|
Well, I'm completed the 35 min cardio workout (from starting stretch to ending stretch). I managed to keep up with about 98% of the exercises and only got confused on a couple.
|
I hate squats more than any other exercise. I have a squat machine—I still hate :annoyed: them in my leg routine which is once a week
|
Squats are always a challenge and weighted ones I don't think I can do because of back issues. I used to do the leg press and because of cycling could easily do 250lbs+. It has been quite a while since then. However, I do lunges now and I still hate those.
I just finished my free weight/resistance band training this afternoon and got even farther than before (35 min of 45 min). So still getting there. I'm at least keeping up with the reps and exercise. I had a vegan protein smoothie before that and am feeling good (although my arms are like rubber right now). Just have to keep at it, even the exercises we don't like! :) |
I got a kettlebell. Just one, since I can trade off arms and then use it to tone both simultaneously. It's lime green and I've dubbed it Satan.
It's still sitting in the box though. I look at it like :blink: and it looks at me like :weightlifter: and I look at it like :innocent: and it looks at me like :sumo: and I look at it like :overreaction: and it looks at me like :slapfight: and I look like this :nailbitin: and it looks like :smileywhip: and I look like this :help: *sigh* :closetopic: |
Funny post (see above)....
|
Shredding
I am seriously patting myself on the back because one of my goals this year was to be able to post something to this thread!
Another goal was to treat my body better and to start working out again. All of that being said, my youngest daughter told me about a Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred workout DVD. I don't watch TV much, but I'm familiar with The Biggest Loser - which is the show that Jillian is on and trains the contestants. My daughter tells me that "Sure Momma, no problem you could totally do this workout - it's not that hard." Mind you - my daughter is a size 5. And prior to having her children she never went above a size 0. I'm thinking she has a pretty good grasp of what I'm capable of doing in regard to exercising. Let me just say: NOT! So, last Wednesday I excitedly went to the store and picked up the DVD. I brought it home and read the packaging. On Thursday, I sat in front of the TV and watched the DVD. And finally, on Friday I started the workout. Suffice it to say that my daughter is a big fat liar (even though she's only a size 5). I thought I was going to die!!!! But it wasn't until the next day when my body was aching that the effect started to sink in. I was in some serious pain and considering having a little talk with my daughter about exaggeration. I've stayed with the workout everyday (with exception of my day of rest) - loving the way I was feeling - even though I was in pain. I'm relishing in the way my body is feeling again. I have more energy and I'm starting to feel allllll sinewy again! Everyday has been an adventure and I go through this workout knowing it only takes 20 pretty doggone intense minutes and I'm done! I'm proud of me! Here I am - in the WorkOut Zone! |
Quote:
|
I bought Mr. Strutt and Katie, our daughter, a Wii for Christmas and I have to say, I've become completely addicted to Wii Fit Plus. Between diet and doing the Wii exercises, I'm down seven pounds since the beginning of the year.
|
w00t! I just finished my 35 min sculpting/toning/workout video. It's pretty good at using resistance bands. This has been perfect for me when I'm on the road just as much as when I'm at home.
I've been pretty good about keeping to good meal sizes and healthier meals, although I do slip now and again (especially on the road) back into some soda stuff.. :P |
Between my week in Toronto and my week here in Vegas, I've been good about keeping my workouts going. I've been doing extensive walking (tonight I spent it playing tourist walking from the Mandalay to the Belagio and back again). Since I historically haven't been doing any exercise when teaching online or in the classroom, this is a huge improvement over the past. Additionally, I've been doing the the strength training and that is a near immediate results (visually).
I've been a bit better on the snacks but not great (they offer too many free sweets and sodas at the training facilities and not enough water). I, at least, try to ensure that I limit myself to no more than 1 can of diet soda so that brings down what I drink significantly but I need to remove it from my diet completely (I had done it before for nearly a year). |
I'm doing 30-60 minutes a day of cardio with stretching before and after about 4 times a week now and eating much better. I enter my info into thedailyplate.com and it breaks down my fat, sodium, cholesterol, sugar, fiber, protein, and calories each day. When you enter any fitness for the day, it recalculates it into your food intake automatically. I like that, being that I'm part sloth.
I need to knock off the kidding around and really get into some weight resistance exercises. I've got the kettle bell *grimace* and some light hand weights and a chair (for my triceps and suck ass balance). I've been super slacking on my ab work too, which is normally quite easy for me. I've just been too lazy. I think it's a case of 'at least I'm doing SOMEthing' right now. |
Quote:
|
*kicking and screaming*
I have been so very good with working out! I had to take an 18 day hiatus because I strained the rhomboid muscle when I was shoveling snow back in mid February.
I worked out last night for the first time in those 18 days off. O. M .G. I loved how it felt to work out again...to feel that burn, to gasp for breath b/c I'm being pushed to my limits. I woke up this morning and have yearned all day to do my workout, but was busy with one thing or another. Now here it is 10 PM and I can't do my workout b/c I'll wake up my downstairs neighbor. I'm feeling like a bit of a failure. grrrrrrr. |
This past week, I saw my trainer for the first time and was evaluated and then had my first session. Holy smokes, it HURT! :blink:
You know you're out of shape when it takes two and a half days for the soreness to ebb. Blech. I got back in the gym today (for weights....I've been doing my cardio all along) and it wasn't as bad. Of course, I'm on my own for a few weeks until my next session, so I'm probably cheating with form, but I'm following the recommended exercises and the weights assigned to me. I'm taking the good wherever I can see it since I sincerely loathe the weights. Any progress is good, in my book. My abs are back into our old love-hate relationship and I expect them to be washboard slick in a couple of months. :thumbsup: |
I'm so mad at myself. I've been paying for a gym membership since Sept. and haven't used it barely at all. I have been so tired all winter. I feel so guilty and cant seem to jump start myself to getting a routine going again (not to mention the money down the drain!).
Ugh. |
Quote:
Your energy will improve once you get into it. :) |
Still hammering away at crossfit. It's been kicking my ass. I will say I've only missed one workout in the last month. Every morning is something new and that's pretty cool. Some of the stuff I just can't do. My gym doesn't have rings and probably every 10 days the work out calls for rings and I have to ad lib. I can't do double unders, [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TfjmxeUsIs"]YouTube- Double Unders demo[/nomedia], but I keep trying. And one day I'll be a big dog.
|
One of my clients gave me her Brazil Butt Lift workout before I went on vacation last week.
Seriously. If I ever stop laughing hard enough to actually do it, I'll let y'all know my booty progress :sunglass: |
Well....I own my own weights and gym which I love having. But because I suffer from severe PTSD, and I'm moving through that trauma, I haven't been able to workout.
Well, I started up again yesterday because i really miss it. But today was the first day I started Shaun T's Insanity program which full blown cardio like you have never seen it. I thought I was going to die. I had to pause it probably 5-6 times to catch my breath. There's exercises on there that I had never seen and they are incredible. This is a 60-day cardio program to change your weight and body dramatically. No bullshit, it's an amazing program. There are 10 different disks, each having different 25-minute programs as you advance over a 60-day period. No weights or any equipment is required. It's going to be rough. I'm an ex-smoker, 4 years now, and I felt every bit of breathlessness doing this program even after 4 years of quitting. I'm also 53, but i have no problem of letting that stand in the way. I'm still strong enough to endure and build up with my weightlifting program. |
Still hanging on~~
Ive been working out as many days as possable untill something in my back/nec or shoulder has a hissy.My work outs are scedualed as two on one off but if I can do more days in a row I will but need to becareful cause the back injury is a bitch when its on a roll.I have a bow flex,tredmill,exersise bike and a weight bench with free weights as ell as a tennis ball with a retreaver band on it ( it comes back when u hit it) wich I play against the garage wall.
Wish I had a squat and leg press machine,wich is he next thing im going to get.Squats can be dificult but I use a really snug weight belt and that helps a lot. I loat 42 pounds last year and have another 50 to go to get back to 200lbs,if I lose more great if not I will be just as happy.Not trying to be skinny just healthy. |
Quote:
Two years ago this month, I left an unhealthy relationship. Since then, I've worked hard to be as good to myself as I possibly can and that's worked fairly well (give or take) until this month. My housemates are going through a nasty split and the past three weeks have been very difficult on all of us in the house, due to physical proximity as well as emotional ties to each person. The fights, the tears, the drama....*sigh*....I love them and I hate to say it, but I'm glad that one of them finally left the house. It is still not a healthy home by any standards, but it's better and that helps me. I am a chameleon. I adapt to the environment. If it's a good one, I do really well. When it's not, unfortunately, I don't. So, I've been emotionally eating and hibernating in my space and generally not being kind to myself. I am interested in the program you are talking about. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost you? Feel free to pm me if you don't want to post it here. Thanks. :) |
Quote:
That is, if you don't have a heart attack first. amazing. |
Quote:
|
I've seen the advertisements for Insanity on TV and it looks like a killer. Unfortunately, I don't think my knee could take it (blew it out when I was pregnant with Katie and it still gives me trouble)...and I don't know there is much you can do to modify a program like that.
Keep us posted, Jet...I'm curious to see how it goes. |
Yes, I do. At least, I did today. Oh, I missed it!
An hour of cardio at a moderate pace (it's been a couple of weeks since I've been and didn't want to push myself too hard), 10 minutes on the rowing machine, about 5 minutes of ab work and a good stretching session and I feel wonderful! My neck and shoulders tend to tighten up when I'm stressed and/or it's been a while since I've worked out (it keeps my limber) and I've had both to deal with lately. They were sooooo tight last night and early this morning and now....ahhhh. I feel sooo much better! |
I'm lucky to Insanity for 5 minutes without stopping the program.
But I'll tell you this: It has incredible ab routines. Will I shape in 60 days? Prolly more like 90. |
To get out and get moving I do the stuff I like to do.
I grab my skateboard or go play some horse at the basketball court. I also do hiking and geocaching. I have some handweights which I really like. I personally beleive that you should do what you like to, to stay healthy. There is no way you can force yourself to do stuff you hate and keep that routine without getting stressed out or quit. Plus its not about losing weight or looking some certain way. I can be strong and healthy just doing what I do best. :skateboard: |
My gym includes a separate commercial-quality squat/calf machine. But now I've started the cardio program that hits the legs 3x what squat-calf machine does. Tonight i can hardly walk; I'm sore all the way through the glutes. Kind of pissed i spent the money. I guess, hopefully , in July I'll use the squat machine to build size...that's a big maybe. —J
|
I had an hour on the elliptical and a few minutes on the rowing machine today. 651 total calories BURNED, baby! Woot!
Tomorrow, my gym has a new Turbo Kickboxing class starting and I am super psyched! Of course, tomorrow I will probably be limping and wincing from the pain, but I think it's going to be an awesome class and can't wait to see the results from it. :thumbsup: |
I do workout. Although I'm not sure why I bother. *sigh* I try to do an 1 1/2 at the gym. I like it and would stay longer but damned if they'll let you smoke in there. The day I signed up at this gym (planet fitness) they had a huge bowl of candy on the desk and 25 sheet pizza's on a table - Friday is pizza day - I was like YAY! This is my kinda gym!! lol.
I bought those shape up shoes a couple of weeks ago. I got the cute looking Mary Jane ones by sketchers so I could wear them to work. The first three days my legs and butt burned. And my back muscles hurt. I did read the instructions and you are only supposed to wear them for an hour at first. I disregarded that and wore them all day. Whatever. I bought them so my butt would be tiny like the girls on the sketcher and nike commercials. I figured, better just get to gettin'. ANYWAY...They do absolutely change your posture. Now my legs and feet hurt when I'm NOT wearing them. I want another pair now, I wish they weren't so expensive so I could start a collection. I need the flip flop ones for sure. |
Turbo Kickboxing was not all that I had hoped it would be, unfortunately. Some of it had nothing to do with the class or instructor though. My gym is redoing their siding and the sounds from the construction overrode the mike and instructor so the music kept getting turned up but her mouth set kept going out. Blech. Annoying, but not a deal breaker.
Next week, the construction won't be going on right outside the gym and, hopefully, they will have picked a better headset to call the changes through. I did, however, burn about 400 calories, even with the stopping and starting due to the sound system and just awkwardness in general. This was the instructor's very first time teaching a class, so it was an experience for all of us. Now, if I can just get the lady in front of me to understand what the words 'mirror my movements' means, I'll be set. She kept throwing me off because I'm aerobically ADD like that. :blink: All in all, I do have hope for it and I got some good laughs looking at everyone muddle around. I'm sure I looked awkward too, but there were no mirrors so I couldn't see how bad I looked. :thumbsup: I finished up the day with another half an hour in the cardio room. Good times! |
Some one at work burned me the whole PX90 work out (12 work out discs). It looks insane and i may not survive :)
But I'll start on Monday. eek. |
Quote:
But...I'm not paying 3 payments of $50 or whatever it is for it. I obviously need a friend like yours. *grin* |
I hate cardio.
|
I'm involved in a new exercise regimen; I reworked my routine to lose more weight and thin out, and the best program that I have found is P90X. Terrific for cardio, abs and the rest.
I did do INSANITY FOR awhile and totally taxed my knees. What they don't tell you is that it's highly-advanced program. It's taken about 3 weeks to actually start liking cardio and P90x helped with that. Now I'm into all 45 minutes of that part of the program. Every day is different and i'm excited to have found something that I can gain results from. I'm able to keep up with an exercise program more so now than when I was in my 30s. I quit smoking at 50 and I still have problems breathing with in tense cardio segments, so just take a break and wait to catch up. P90X uses bands, dumbells and a chair occasionally. So you don't have to invest in a lot of equipment to do the program. And I have found that being in my 50s is not too old to be healthy and fit. I have a problem with cardio that directly engages the knees because I stressed mine a couple of weeks back and now jumps really hurt. Also, I have issues with balance; it feels like my equilibrium is off. I added P90x because I needed cardio to go along with my gym and weightlifting. So now I think i finally have everything I need. |
I've changed my schedule. I worked out at 4 am today, and I'd like to keep that schedule. I've laid out a routine that alternates between p90x and weightlifting on my gym. I want to stun the muscles by alternating high reps with light weights and low reps with heavy weights each week.
|
Quote:
That's the best part for me.Jumping on the indoor bike and riding it for an hour a day.Keeps you tight.I throw around my 100lb barbell when I don't have a lot of time for a real workout.When I do have time I will hit every muscle group from Monday through Friday with no days off.I have been lifting weights since I was 12 years old.I have tried stopping my exercise routine many times in the past due to long work days or an illness but it's like my body needs it and I will actually go through withdrawals if I don't lift something heavy like a couple of 50lb dumbbells.I usually go slow and burn-in each rep.I don't go more than 4 sets for each muscle group and never more than 12 reps in each set.I like free weights the best but will use cables for my back routine.My legs are my weakest link so I do lots of lunges and leg extensions and curls to keep them strong.I prefer sumo squats to regular barbell squats using a free weight.I can easily spend up to 3 hours in the gym but found 2 hours a day is plenty of workout for me.I seem to have tons of energy between 9am-12noon..why? it beats me. Good read and now it's mimi time. |
Quote:
|
Welp. I've been doing the Couch-to-5K app (C25K) and running every other day. I recently got Five Fingers KSO Trek shoes so I get a near barefoot running experience (use more muscles to do the cardio). I'm holding off on the weight/P90X stuff until I get more room (with the packing/moving I have boxes everywhere :blink: )
Hopefully once I'm in L.A. I'll be able to do this better (P90X) |
Hey Linus let me know how those shoes work for you. I have been contemplating getting closer to a barefoot type of running shoe. I am currently exercising my brain a LOT more than my body. I am just in a holding pattern with working out during this school year. I did enter a 4 mile run for the end of July because I'm jonesing for an event T-shirt.:twitch:. I'm just trying to stay active by riding my mountain bike at least once a week,running a couple of times a week and this week's project is taking a study break every 30 minutes and doing 10 pushups.Anything to move and stay active! Shad
|
| All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:41 PM. |
ButchFemmePlanet.com
All information copyright of BFP 2018