3.5 miles on the treadmill today...I have been doing yard work too and sometimes work out on the elliptical....

Haven't had one yet but will start with 15 minutes twice a day on the recumbent bike and work my way up from there.

Something I learned in PT was no pain no gain is not necessarily true. Starting slow and easy, graduating time and tension lessens the possibility of worsening you injury.

I met with my personal trainer today for the first time since our initial assessment. She worked me hard! I now have spaghetti arms and legs. Great way to start my day!

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Yesterday I did 35 minutes on the stair master before our Thanksgiving family gathering. The gym was open until 2pm. Then today I did 30 minutes on the stair master. I've been doing my pattern of levels 6-5-4-3-2 (x 2 min. for each level) with about three repetitions of the pattern. I love it! I'm thankful for my favorite stair master. It really does the trick for me.

I met with my trainer again this morning. It was a goooood workout. Except for when she had me doing Plyometrics. That scared me. I got the high jump onto the box a couple times but it was making me really nervous I was going to fall off so she let me shift to up down lunges- step up/down on the box for two minutes rather than 30 seconds of Plyo jumps. I'm pretty sure she's going to have me jumping on that box again next week...

Today I did 45 minutes walking on the treadmill between 3- and 3.5 mph. Then 30 minutes on the weight floor.

When I got in eye sight of my favorite stairmaster, I saw that there was someone else on it AND someone on the second best stairmaster next to it! Because these two stairmasters are next to each other, they sometimes draw couples to them. This was a man and a woman, young, tattooed, taking selfies, and working out hard. I stood in a corner to try to wait them out / see if they would get off in a few. I felt like a stalker. But I was stalking the stairmasters, not them. When about 10 minutes passed by, I had to move on. Hard. I went to one of the Precors where it's like an elliptical but more of a running motion. I never feel comfy on those so I tried and then left. I went to the treadmill instead. I watched a documentary on the Weather Underground on Prime but it was poorly done, so it made the treading not so pleasant. A good show can make all the difference. I got off not feeling the exalted way I feel when I get off the stairmaster. Next time I will add an incline.

Thanksgiving weekend is a bit quiet at the gym. I think people are away or with family. I love having four days in a row to sleep in and go to the gym.

Peace and love, exercisers!

In unity. Even though part of me wants to go into the Plyo room when no one else is there and try until I get it. There was added angst at being in a room full of people who, I am sure were not watching me as they are all working out, but still...


Oh, yesterday too, while I was waiting for my room to open I watched a woman who was kneeling balancing on a Bosu ball while lifting like, really big weights over her head. She's my new hero.

I love them too but I'm not graceful on them. This woman was solid as a rock. Good call on the mat...

3.5 miles on the treadmill....my magic number might be 3.5 (speed, incline, and miles)

Magical walk in the park today, 7 miles, 14,500 steps, 2.5 hours -with a femme friend who is a great conversationalist and fantastic walker in every way. Today was a beautiful fall day, and we grabbed it!

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Monday: One hour spin class. 16 miles. 656 calories burned. The class was 90% standing on the bike. That was fun.

Tuesday: One hour spin class. 14 miles. 629 calories burned. Class was... okay.

Wed: 30 minutes with trainer. Intense upper and lower body and then core included holding plank holding onto an inverted Bosu. That was also fun. Seriously. I thought it would be horrible but I enjoyed it :)

I think I'm taking today off at the gym so I can go home and cook up a good dinner and have some home time.

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Did a 6klm interval run with my dog Scout,at 5Am

its summer here,so it was hot,even at 5,but so peaceful

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Last night: Took my daughter to the gym so she could get a student 30 day pass for while she's home on break. Then we took a spin class together. It started off fun but it kind of kicked her ass and she's not one to give herself a break. So I started pulling back a little and took a couple "breaks" to drink water because I knew if I didn't she wouldn't and she needed to. As soon as I sat down and grabbed my water bottle she did too. Now I'm getting ready to go back for a 9am class and she's still in bed, where she needs to be.

Interval ran,with Scout 6klms,this morning