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On Monday I did 30 min. stair master, and then 30 min. lifting weights, ab exercises, and stretching.
Today I did 30 min. stair master, 1 hour Free Motion machine, and then 1 hour of leg weights, yoga, and back strengthening. For calves, how about wearing wrap around weights? I love those. I have some at home where you can insert weights into them so that they can each vary between 1-5 pounds |
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ALSO: I now have yoga callouses. :| I thought that yoga gloves were just a bunch of hooey. Now I get it.... Today I did my step/weights. Thanks to Kelt, I found some exercises recommended by backpackers for backpackers and incorporated them into my routine. I'm grateful that I'm doing the ab challenge since core strength is important in most things but especially if you're going to carry a heavy load. Oh I did both my challenges too. No outside exercise though; it has rained for I think going on 5 days straight. |
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Re: Free Motion
It's like a treadmill where you set a speed and then a range of inclines. Like yesterday I did a slow speed (3 mph) but with inclines ranging from 3 to 18.5. 18.5 feels like I am running up a very steep hill, and there are bars to grab onto if one panics. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night for a little while with my calves saying, "What were you thinking? We are used to the stair master." :D |
Today, Christmas work-out before going to see the movie Top Five:
30 min. stair master |
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Your description is pretty much what most of them were, except there's actually a company called FreeMotion too and they have all kinds of exercise equipment. No structured workout today. Short walk. |
Gemme and I had a similar day. I walked about 2 miles with Jacques. Took the day off from my challenges etal...
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Chrimbo exercise
Cycled to one mates in high wind...double exercise the ole spongey lungs didn't like
Then, later, after changing into m'new camo onesie, scooted [I need to sell my bigger wheel unicycle to buy an adult scooter/kick-bike] round to another mates for the early evening. |
MUST.....do......yoga......
I think I gained ten pounds just looking at cheesecake recipes....:eatinghersheybar: Back to my challenges today also.... Looks like it may be nice enough for a walk with Sir Jacques :) I'm debating taking Princess Lola with, but she is still quite small... |
T33, random program, level 8
Stats: 282 cal, 2.40 mi, 45:00 min Intervals: 2 @ 90 sec @ 5.4 mph Decent workout but I felt really heavy during the first interval. I felt heavy during parts of the last gym workout too. Hormones and extra padding weighing me down plus I over ate yesterday. My neck is still bothering me. I'm off next Tuesday and my chiro's open since she's off Wednesday through Sunday so I'll go then. I was adjusted already this week so I want to wait and maybe get an X-ray done. yay |
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Great visual for the rest of the day. :cheesy: |
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A camo onesie and a Clarence the floppy antlered, red-nosed reindeer hat no less. :cheesy:[Clarence is Rudolph's twin brother, the one the story misses out :|] |
I finally sprung for new gym shoes which makes such a difference in how my feet and body feel after working out. My old ones were so worn down.
Today I did 45 minutes on the stair master and 15 minutes of stretching. All the stretching after that villainous stair master was quite delicious. |
Ran 10k on the treadmill and did a ten minute walk.
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Shoes!!!
A topic in which I can actually add something helpful.
It's best to have more than one pair of shoes and rotate them regularly. That way, your feet won't get the chance to settle and have the same pressure points thus increasing the chance of injury. Take your insert out and look at it. If you've been in those shoes for any length of time, you'll see that it's likely worn and completely formed to your feet. If you have one or two pair of shoes but cannot afford another, invest in good performance insoles. Mine cost $19 a pair and that's from a small chain. I think that Walmart has them for less and they are Dr. Scholl's, which is good. Walmart stores typically have a Dr. Scholl's machine that you stand on and it will tell you which insole is best suited for your feet. Make sure you are not choosing a shoe because of it's looks (I have to keep an eye on this because the 'pretty' shoes are never the ones suited to my particular issues and I'm totally Jonesing for a shoe with purple in it, but alas...it's not meant to be for now). For example, if you over pronate like I do, you need additional support at the sides and arches. A good way to tell if the shoe has enough support for this issue is to take the shoe in your hands, sideways, and push with your thumb on the side of the heel. Then push, with your thumb, on the middle/arch of the shoe. The middle support should be denser and firmer than the heel. If it's not, it doesn't have enough support for that issue. If you don't know if you over or under pronate or are neutral, go to a runner's store. They will have you walk and run in front of them and can assess your style and what shoes would work best for you. Even if you don't buy your shoes there, most are an excellent source of information. THIS is a good link for information and lists of good shoe matches and there is a visual of what under and over pronation look like as well as neutral. There's not any part of my body that ever falls into a 'neutral' category, unfortunately. :blink: I currently have 5 pairs of shoes, including the new ones I just bought and haven't broken in yet. That pair was referred to as 'the Cadillac' of shoes for over pronators like myself. I got them at 40% off, which is great because I would not have paid the original price for them. I've only paid over a hundred for one pair and I've had those for almost 2 years and have already disposed of the insert and moved on to performance insoles. One thing to keep in mind is that you should, ideally, have a thumb's width between your toe and the edge of the shoe. If you, like me, fit shoes strangely and never quite exactly, go for the one with a little more space. That way, you will have enough room when you switch to insoles, as they lift the foot up and take up more room than the factory insoles, which are very, very thin even when brand new. If you have wide feet or even feet like me (duck feet...wide at the toe and narrow at the heel), New Balance and Saucony have some really good options. If you don't, the Hell with you. :blink: |
My living room is actually a mess since I'm preparing to move, so my exercise for the next few days is going to be packing boxes, lifting them, and carrying them downstairs!
At least I will be doing more stairs though...and with a heavy load! Soon I will be back in the land of mountains and be hiking the hills...my butt really was feeling gooder when I was doing that nearly daily. And the weighted pack was an excellent idea that I am going to employ. Thanks again Traumaqueen! :) :hangloose: |
I welcomed the sun this morning during my half hour walk.
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According to my Fitbit, I've walked 7000 steps just cleaning house today :hangloose:
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I woke up.... that counts right?
And, behold... my very non clean apartment... That my friends, is the excersize challenge for today. I'm betting on me, but I'm thinking the apartment will win this battle |
This morning, T33 and I got reacquainted.
T33, random program, level 9 Stats: 312 cal, 2.46 mi, 45:00 min Intervals: 1 @ 90 sec and 3 @ 60 sec. All @ .5 incline and 5.4 mph. |
So far today, I picked up my computer....grrrrrr :blink:
Gemme makes me feel like I got my big ol slacker pants on lol I will do stuff soonly and prolly squeeze in some yoga once the floor is clear(ish). I get grumpy when I don't do yoga.... Ohhh and upon conversation with my (potential) employers, they have tried "hot" yoga. And one of the girls is my shape and size. Although I feel oddly about doing yoga in public, until I HAVE that "yoga butt", I realize you can't get that butt without doing the yoga. It's like a friggin catch 22. :blink: The girl that is shaped more like me said it's very non judgmental. But it's also a 90 minute class...and I only ever do 45 min- an hour at the most. It's worth a try; there's a studio in Asheville that offers 30 days of yoga for 30 bucks. That's really a steal. I'm gonna suck it up and dig in methinks...plus I will be hiking again and doing low carb...hopefully I can get over this plateau from hell that I hit... |
I got up...
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What's a "yoga butt"?
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Oh, you just kicked my ass this morning. Overachiever! Ha |
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You just mean a toned butt/minimal fat? I thought maybe it was a certain shape or something. Anyway...back to your regularly scheduled program... |
I'm sick so I'm taking a break from working out. I have all of this week off from work and it was going to be a week of great work-outs so I'm bummed about that, but on the positive side, I can sleep in and get well more easily hopefully. I received a gift in the mail from one of the members of this thread (hint: T33), a My Little Pony Puzzle, which couldn't have arrived at a better time. I just finished the puzzle, so I guess that shall be my exercise for the day :)
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Hi everyone,
It's been a very long time since I posted! I am back in the lifting groove again for about two months now, and very happy about it. Today I did compound exercises for my back and chest, using a horizontal row machine and a horizontal press machine. Next, I did more back work with 3 sets of Bent Arm Pullovers. I have been focusing on developing my shoulders. So I did 3 sets of Arnold Presses with 35 lbs and next, 3 sets of Arnold Presses with 40 lbs. I finished with 3 sets of In Back of the Head Military Presses with 40 lbs I like this one, because it hits the traps too! After this, Skull Crushers for triceps, EZ curls for biceps, and finally the Tricep Dip machine set at 100 lbs I find watching uTubes on different lifting techniques and reading about it on the web gets me motivated really well! |
I'm not sure if I will make it to the gym, officially, or not today.
Today is my first official day of PT, so it depends on how that goes. Later, gaters! |
My gym visits were uneven the first half of the year. I'd go regularly and then fall off. Rinse, lather and repeat.
However, once my sciatica/SI joint flared up, I started going nearly every day for pain management. Those days that I could not make the gym in the morning before work, I walked around my neighborhood. That's a lot of gym time. I decided to add everything from the flare up to now and see just how much has gone into the past 6 months. Boy, howdy! Taking strictly just the gym stats I posted.....not including my local walks or the weight training.....I've put in some pretty good effort. In the last 6 months, I've burned (approximately) 24,826 calories, walked/ran 219.76 miles and used 4122 minutes of my time wisely. That's 7.093 pounds, 8.39 marathons and 68.7 hours. Wow. Go me. :weightlifter: |
Wow! No kidding. :blink:
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The only stat I kept for the year was time exercising. I exercised 45 minutes per day (the mean average for 365 days). I'm way happy with that.
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I'm that weirdo at the gym that comes in with a tiny notebook and pen and writes things down after the cool down and before the stretching and any possible weight training.
I'm very old fashioned. While I would love to have one of those diddlybobs that measures that stuff, I don't really want it to sync with anything. I would want it to be independent. Hard to find that nowadays. Everything connects to everything. Happy New Year and welcome to 2015, exercisers! How did your 2014 end? :blueheels: or :police: or :wine: or all of the above |
January 1, 2015
My first 2015 workout happened in a packed gym. I can't say it wasn't unexpected, especially since I didn't get there until around 10am.
I was sandwiched in but I got on T34 and gave my best shot at it. I did pretty well! T34, random program, level 9 Stats: 436 cal, 3.46 mi, 65:00 min Intervals: 3 @ 60 sec @ 5.4 mph @ .5 incline Between levels 8 and 9 is when the control line changes. Levels 1-8, the base level is 0. Starting with level 9, the incline increases with each level for the base level. I can't go any further than level 9 and do the running intervals due to the strain of speed and intensity of the incline. My body says no. I did make my three main goals today. 1. At least one hour on the treadmill 2. At least 400 calories burned (approximately) 3. At least 3 miles covered (I've got to say that this is probably quite accurate, regardless of the machine's margin of error.) AND I made them BEFORE the cool down started. It feels like cheating to me if I use the cool down as a continuation of the workout instead of as the time for my body to downshift and relax. I also did lower body conditioning. Maybe about a half hour's worth. Then I took a mat and did some stretches, including something my PT wanted me to work on. Balance things are hard when one side of the body is weaker than the other. At least significantly so. But I did okay. Not great and I didn't have a mirror there to correct my form but the effort was put in and that counts. |
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:theisland: Today is a bittersweet one for me. I miss the beach and all my peeps and workout buddies from there something fierce. This morning several of them were out on the beach at the same time and apparently got talking about me. They gathered around one of their phones and called me for a Happy New Year catch up. Damn near made me cry. It was so good to hear from my friends and hear the wind and the birds in the background, they all told me about the changes in the beach (it's always changing and I was sort of the go-to for biology updates)and it was almost as good as being there. A couple of the park rangers joined in too. I got a good 90 minute fix and I'm calling that my workout today.(Emotionally anyway) :anothersnowman: Actually, I'm pulling on my woolies right now and heading out into 18 degree weather with little snow flurries and will do about three miles along the river. It is amazingly beautiful in the snow and I just have to get used to a new "beach". It's good and I'll have a go at the gym tomorrow with who knows how many people. I'm a week away from some hip stuff medically speaking, so I'll go light, but it looks like I'm not broken so no excuse. |
Good morning, exercisers!
A quickie today: T33, random program, level 8 Stats: 247 cal, 2.03 mi, 35:00 min Intervals: 1 @ 90 sec, 5 @ 60 sec and all @ 5.4 mph, 0 incline The intervals were HARD today. I didn't sleep well last night and I went to be late so I needed every minute. I think some of my dinner from last night might have been hanging around still. I felt sluggish and weighted down for most of the workout. BUT It's done and I'm better for it. Onward and upward! |
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