Talk about your exercise experience today

[nycfem]

I spent two hours on the Arc Trainer, Level 5, Interval Program. TV show choices were not so great. Home improvement shows are very popular these days, and I just can't get into them. Then I did an hour of weight lifting, floor exercises, and yoga. It was a wonderful work-out.

I'm very excited that I am now off work for the month of August, in between summer school and the new school year starting. It makes exercise so much more relaxing, and I will also have time to do arts and crafts and to clean the apartment. I am an introvert, and nothing delights me more than having no work and no plans on the calendar.

[Rockinonahigh]

After my dinner setles i'm going out to give a workout a good go..more later.

[nycfem]

I did an hour of sprints up the stairs at the gym. For the first 30 minutes I lifted weights while doing them, and for the second 30 minutes, I relished not lifting weights while doing them

[Cailin]

Originally Posted by nycfem

I spent two hours on the Arc Trainer, Level 5, Interval Program. TV show choices were not so great. Home improvement shows are very popular these days, and I just can't get into them. Then I did an hour of weight lifting, floor exercises, and yoga. It was a wonderful work-out.

I'm very excited that I am now off work for the month of August, in between summer school and the new school year starting. It makes exercise so much more relaxing, and I will also have time to do arts and crafts and to clean the apartment. I am an introvert, and nothing delights me more than having no work and no plans on the calendar.

My sister says that Arc trainer is a beas't! what's it like? Ive not see one.

[Cailin]

25 on elliptical. 35 on rolling hills mode, tread mill. It was arms day today. then i came home to clean house (moving boxes and sorts). Its been a very productive day

[nycfem]

It's like an elliptical but maybe more of a gliding motion. What I like about it is that on the elliptical my heels lift up (which isn't ideal for working out), but on the Arc Trainer I am able to keep my feet flat the whole time. But really it's very much like an elliptical, moving the legs and arms simultaneously. I like to do an interval program, where I have periods of intense resistance (which works on strength) interspersed with less resistance where I am able to go super fast and get a good cardio experience.

Originally Posted by Cailin

My sister says that Arc trainer is a beas't! what's it like? Ive not see one.

[ahk]

I've been out (sick) for a little over 4 weeks now, started off with a sore throat and moved into an upper respiratory infection. So I really haven't been to the gym lately, but have been doing about 20 minutes of cardio on my Wii board. Its about 2000 steps each time and its a decent pace. I usually use weights in my hands and on my ankles.

Hoping that soon, my wife, and I will be free to gym soon-- its hard to always have a break and then start up again.

[DapperButch]

Things are moving along. Saturday I actually did 70 minutes of cardio. After 40 minutes on the eliptical with the wrong shoes, I had to get off because my feet were hurting so bad. I changed to a recumbent bike and did another 30 minutes. It felt good.

About to hit eliptical now for my usual 45 minutes. I always do random or strength building mode. I do random when I am at the gym and strength building when on home machine.

[nycfem]

I walked 3 miles (2 laps) around the Central Park reservoir. It was a gorgeous day out. I loved watching the ducks and the sun reflecting on the water. It was so quiet and breezy out.

[Soon]

I'm just popping in and reading this thread to get some motivation to work off some fish and onion rings I had for lunch. It was an outdoor patio on the lake--I couldn't resist! Sometimes I feel like if I eat badly, I just wanna throw in the towel for the day and veg right out...but I refuse this time!

Off to fire up the DVD player or treadmill. I'll report back. Sigh.

[Soon]

Originally Posted by Soon

Off to fire up the DVD player or treadmill. I'll report back. Sigh.

Ok. I tried the Jillian Michaels'[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Michaels-Ripped-30/dp/B004CRR9IS"] Ripped in 30[/ame] DVD, and I think it is my favourite workout video so far. It is structured in four levels of workouts--week 1, level 1 and on to level 2 in the second week and so on. Each of the 4 sections of the main workout has 3 mins of strength/2 mins of cardio/one minute abs. I didn't get bored, and she was good about instructions on positioning. I really feel I'm getting a better workout with a personal trainer on the tube. After finishing that, I watched Seinfeld while I walked on the treadmill for 30.

Thanks for the inspiration, exercise folks!

[alexri]

No workout today. It was a sleep-in morning because of my late arrival home from the family visit last night, and I had an appt. after work this evening. Tomorrow is back to my regularly scheduled date with the gym.

[Gemme]

Helllllooooooo!

I have soooo much to tell you all.

It's a good thing I keep a tiny notebook with my progress in it.



Okay, so my last post in here was for the 28th.

July 29th-I spent 35 minutes on the treadmill for 1.73 miles and about 171 calories burned. I played with the incline a teeny bit too. I worked up a light sweat but nothing to write home about (just you all ).

Oh! I got paid to workout! There was a quarter sitting in the treadmill in the pocket where I put my glasses. Hell, yeah! Who says good health doesn't pay off?

But....here's my gripe for that day. Some beefcake brought his kid to the gym. You're not supposed to be on the equipment unless you are a teenager and an adult is supervising you.

So, I can't get on T5 because there's this TEN YEAR OLD running and huffing and puffing on it. I was a little worried for the kid, with the way he was stopping and starting and playing around with the machine but then he hopped off and disappeared into the mass of people. Man, it was super busy that night!

July 30th-It was a really good day. I worked hard. 65 minutes on the treadmill and a smidge over 4 miles for a total of 443 calories burned. My left calf really hurt, though. I'm still having leg issues but the pain is morphing in pattern, feeling and location. Weird. I did do some inclining around 1.5 and my calf felt better afterwards. Again, weird.

I felt a little out of sorts too. I'm sure that affected my workout but I tried really hard to shake it off and just concentrate on my breathing and my body's response to everything.

July 31st-60 minutes on ye ole treadmill, coming in just under 4 miles and burning around 354 calories. It was a bad calf day again. I try to stretch more on days when the legs feel extra grumpy. Some days it helps and some days it doesn't. Thank goodness for compression sleeves. I'm going to have to buy stock in those.

August 2nd-I scouted a new location. They have newer equipment but I don't think I like it as much as the older stuff at my home gym. My gym's weights feel heavier and I like that. I shouldn't be able to set 70lbs on the ab- and adduction machines and do it like it's nothing. Not when 60lbs at my home gym has me struggling for form after a couple of sets.

So, anyway, this other gym plays their music way louder but has way fancier treadmills. I'll be going there a few times during the month when I want to rev up the running; they have a running interval program on their treadmills that I want to try out.

I played with a lot of machines and phoned in an upper body workout but they have way cool ab machines and I like that their stretching area is alllll the way in the back around the corner and is not visible from the front door. The stretching area also has a barre, which I like.

August 4th-I spent 60 minutes on T5 (I haven't been able to get any time with my favorite machine lately, so it felt good) and burned about 336 calories and went 3.35 miles. I spent 8 of those minutes running @ 6.0 mph and got some mad incline action in at the end, going up to 8.5 before my cooldown kicked in.

Next, I worked my lower body, back, abs and did some stretching. All in all, about 2 hours well spent.

Funny note for those that like fun coincidences: I glanced down at the screen as I was working out and saw this:

323 calories..........3.23 miles..........3:23 time (cooldown counting backwards)

Today's a rest day aka I'm damn tired aka I have to go to work early tomorrow aka I'll have plenty of manual labor to do tomorrow aka yeah.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Soon

I'm just popping in and reading this thread to get some motivation to work off some fish and onion rings I had for lunch. It was an outdoor patio on the lake--I couldn't resist! Sometimes I feel like if I eat badly, I just wanna throw in the towel for the day and veg right out...but I refuse this time!

Off to fire up the DVD player or treadmill. I'll report back. Sigh.

This is exactly the reason I came in here and wrote. I knew if I said I was going to work out, I would do it.

[DapperButch]

Who else thinks Gemme's a weirdo for keeping track of this stuff just to tell random strangers on the internet about it?

<raises hand>

.....I know, I know she says she wrote it down for herself, but....<eyeroll>

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Who else thinks Gemme's a weirdo for keeping track of this stuff just to tell random strangers on the internet about it?

<raises hand>

.....I know, I know she says she wrote it down for herself, but....<eyeroll>

I'm not telling random strangers anything.

I have handpicked each and every one of you.

*smug*

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

I'm not telling random strangers anything.

I have handpicked each and every one of you.

*smug*

I'm disappointed in your retort. You are usually much funnier than this. Try again.

<---- believes in encouraging strangers to meet their full potential

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

I'm disappointed in your retort. You are usually much funnier than this. Try again.

<---- believes in encouraging strangers to meet their full potential

You know, Dapper, when people tell you that you are special, believe it. You really are. Very. Special.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

You know, Dapper, when people tell you that you are special, believe it. You really are. Very. Special.

That's better!

<--- loves him some Gemme humor

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

That's better!

<--- loves him some Gemme humor

*shakes head*