadly I nursed an old dyke mate of mine dying of COPD,and the nurse told me she should not have put herself on oxygen as it weakens the lungs,anyway,swimming also is a great stretch.

cheers

Today was pretty much the same experience as yesterday only I was better prepared for it to happen. Sigh. The touch screen on the fave StairMaster is still not working, and the 2nd StairMaster was in use. I sent an email to the manager this evening about it. It hasn't even reached the stage of having a sign on it that tells people it's not working :fastdraq:.

So it was off to the Matrix ClimbMill. Sigh. I tried to address the steep handles (that are too vertical to hang a towel on) by dampening a towel and then putting it on, but that didn't make it stay on. I just dealt, as one does in life. I did 30 minutes, level 1-5, heart rate 155. I would still like to find a way to make the handles such that I could put my hands on them without having my hands slide down.

In regards to your suggestion that I swim, Vincent, I appreciate it but it actually seemed to have the opposite effect for me. For many years I was a lap swimmer as my primary form of exercise, about an hour a pop, and I think I breathe wrong in the pool because it exacerbated my lung issues. They actually got much better after I stopped swimming, which in fact is why I stopped using swimming as my main activity. Thank you for the thought anyway, though. It is appreciated. I will always gladly take all the advice I can get.

I saw one of my enemies today, Shelly. She is involved in gym drama and also always has a nasty look on her face. I always wear a little backpack that has my water, my ipad, and my headphones in it when I am at the gym. When the Boston Marathon bombing happened, she zeroed in on my BLACK BACKPACK and told me she'd have to complain that I was a danger. Oh, Shelly. So now I wear an adorable minions themed backpack. I was wearing it when I saw her. I gave her a big smile, and she was taken aback, so she gave me a little smile back.

Here's what she looks like and what she does at the gym: White, average weight, almost middle-aged if not middle-aged, very rough face -always scowling, medium length dark hair, a little muscular but nothing to write home about, and kind of graceless. She does pretty hard work-outs with weights and high inclined treadmill activity (among other equipment). She has an annoying, high-pitched cartoon-like voice that doesn't match her look except that both are unpleasant. She is a very consistent gym member. She seems full of anger, but so be it.

Yesterday, I walked on the beach and broke in my new walking poles (which I bought last time I was down here) and didn't last too long, in the stormy weather. But it's going to calm down today, and so I will attempt to stay out on the beach longer, and try to walk for a couple of hours. Maybe I will be lucky and find a glass ball float or find some treasure to remind me of my stay at the beach.

After my walking exercise yesterday, I sat in the jacuzzi and it felt sooooo good. Naturally, I will do that again today after spending time out on the beach.

Tomorrow, since I brought my binoculars, I hope to see the Grey Whales (mamma's and their babies) frolicking in the ocean.

:bunchflowers: :bunchflowers: :bunchflowers:

Had a workout with my trainer two days ago and I am HURTING. Oy she did me in. Like I had a hard time mopping the floor yesterday because of how sore my arms and chest are. But I find that if I take a spin class after, it loosens me up and I don't hurt anymore. So that's up on deck for today.

I have two more sessions with my trainer and then I'm on my own, which is good. I have a notebook full of workouts I can do on my own and feel like I can do it :) She's been great with teaching me how to use the equipment on the workout floor that I would have otherwise remained intimidated by.

Me N scout interval ran 80 mins on the beach,well on the promenade,not on the sand.
then went for a swim after,although Scout was "if there is no ball,im not doing it,:)"but it was nice to be in the ocean.
yesterday I did 500 metres swim,which is 10 laps olympic swimming pool here.

yes I agree regarding pool chemicals,I dont do well in indoor pools myself,the chlorine,is a bit toxic.
Obviously over there outdoor pools in winter is not possible.
I'm lucky the pool here is 5 min walk from home,so I'm hoping I get there again today,although I am feeling tired from our run.
cheers exercisers............................
Also I thought I would put a link to where In Aust we run

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=K...hrome&ie=UTF-8

I did 30 minutes on my second favorite stairmaster today, with pattern of levels 7 down to 1, with two minutes on each level. I was just happy it was available, given that my favorite is still broken and still with no sign. It's the holidays so maybe it's in a purgatory of sorts in regard to being acknowledged. I forgot to mention it again on my way out. Sigh.

Then I did 25 minutes on the weight floor. It wasn't too crowded. I ran into Dee, an ultra fit and lean, middle-aged Black woman who is a sharp dresser, the kind you might as well always be saying to: "I love your outfit!" Around Christmas I fucked up with Dee. We were in the elevator and I said, "I love your Christmas outfit!" She smiled and nodded a thanks, adding / correcting me with, "Holiday outfit." Oy! Leave it to me as the Jew to make a Christmas assumption! I went over it in my head for the rest of my time at the gym!

We went to a holiday party today, an open house, and I had to have the longest conversation with a stranger. That was so much more exhausting than working out!

Love ya, exercisers!

I pulled cut down branches/trees into the burn pile. Also put up all new blinds in my new house.

This might not sound like much but with my situation whew! It was a lot, especially the trees. My abdomen is sore but I’m happy I did it. I feel good. :)

Today I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the Matrix ClimbMill.* I did levels 1-6. My fave stairmaster now has an "out of order" sign on it (progress!) and the stairmaster next to it was of course, in use.

Then I did 30 minutes on the weight floor.

In the locker room, a few of the regulars were there:

Judith- reading the newspaper
Marilyn- incessantly chattering as usual, unaware of anyone else as individuals
Miriam- wished me a happy New Years and confirmed that I'd be in tomorrow

*I just looked it up to see the spelling and saw that the Matrix ClimbMill retails for 4000 dollars. Maybe I should appreciate it more :|

ours was an 80 min interval run,and it was hot,a swim for Scout at the beach and some chasing of the ball,TBH,the water cooled us both down.

then 500 metre swim

I'm officially trashed,too hot today

well,thats my exercise Jan 1 2019

Happy New Year To all

From Me N Scout