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I cleaned and scrubbed dog runs for 4 hrs and now after lunch I'm gonna wash the car in the yard and maybe prune some bushes.:hangloose:
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1 hr at the gym today: 35 min. stairmaster, 25 min. weightlifting and yoga
The big challenge will be to see if I can keep it up with school starting tomorrow! |
I made it to the gym by leaving work on time (okay, ten minutes later, but for me that's nothing!). I wish I didn't have my hour commute home either.
I did my usual: 30 minutes stair master; 30 minutes weightlifting and stretching and floor exercises. I watched the Hunting Ground on Netflix while on the stair master. It was amazing! It is a doc on sexual assault on campuses, focusing on two young women who became successful activists in this area. Recommended! |
I worked with a new trainer today. He's not your typical trainer in that he's not big and buff and a baby. He's in his 30s and he's an everyman type with a slight gut. Plus his wife and I have the same name and we both have big calves.
:blink: Warm up: elliptical, cross country program Stats: 98.5 cal, .96 mi, 15:00 min 30 min of background and goal orientation 30 min strength training He wants me to keep a food journal, trade the elliptical for the arc trainer and the bugger gave me homework. Homework! Cool down: 10 min stretching |
After the kennel I came home and cut a little over an acre of grass with my push mower. And it was real hot here too so I sweat the whole time.:hangloose:
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30 minutes on the stairmaster.
OMG, today was what I call a "struggle" work-out. That's when you are having a day where you are so exhausted you can't imagine going to the gym but you go anyway and persevere through it. Now I feel so good! Oh, and check out "Holy Hell" on Netflix. It was so incredible! (Watched while on Stairmaster) |
Doing 30 to 45 min. of exercises in pool last 4 days!!!!
I do al the exercises the Fitness Instructor gave me to do...plus I add as many as I know of on my own. I do 3 or 4 reps of 12 each rep. I can tell a difference!!! I also use my resistance bands inside along with the hand weights I have. I want to be able to go back to gym once I get my life settled down....:( |
Okay so I hurt myself today. I guess if I am being honest, I saw this coming days ago. I probably weakened something with a day long hike over rough terrain that I did days ago. So since then during workouts and even just regular stuff like climbing stairs I noticed a pull in my front lower thigh/knee area, naturally I pushed even harder and made myself walk up more stairs and do more stuff to work it out. But instead of that happening it got much worse today during my workout. My wife is annoyed because she says that normal people don't push themselves when they are hurt, they stop and rest it. I don't agree. I mean, of course if you are really hurt you rest and ice, but not for every little twinge. It usually works when I push through stuff but this time it didn't. But I don't think I'm so unusual for believing that is the way to go initially. What do others think? Is my wife right, am I alone in believing when something hurts you just work it harder?
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I did about 6 hours of manual labor outside in metal buildings. Sweeping and walking and bending and cleaning, oh my.
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Today I did 25 min on the stairmaster and 5 minutes of weight lifting and stretching. It's an exhausting week.
Miss Tick, I agree and disagree. Sometimes for sure, yes, but after watching way too many seasons of Dance Moms, I see how it often does work to push through pain. Quote:
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My wife is right? I can't wait to tell her. She loves that. Her two favorite things to hear are "You're right" and "Those shoes are on sale". |
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I'm thinking about carrying around a bucket to collect all the bolts and screws that are falling off and out of me at a record pace nowadays. |
It was Sunday evening at the gym for me. I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster (level 2-3) and 30 minutes of weight lifting, floor exercises, and stretching.
I am off tomorrow so I can go again, after a good sleep. Yay :) |
I hit the gym this morning and obeyed my trainer's wishes and mounted that Arc Trainer.
:blink: I have to say that I'm too wide. These Italian birthing hips of mine kept brushing the edges of the contraption and it's designed like a cage, so even though I'm not a claustrophobic type person normally it made me feel a bit cagey like I was a trapped animal. BUT I kept calm and carried on! Cybex Arc Trainer, weight loss program Stats: 194 cal, 1.24 mi, 25:00 min I wanted to do a little bit more but not really overextend myself so I hit up the treadmill. Precor954i, random program Stats: 77.1 cal, .65 mi, 20:00 min Followed by: Stretching |
When I had a trainer, he told me the same thing: no elliptical, yes Arc. He said it is because we can lift our heels on the elliptical but not on the Arc. I went thru a major Arc phase before I arrived at the highly addictive stair master.
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:sunglass: My employee just called out so today will be just me and the manual labor during the second half of the day. yay |
My doc has me off work and temporarily banned from all forms of exercise including lifting anything over 2lbs. Well that's a pretty big restriction because that's means I can't even lift so much as a bag of sugar. My doc said you're pre-diabetic, the last thing you need to be doing is lifting any sugar anywhere, least of all to your lips! I love my doctor, he's so politically incorrect. Anyhow I go in for a blood draw/labs in another couple three weeks and hopefully my med levels will be high enough for him to lift the restriction, give me the green light go to exercise again.
I had just gotten back to running (well for me running, more like jogging for most) and was really enjoying it even if it was only a couple three short sprints here and there during the week. Right now I just feel like a great big huge slug. That and like a wayward child on restriction because my younger son who was going to fill up my exercise balance ball said - Not that I don't trust you or anything but doctor's orders, and then took his foot pump home. Geez you'd have thought I was asking him to smuggle drugs into the country for me or something. RME |
I did 45 minutes on the stair master. The first 30 I did on Levels 3/4 and then I incorporated some Level 2 for the last 15 minutes. Then I did 15 minutes of weightlifting and ab exercises.
I watched yet another good doc on Netflix while on the stairmaster. It is called "Hot Girls wanted" and it is about young women who go into amateur porn. It really let the girls tell their stories and was quite interesting. |
Good morning, exercisers.
I went in this morning to warm up and have a training session but when I was on the elliptical, one of the owners of the gym came up to me and said that he'd be training me today. Well, isn't that special? :blink: So, to give you some feedback, this guy is a champion natural body builder. And I am not. :| But it worked out okay. He got me going on a lot of new stuff and I have some ideas going forward. Here's my stats: PrecorEFX576i elliptical, total body program 105.5 cal, .93 mi, 13:00 min 45 minute training session Precor954i treadmill, random program 53.7 cal, .44 mi, 15:00 min stretching Oh and they fired the new trainer so it looks like it will be me and him until a new trainer is hired. |
30 minutes on the stairmaster Levels 2-4
While watching Netflix: the movie about the missing boy (Johnny Goush, SIC) |
Legs & butt Day
10 minutes on stair master
10 minutes on rowing machine 4 sets X 12 reps of box squat... then drop set 4 sets X 12 reps of Romanian deadlifts 4 sets X 12 reps of seated leg curls 4 sets X 12 reps of lying leg curls 4 sets X 12 reps of lying barbell hip thrust 3 sets X 20 reps of seated calf raise 3 sets X 15 reps of standing smith machine calf raise mmm... hurt so good~ |
30 minutes of yoga to start my day before work...
Hopefully I'll get home early enough to take the dogs for our usual 2 mile walk down the road and back. I need to start having better habits. |
I forgot to post my workout from the 15th, so that's this:
Warm up: PrecorEFX576i elliptical, total body program Stats: 72.1 cal, .67 mi, 10:00 min Approximately 40 minutes of weight training with the co-owner of the gym. I had some soreness this time, mainly in the tops of my shoulders and my biceps. He really killed my upper body. Cool down: Precor954i treadmill, random program Stats: 56 cal, .48 mi, 15:00 min Stretching to finish and lengthen I planned to get up and workout this morning but I changed my plans. :mohawk: |
I did an hour long Pilates DVD...
My first time ever doing Pilates...I feel parts of my body that I didn't know existed...I even fell into a post Pilates semi coma on my mat. I can already tell it's gonna be awesome for my core and flexibility. Both of which I need |
Took the dogs for a short 30 minute walk before work.
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I had an early morning training session today and it started off a bit oddly. I didn't leave the house early enough to get a good warm up done on the machines so I improvised. I did jumping jacks and knee lifts and ran in place while at home.
I was waiting for the washer to kick off so I could move the wet wash into the dryer and put another load into the washer to maximize my time this morning. So, I get there and get settled in and he has set up another circuit for me and it's killer on the legs. Graduating jumps and step ups and weighted walking lunges, backwards and forwards, the ropes and hopping stops. Then he has me push the boxing 'guy' they have, backwards, up and down the length of the room several times and then he finishes with having me push a contraption forward on the ground outside, avoiding the bees nest nearby. It's the thing that football players and The Biggest Loser contesants push around. The trainer decided, on the last pushing run, to jump on the contraption so that was a bit of a struggle at the end. He's not a big guy but he's all muscle so it was definitely a workout. Then I followed that up with a cool down on the treadmill, under the fan because I was ridiculously hot, and then I stretched really good on the mat last. Stats: 58.0 cal, .45 mi, 15:00 min All in all, it was a good workout and my muscles were wrung plum out when I left. |
I remember talking with my doctor about exercise and losing weight and I said I had lost half a stone in four days once and he said fantastic how did you do that? I replied with I had a sex life! Once he stopped laughing I asked him if I could get one on prescription lol
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I had a training session this morning. I like them when they are with the owner of the gym because he works me hard and I'm sore the next day or two but it's not bad, doesn't immobilize me in any way and I don't feel like I got steamed rolled during the night after each workout. My job's too physical to be going through that nonsense.
I warmed up on my favorite elliptical. Stats: 59.6 cal, .55 mi, 8:00 min 30 min circuit training on the machines. He also had me beat one of those giant tires you see meatheads tossing around. It was almost fun but I learned I probably wouldn't be good at chopping wood (because the motion's the same and the weaker side of my body really showed). Cool down was on my favorite treadmill. Stats: 59.1 cal, .50 mi, 15:00 min Then I did some ab work on the mat and stretched really good. |
I can't work out as often during the school year as I do over the summer, when I need more than one bathing suit just to prevent mold.
I almost always make it to one double class, Deep Water Running and Cardio Abs, and I get really hungry and REALLY tired after about 1.25 hours. Right now, my leg muscles and my tush are sore with a capital burn. |
I did 30 minutes on the stairmaster, levels 2-4. I was next to a woman wtih B.O. I thought about it the whole time because how could I not. People's scents flourish when they sweat. At the same time I also watched a netflix short doc on people who commit murder while sleeping.
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I had a training session this morning. I was a bit hesitant as I didn't get enough sleep and some arthritis stuff was acting up (namely my foot that had a full box of 12x12 ceramic floor tiles dropped on it while wearing flip flops), but it worked out okay. He got me to muscle failure a few times. Tomorrow I may be a bit tender but I have another session with him and he's already warned me that it will be a HIIT session. Yikes! Those are rough.
Warm up: elliptical, total body program Stats: 83.6 cal, .76 mi, 11:00 min 35ish minutes of strength training Cool down: treadmill, random program Stats: 60.2 cal, .46 mi, 15:99 min As usual, I ended with some stretching. |
Rough morning, exercisers. I'm dragging now that I've had two days, back to back, of some pretty intense strength training. My shoulders and chest are killing me!
Warm up: Precor EFX576i, total body program Stats: 79.9 cal, .74 mi, 11:00 min 30 minutes of strength training with the other co-owner and she was great Cool down: Precor 954i, random program Stats: 62.1 cal, .48 mi, 15:00 min I ended with some nice stretches. |
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play
im a runner. I love the feeling of freedom I get running on hard pavement so early the birds are chirping. During the last five years I dropped the running to be the good wife. Now that I'm single in realizing again how much I need that cold air flooding my lungs while I race down the streets. |
I took an hour walk in the park this evening with a friend. It was a nice walk but she wanted to sit on a bench for awhile and suggested we go to a bar (etc. etc.). I really just like to keep it moving but I do my best to compromise. Still, I'd love to find someone who just wants to go on a long walk.
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Gym: 30 minutes stairmaster level 2-4, 30 minutes weight lifting and stretching.
On Netflix while on the stairmaster I watched a doc about a British teenager who joined an extremist Somalian terrorist group. It was good. |
It was a doozey today, exercisers!
I had another training session and I think he may be trying to get me to have a heart attack. Mountain climbers, sprints, Bosu balancing and weight training, jumps and coordination training plus a whole lot more. Oh my. Warm up: Precor EFX 576i, total body program Stats: 62.2 cal, .56 mi, 8:00 min 30 minutes of strength and cardio training Cool down: Precor 954i, random program Stats: 58.2 cal, .50 mi, 15:00 min Stretching |
I had a decent workout at gym #1 today.
Warm up: LifeFitness elliptical, random program, level 3 Stats: 79 cal, .72 mi, 9:00 min 40 minutes of circuit training 2 sets of 12 reps each, starting with a manageable weight and increasing to a difficult weight for the second set Cool down: stretch |
Good morning, exercisers! I hit the gym yesterday morning.
Warm up: Precor EFX576i elliptical, total body program Stats: 127.2 cal, 1.11 mi, 1921 strides, 15:99 min 20 minutes HIIT session: mountain climbers, step ups and plyo jumps, hands weights on the Bosu ball and the ropes. Repeat. Cool down: stretch for about 8 minutes I felt like it wasn't very much but near the end of the day, my mid-back got pretty sore and is still sore so I know that I did do something productive. Go me. :blink: |
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