Talk about your exercise experience today

[Mopsie]

I went on a walk for the first time in a while. I'm a little sore but it felt really good.

[cricket26]

30 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes walking the stairs this week (my foot has become very sore) hopefully next week will be better

[Chad]

I mowed two acres with a push mower.
That counts right?

It felt good to work hard.

[introverted1]

I finally went for a hike today. Didn't find any Pasque flowers, but took photos of Dutchman's breeches and trout lily. Now, if only I could figure out how to post photos here!

[Chancie]

I am going to ride my adult size tricycle in our county’s Pride 5K.

I’ll have to turn off at my house to avoid a steep hill, but

I am really psyched about training.

[Gemme]

I forgot to put in Saturday's workout.

Stats: 292 cal, 2.22 mi, 30 min

I followed the elliptical up with some ab work as well. 25 crunches on 2 different levels so 50 total.

Then, stretching.

[easygoingfemme]

I'm headed to the gym soon so we shall see. Hopefully I'll get time on both elliptical and rowing machine. However, here's the thing. There's this gang of older men who come to the gym, like in their 70s and 80s. Usually I'm like... oh that's awesome. They don't do much there but if that's how they are spending their mornings at this point in life, I applaud them. However, one of them has taken to hanging out on the only rowing machine and just kind of scooting around not actually rowing. I don't have the heart to ask him to share the time but its starting to frustrate me ...

[Gemme]

If he does that, after a few minutes, maybe ask if you can cut in? Should get the point across, nicely.

Now I'm visualizing a gang of 80 year olds.

[easygoingfemme]

Originally Posted by Gemme

If he does that, after a few minutes, maybe ask if you can cut in? Should get the point across, nicely.

Now I'm visualizing a gang of 80 year olds.

Maybe I'll ask how much longer he's going to be on there...

They are a cute gang. One was on the rower when I came in this morning but by the time I got changed and out on the floor he was off and it was all mine. The gang was all lined up on the ellipticals when I left.

[Gemme]

I have a training session tomorrow so no early morning workout.

I can sleep in!

[nycfem]

I walked for an hour and a half. I meant it to be a shorter walk but I got lost. Don't ask.

I also walked on the treadmill at 3 mph for 50 minutes, with a five minute cool down. I flipped channels between a true life murder story on Oxygen and a Catfish episode that I realized I'd already seen way too far into it.

[Martina]

This was yesterday, not today. After seven plus weeks of back pain combined with currently untreated psoriatic arthritis (long story) and a wonky right knee from osteo, I walked down my driveway and down the street to the third driveway from mine, turned around and returned home. Sad to say it is an extremely big deal. Today I had appointments and was walked out. But tomorrow, I will try to get to that driveway and back again. I think I'll do that a few times before extending my range. I do not want to go a driveway too far and hurt myself.

[Gemme]

There's a sign at one of my gyms. It says something along the lines of 'no matter how slow you go, you are lapping those still on the couch'. Way to go, Martina!

I had a training appointment today and made the mistake...not really a mistake, though, because I did want to work harder today...that I wasn't sore after the last session so we got to it today. We mixed up some of the same exercises with some new ones and I was up for anything so we pushed harder and I'm pretty darn sure that I'll feel it tomorrow. I have another appointment for Thursday. I missed my trainer!

I did 18 minutes on the elliptical to warm up. 135 calories and 1.21 miles, done. After the session, I did another 10 minutes to cool down. 54 calories and .61 miles, done.

This was a great workout today!

[nycfem]

I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster. My gym has reduced itself to one stairmaster- so annoying! Well, they have two, but the second one has been broken for quite awhile. Of course, right after I'd completely set myself up on a treadmill (and believe me, I move in), a man stepped off the stairmaster so I abandoned everything and went barreling towards it. I'm watching the Rachel Dolezol doc on Netflix. EVERYONE I run into says, "You haven't been here lately, have you?" I guess I don't like it because even though it's not meant that way it's a reminder that I've never been able to be the type that can get my act together enough to go every day. I go every day for awhile and then a month will go by where I don't go. To end on a positive note, I'm so relieved that summer is starting to stick, so there will be a lot of opportunities to frolic outdoors.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by nycfem

I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster. My gym has reduced itself to one stairmaster- so annoying! Well, they have two, but the second one has been broken for quite awhile. Of course, right after I'd completely set myself up on a treadmill (and believe me, I move in), a man stepped off the stairmaster so I abandoned everything and went barreling towards it. I'm watching the Rachel Dolezol doc on Netflix. EVERYONE I run into says, "You haven't been here lately, have you?" I guess I don't like it because even though it's not meant that way it's a reminder that I've never been able to be the type that can get my act together enough to go every day. I go every day for awhile and then a month will go by where I don't go. To end on a positive note, I'm so relieved that summer is starting to stick, so there will be a lot of opportunities to frolic outdoors.

Maybe get a set of stretch bands for those days that you don't make it to the gym? If it bothers you, that is. They don't take up much space and aren't expensive and they won't lose air like my balls do, so if you don't use them for a while, they aren't flat. lol

Balls.

*snarf*

[Greco]

Back to 4mi walking today...chilly morning
but was looking forward to a thunderstorm
never happened but the clouds were a tease.

keep on keepin' on, Greco

[nycfem]

30 min stairmaster today. It really boosted my mood.

[cricket26]

tlc for the foot and i was back on the treadmill for 1 hour tues and 1 hour tonite

[Kenna]

My sister and I finished a huge enclosure made of chain link fence panels for short lil Taffy Tot the goat.

That was a lot of lifting, bending, using my arms and cussing. But Taffy Tot loves it.

Then we loaded a bunch of pre cut wood (to make bee hives) in the wagon then unloaded it into the rear hatch of her big rig camper.

[Gemme]

Yesterday was an awesome experience at the gym! I went to my training gym and warmed up on the elliptical for 18 minutes.

Stats: 135 cal, 1.22 miles.

Then I had a strength training session for about 30 minutes or so. My trainer is the best. I told him what worked for me last time and what didn't and he amped my workout and I feel it more this morning but it's not debilitating, which is what I ask of him. That way, I can still perform at work at 100%.

lol

I was doing the leg presses and said that it must be the heat or something but it was harder than the other day and he grins his crooked grin and says that it's because he put more weight on it. He's such a sneak!

After that, I cooled down on the treadmill. 35 calories, .36 miles for about 10 minutes.

Then, as I was headed out, I ran into one of the owners of the franchise--a married couple owns it--and she and I stood there and talked for about 30-40 minutes. It put me behind for the day and I had to scrap movie plans that would have been super tight to make anyway BUT I felt really good and HEARD. I felt that we connected as women, as women over 40 and as women who have suffered some of the same illnesses/physical debilitations. I also secretly envied her eyebrows. OMG, they were so on fleek.