Need to step up with added cycling since the university gym pool that I use is closed for a couple weeks prior to the new semester. So, in addition to free weights for upper body and the 2 mile speed walks with my dog, I plan to ride my bike on the 4.5 mile route daily until the gym reopens again -- weather permitting, it's showers off and on today and am not interested in a vertical stripe of road dirt on the back of my shirt.

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I took a two hour walk in Riverside Park. It's another beautiful day here, and I'm loving my summer vacation.

Repeat.

I really did NOT want to workout today--the only way I got through it was knowing that the core workout is only 20 mins long. And, yet, seems SO much longer! :|

Dakari -

Protein shakes will help you not lose weight, but also help with the building of muscle?

I understand WHEY protein ISOLATE, MICROFILTERED, is the healthiest choice.

:nothingtoadd:

Worked out hard last night and was drenched. Expected to have trouble just getting through it all with little sleep the night before but it was quite the contrary. Go figure. Didn't get much sleep last night but great hitting session today. Maybe I should just stop trying to sleep. Gym again tomorrow. Clinic and hitting session both days this weekend. Woohoo!!!

I did 30 minutes of sprints on the gym stairs while lifting weights. It provides a magnificent adrenaline rush.

Keep it UP, Exercisers!
 

[ame="http://www.amazon.ca/Personal-Training-With-Jackie-Timesaver/dp/B003VQO524"]Jackie Warner's: Extreme Timesaver Training[/ame]

Definitely worth every sweaty, panting minute! I like that this DVD doesn't repeat moves. Each move is done for 1 minute and then you move on. and on. and on. Total: 30 mins.

Afterwards, I walked at about a 3.5 for 30 mins. on the treadmill. I felt I needed to do a little extra b/c I seriously had to STOP (drink!) or really modify my movements at a few points during the DVD workout.

How many DVDs do you have again? :blink:

5! One for each day of the work week! Have i ever DONE 5 in 5? No. But I COULD if I wanted! i like keeping my options open! :pirate-steer:

I remember you mentioning having 5 of them, but thought that was a series. So, after I saw non series types names I started wondering!

yeah, they're all different :)

Last night, we hit the gym again -- I did the bike for 30 minutes, RPM average 78-98, skilled level of 7, and went about 5.4 miles. Talk about sweat.

My wife, she did the treadmill and said she was a bit disappointed that it didn't raise her past a 3.5 incline.

Afterwards, we hit a few weights-- arms mostly. Legs tonight, after our cardio workout.

Almost ready.
 

I'm sitting in the recliner in my workout clothes and runners.

I thought I'd pop in to get some much needed motivation.

Before I just give up and find some :eatinghersheybar:

Rinse and repeat.

Done!

Leftwritefemme also came over for lunch today which wasn't exercise but was too fun not to be worthy of mention! :)

I'm on a roll!
 

Cardio Burn for Weight Loss
basically 30 mins (divided up into three sections of ten minutes) of fitness walking with some aerobic movements--it's a good workout!

...and 25 moderate pace walk on the treadmill

45 minute muscle toner on elliptical. That typically results in a bit over 3 miles and a bit over 400 calories ( yes, at this point I am WELL PAST interesting things to share about my workouts) Two days ago a muscle head guy pointed out my poor stance when working triceps with free weights ( nope, still not interesting)

I go to a ghetto gym so there are only a small number of people there. Additionally, I tend to keep my eyes adverted because I feel bad. Since it is a ghetto gym it is the rare person that is in shape there. I feel like people would be uncomfortable if they thought people were watching them. Seriously, I don't look at people for this reason.

I also think that no one looks at anyone there. Is that weird? This is my first gym experience and I guess I assumed unless it was one of those gyms where cruising is common, people just do their own thing and don't engage/ don't have eye contact with each other. Or maybe I am at a socially remedial gym?

Someone enlighten me.

Failure today. Went for a quick swim and hot tub instead. Stretch tomorrow. *sigh*

Oh, I don't put any effort into it, as I said before the place is pretty empty. You know, people also won't give me eye contact there. Like when you are passing by them and you smile they either avoid contact or don't smile/look through you. Is this normal? Perhaps they are "in their own heads" I think I need to go with TF to Planet Fitness to assess this I called my place a ghetto gym due to the small number of machines. It actually was probably a poor choice of words to begin with. Sorry

It is an employee gym. I work at a hospital/outpatient medical offices. Hospital nurses do tend to be grumpy people. Perhaps it is carry over from their work day?

Dapper, I think gyms are a kind of Introvert Paradise in terms of how people do their thing without having much interaction (not talking or even having eye contact). But yet relationships still develop. That's part of the magic of the gym for me. When I see people over and over and we're not talking to or looking directly at each other, I make note of them and write my own stories about them in my head. What else is there to do? The gym can be boring!

Ok, so my gym is "normal" Thanks.

I have been reluctant to admit it but I have been going to a gym of sorts. I do cardio rehab three times a week. I am getting stronger and have worked my self up to a real work out sweat without keeling over.

I am primarily surrounded by elderly straight white men . Next to them I am the youngster in the house. I notice the men seem to be a little competitive. I can see them working hard to keep up with the guy next to them. There are a couple of women but they seem to be focused on their own work out and not competing.

Most of the guys talk with one another, they do not talk with me. I suspect they are trying to figure out my gender. Every day I get referred to as maam and sir.

And finally, the other day I was working my heart out, (so to speak) and the music playing in the background was Old School Motown sound. My kind of music. Anyway, one of the older guys shouted out "Please turn off that noise." Then most of the others in the gym nodded in agreement. Quickly it was switched to country music. Guess what the song was about....Something about how America is going to kick the Taliban's butt. I had to just shake my head, close my eyes and try to make believe I was somewhere else.

Same old:

It's weird how I'll suddenly get obsessed with one thing and then it changes! I do the same with food.

The stairs at the gym (4 flights) are open, so you can watch each floor. Of course, I watched Jill a bit. It's hard not to--she's always there! Now I'm on a few week break between working summer school and the regular school year, so it's understandable why I'm at the gym during the day... but why is Jill there? Does she have a trust fund? Because she's there at night too! She kind of doesn't look like someone who'd be drowning in money. She looks and sounds rough around the edges. I still remain baffled by her. The most exciting moment today was when Jill's trainer friend (muscular, African American, butch looking straight woman) took a cell phone photo with Jill on her back. Wow, I wish I was on their Facebook...