Talk about your exercise experience today

[Rockinonahigh]

Last night and tonight were my pool nights,so I just kept things sorta low key so I wouldnt pop anything out of wack so I could play,But being at the pool hall isnt just siting then waiting to play,some of us who already played desided we would do a couple of laps of the parking lot.This place use to be a truck stop so the lot is huge,so I did get some walking in,plus going uphill and down in the back lot.This is at our home base most places I wouldnt be caught dead walking around cause they are in some questonable places.
Tomorrow (today) im doing a medium workout just to east back into a routine.

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Gemme

First, I did the stay away from me, bee dance.

Then I did the omg, a bee's in my hair dance.

Finally, there was the holy crap, it flew up my jacket sleeve dance.

When the time came to scrub the honey off the pavement, I was nearly whupped.

I am intimately familiar with this dance ensemble...Sometimes I change it up, and do the "There's a spider on my arm" dance, or the "Wasps, wasps, OMD wasps" dance...They are all really great cardiovascular experiences...

[nycfem]

An hour on the elliptical while watching a hodgepodge of terrible reality t.v., followed by an hour of abs, stretching, and weight lifting.

I saw Jill today, the one who is always at the gym. She was lookin' good, like maybe she had been spray tanned.

I also saw this guy who thinks my name is Amy and always says, "Hi, Amy!" He knows who I am, if you know what I mean, but just somehow started thinking my name was Amy. I don't correct it because it's too fun to have regular conversations with someone while being called by the wrong name

The gym was nice and empty today due to what is known as good weather.

[Rockinonahigh]

I bought an ellipitical machine yesterday,when it gets hear by U.P.S. sonny boy can put it together,it's not that I don't have enough to work out with I just needed something to just burn calories with that didn't involve rideing the bike for long hours cause it still causes my hiney pain I would rather not deal with.I still do nordic walking a couple times a week but I have stayed close to the house then did my walking when everyone was at work (lots of cars wiz by other wise) I'm checking out the park to find a place to go that I
am not dodging to many people.I haven't used one before so i'm gonna learn as I go...nothing new there.

[dixie]

Sadly, today was a day when I completely lacked motivation. Unless you count a few hours dabbing multiple bingo sheets, then I didn't get any exercise today. Tomorrow MUST be different. I've already figured out that if I don't walk/run every day my legs hurt/ache sooooo bad. Since I'm still kinda new to everything, I'm not quite sure why that is.....I just know I don't like it. I also have to figure out what to do about the pain that occurs when I run (shin splints I assume).

[Metro]

Back to my cross training routine that feels good and gets results.*

-- Start with speed walk to the gym as a warm up.
-- Shoot baskets for 1/2 hour then run length of court several times while dribbling basketball (starting at 3 laps as I resume my aerobic capability from a sedentary first couple months this year).
-- Ride programmable recumbent bike (starting at 10 minutes per above aerobic status) -- will start riding outside once Spring actually arrives here in Chicago.

*The gym I use is at a University and is closed Sundays so I'm going to take the dog on a very long walk, go on a bike ride (since it's predicted to be near 70 -- shock and awe), and just do the usual free weights and push ups at home today.

Getting back into an exercise routine feels really good.

[kannon]

I'll do back and triceps today. I do six sets of sit-ups every day. I'll go a couple of miles on my treadmill.

The word treadmill sounds so nefarious to me. It should have been called dreadmill.

[Angeltoes]

This is why it's hard to get serious at the gym....

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by dixie

Sadly, today was a day when I completely lacked motivation. Unless you count a few hours dabbing multiple bingo sheets, then I didn't get any exercise today. Tomorrow MUST be different. I've already figured out that if I don't walk/run every day my legs hurt/ache sooooo bad. Since I'm still kinda new to everything, I'm not quite sure why that is.....I just know I don't like it. I also have to figure out what to do about the pain that occurs when I run (shin splints I assume).

It could be your shoes, your gait, or if you are pushing yourself too hard (I do this a lot).

Maybe try running from a sauropod instead of a T Rex.

*helpful*

[MarquisdeShey]

Always...hooked on power hour... And a nice scooter ride at the park with my friends little ones. Serious squat workout *G

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by kannon

I'll do back and triceps today. I do six sets of sit-ups every day. I'll go a couple of miles on my treadmill.

The word treadmill sounds so nefarious to me. It should have been called dreadmill.

I've been calling it exactly that for years...Maybe even trudgemill or drudgemill would fit, now that I think about it.

[princessbelle]

Didn't go to the gym today BUT wow i got a lot of exercise. I walked all over the mall, then all over the flea market. Then on to getting groceries and spent the rest of the day planting flowers in the front in my flower beds and around the mailbox.

I am just sitting down relaxing for the first time since around 9:30 this morning.

I feel a little sore from doing my walking on the treadmill this week but i swear to goodness i have more energy. I really don't think a week ago, i could have done what i did today.

Feeling good and tired and knowing i did a lot to feel this way, is a wonderful feeling.

[Rockinonahigh]

I did a diffrent kind of exersise today,I spent most of the morning and mid afternoon is a boat picking up crawfish pots,we have lot's of cradads I never thought we would get somany.The ones we got are now washed,dumped in salt water to clean then out and now we have split the catch between three of us.Between crawfish I ran a trot line out now we have catfish,gar,some eal with a fue bass with a fue turtle on the hooks( I let them go)I traded off some of the fish catch to the dock hand in exchange for cleaning them.I am set up in fish for a while,yeah me.I am not shure if I will sun burn or not cause of my olive complexion but if I do from my mid thighdown to my toes is gonna hurt...my neck,back and arms no to mention my face my well peel.
I had a blast,I was a bit tossed by time I got home(no I didn't drive)..My fur kids wouldnt get near me cause I didn't smell the same.

[nycfem]

at gym:
first, elliptical 1.5 hrs (watched a movie- Jim Carey in Liar, Liar),
then 1 hr weight lifting, abs, and stretching

then 1.5 hour walk at Riverside Park with Rob, a friend who I have known for many years. it was beautiful weather and we walked by the water.

[SuddenlyWestFemme]

Okay... was not good today at all. Did zero exercise... and then had a box of "Good and Plenty."

Maybe I will do some jumping jacks before bed.

[Kätzchen]

I didn't go outside today due to the weather we had today,
but I did quite a bit of housework: deep cleaned the bathroom and kitchen and went up and down the stairs several times today (laundry).

The next stretch of good weather we have, I plan to do a day trip out to Sauvie's Island and walk the trails at the bird sanctuary and walk the beach out to the most northern tip of the island (probably about ten miles worth of walking, altogether). The Columbia River is on the northern side of the island and the Willamette River is on the southern side, but both rivers converge at the northern most tip of the island.

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Sweet_Tart

I didn't go outside today due to the weather we had today,
but I did quite a bit of housework: deep cleaned the bathroom and kitchen and went up and down the stairs several times today (laundry).

The next stretch of good weather we have, I plan to do a day trip out to Sauvie's Island and walk the trails at the bird sanctuary and walk the beach out to the most northern tip of the island (probably about ten miles worth of walking, altogether). The Columbia River is on the northern side of the island and the Willamette River is on the southern side, but both rivers converge at the northern most tip of the island.

WANT! I'd love to meet up with you for something like this! Let me know if you're interested

[always2late]

In week 2 of my 10-week challenge. In my previous posts I neglected to explain the workouts. Monday and Wednesday are cardio days, Tuesday is for arms, Thursday is legs, and Friday is abs. My first week doing arms wasn't so bad until I got to the triceps. I'm happy to report that this week, it's getting better. I was able to complete all the tricep exercises without wanting to cut my arms off .

[prettyboyreg]

5 mile run! I think it did more for my mind than my body...

[Rockinonahigh]

Today I was on the go most of the day,when I got home I did a fue things hear that needed doing.I'm needing to get on a workout scedual for when i'm home,I know being commited to woeking out is a mind set that makes it work but for some reason I haven't hit the solid mind set yet.Tomorrow I will be home all day for a change so I will do my exersises three times a week for a starter,my buggest prob is I deal with a back injury that I need to be careful of even tho I had injections to curb the pain.The forst time I got my back shot up I felt so go I went at it like it would be the end of the world if I didnt do max days every day.One this I have to watch is my shoulder problem in doing to many heavy weights that will stress the the whole thing by to many reps.I have always done 100 of everything on max days,sometimes I get away with, it some I pay dearly for in lost time while something heals.What gives with the 100 mark I don't remember.Nutty old fart I gess.