Talk about your exercise experience today

[MysticOceansFL]

Going back to the gym to work out with wieghts!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by nycfem

Gemme, what do you usually keep your heart rate at? How about others on this thread?

Honestly, I don't keep track of it much because it ticks me off. My heart rate increases on a dime. Drops super fast too. I don't know if that means my ticker is in good shape or signifies that there might be a problem. Either way, it's not unusual for me to hit the top of my range....around 175, give or take a few points.

I am so. damn. sore. today.

I am not happy with my trainer. She's fine and she did her job. I'm just not happy. The back of my thighs and right above the inside of my elbows is so tight. No matter how much I stretch, I have knots.

I need a rub down, from head to toe.

[Kelt]

Another 90 mins on the bike today.

My understanding is that for fat burning 65-70% of max HR is best and for cardio health 80% for 20 min sessions four times a week is good. It used to be that 220 minus your age was considered your max, although I think there might be newer guidelines.

That puts my fat loss range around 111 and cardio at 137. What I find comfortable for me on the bike is an RMP of 70 at level 8. It keeps me between 124-127 so that is what I usually do.

[Gemme]

My MHR is 180 and I've hit that quite a few times before. My fat burn is at 119, which is super hard for me to hit and remain at when I'm working out. I did try and hopefully it helped. I'll take the advice in and do my best to adhere to it but there are going to be days when I just have to blast it out of the water.

[cinnamongrrl]

I didn't do yoga this morning but I'm cleaning 2 houses so I'm doing cleaning gymnastics instead lol

I will do yoga before bed though. The difference in my hips is amazing!

[Gemme]

I tried the abs class immediately after work and I don't think I'm going to be able to do it going forward. The whole half hour was spent on the floor on a thin mat and I was struggling. I asked for help with form but my trainer wasn't able to help me out much and by the end of it, my leg and tush were killing me and my sciatica was starting to flare. I can't even feel anything to do with my abs now. That may change tomorrow because I know we were working them but spending that much time on a hard surface and with poor form isn't beneficial for me.

I had originally planned to only do the class but I needed to try to work the kinks out so I hopped on the elliptical and went real slow. I felt like a horse in a race continually being reined in. I've found that my fat burn HR is around 3.0 on the elliptical. I usually go about 4.0-4.5 mph so it was really restricting in one aspect. In another, it was a relief. If I didn't soak myself in sweat and go, go, go until I felt lactic acid building up it didn't feel like I was really trying. I feel like I have permission, if you will, from a (semi) professional to give myself a break, which is good, because I need it.

E21, random program, level 4
Stats: 257 cal, 1.84 mi, 30:00 min

[Gemme]

This morning I hit the gym and made myself work out. I'm developing something and I work tomorrow so I know that Sunday's my next possible workout day. I wanted something to carry me over and wanted to be gentle to myself so I followed the trainer's advice to the best of my ability again. It's really REALLY hard to keep my HR under 120. Like, I did it for about 2 minutes out of about 45 minutes of working out.

Oy.

E21, random program, level 5
Stats: 214 cal, 1.46 mi, 25:00 min

B6, random program, level 6
Stats: 81 cal, 1.84 mi, 18:00 min

I followed it up with about 10 minutes of stretching and waved to the trainer as I headed back to the back to do it.

BTW, it's really hard to not whimper every time I cough. My Wednesday ab workout is coming back to haunt me.

I iz not having a good day.

[cinnamongrrl]

I feel redundant.

Started my day with yoga....cleaned two houses...yada yada yada....

[WildHorses]

I mowed the lawn. It is a big lawn, two sections.

[Gemme]

Although I planned on going to gym first thing this morning, I have had to reconsider. Even though I think I could do a decent workout, I can't go for more than 2 minutes without a coughing fit. If someone came and was hacking up a lung while I was there working out, I'd be pissed, so I'm going to keep my germs to myself and maybe pull out one of my dusty tapes or DVD workouts. It just sucks like Hoover because my days off are my only chance for a good, long workout and, with my coworker leaving, I'm going to be lucky to get one day off a week going forward.

/whine

Anyone have any cheese?

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Although I planned on going to gym first thing this morning, I have had to reconsider. Even though I think I could do a decent workout, I can't go for more than 2 minutes without a coughing fit. If someone came and was hacking up a lung while I was there working out, I'd be pissed, so I'm going to keep my germs to myself and maybe pull out one of my dusty tapes or DVD workouts. It just sucks like Hoover because my days off are my only chance for a good, long workout and, with my coworker leaving, I'm going to be lucky to get one day off a week going forward.

/whine

Anyone have any cheese?

Gemme, I have found that when I work out when sick, it just extends the time of the illness. Especially a hard work out.

<---- thinking that Gemme probably has a list of information a mile long that will counteract this, so I don't even know why I am bothering to post this.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by DapperButch

Gemme, I have found that when I work out when sick, it just extends the time of the illness. Especially a hard work out.

<---- thinking that Gemme probably has a list of information a mile long that will counteract this, so I don't even know why I am bothering to post this.

You are wrong, dear Dapper one. I agree with you wholeheartedly. I didn't intend to do a hard workout today but I did intend to do a long, steady one. And now I've done none and it was the right choice.

I'm stubborn. I'll give you that. But I'm not stupid.

Besides, my abs have had an amazing continual workout the past 3 days with my coughing fits. I'm just glad that the muscle soreness from my last trainer workout has subsided because that actually made my wee little eyes tear a bit a couple of times. Like daggers in the ole gut!

Even with the cough medicine, I am only getting an hour to an hour and a half of relief and my Aleve PM did nothing to knock me out last night. Normally, it makes me a bit drowsy but I got bupkiss even though I allotted 10 hours for sleep. It didn't happen, which kinda made me cranky.

Just for shits 'n giggles, I put my symptoms into WebMD and I had to laugh at the wide variety of illnesses I could be suffering from: schizophrenia, perimenopause, the flu, a Norovirus, meningitis, a common cold, a bacterial infection, a viral infection, mono, TB or gastroenteritis....just to name a few.

According to WebMD, I'm probably going to keel over any minute now.

[PaPa]

I am still not gym material with my lack of mobility, but I am still moving around more and have almost reached my first weight loss goal. I think it is amazing how even little goals turn into big momentum to thrust one to continue on the journey. This first goal was in losing 60 lbs. I have just 1.2 lbs to go to that marker.

One thing I want to do after another 50 lbs lost is to get a kayak. I have always loved the water and i really like fishing. I think once I can get down and become more mobile I will grab the world by the ass. LOL! No holding me back now!! My exercise regime is going to pick up. Maybe not in walking but there are other modes to get me back on my feet until that is possible.

Thanks to all of you who post and who have repped my exercise journey. It does mean a lot to me each day I see a new comment.

[Gemme]

Congrats, PaPa!

That's a major accomplishment. Every little bit adds up.

[Gemme]

This morning I went to the gym before work. It was the first time in over a week, due to the crud I had.

I kept it light and simple.

E21, random program, level 5
Stats: 258 cal, 1.81 mi, 30:00 min

I followed that up with 10 minutes of stretching.

[randrum]

I had a pretty good day of work out. None too long but spaced throughout the day.

Morning: 75 squats, 35 sit-ups, 5 push-ups

Lunch: 10 minute walk outside

After work: 30 minutes on a stationary bike. 5.95 miles

My knee is pretty sore today. Probably because of the weather. Apparently its supposed to storm the next few days.

[deathbypoem]

Got up really early this am, 20 min yoga session+20 min pilates session + breakfast +shake+water+mowing the yard which took about thirty min.

Time to chill now until after lunch for a light afternoon yoga session+meditation

[Gemme]

Good workout this morning, albeit shorter than I would prefer. I have a ton of things to accomplish today and I had to adjust my schedule accordingly.

E21, random program, level 5
Stats: 257 cal, 1.79 mi, 30:00 min

B6, random program, level 6
Stats: 63 cal, 1.61 mi, 13:00 min

This was followed by about 8-10 minutes of stretching.

[Gemme]

Excellent workout this morning!

I started with the Matrix (stair climber), manual program, levels 1-3
Stats: 62 cal, 389 steps/24 floors, 12:00 min

I started with level one and worked my way up to level 3 in the first couple of minutes and carried on from there. I think the calibration is accurate on this machine. I was sweating and felt like I worked really hard, which typically means that my caloric burn is less than I anticipate it to be. So the fact that I think I burned more than 62 calories makes me feel as if the machine is accurate and I only burned 62 calories.



I moved on to the elliptical from there.

E21, random program, level 6
Stats: 262 cal, 1.79 mi, 30:00 min

I did 10 minutes at a pace comfortable to me (around 3.6-4.1) and then did 10 minutes at the level the trainer recommended for fat burn (around 2.9-3.2) and then split the remaining 5 minutes and cool down the same way.

After that, I hit the recumbent bike.

B6, random program, level 7
Stats: 96 cal, 2.71 mi, 18:00 min

It was very hard to keep the heart rate down at level 7 but I still tried. I just pedaled verrrrrrry slowly.



I did some quick ab work for about 5-8 minutes and then finished with some stretching for about 8-10 minutes.

I had little to no pain or discomfort from my hip or sciatica today so it's been a very lovely start to the day.

[nycfem]

Okay, all caught up on the exercise thread and gradually throwing myself back into the game too. My last workout was at the hotel on 4/22/15 during my conference where I think I did the elliptical for about an hour. Today, in fact right now , I am in the park walking, and it's been about an hour. Needless to say it's a leisurely walk given that I'm talk to texting right at this moment