Talk about your exercise experience today

[Gemme]

Nada.

Total bupkiss.

Maybe tomorrow.

[nycfem]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Kelt, might I venture that women in various states of undress might be uncomfortable just having someone they've never seen before and who is fully dressed in outdoor wear regardless of the sexuality and gender presentation of that person. Just a thought.

I was going to say this too. Sometimes in our locker room a man will accidentally walk in, and there is a big reaction or even a new woman who is not one of the regulars, and so everyone's curious (and, as Daktari said, sometimes especially defensive during tours when they are partially undressed and the person coming in is dressed). I think once you become a regular somewhere people will not give you as hard a time. I feel a sense of family/connection with all the regulars, even if we are different and/or don't care for each other. There's still the commonality of having all this time we spend next to each other at the gym! Speaking of which, I did an hour next to Jill on the Arc Trainer today. She did level 15 and held the sides instead of doing the arm motion. She was extremely quick (like a fox I tell you!) and was texting and watching Ellen Degeneres. I was doing a high intensity slower session and using my arms and legs while watching Judge Judy. Then I did 30 minutes of yoga, weight lifting, and abs next to the serious, older, petite, muscular Asian woman whose name I do not know, though I do know her whole exercise routine, and I'd venture to say she knows mine .

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

I was going to say this too. Sometimes in our locker room a man will accidentally walk in, and there is a big reaction or even a new woman who is not one of the regulars, and so everyone's curious (and, as Daktari said, sometimes especially defensive during tours when they are partially undressed and the person coming in is dressed). I think once you become a regular somewhere people will not give you as hard a time. I feel a sense of family/connection with all the regulars, even if we are different and/or don't care for each other. There's still the commonality of having all this time we spend next to each other at the gym! Speaking of which, I did an hour next to Jill on the Arc Trainer today. She did level 15 and held the sides instead of doing the arm motion. She was extremely quick (like a fox I tell you!) and was texting and watching Ellen Degeneres. I was doing a high intensity slower session and using my arms and legs while watching Judge Judy. Then I did 30 minutes of yoga, weight lifting, and abs next to the serious, older, petite, muscular Asian woman whose name I do not know, though I do know her whole exercise routine, and I'd venture to say she knows mine .

I completely agree that the women who are already in there have a heightened sense of vulnerability because of their own state of undress. I get that and I'm okay with just having to grit my teeth for a little while until they get used to me, and they will. I play well with others and make friends easily.

I think that especially in the US we are all sort of conditioned to be uncomfortable with our own bodies in a public space. I understand that people are uncomfortable in their own skin and I am also. I think the monster in my head is that I'm in the wrong skin at all, and additionally do not care for it.

I think the other patrons will get over it faster than I will.

In such situations folks often take their lead from us. If we're awkward and embarrassed they're more likely to tread on eggshells around us. My personal way of dealing with this is just to be extra smiley and friendly. I never take offense if folks make mistakes and call me Sir etc., being offended can just alienate and make them feel embarrassed at their mistake.
It just takes a little time for folks to get over themselves and their preconceptions of female bodied folks who don't look like them.

Infact I took more offense at a femme calling me 'she' at weekend when she really should have known better.

[Kelt]

Nordic walk in sand 9 miles. *copyandpaste*

Going from 6 miles to 9 for the last four days = sore legs in the morning.



Last weekend while on my walk I was talking to a friend when we noticed a huge plume of black smoke across the water and were trying to figure out what it was. Turns out it was the Asiana plane crash. Strange stuff out there some days.

[nycfem]

Can you give us a quick description of what Nordic walking involves, Kelt?

[easygoingfemme]

I've been struggling with the intense heat and humidity! So I'm still inside a lot on the rowing machine. It's supposed to be in the 80s this weekend though, woohoo! I have a Sunday ride scheduled with a friend I am training with. Her longest ride of the season has been 22 miles so I'm hoping to push her to about 35 on Sunday. With hills.

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Can you give us a quick description of what Nordic walking involves, Kelt?

It's an adaptation that came from off season cross country skiing training. Very popular in northern Europe, and being incorporated into a lot of rehab programs in hospitals. It looks kind of like this, I just do it on a beach.
It's basically a very fast aggressive walking with upper body recruitment, but no impact. I think of it as an outdoor elliptical machine.



I ran into one of my friends this morning and she was sporting a brand new set of poles. She is from India, everybody who thought I was a little touched a year ago is drinking the koolaid. She is #7.

Thanks to you asking I found a picture of it underwater!! I could seriously get into that! Unfortunately the only picture I found is one that I cannot transfer into here.

[Mopsie]

Today was a crappy day. I had a migraine this morning which made me feel exhausted all day. And I had several unpleasant experiences at work.

I did not want to go to the gym tonight. I argued with myself for quite a while. But I had a race to finish dammit! So I trudged off to the gym.

I'm so glad I went. I feel so much better after my workout.

And I had the fastest time I've walked all week!

Today's time = 1 mile in 40 minutes and 1 second.

Originally Posted by Mopsie

I worked a lot Friday and Saturday (32 hours) and I was too tired to go to the gym.

I went this afternoon and had a really lovely time. There were a few people there but it wasn't very crowded. And there is some sort of surfing competition on the TV. So if I scrunched my eyes just so it was like I was walking on an air conditioned beach in Fiji.



Today's time = 1 mile in 40 minutes and 45 seconds.

[easygoingfemme]

Originally Posted by Mopsie

Today was a crappy day. I had a migraine this morning which made me feel exhausted all day. And I had several unpleasant experiences at work.

I did not want to go to the gym tonight. I argued with myself for quite a while. But I had a race to finish dammit! So I trudged off to the gym.

I'm so glad I went. I feel so much better after my workout.

And I had the fastest time I've walked all week!

Today's time = 1 mile in 40 minutes and 1 second.

Don't you just love when you can turn a day around like that?!

[Gemme]

It was an abreviated workout for me tonight. 45 minutes total. 5/5 warming up and cooling down and 30 in 'let's go' mode plus 5 for stretching.

The gym was pretty full tonight and there was a nice buzz and energy about the place. I still got my favorite spot though, so I was a happy camper and came in over 250 calories burned (taking Kelt's post about percentages being off into consideration). Not bad for a quickie.

[Chelsius]

Today I decided to use my resistance bands rather than free weights. It was a nice little switch up. Really need to get back to yoga on a daily basis.

Yesterday was a full day being active. Walking to and from most places = 4 miles + cycling a short coupla miles. All good.

Today starts with walking round to the workshop, more walking to and fro other places and finally a 3mile ride (not long enough for exercise, it's just for quick transport) to the meeting tonight.

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Yesterday was a full day being active. Walking to and from most places = 4 miles + cycling a short coupla miles. All good.

Today starts with walking round to the workshop, more walking to and fro other places and finally a 3mile ride (not long enough for exercise, it's just for quick transport) to the meeting tonight.

Any kind of moving is exercise, my friend! It is great that exercise is built into your way of life.

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Any kind of moving is exercise, my friend! It is great that exercise is built into your way of life.

You're right mate!

I know I'm very fortunate to live in a place and be in a position where, barring real bad health or weather days, I can get out in the open air and move around. However I do have to make myself do this stuff and turn down motorised lifts in favour of human powered transport; velo or Shanks' Pony [please see my personal translator for clarification about Mr S and his equine] now I got old and can't be effortlessly thin anymore

[Soon]

thirty minutes of laps -- 10 mins front crawl / 10 breaststroke / 10 front crawl

[Rockinonahigh]

Even with sore knees I have kept rideing the bike just not as for or as hard,it feels like cheeting but I can still get some cardio in my work out.I have done thiryt to fortyfive minits day working out with weights and playing basket ball plus useing the bowfles till I just give out.For the next three days I have pool games to go to so my program will be much easyer but not forgotten,so when i'm done will get back to what I am doing.I am starting to drop a fue pounds again,I was thinking it wasnt going to happen again so I am pleased just wish I didnt have to crunch the workouts so hard cause I dont want to blow out something then cant workout at all.

[Kelt]

Another 9 on the beach, a beautiful sunny day.

I should probably crank up the SPF tomorrow.

[Bella~Vita]

3 hrs at the pool, swimming, walking, and water arobics.... legs feel like jello.... I will sleep good tonite!

[Gemme]

A mixed afternoon, exercisers! Half an hour of cardio (low speed and high incline) followed by about an hour of circuit training and some quick stretching.

I saw the Amazonian claw-handed goddess again. Man, that lady can run! And her legs are so long, it makes her look like she's just loping along, even though I know how fast she's going.

I have a love-hate relationship with how I think of her. She makes it look so easy and she's lovely to watch....like a long-legged foal getting his feet under him or maybe a gazelle boinging through the tall grass....but dammit, she makes it look so easy....and it's totally not. Dammit.

Well, the important thing is that I got right under the fan again today and it felt delicious while I was on the treadmill.