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About This Group
We are committed to exercising and sometimes it helps when you are responsible for telling others what exercise you did each day. This group is for those who wish commit to exercising everyday. Your computer won't blow up and all you'll get is encouragement if you don't meet your goal on any given day.
November 21st, 2009
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 1,874 | 64g | 4mg | 68mg | 314g | 82g | 38g | 140g |
| Averages: | 469 | 16g | 1mg | 17mg | 79g | 21g | 10g | 35g |
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- Calories Consumed:
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- Calories Burned:
- 596
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 1,874 (4,336 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 24.13%
November 20th, 2009
TRX anyone?
So my gym got some TRX straps in. I really like them and they are a heck of a workout, but I need some more ideas of how to use them. Has anyone used TRX? Know of any good websites to get ideas of exercises to use with them? Thanks!
The TRX website has a forum that is active... I'm sure that they can help give you some ideas. If you Google trainers like Alwyn Cosgrove or Todd Durkin they've put together some cool circuits for the TRX. If you end up wanting to order one, the Force kit comes with a great DVD/workout book combo.
Edited by dmsolano, on November 20th, 2009 at 8:31 pm.
another good place to find circuit ideas is Youtube.
Lunch Time Calisthenics
I know, Jay, I'm dating myself ;o)
I forgot my lunch time mini workout --- it was raining today so during lunch hour
I locked myself in the conference room with a sign on the door and did the following:
15 Modified Pushups (without stopping, woowhoo!)
50 Backward Lunges, both sides
3 Hollowmans (10-20 Seconds Each, it's a start :o)
2 Minutes Cross-Hops (ok, I'm nnnot to great at those yet. First try)
WOOOHOOO for push-ups and all the great stuff you did along with it. Ever thought of doing the 100 Push-ups Challenge? A good number of us here are grads... some still hanging on to week 5--LOL! You have a pretty good base--just saying!
Friday Workout
thursday was a rest day because i was sore and had to study for an exam... but i got up
and went to the gym early before class... this makes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Friday.... i kicked schools a$$ this week!
this morning was the hardest 30 minute workout ever... well more like 40 minutes...
elliptical - 15 minutes, fat burner, high level 8
arms - 3 machines all 3x12 @ 60lbs
legs - 2x12 each
leg press - 105lbs plus the machine without weight
knee extension - 60lbs
hamstring curl - 50 lbs
leg extension - 50 lbs
adductor workout - 115 lbs
abs
low abs 2x10
obliques 2x15 @ 10lbs each side
burned 444 calories!
i am now home for thanksgiving and will be running outside, Wii Fit, Turbo Jam, and Ab
Ripper X video.... possibly trying a spin class for the week...
everyone have a nice friday night!!
Great work out - have a fantastic Thanksgiving
What a rockin' week! Great work! You should be so proud :o)
Great job, Kara and hope your plans workout for the week. Have a great time with the fam!
Friday
Love reading all the posts - so much being done by so many.
Thursday wound up being a rest day - early in to work, driving to an out of town
meeting(and then back 
Friday noon at fitness center - 10 min warm up on treadmill, did weight circuits (working
on more variety), did 15 different lifts on machines, db's, and one with kettle balls. 2
sets of 10 reps for each exercise, warm down with 5 min on bike - plus stretching. Early
evening - pushups (50/50) and stretching I came home early from work as I am preparing a
corn souffle to take over to a friends house where we are having a small get together over
a turkey dinner,and then we are going to have a time of singing and lots of good
fellowship - any of you can come, so let me know if you need directions. Hope you all have
a great weekend
Jay
Sounds like an extremely tiring rest day, Jay, you can keep that one ;o).
Great work today, it must feel great to squeeze that all in today.
Sounds like a wonderful time with friends. Have a great time! Singing is my all-time favorite past time.
nice workout... heck i might as well add to the 3 hours of driving i've already put in today... whats the directions! haha just kidding!
Sounds like a fantastic evening, Jay! After a great workout and a tough week at work it is simply what you and the lovely wife (who is ever so patient) deserve. Have a great weekend!
Friday
Well I didnt go to the gym or do my cardio today. I did however go to driving range and practice hitting balls for about and hour and a half. Maybe more.
Sounds like a great Friday afternoon activity
Way to get out there, Breeves :o)
Doing something you enjoy... priceless!
fridays dance
Did an hour for lunch on a stair master at 75%MHR. Monet The big boss says I can go. I guess I better start putting a few more miles on Thore. Have a great weekend all. Keep up the great work.
Kudos on the 1 hours stair master session... you bum should be cursing you by now :)
And YAY!!!! Looking forward to meeting you in Austin... And a little easy on Thore :)
Damn, what a rockin' boss you have! LOL!!!!
Awesome hour on that stairmaster! Wow!
Start pedaling--Thore has already signed up for Austin! So you better be ready!
Great Job Jim - have a wonderful weekend
Woah! I'm excited for you, Jim! And feeling sorry for those legs of yours, lol. Good stuff!!!
Great Job Jim - have a wonderful weekend
Sounds like a great way to spend an hour!! I love that you named you bike Thor!!! Sounds like you guys will have a great time in Austin :)
It's been a long week!
Welp so far this week (which starts on Monday for me) I've made it to the gym everyday
except Monday!
Today was another cardio day!
2 hours on the eliptical doing random programs on there....it was a tough day though.
2 hours on an eliptical would be tuff for any one. Way to go.
You've had a great week, imajine! And I have to agree with Jim--that elliptical work you put in WAS tough! Two hours?! Wow!
Thats amazing. 2 Hours on eliptical. woo. Great week worth of workouts.
You've got some kind of endurance, girl! I'll bet the different programs helped to keep you distracted and interested. Great job!
Great job today
falling off of the posting wagon
Since Nov 2 I've been trying to keep up with the running schedule. Also since ending
p90x, I've been feeling really sore. Perhaps its a combination of not taking a
recovery week and upping my beer consumption (more likely the latter). Besides
training for the half marathon, I'm not sure whether I should go for the p90x+ route or do
a GPP type regimen. I'll probably be better off if I lose weight for the half so I
guess GPP will be the best for me.
nov 19 - 45 min cardio, 15 min stretching, situps/roman chair, moving (heavy furniture up
& down stairs) 2hr
nov 18 4 mile run, walk 10 min, kickball 45 min
nov 17 - p90x+ interval plus
nov 16 - run 9 miles
nov 15 - off
nov 14 cardio 30 min, pullups/dips 10 min
nov 13 run 8 miles
nov 12 elliptical 45 min
nov 11 - run 4 miles, kickball 45 min
nov 9-10 - off
nov 8 - hiking 8.5 miles w/ 20 lb pack
nov 7 - off
nov 6 run 3 miles
nov 5 cardio 45 min, stretching 15 minutes
nov 3-4 off
Get with it, buddy! Good to see you back! I am very impressed at the way you keep up even with all that play you do.
(hehe, monet...we need to kick dm's butt a little more it seems to get him back posting!)
But dm, I must admit, your training log is FULL! Good luck with your training!
Yeah!! What they said!! lol
But really, you've got some great stuff going on there. Congratulations on a good program.
Now - same time, same place, tomorrow. Don't forget! ;o)
Nice job at keeping up on the exercising - but do enjoy hearing from you. Have a great weekend
Jillian's not so scarey!!!
Sorry no time to respond to everyone's awesome posts - but HAPPY FRIDAY and
HAPPY MOVING!!!!
This morning I set a goal for myself to meet with Jillian
Michaels and then finish with 25 mins on the treadmill.
Did It!
20 mins of Level 1 - 30 Day Shred dvd -- it wasn't as tough as on Wednesday but still not
easy enough for me to warrant moving to Level 2
25 mins at 5.3 pace on the treadmill gave me 2.2 miles and a wonderful sense of
accomplishment :):):)
It's a good Friday --- I'm sure the rest of the day will follow suit!
Have a great weekend Tara... looks like your consistent week has set you all ready for it.
What? You're starting to kick Jillian's butt?! Sounds like it! Way to go, Miss Tara!!!! And you sure are getting the best of that treadmill--look at you go!! You're starting to fly, Tara! Great job!!!
Dancin' with ya, Tara! Yeah, JM's bark is worse than her bite. Nice job!
Edited by CharityShantell, on November 20th, 2009 at 4:38 pm.
Nice job Tara
Pilates Friday
Last night's riding lesson sure didn't turn out as planned. Turns out my beautiful big palomino was afraid of the arena lights and the doors that opened into the dark outside. Having his pasture buddy there did no good. Finally, after feeling him try to run past the doors multiple times and having to get in his mouth and flex the reins, my trainer wanted to get on. She concurred he was afraid. They cantered for 45 min. without stopping, he was so keyed up!!! This is what happens when you have a horse so big and young and strong. He is going to be a S-T-A-R. But he tired out two riders, me and my trainer. I hit the hot tub as soon as I got home, since it was 40-ish outdoors and I was kind of cold and stiff. It felt so good this morning to have no exercise to think about, after a week full of things to do. This morning I had a relaxing pilates set. It's FRIDAY!!! I hope everyone here has a beautiful and wonderful weekend.
As tiring as it was for you it sure sounded like another great evening. Have a beautiful week, Lhisa.
What a great way to finish up a tiring ride...ahhhh, hot tub! And what a great job with your pilates, Lhisa (although, I do believe that that would be considered exercise!!)
Enjoy the weekend!!!
You have had a great week! And that horse of yours is lucky to have an owner like you to guide him to rock stardom. Great work :o)
Sounds like that was a great ride and evening - have a great weekend
Didn't post last night.....
But I did do some exercise 
got distracted again 
, then ended up on FB chat for an hour with my sister in UK finalising the plans
for my mums 70th birthday next week.
next thing I knew it was 11pm!! so I did a 30min session on the Crosstrainer, went for a
faster build up and speed as I wanted to do some weights, yes Charlie I found them in the
Cellar 
5min warm up level 2
5mins level 3
5mins level 4
5mins level 5
5mins level 4
5mins level 3 to warm down
then 5 lots of 20reps Arm Curl with the 25kg weight bar. (with 10 reps to warm up &
down)
don't you just love it when your muscles are all hard
then whilst relaxing and enjoying the After Glow, I fell asleep on the couch!!! woke up at
2am and went straight to bed
That was a great late night workout! Congrats on dusting off the weights.
I thought I was going to have to yell at you on FB... glad to see your post. I agree! I love it when my biceps bulge even when I'm just lifting my coffee for a sip. Charlie already knows I have issues when it comes to constantly feeling my biceps.
Okay, first I have to laugh at Monet! Ahhhhh, that was great!!!!
Okay, sorry, Roy! What a fabulous night you had on both the cross trainer and with the weight work! Yup--gotta love that pump!!! You did awesome even with those distractions of yours!! Keep glowing! You're doing great!
(Oh, man, Monet--that was too funny! You just made me remember you and your biceps!!!)
Good evening ladies Just finished tonight 60mins on the cross trainer, a bit of variation tonight in that I did a sprint for the last minte of each 10 min block...got the heart rate up to 150bpm - well "in the zone". I'm off to visit friends this weekend so will take Saturday as my rest day and see Y'all on Sunday evening. Ahh yes Charlie, I found a youtube link that shows the distraction (i.e. Katie Price) ... apologies in advance... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wT69AbEXbc ...heyyy I'm a Guy just doing what guys like doing !!! Some awesome training sessions going on out there, I'm pretty worn out after this first week of getting back on the Cross trainer so I'm having an early night (LOL off to bed before 2 am...oh boy, Randy will be getting up in 2 hours!!!) Have a good weekend Y'all
Edited by SurferRoy, on November 20th, 2009 at 4:17 pm.
Lovin the "glow" Roy. Way to knock it OUT!
What a great work out Roy - but sounds like you'd better pick up on your posting since both Monet and Charlie have you in their sites
Busy Week Continues
So I wasn't able to get to the gym yesterday as our friends from Thailand came over pretty
much right after work and we went shopping, watched a video slide show and went out to
dinner. All they wanted was Lobster so we went to a seafood restuarant and I didn't have
much time so just got the soup and salad meal, so not too bad. And then I went and
played soccer. We only had 3 girls last night and one was still battling a pretty bad cold
so out of the 52 minute game I played about 45 minutes of it which was awesome. I
just began playing soccer again this summer for the first time in 8 years and I was
horrible at first after not playing for so long and I got really hurt so I was
playing scared but I'm finally getting back to normal and kicking some butt!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Wow, that's great!!! Sounds like the week is turning out very active for you after all. And excellent work on keeping food in control. Congrats!!
Way to kick some butt in your soccer game, e!
Sounds like you had a great evening, hope you were also able to kick the ball
Thursday's workout
Wake up everybody!!! Get dancing... it's Friday!!! Back in the gym last night and boy did
it feel good to be stepping 
P90X - Ab Ripper
STRENGTH: Pull ups (reps of 10's) and Push ups (reps of 15's)
Regular Pull-ups
Wide Push-ups
Wide Pull-ups
Regular Push-ups
Reverse Grip Pull-ups
Diamond Push-ups
Neutral Grip Pull-ups
Military Push-ups
Switch Grip Pull-ups
Decline Push-ups
***all pull-ups are done assisted.
60 minutes High Impact STEP AEROBICS
I'm mesmerized by he sheer magnatude of this workout. I'm so happy that you have recovered!!
Were you revived after the aerobics or energized, Monet? Listen to your energy level and save some in reserve until you are certain you are fully well (I think I am Mom, huh?). Anyway, GREAT workout, and welcome back to being healthy!
I feel very untouchable when I do step... I fly, I jump, I glide like there's no one around me. I'm sure others get confused at what I''m doing but when it's step time I'm in my own world.
And what a wonderful world you're in, huh, Monet! I can just picture you a hippin' and a hoppin' in that step class!
What a great workout! I'm glad to see you back at it!!! I can just feel that energy you had going!!
Awesome - so great to see you back in action. Way to step right up
This week
Hubby out of town this week :( I have not been in a wonderful work out mode
this week so it has been a little tough getting moving but I have done it!
Sunday- 4 mile walk outside at a brisk pace
Monday - Weight lifting class & spinning class
Tuesday - Upper body weights plus 3o mins on stair climbing thingy.
Wednesday- Almost blew it off completely but did lower body weights
Thursday- Went in the evening and did upper body with concentration on back plus 25
min run really fast for me.
For some reason I am feeling really lagging and not wanting to go to the gym :( On
the plus side since changing my focus from lots of cardio to resistance training I am
feeling much more toned and that my weight has stayed really consistent!! Off to the
gym now - lower body and some kind of cardio.
Have a happy healthy weekend :) Terri
Very impressive Terri!! I know how easy it can be to blow off the work out when the energy levels go down. Not to mention your signifigant other out of town. You are a hero. Keep it up.
For someone who isn't so motivated to go to the gym you're week is looking pretty great. It's usally when the cold sets in and the Holidays rolling in (just overwhelming preparation) that tires people's mind. Do something... a little something--doesn't have to be an hour of exhausting work everything, right?
Great Job :)
Productive week!! Good job with the workouts..
Wow great job for not much motivation! I need to force myself to be more like that when I am feeling uninspired.
Great job, Terri! My husband was out of town this week also. I'm not used to doing all the kiddie duties by myself. I'm exhausted! So I understand that this is a great accomplishment you've made :o)
I agree with Charity that you did an exceptional job this week, Terri (with full-time kid duties). Your workouts were great, and congrats on keeping your weight management goals met along with toning up that body!
And I'll say it (again)...and your rest day is WHEN? Listen to that body of yours telling you to take a break!
You did GREAT this weekend, Terri! Have a great weekend!
Ditto to the other comments - great job Terri
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 111,935 | 4,823g | 19,216mg | 216,077mg | 17,991g | 6,151g | 1,967g | 7,376g |
| Averages: | 835 | 36g | 143mg | 1,613mg | 134g | 46g | 15g | 55g |
- Members Tracking:
- 134
- Calorie Goal:
- 208,704
- Calories Consumed:
- 147,300
- Calories Burned:
- 35,365
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 111,935 (96,769 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 24.01%
November 19th, 2009
Thursday, Better Late Than Never
Really rough day here, but all's well that ends well.
Today I found 90 minutes in the evening and decided to bump up the cardio. Also used
the eliptical for recovery for a change. Thanks, Jim, for the idea!!!
10 Minutes Recumbent Bike, Steady resistance
20 Minutes Recombent Bike, "Hills"
Circuit 1 (2x12): Dumbbell Chest Press, Wall Squat, 1 Minute Eliptical
Circuit 2 (2x12): Dumbbell Chest Fly, Sumo Squat, 1 Minute Eliptical
Circuit 3 (2x12): Bicep Curls, Pelvic Thrust, 1 Minute Eliptical
Circuit 4 (2x12): Military Shoulder Press, Reverse Crunches, 1 Minute Eliptical
Circuit 5 (2x12): Triceps Kickbacks, Basic Crunch, 1 Minute Eliptical (These were done
backwards, dedicated to you, Jim! ;o)
30 Minutes Recumbent Bike "Hills" and Cool Down
Been a bear of a day and I can't respond to each post individually, but it's all
lookin' great!
Sounds like you packed in tons in your time!!!
What an honor. THX:) You made my day.
Very nice Charity...
Charity, every day I read your posts I notice you are doing more cardio. What a great thing it is to know you are improving your conditioning and staying dedicated despite the obstacles all young moms face. Good job!
You keep going and going, Charity! Sorry to hear about your rough day...but it looks like you ended it on a positive note! Great, great workout!
Thanx, Guys. Hubby was gone for 4 days and part of it is a mind trip regarding the fact that I'm doing it all my self. The other part is the fact that... I'M REALLY DOING IT ALL MYSELF! LOL I'm exhausted, taking an extra rest day (today), and I'll hit it hard tomorrow (Saturday). Thanks for all the encouragement. It's so fun to be able to actually identify and take advantage of a FULL 90-minute block of time in my busy life...
Edited by CharityShantell, on November 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm.
Better than nothing!
OK, finished more Turbo jam! Only 35 minutes, but hey... BETTER THAN NOTHING! :o} Going to
get down tomorrow! Sweet dreams everyone!
35 minutes that most people don't put in on a regular basis? More than good enough... it's great!
35 minutes is great! Don't short-change yourself, Ciara! Great job!
Wed/Thurs
Wed - lunch - LEGS
Alternating leg bench jumps/each leg x 12 x 3 (acting as my warm up, too)
Straight leg dead lifts (90#) 3x12
Walking Lunges (30#) 3x12
Rotating Calf Raises (170#) 3x12
Thurs - Rest day.
Wanted to get out at lunch, but didn't take lunch.
Tonight, I skipped MMA and went to my running group's social at a local burger place.
Ate too much; drank a little. And was talked into taking another 'run in the
park' on Saturday morning (I asked them what they're planning -- 10 miles. WHAT?
Are you crazy?!?! But a little part of me <the tiniest, tiniest part>
thinks I might be able to do it.)
I'm tired tonight--I've read all the posts, and everyone did a fantastic job! Keep
it up. And start dancing--it's Friday!!! (Well, just about.)
You know you can do 10 miles!!! If I know it you should know it... it sounds like a lot but you're a runner, true runner!
I was laughing at you response to the Austin post :) Actually I think Tara isn't riding either so two super pancake eatin' cheerleaders for us--can't get any luckier than that!
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 19th, 2009 at 8:05 pm.
I have no doubt that you can do 10 miles :) Next stop 1/2 marathon !!!
Not even a question. Have a great run, can't wait to here all about it. You should stop and do some pushups on that coverd bridge. :)
Wow, I can't wait to hear about Saturday! The suspense is gonna kill me ;o).
Great work on Wednesday!
I say "go for it". But you KNOW I know you can do it! Congrats on taking a well-deserved fun time for yourself tonight. You deserved that.
Hello Everyone! IN DA HOUSE!
Just wanted to drop a line & say hi to everyone & maybe get envolved
with this group! Looking for new friends to help stay motivated on my daily exercise
& blogs & daily plate! My full information is on my profile.. Look forward to
gettin to meet you all...
- Georgie
http://www.walkwithchappy.com
Hey Georgie - thanks for checking this group out. You want some motivation and you want some friends, you have come to the right place.
I look forward to getting to know you and seeing you succeed.
Jay
Edited by beckerboy, on November 19th, 2009 at 7:37 pm.
Welcome! I am new as well and I just want to let you know this group is wonderful. Everyone here is really encouraging, so continue to come back daily and you will see what I mean! :o] Good luck!
Welcome aboard Georgie. Your gonna like it here. Look forward to hearing about your next work out.
Hi there and welcome aboard!
today
i rode and expresso fitness bike on the vindicator program for 47 minutes. avg speed ranged from 17- 25, heart rate from 120 to 152.
Expresso fitness bikes are fun! We had a few demos at my gym and I noticed that when I rode them, I was more apt to pedal faster because I was trying to race everyone :)
My old gym had these and I did really love them compared to a typical stationary bike. If you ever have a chance take a spinning class you will love it!!
I have one of these at work but I am afraid to sweat on it.
I love the expresso bike!!! My favorite way to ride if I can't get outside. It is so much better than the standard stationary bike...
14 day motivational challenge - Day 1 of 14 Zoolander\'s $830 membership fee
As promised here is my first post of my 1st of 14 days.
I will post part of it here, I don't want to take up too much space, if you want to read
the rest just click on read more my livestrong blog
Mood: Excited, the first days of any new project always comes with a
little trepidation, twinge of excitement and a whole lot of expectations. Right, so
I haven’t had any strenuous physical activity for 4 weeks. Not talking about walking
3 blocks to my car or strolling at .05km/hr during the start of the hectic Christmas
shopping season through the malls. I’m talking about, heavy breathing, drenching
sweat kind of activity.
I winded my way through the soggy streets of Georgia St, to enter the big doors of my gym.
Handed my gym pass to the receptionist, when she kindly replied, “Oh, your gym
membership has expired, for renewal that will be $830.”... Read more
I'm trying to get back to normal
Well I was hoping to get out on my bike today for a good 20+ miles, but since mother
nature is wanting to blow 20-30 w/gust of 50 mph.... that ain't gonna happen today. (Maybe
next week when the weather changes??? )
So I did the P-90 cardio 1-2 which is a mix of power yoga,
low impact aerobic and
tae- bo type stuff. It finishes with the Ab Ripper 100, so of course by then I'm very
sweaty and my abs are already partially fatigued from the yoga and tae-bo.
2 days in a row now......Woo Hoo for me :-)
Ride the Ride
I know what you mean, in Vancouver there is rain advisory for today, RAIN advisory! it has been pelting buckets for the last couple of days. It makes it so much harder to work out with crappy weather. Keep on working out you are doing great!
That's P-90 is interesting... wonder how close it is to the P90X. I know the 15 minutes ab ripper is a scorcher for sure.
Yoga requires a lot of ab strength, which most people don't know. But, your muscles know it, don't they Dennis??!! Great workout for inclement weather.
I\\\'m finally going to the gym - Big thanks to the group
Thank you, thank you! to all the supportive motivational comments.
There were some really good motivational ideas and I am taking them to heart.
You guys got me so motivated, I am going to start a 14 day challenge and I invite anyone
to join.
Goal workout 5 days a week for 2 weeks, working out of at least 50
minutes of cardio and 20 minutes of weights.
Call to Action: I am going to start a blog on my personal page on
livestsrong, Each day I will post what I have done, my goals and my workout struggles. I
will keep this awesome group in the loop and post here everyday for 14 days.
I Need your help: I welcome any help I can get, workout tips,
motivational tips, stress tips, your experiences! I will post my first post in a few hours
and let you guys in on it.
Thanks again, you wouldn't believe the impact of your postive words on me!
skinny
I had two pepole tell me I looked like I was loosing weight today. Yeah me!! dId my hour lunch work out today. 20m warm up on eliptical, all backwards, incline press into bent rows/ military press into tri extensions/ squats with medicine ball held over head db curls. All x2 with recovery done on eliptacal. Then 4/ 90sec rounds with heavy bag into 15 push ups. Did a fun abb exersise today, hold plank with forarms on the ground and alternate driveing nees up to elbo. Kind of like gorillas but you dont go any where. God I love endorphins!!
Oh that's great... Unexpected compliments are always great! Shows all of your hard work.
Another great plank exercise I like ( work the shoulders) start off in plank on forearms then alternate switching to full plank and keep alternating as quickly as you can.
The change that others notice certainly is amazing. Congratz to you and keep up the great work you're doing. We look forward to meeting you in Austin!
Nice workout.
I've done those type of Plank moves before, and they are killers :)
THERE'S the big bag! Way to work it out, Jim. :o)
Wednesday's Workout
RUN
Distance: 4.75 Miles
Duration: 38 min 42 sec
Pace: 8'08" min/Mi
It's Thursday, everyone, get jiggy with it!!!
~mnet
Solid run!! Nice job..
Ta-da! You are out of the recovery room. Let's have a pre-Friday party!
She's back Yeahhh!!!!! And fast too.
Nice run, great job!
Great to see you running - WHOOO HOOO, way to go Monet!
Great job, Monet. I'm definitely dancin' with you now (wiggle wiggle)
;o)
Riding X 2
Rode the fluid trainer this morning for 30 min., following the elliptical running set last night and then a tough yoga ab set before bedtime. This afternoon I have a riding lesson, and I think cantering with no hands/eyes closed is on the agenda. It won't be a tame workout. Friday is almost here!!!
Yay! Friday is coming and you're having a great week! Congratulations!!
Hey Lhisa, sound like your feeling much better these days. way to go!
Enjoy your lesson this PM! Glad you got time on your bike and of course your yoga session... get you all ready for the weekend.
I kind of knew you can't do the 5k but I didn't want to rule out the idea until you confirm. Just glad you'd be able to join us next year--we'll have more women in the team!
Sure did :)
Thursday Circuit Training - one hour with minimum time in between sets.
We're just starting working with kettlebells --- fun new gadget :)
Have a GREAT Thurdsay everyone ---- keep on moving and grooving!
~ Tara
Kettlebells! You've hit the 'big time' now, Kara :o)
Way to work it out!!
How do you like the Kettlebells?? they look very interesting and I would love to try them out... Great job on the workout...
Another great day, Tara!
Yep sure did!!
Yesterday was a rest day as I was fighting off this virus. Today I feel better but am still fighting this thing. So I rode the stationary bike for 90 minutes today. Was a good workout and felt great after. Tomorrow will be upper body weights...
Woooowheeee! Way to get in some punishing cardio :o)
Nice, girl!
UUGGHHH
SO I went to the Doctors yesterday.... anndd surgery it is. And of course I've
advised no heavy workouts in fear that the cyst my rupture ( yikes
That being said my running will be put on hold, but I will continue to walk I'm going
to double my time on the treaddy and continue Zumba. My sugery is going to take place on
December 4th, and will be off of work for a month ( which I haven't been here
long enough to get short term insurance and boyfriend was just laid off...so money is
going to be super tight!)
Yesterday I walked on the treaddy for 20 minutes and Zumba 45 minutes.
I have never looked into Zumba... do you like/love it? Just curious! :o] Good morning all!
Oh Dani, my heart goes out to you and your family in this tough time. I will definitely pray for you when I think of you and I have a calender reminder in my cell phone to pray for you extra on the 4th. Let us know if the date changes. I'm so glad they found it now before it burst or got worse. (((HUGS)))
Dani, major healing vibes from here. Good on you to keep moving but please be careful.
I'm so sorry about the financial aspect --- it just shouldn't be that way.
Big hugs and walk on!
Healing thoughts heading your way.. Sorry to hear about the surgery. Hope it all goes well and you heal quickly.. Good job modifying your workouts to keep active.
double post sorry
Edited by samaral7, on November 19th, 2009 at 10:30 am.
Triple post.. sorry again
Edited by samaral7, on November 19th, 2009 at 10:31 am.
Dani, I love your attitude. It sounds like with all that you still are up beat and have a sense of humor. I have no dubt you can handle any thing that comes your way. I broke my legg a few years back and had to spend six weeks on the couch. In the end I came back stronger. Best of luck!!!!!!
Do not let this slight setback change your great attitude. You'll be back strong, because you are that kinda woman!
Even with this set back you still remain postiive. Way ta go! You will come back stronger than ever
Thanks eveyone for the uplifting thoughts and prayers. Charity I will let you guys know if anything changes. Great to to know I such great support.
Ciara I love Zumba... I mean if I could take it everyday .. I would but my gym only offers it 2x a week.
Positive thoughts your way as the days lead to your surgery.
Oh OK, so it is a class! Not anything you can buy in DVD form? Or maybe its just more fun with others? :o] And sorry about my earlier post... funny but I got into the shower thinking geez I didnt even tell her best wishes with the surgery. Prayers are with you. <3
It's been a couple days
Had a rough week last week. But that's over now.
Did 2 hours on the Elliptical yesterday
Did 1 hour of Circut training and 1 hour of Cardio the day before.
Today is another Circut training and Cardio day.
Way to get back at it! Have fun with your circuits and cardio :o)
You go girl!! one of my favorite saying is "you can not fail if you do not give up"
Nice job keeping at it.. Keep it up!!
Great job! 2 hours on that elliptica... man I could barely last for 15 minutes until my toes start going numb.
Up!
morning, 20 minutes pilates. This tiredness is not gonna get the best of me.
Yay, good for you!
yep I did
My knees are hurting today so I took a break from my high intensity.
I only did 20 minutes at 3.5 on the treadmill, but I plan to do some stretching and core
building with a home dvd. :)
*smiles* today is a good day!
Way to do what's right for your body! And way to work it in despite your pain challenges.
So smart!!!
Wednesday Work-Out
Well I was stressed that I wasn't going to be able to fit my work out in yesterday since we have friends from Thailand that are in town for visiting and I had my banquet last night for the volleyball team I coach. I was able to get to the gym and I did W2D2 of the couch to 5k running program, so I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes and then I did a leg work out with the weights for another 30 minutes. I would have liked to get some bike time in too, but I just didn't have enough time yesterday. Hopefully I can get back there today to get on the elliptical and bike and do upper body.
Congratulations! Looks like you are really giving working out top priority. Enojoy your friends also! Thailand is a looooooong way to travel.
(Wouldn't it be fun if it was a normal culture custom to go work out WITH visiting friends? :o)
Thanks! I have been trying my best to make it a top priority. I was fighting off a cold/flu for about two weeks so I didn't get much in but so far the past two weeks I've been going nice and strong and plan on continuing it!
That would be nice if that was a good custom, but its ok we only get to see these friends every few years so I will take the break or make the time. Last time we saw them was in 2006 when we went over there for my graduation gift, it was such a great trip!
You're doing just great... just stay consistent and you'll find that it gets easier everyday.
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 170,839 | 6,268g | 24,519mg | 312,496mg | 29,132g | 11,566g | 3,859g | 10,136g |
| Averages: | 1,102 | 40g | 158mg | 2,016mg | 188g | 75g | 25g | 65g |
- Members Tracking:
- 155
- Calorie Goal:
- 238,435
- Calories Consumed:
- 216,023
- Calories Burned:
- 45,184
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 170,839 (67,596 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 20.92%
November 18th, 2009
Why is Austin getting mention on the board a lot?
Well, jvw, here's your answer and a bit of history. Heard of the LiveStrong Challenge? If you haven't check out Livestrongchallenge.com. Last year we started a team in this board that met for the first time in Livestrong Challenge Philadelphia. Check out the photos and see if you can recognize any of them: www.facebook.com/albu m.php. Everyone was really as nice and funny as they seem. Next year the team decided to go to Austin, TX for the Livestrong Challenge... this time with a bigger group it seems. So far we have the following people who are excited to join this year: Me, Charlie, Randy, Kim, Doug, Paul, Tom, Kara, Chad, Rhett--all from last year's list of participants... in addition we have Lhisa, Michelle, Tara and Terry (Kim's husband) joining next year. Everyone can join us... the team was form because of this group just let me know if you need more details. So far the challenge weekend looks like this: 5k run on Saturday that everyone is doing (I'm sure with Lhisa on this one) and a Century ride that everyone (with the exception of Charlie) is doing on Sunday. Team dinner will happen of course and the planning are all in the works.
Oh, and the official jersey design has been posted in Randy's (rmb0109g)profile photos.
Yea Man... can't wait to go.
You know I cannot do the 5k, so consider me the team cheerleader for the event, and I promise you WILL be able to hear my voice! I'm down for the century ride, though.
Wow, My first thought was I just dont have time this year but this is almost a year away. I might be able to do that. Do you think they will fill up right away? I am way to much of a procrastinator to decide by december. LOVE THE PIC's
Oh, sure. Call me out for not riding, Monet. LMAO! I'm riding on your handlebars, so there.
Yeppers
Hit the gym for about an hour and 10 minutes tonight. 15 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 - 4 mph...about a mile just to warm up before working out. I've had an issue with my left shoulder so hence no pushups for a few weeks and boy am I missing my pushups and pullups. I know, weird! I probably shouldn't be doing anything with my shoulder but I felt better tonight after the weight workout. Anyhow, after the treadmill warmup I worked back muscles for almost an hour. 6 sets of 12 reps each on 4 different machines. Gravitron (assisted pullups) with 50 pounds (so I'm lifting my weight minus the 50 pounds I think). The last two sets were with 60 pounds. Then, high low and low row with 30 pounds (superset). Finished up with Rodger's Row (seated row) with 60 pounds. In between a few exercises I worked in a set of 50 reverse crunches and another set of 25. Everyone is making great progress! Let's all keep it up and get our winter goals met!!!!
Great work out tonight - the best luck to you with your shoulder, take care and make sure to give yourself lots of rest.
Nice work done Kim but you may want to take care of that shoulder. If Cindy was still blogging she'll probably yell at you. Take care!
Great work Kim.... take care of the shoulder.
Waaaaawhooo! Man, that's a workout. :o)
Kim, you did an amazing job all things considered. You are right about the setting on the Gravitron, just take it easy on that shoulder, o.k.?
Wednesday
Another long day - meeting after work, and a few things still to do around home tonight
15 min walk this morning
lunch time at the fitness center - 5 min on treadmill to warm up; did some different
stations/exercises today, 14 or 15 of them, 2 sets of 10 reps each; warm down with 5 min
on elliptical, and some stretching
At home - pushups (40/20/40) and more stretching
Jay, nice job as usual getting it in where you can. And you're rocking those pushups!
They're just squeezing you at work before Thanksgiving week rolls in... I guess nowadays busy is a good thing. Great job getting it done Jay! Hope your days get easier as the Holidays roll in.
Way to fit it in Jay
Sounds like another great day, Jay! Great job :o)
Wednesday
Didnt go to the gym for weights this morning but I did manage to do 90 minutes after work. Again 45 minutes Yoga and 45 strength resistance.
Nice job, breeves. Might not have happened in the AM, but you took care of it in the PM.
Totally awesome and well balanced.
Great job Breeves
That's inspirational! Some would have let the day go by, but you still got it done. :o)
Great job on both yoga and strength training.
Reading all the posts
I'm reading through all the posts and I love how all the females are speaking about sweat.
Haha. Girls at my dorm who know nothing about working out (typical teens believing
starving and working out for 10 minutes=tons and tons of weight loss). I actually had a
girl confront me. "You sweat so much! I never sweat when I workout!" and I said
something about always pushing myself to the limits every workout. Then she asked if I was
some sort of athlete, which made my day! Anyway, workout is still to come
tonight! Prolly gonna do a short leg weight circuit, ddr for 30 min, then run 30 min
at the gym! I miss biking outside so bad :( I live in a really unsafe
neighborhood. In fact, I had to call the cops cause a shady looking man wearing baggy
clothes and a hoody covering his face was following me around pretending he had some sort
of leg injury and it scared me.
Hannah--I'm laughing! I couldn't imagine NOT sweating while working out.
Go get YOUR sweat on! Have fun!
Way to go girl.
You've always been more mature for your age and I'm just really very proud of you. Be safe out there young lady!
Two things: not sweating during exercise either means you aren't in an aerobic zone at all (much less anerobic), or else you are about to have heat stroke. Your sweat is part of your body's "radiator", and it needs to work. Second: PLEASE be very cautious and do not think about walking places by yourself if you believe someone is following you. When seconds matter, the police are typically several minutes away. Long enough for you to be hurt. Consider taking a self-defense class (or hang out with Charlie Girl).
Elliptical Run + Yoga for Ab's
After work today I felt well enough to run for a half hour on the elliptical machine, averaging about a 7 min. pace (4.5 mi.). After a nice relaxing shower I ended the evening with a yoga for ab's set, plus my own ab set. This took about 20 min. I did over 100 crunches and 50 reverse crunches, "yogi bicycles", etc. I should feel this tomorrow. But by then, I'll move to the lazy obliques and make them do some work.
Wow, Lhisa--glad to hear that you didn't stay sick for very long! Probably that stress of the weekend that got to you for and told you to take it easy for a day!
Looking at your workout today, it seems that you're right back up to speed! Great job!
Way to go Lhisa.... glad you are feeling better and taking it up a notch
Good work out Lhisa!!!
Lhisa, glad to hear that you are feeling so much better. Nice workouts!
Glad it all worked out for you, Lhisa.
Sounds like a nice time, Lhisa! I'm scared for your obliques because I suspect they're "in for it" today :o)
On the Road again this morning
Up at 4am and on the bike by 4:30... still a threat of rain so I wanted to make sure
I got it in. Funny thing happened this morning while riding, I was cruising along a fairly
dark road and I heard a noise to my right. When I look over there running beside me in the
grass was a 8 point Buck. It was the most awesome sight, he ran beside me for almost a
mile, he didn't veer off just stayed right beside me. I think if I had moved over a couple
of feet I could have reached out and touched him.
It is just amazing what you see when you are out and about in nature. It was a totally a
blessing to see this today.
Here are the stats from the ride today:
Distance:20 miles
Time: 1hr 15 min
Avg Spd: 20
Avg HR: 132
Max HR: 153
Here are the Stats from the Run at the Gym tonight:
Distance: 6 miles
Time: 39:47
Pace: 6.5 min mile
Cals Burned: 1327
MaxHR: 167
AvgHR: 136
Had a few test with the trainers yesterday and below are the results
VO2Max: 56.9
Waist: down 2 inches
Weight: no change :( (but the size is reducing)
BMI: 18%
Tuesday I do a caloric intake test to determine exactly how many calories I need to intake
on a daily basics. You will get a laugh out of this one. On an average workout day I will
take in about 5000 calories a day this will vary though when I am working lighter. But for
the most part that is where I am at. Now here is the funny part, she told me I was
not eating enough, that i should be bumping it up to 7000-8000 a day on the heavy days.
Also on Tuesday I will doing a Cardio Test to adjust the HR zones again to maximize where
I need to be when exercising to get the most benefit.
I have read everyone's post and boy are there some great workouts happening.
Now for some rest….
Probably true that you aren't eating enough, though your efficiency would no doubt confound her! Great workouts, Randy. Glad you are doing so well, and continue work on that "fine-tuning"!
8000 calories? eeek! I'd hate eating that much.
I'm glad you appreciated the buck :) I know a few guys who would've complained that they wished they had a gun to shoot it! Why does human kind like shooting everything that's beautiful?
Must have been amazing riding with that buck, rmb. Very, very cool. And nice riding this morning! And your run tonight - another easy six miles, huh.
Your stats look great. That weight is just redistributing itself into your muscles! So no big deal on the "weight"--fantastic on 2" gone!
Great work out and great check up with the Doc
Great job, Randy.
You got that buck interested... someone that could ride his speed. How fun!
That's awesome Randy. I remember when I had to eat higher calories when I was training for competetive Power Lifting Meets, it was tough to get in the quality vs quantity amount.
Day 1 - Complete
I managed to fit in an hour of cardio - 30 min on the APT Precor trainer and 30 min on the stationary upright bike. It said I burned 500 calories total but I don't really think those machines are that accurate.
Way to go girl.. great job
What a fantastic 60 minutes, jamer! And way to switch it up at the 30 minute mark!
Nice work!!!!
Day 3... Glowing and coolin down..
ok seen as you ladies are doing it too... sweating...
after a good 60 minute session on the cross trainer
5mins warm up at level 2
10mins level 3
10mins level 4 (well actually ended up as 13 mins as I got distracted watching Katie Price
doing a bush tucker trial on I'm a Celebrity GMOOH)
12mins level 5
10 mins level 4
5mins level 3
5mins level 2
distance 17.5km, calories burnt 400 !! Heart rate went up to 145 at the level 5 point and
stayed there all the way to the 5 min warm down, not too sure if that is good or not!!
Roy, I'm lol'ing at the distraction!!! That's just darn funny!
I say it's all good, you're up and moving and tomorrow will do so again! Right?
Great to see you here :)
Great workout today Roy.
Yes, Roy--you ARE glowing! I have no idea who Katie Price is, but if she distracts you and keeps you working out longer--then keep letting her distract you!
Great job today.
Ha-ha... you like the glow don't you!? You're keeping up just fine, Roy, keep it coming.
Wednesday - wow 3 days!
okay most of you know about how hectic my school load has been but this is the third day
in a row i've made it to the gym!! yay!! and they have all been intense
workouts... i might just do arms tomorrow... heres what went down today
i ran AGAIN!! for 20 minutes... here are the 2 minute intervals i did
walk 3.5..... run 5.0...... run 6.0...... walk 3.5.......run 5.0.......run 6.0...... walk
3.5 @ 15% incline...... walk 4.0 @ 15% incline....... walk 3.5 @ 15% inlcine.......run 7.0
normal incline (2)
then i did legs...
3x12 each exercise
leg extension - 30 lbs.... knee extension - 60 lbs.... hamstring curl - 50 lbs....
adductor machine - 115lbs.... leg press 105lbs plus whatever the machine is without
weight
then i did abs
P90X Ab Ripper X
i'm quite sore already from the past three days!! tomorrow will just be an easy bike
ride at the gym and arms!!
time to finish my paper!
Kara
Wow !! quite a workout, everyones body need a rest day now & then !
Kara - that's really rocking the intervals!! Good luck on the paper :)
Great intervals girl.
You're doing great, Kara! You must feel awesome after getting in 3 days worth of workouts in! And tomorrow a bike ride! YAY!
Great work outs
SUPER!!!
need some inspiration to get me motivated
I need your help to stay motivated!
What makes you motivated to continually tie up your runners and head out to the gym?
My story:
It's been grey and wet for the past couple of weeks and I have been hibernating in my
office or at home. On a weekly basis in an attempt to motivate myself I announce
"I will go to the gym tonight, make sure I go, infact ask me about it tomorrow."
Well tomorrow comes and along and with it the self depricating shame for not getting my
lazy ass to the gym the night before.
Then the excuses, "Oh, too busy I went out to eat." or "I am so stressed
and tired"
I tried: -planning out a weekly excercise schedule that fails after 2 days
-trying to wake up earlier to workout, it's dark by 4pm and by then I've made so many
excuses not to go the gym
-getting a trainer, at $80/hr you would have thought that will motivate me to
continue with their excercise plans. This lasts max 2 weeks.
- self- decpricating thoughts ie. geesh I can feel my thighs brushing against each other
when I walk.
I have been so used to working out at least 5 times a week for 1.5 - 2 hours each time,
10K on sundays, no problem. Suddenly winter comes along and completely wipes me out. It is
so much harder to start up all over again than maintaining. You have any suggestions or
tips?
Keep your gym stuff with you, Don't go home. Allways remember that ten minuets in you will feel much better. Try a class or two, you might find one you look forward to doing. If you can work out first thing in the am, find a work out partner. DON"T GIVE UP!! you can not fail if you do not quit.
Why don't you try asking yourself why you're so unmotivated? How do you feel after working out? Do you approach you plan to workout in a positive way? Are you just motivated to workout because you think you need to loose weight?
I love working out--that's what motivates me to go do something. It doesn't feel like a task... I see it as a personal promise and it is something that makes me feel good about myself and others. It allows me to connect to myself.
Best of luck to you.
my motivation to get started again was feeling my belly getting bigger each evening as I sat at the PC, why carry all the extra weight around all the time!
It must feel so good to have to add a weight belt when training then be able to take it off at the end of a session, at the moment I can't!!
I guess for me, I really started enjoying my workouts when I stopped tying them to weight loss. When I would work out with the sole intention of losing weight I would have serious motivation issues and periods where I didn't want to work out at all. Now that I enjoy working out for the sake of working out (seeing myself get stronger and perform better and meet my personal goals) my motivation is very different and doesn't fade as easily. Even when I don't eat right, I workout now. Before if I didn't eat right I saw no point in working out. I would dig deep and figure out what you are trying to get out of your workouts - then you can find your motivation or at least understand why you are lacking it.
Thank you for your positive comments.
- I feel great after I work out but, it is hard to use that to motivate myself when I have not been to the gym for so long.
- that's a good idea going to the gym in the AM and finding a workout buddy.
right now, i'm at the stage where I am starting to feel antsy because I have not worked out for so long. You know when you are so used to working out on a regular basis and when you stop for a week you feel groggy and a bit disgusting, times that by 3.
Edited by glozzies, on November 18th, 2009 at 3:37 pm.
I know that if I don't workout in the morning... it ain't gonna happen.
That said, when I was at a point where I had to go after work.. I did as jvw said. I had my gym stuff, water and power bar with me and did not ALLOW myself to go home until I'd at least been inside the gym for 20 mins.
You are in control --- sometimes we just have to remember that. Do it for 7 days and you'll be on your way to habit :)
Good Luck!
Why don't you make a committment to yourself to post your workouts on this group every day? Even if it's a rest day. You'd be surprised how motivating it is... :o)
Good luck!!
Different things motivate different people. Dear, you should not beat yourself up. Instead, you should find your "hot button" and push it! There are many varieties of exercise to choose from. There are motivators (this group is one, exercising with friends or a group is another example). There are habits (discipline) you can set, using creative things like alarms, a perk system for when you complete a task, your spouse's support in form of cooking dinner so that you can complete a late workout. Be as creative as your mind. In other words, limitless. I have found that (in all these years I have been doing it) a written journal still is one of the best motivators for me. Good luck. Most of all, remember YOU are the only one in charge of taking the best care of you!
Focus on that "antsy" feeling and use it to get yourself to the gym.
My motivation is that I know where I've been and how far I've come. I like where I am and want to keep moving forward.
Good luck to you with finding the right motivation that works for you, glozzies!
What gets me to exercise now is thinking about all the times I said I was going to start and never did, then when I finally started, thinking about how I would have already been so far if I would have just started the first time I said so. Does that make sense? Hahaha... this time I said I was going to do something, and I have! It feels great too! I also find that once you are a few days maybe a week into exercising everyday its much easier! We all want to see results on the first day of a diet or exercise adventure... but unfortunately it doesn't work like that. You might feel groggy now but once you start back that will turn into energy, let that be your motivation! :o] Good luck!
WOOO HOOOO
I did not get to do the planed Hiit and hevey bag work out. It was just too nice out side so i went out on the bike for an hour. Since it was interval day i rode 10min to the bigest hill in town and did 6 repeats hitting 92% of max about half way up and grinding it out to the top. The return trip was more fun. after that i rode for anothe 30min and got home as the sun was setting. That is not what the wooo hoo is about though. This afternoon I flew a plane all by my self for the first time, three beutiful landings, It may not be exercise but I garuntee it got my HR way Up. It was awsome, Life is good.
Good for you! Glad you made it outside and took advantage of the weather...
Congrats on your first Solo flight, so when are you picking us all up in the Executive Jet? apparently there's a few of us need to get to Austin next October
Wow on the bike ride and WOW!!! on the flight!
I'd say solo flight - especially your first 100 count as exercise. I only got as far as a learner's but I know every time I had the stick every muscle was tight and my breath was fast! Congratulations!!!!!
THX guys, I think it may take four or five octobers before i get the jet Roy. I keep hearing about Austin, Whats going on there??
Glad you got to enjoy the outdoors on your bike today, jvw! Good set of intervals you put in!
And outstanding job with your first solo!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Simply awesome
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Simply awesome
humbling in a good way!
I was thinking I'd take a day off from running today and check out my new Jillian Michaels
30 Day Shred dvd.
I figured I'd do the Level 1 just to take it easy and get a feel for her.
uh.... I can't believe I'm saying this but... it was hard!!! I've got lots of room to
improve!! :):)
Jillian's the bomb! And she'll turn you into a bombshell--even more than you already are, Tara!!!
Love Jillian, I am a huge BL fan.
All the circuits I do are from JM's website. I would love to have some of her DVDs some day, but right now I just do them by myself by reading up on WHAT in the WORLD each move is, etc. I really saw improvements in my strength level on the 3rd week. Great job!!
If it was hard then it can only have been doing some good
Well done Tara
Chritmas is coming Charity. :)
Don't worry, Tara...you'll be improving in no time at all.
Tara, I guarantee you'll improve and it'll show up quick by workout 5 or so like Jillian says!!! Hang in there. I thought the same thing when I started that DVD and I'm sure when I move to level II this week I'll feel just like I did when I started level I. It is just amazing how fast our bodies adapt to exercise.
Edited by sugarfree777, on November 18th, 2009 at 9:15 pm.
Phew!
JUST GOT MY BUTT KICKED BY CHARLENE! HERE I SIT AT THE COMPUTER DRENCHED IN BEAUTIFUL
SWEAT! :o] FINISHED 50 MINUTES OF TURBO JAM IN THE LIVING ROOM WHILE BABY WAS SLEEPING....
MAN THAT DVD REALLY DOES GET YOU GOING. ANYONE ELSE LOVE TURBO JAM? IF YOU HAVE NEVER
TRIED IT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT. ITS A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING! DANCE, AEROBICS,
KICK BOXING. I LOVE IT! 
You sweat when you work out?? We won't hold that against you. LOL.
Just kidding. Who SAID sweat was just for boys anyway, huh???
I love a good butt kicking these days. Congratulations!!
Wait.... Who's Charlene? lol
Hahaha! Im cooling down now.... phew! Charlene is the creator of Turbo Jam, and the instructor on the DVD's. :o] Shes really energetic which I like. I must get rid of this baby weight! Hehe!
I've heard a lot of others (on the Beachbody site) rave about Turbo Jam but haven't tried it myself.
Nothing better than a good sweat - makes your skin glow :)
Good Job!
Great job, girl! Yah, be proud to wear that sweat...
I'm not much for kickbox stuff--in fact Kenpo is the only workout dvd in the P90X that I choose to skip.
Nothing better than getting a good glow on well done
Sounds like a great DVD, Ciara - anything with kickboxing has got to be good!
Ciara... have you tried Zumba. It's also dance inspired... with latin influences. I love it.. I come out of that class drenched everytime. I do believe they have dvd's also. Much fun.. I will have to look into the Turbo Jam!
Wednesday Lunch Time Cardio
In honor of the runners in the group, I incorporated more running (slow jogging)
into my lunch time walk today. It's just gorgeous out there. SUNNY with a chilly
breeze.
So my walk was 2.5 miles total and of that distance there was a total of .5 miles running
mixed in, broken up at various intervals. That's...... (getting my calculator)....20%
jogging!!
Have a happy wednesday everyone!
sounds wonderful!
Nice way to take advantage of the weather and lunch break!
Aaaw... so sweet of you, Charity. I will take that honor and be grateful forever. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoy seeing you post and respond and be so caring towards others.
You are an isperation Charity, Happy happy hump day to you too. We'll be dancing before you know it.
Well done, Happy hump day from here too
That's 20% more that you've done in the past! Great job with your running, Charity! Keep it up! And I agree--the weather has been just perfect for running outdoors.
Way to go, Charity!
woot!
Well I did 90 minutes on the treadmill. Intervalls at 3.0, 3.5 and 4.5 at 5 minutes
each.
I did not feel "winded", but the 4.5 was hard at the end. I think I'll stick to
this for this week. :)
My legs hurt and I'm gunna go stretch to mebbe keep the cramps from setting in too bad
tonight. :)
Alright! Sounds great. Don't forget to stretch or we'll sig Jay, the stretching king, on you!!
Nice intervals :)
Tried yoga? Good yoga session can do a body some good.
if your legs are realy bothering you try a yoga class, Look for a beginer one if you have never done it. It really helps loosten every thing up and to give you more energy. You are doing great, keep it up.
now that is a good tip about the Yoga, thanks.
keep it up Mika.
You're doing fantastic, mika!
Yes I did
Dug out my old P-90 workout dvd's. This was the workout that the
now infamous P-90X series was built off of. So I started with the beginning circuit 1-2,
which took 20 solid minutes of the basic stuff. Not bad........and better than nothing
when my gym is 16 miles away.
Excellent, way to work it in :o)
I was looking into the P-90X DVD's yesterday. Not sure if it is for me. What I did find though was some dance DVD's that really intrigued me.... who says dancing isn't exercise right? Heh! Anyhow, results from the P-90X look promising... good luck! :o]
my p90's keep yelling at me from the shelf --- I was hooked on them for a long time. It's a good workout - no doubt about that!
Who wants to drive 16 miles when you can do just as awesome from home. Gotta love P90X--I still do! And the results are not just promise they're for real ;)
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 18th, 2009 at 1:40 pm.
This is starting to look like a px 90 add. They should pay you guys :)
well that got me googling it, looks like a very good workout.
one of my fav quotes is "something is better than nothing"
Nice job, Dennis. Basics are always good stuff.
I watched one of those workouts Dennnis when I got the P90X DVD's and it looked killer to me. Nice work!
Got it in today!!
I did the Taebo Core work out today!!! and feel great!...now i just have to tackle this test that I have to take in an hour...boo
Way to work it out!! Good luck with the test!!
hope you aced your test -- good job on getting the exercise in!
Great job getting your workout in and good luck with your test.
Thanks all!! I got a 95% Wahoo!!!
Congrats on the Test results, and the workout too :-)
And all around good day, wlm!
Going to Miss My Workouts
I am so thrilled to be heading to San Diego for my oldest son's Marine graduation but with the tight schedule over the next three days I know I won't be able to get down to the hotel gym and workout. Sooooo I am going to have to really watch my calories. I know Family Day consists of a lot of walking BUT we have been told our new Marines will want to EAT:-) He has lost so much weight, I know he will want to eat:-) Soooo I am just hoping to keep my tracking in mind and that I have to come back and get right back into it. BUT I will have both boys here to motivate me and they DO:-)
Oh man.... you're not gonna pull a "Carrie" and run through the rain to work out in the hotel laundry room??? :o)
Have a wonderful trip!!!
Priorities!!! Your son and celebration!!
This will all be here waiting patiently for you when you return. I wouldn't give it more than a passing thought.
Please tell your son THANK YOU for his service and THANK YOU to you and your family too.
Safe travels!
Have a wonderful time...
Ditto on the THANK YOU's. I bet your son could help you with a few push up variations. I never met a Marine I didn't like. Have a great time.
Thanks from me as well!!! Im sure it will be great to see him again!! My Boyfriend is in the Military and there is nothing better than him coming home!!!
Enjoy the time with your son and send him my many thanks!
Calling For A Break?
Ok, so you know how everyone was advising on me taking it easy last week. I think I really must have reached that physical 'plateau'. I went away this weekend and I didn't get to do any exercises, and although I felt guilty, I was pretty motivated to do something I just didn't get a chance to b/c of running around. The minute I got back home though I jumped right on the exercise wagon. It's only day two and I'm already exhausted and this morning could not climb that treadmill. I know I'm eating well, b/c hair and nails are growing, so that's not the problem. I can always use a little more sleep but that's every day ;^). The most amazing thing though is, when I came home after not exercising and eating almost 2k Cals on Saturday I came back weighing a bl lighter. I weighed myself today and I'm back to the weight I was when I left. I'm really not complaining about the bl thing b/c I seem to be loosing inches, my clothes are fitting beautifully. Just wondering if this is only a mystery to me.
I've always found that tracking your weight over a short time frame (like weekend) is confusing. I would suggest following your "10-day calorie intake" graph here on the site and only weighing once a week. As for your exercises (which you tend to do beautifully and faithfully), keep it up, maintain the calories on "My Plate", and you'll SEE where the changes occur--in color!
you can't let the scale be your guide.... it's about fitness and how you feel :)
Good job on jumping back on it.
I think it might be a moon phase or some thing, I have been tierd all week too. Just keep up the great work and your energy will spike again.
I totally agree Jay, it's definitely something.
Tuesday's Workout
You guys lingered in my head... so many voices in my head last night while running and I
am ever so grateful for you voices. I did my run but I just knew by mile 2 that my body
still needs for time and you kept reminding me of that. It was a good run though
I wanted more but you know sometimes your heart and your mind agrees the body will be
good to you in time.
RUN
Distance: 3.71 Miles
Duration: 30:04
Pace: 8'05" min/Mi
STAIR STEPPER - 15 minutes at level 11
Make it great today!
~mnet
Satisfied with what was accomplished last night!
Nice workout!! Good job listening to your body and going easy on the run. It will pay off and you will be running as long as you desire soon...
Great job getting back in the groove and going easy on yourself at first, Monet. Keep feeling better!
Way to listen to your body, Monet. We all know you will rock it out once you've recovered more. Anyway, that workout would have knocked me out on a good day! Still impressive :o)
Thank you for listening :)
Your body will thank you by getting better faster.
Must be auffull crowded up there, can you here Jay and Charlie arguing??
(crackin' up)!!!
Glad to hear you working back slowly, Monet. And if I was in your head with you, hopefully I got to ride in a wagon, or something. Otherwise, you would have only have heard me gasping for air! Fantastic on the stair machine too!
And, jvw--Jay and I don't argue...we're tag-team wrestling.
I feel better...
Got both of my workouts in!! The treadmill was just short interval since I had
already gotten in my Body Pump class. Which I must add.. I have been taken this
class consitently for 1 1/2 year and it never gets easier. But I have noticed how tight my
booty, quads and back are starting to look.
I have a question for anyone who may want to tackle this. I am getting back into
my cardio workout again as you may or may not have noticed. I usually do 2 minutes
running.. 1 minute walking.. 2 minutes high incline and start all over again for
30 minutes ( some where in there I fit in a 3 minute working rest) also
with in this work out going at different speeds. I start with my jog at 5.0 then
I try to get it up to 6.0 at the very end in 30 seconds sprints. All that being
said does my distance count, or at this point am I simply just doing this for cardio.
Also I can't remember where I saw this at (magazine, internet, tv) but I
heard that you are only burning fat after a certain amount of time with in your
cardio workout. Has anybody heard of this and is there any truth
to it.
Yes this is just one big ramble!!!!
ooopppsss almost forgot
Today
Zumba and intervals on the tradmill with some abs
Glad today was better for you, Dani. About your question... I sort of remember this in college but that was a long time ago for me to remember all the details. As far as I can and need to remember, yes, your body only burns fat for a period of time. It is also important to remeber that it takes aboiut 12 minutes for your body to warm up (meaning change of blood flow) during aerobic activity--so if you performed 15 minutes of aerobic activity you really only worked your body at an intense level for 3 minutes. That being said, it is best to go with your cardiovascular burning zone (higher bpm) instead of your fat burning zone (lower bmp) is you're going for weight loss. Not only will you burn more calories, you're burning more fat, and allows for you to have better cardiovascular health. Interval trainings work that way--do you wear a HR monitor? Every person's cardivascular burning zone is different because you need to consider your own fitness.
About your question regarding considering distance when doing interval training... every run has it's purpose (at least for most runners). I do 3 basic runs: interval, tempo, and long. Among these 3 types of runs LONG is the only run that concerns distance, TEMPO concerns pace, and INTERVAL concerns speed change so NO you distance does not matter. Interval training to others concern change of bmp--for weight loss and to maintain fitness.
You thought you rambled... I rambled more.
Dani, one proponent of your style of running here locally has a huge following. It is true that your body is still burning calories at very close to the same rate from walking vs. running, assuming you maintain a constant cardiac "zone" (aerobic to anaerobic). In doing so, the walk intervals are really small, a ratio of about 1:00 walk to say 5-6 min. of running. To follow this for your own information, you might try a heart rate monitor, and also buy a book (there are several out there) which describe how to accurately set your own MHR (maximum heart rate) as well as targeting your aerobic zone. In wearing a heart rate monitor, you will KNOW by your heart rate (as opposed to simply guessing) what type of aerobic or anerobic zone your are in when walking an incline or running a flat. The key to weight loss is amount of calories burned and staying in the negative zone (more calories burned than you are consuming). There is no such thing as "fat burning", contrary to popular belief. What changes is your ratio of lean body weight to fat percentage, and that is simply an estimate at best.
Great workout Dani! And great question that sparked a good education moment :o)
Great question! I've been using interval training to help boost my lung capacity. I certainly don't know all the specifics about it but it definitely helps to build on each run.
Great workout, Dani. Seems like everyone had some good advice for you!
For me, I look at intervals as a way to help keep from getting bored! LOL
Ahhh, well, they also help with increasing my speed. And I'd rather spend 20 - 30 minutes doing intervals and torch a lot of calories than spend 2x or more the amount of time at a steady state burning the same amount of calories.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to answer my question. I think maybe I should invest in a heart rate monitor. And Monet I love that you break your runs up, Thats a great idea, and I'm sure it will help with keep from getting bored and the workouts a challenge.
Thanks
You can bet on it!
30 minutes on the elliptical
30 minutes run/incline walk on the treadmill
ABS
Compound Set X3 of
Progressive Crunches (20 counts)
Pliates hold 30 seconds
Compound Set X3 of
Reverse crunches
Cycle crunches
Compound Set X2 of
S/B sides
Back extention with 5 pounds.
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 18th, 2009 at 7:41 am.
Very nice and solid workout!
Great job on an excellent workout combo, Simz!
Wow, a power packed combo punch. I love it!
very nice!!
that looks like a nice long one. GREAT JOB!!
Nice, simz!
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 145,362 | 6,160g | 20,198mg | 286,786mg | 24,354g | 8,444g | 2,676g | 9,858g |
| Averages: | 870 | 37g | 121mg | 1,717mg | 146g | 51g | 16g | 59g |
- Members Tracking:
- 167
- Calorie Goal:
- 252,073
- Calories Consumed:
- 195,625
- Calories Burned:
- 50,263
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 145,362 (106,711 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 25.69%
November 17th, 2009
Tuesday
I 'm home late tonight - but I read through the posts and you all just ROCK, this is such
a great group. People are doing so much great stuff and making so many
improvements.
15 min walk during lunch
Fitness Center after work - 30 min on exercise bike, 15 min on treadmill, plus
stretching.
Hi Jay! You're consistent as always... rest up--the week is almost over.
Way to go Jay, you're doing great
Your just as solid as the rest of us Jay.
You put together a nice day of multiple workouts, Jay--congrats!
Oh, nice to see you squeezed it in once again, Jay! You're pretty great yourself :o)
Another full day for you, Jay! And just remember--since you belong to this group, you must rock too!
Just bearly made it
I didn't do any routine... That is too hard for me to stay focus, but i went to the animal shelter and took out the big dogs to play, run, and train for about 2.5 hours. Does this count for exercise?
Your moving for 2.5 hours, that's a great big start. Great job
Hey any activity that involves you not being behind a computer, desk, on the sofa, or looking at tv that you broke a sweat with ( because I'm sure you did) counts. It's a start, you just need to find a workout that you like, in order to stay focused.
Good Luck! and Keep being active.
You got out and moved for 2 1/2 hours as well as got those pups out to play! Yup--it counts!
Sure Did
For a few seconds I thought about not getting up this morning, but I'm glad I did.
Mixing in some more cardio these days:
10 Minutes Recumbent Bike
1.1 2x12 Wide Grip Pulldown
1.2 2x1Minute Wall Squat
1.3 2x1Minute Cardio
2.1 2x12 Dumbbell Row (8 lbs)
2.2 2x12 Forward Lunge
2.3 2x1Minute Cardio
3.1 2x12 Superman
3.2 2x12 Static Lunges
3.3 2x1Minute Cardio
4.1 2x12 Dumbbell Biceps Curl (8 lbs)
4.2 2x12 Bicycle Crunch (modified)
4.3 2x1Minute Cardio
5.1 2x12 Concentration Curls (8 lbs)
5.2 2x12 Russian Twists
5.3 2x1Minute Cardio
10 Minutes Recumbent Bike
I'm glad you made yourself get up too... look at all that hard work you should really be proud of and brag about!!!
way to go Charity, great job. You should be very proud of what you are doing
Great job Charity
Wow Charity... You are really moving along. Great Job!
Very nice routine you have down, Charity!
:o}
Hello group! I am new and so very excited to join with you guys! Today I walked up Mt.
Rubidoux. 2 miles up and 2 miles back down. Finished in 1 hour. The weather was perfect
and the sunset was beautiful!
What could be more perfect... welcome to the group!
Welcome to the group Ciara. You will love this group, a lot of encouragement and support.
Welcome aboard - what a great walk today. This is a great group, you will love it
Thank you! I love it already! :o]
cricket
I worked out on the fitness ball this morning for 15 min today . The first time in 2 years. I felt good because I started. I am taking one day at a time. I ate healther today also.
Awesome! That is where I am at as well... one day at a time. I just had my baby 2 1/2 months ago... I am now 3 weeks into eating better and exercising. And it does feel good! Enough reason to keep on keeping on! :o] Best of luck to you!
Slowly but surely and eating healthier definitely does the trick. It is easier to eat healthy when you're consistently exercising.
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 17th, 2009 at 9:51 pm.
Tuesday
lunch run 3:18 - 28:53
mma class at night
Keepin' it simple... slick! Did you show 'em what a true "girl fight" is like? Great double today, Charlie!
Ok, that was a really good time on the lunch run, right?? :o)
Another 2-fer. No wonder your post was short and sweet. You must be beat. (Wink)
good run Charlie.. I am going to have to step it up a notch to stay up with you and Monet in Austin.
Nice job on the lunch run, and I bet it increases your CV endurance in MMA class!
I tried to do it today!
Yesterday I got through the whole work out with the amplifier bar!!! so proud of myself!!! That being said my upper body is extremely sore today, but I wanted to work out anyway. I tried to do the next level up with the bar and it did not turn out well. It was way too hard so I did 15 minutes of it and was completely worn out...I guess this means I should work my way up to that one a little slower!
way to go wlm... great job
i get like that sometimes i'm so determined i just want to jump ahead... working up is the best way!! great job!!
hey, wlm...were you working your upper body again today after doing it yesterday? don't forget to allow a day in between to let your muscles recover. it's really important.
Under the Weather
Yesterday I did a great a.m. yoga set, and did not feel like doing anything much after work. Today I woke up with a a stomach bug, and I did something really dumb in view of that (I got on the bike and rode for about 20 min.). After material sweating and suffering, I gave it up to recover and feel better. Yuck.
Rest and lots of fluids, get better soon. :)
Hope you feel better, Lhisa!
Get to feeling better girl
Yikes... it's definitely spreading. Good try today, Lhisa and I hope you'll feel better soon.
i hate when your sick and all you want to do is workout!! get better soon!
Oh boy.... I hope you feel better soon! Isn't it amazing that you didn't get sick until AFTER your big weekend? THAT'S definitely the silver lining.
tue
No i was too busy blogging, Just kidding. I wasnt going to because it was a hectic day and i was lacking motivation. Then I came on and read everyones blogs and decided to do a little yoga at home which in honor of jay turned into 10 push ups x 10 with yoga in between. No gym no weights just a matt and i got a great 45m work out, did some bycles planks and jacknifes at the end. I got in a great yoga class last night too. I think tomrrow i need to hit things to balance out all this being one with the universe stuff. Sweet dreams every one. :)
Haha that's the way to do it
yeah, jvw! way to use the board as it is intended to be used!
remember: tomorrow--hit'em hard!
way to go jvw, great job
Just great! The beauty of just checking in, huh!?! That's the way we do it... great job Mister!!!
Nnnnnnice! Impressive that you powered through it whether you wanted to or not. And thanks for the laughs too! :o)
Day two....
nearly didn't happen but Thanks to Monet for a very timely shout out!
This evenings Cross trainer session
5min warm up @level 2
10mins level 3
10 mins level 4
5 mins level 5 - heart rate peaked at 136
5 mins level 4
5 mins level 3
5 mins warm down @ level 2
Calories burnt 290, distance covered 12.75km, speed throughtout was between 16.8
& 17.5kmh
and I'm feeling good :-D
I posted Day one as a reply to my first post from Sunday, but now realise that with the
amount of postings it's best to do a new post each day insated of expecting you to scroll
down so far.
so here's yesterdays post/session stats again, if you are interested..
"Thanks for the welcome , well I'd forgotten my boss was visiting today, so had to go
out for a meal with him this evening.
I got back at 11:30 and hopped on the Cross trainer and did a 30 min session
(10 mins warm up at level 2, 10 mins at level 4, 10 mins warm down at level 2) figures off
the on board readout :- av speed 16.7km/h distance covered 8.3km, Calories burnt 190,
heart rate was around 128bpm. not much but it's a starting point :-D
Charlie, the goal is to be fit enough to enjoy my Kitebuggying holiday in Denmark next
July!
Greetings from Germany "
And there you have it, Roy--motivation at it's finest! Monet is really great at motivating the whole room!
You had a spectacular two days' worth of work! I'm glad you hopped over here! It's always nice to see new faces!
And go grab those weights out of the cellar. They'll make a fine addition to your crosstrainer!!
It sounds like a great goal that you're working towards! Not sure what kitebuggying is, but it sounds like it could be really fun!
Great work out, you have done the hardest part, You started.
Great job today Roy..
Hey you did all the hard work I just nag--LOL! Nice work Roy and with that hard work and motivation you may even kitebuggy it all the way to Austin, TX next year--October. Hint! Hint!
awesome job!!! Monet is definitally a motivation machine!
i'v just started today....
today i started livestrong and i'm loving it up2 now, i just worked out i did
30min jogging and 100 vigrous sit-ups, i think i done well considering i havn't worked out
in a while GO ME !! i'll be in agony in the mornin when i wake up but all worth it in the long run.....I
HOPE
Welcome Jo, well done
I just started yesterday, taking it easy first
Hey, joyouo--welcome to the group...and it looks like you started out most awesomely! It definitely will be worth it! So keep at it!
There is nothing better than delayed onset muscle sorness, congrats and welcome :)
Welcome to the group Jo. Work your way into it.. Great Job today
You won't be in agony I promise... you will even love that sore feeling.
I get angry when I dont feel sore... haha! I love love love the feeling!
Pushing...
ok so I did 80 minutes today in 5 minute intervals of different speeds. Mainly cause
I can't maintain 4.5 like I should be able to yet.
so a total of 15 minutes at 3.0, a total of 35 minutes at 3.5, a total of 30 minutes
at 4.5.
Those last few times at 4.5 were hard... especially saying to myself it's just one and a
half more minutes... only 60 seconds... and pushing through the 5 minutes instead of
dropping down like I really really wanted to.
Body hurts everywhere. But it's a good hurt and will go away in time.
My heart rate stayed at 170-180 while at the 4.5 and would drop down to 145-155 at 3.5 and
would come all the way down to 130-140 at 3.0. Most of that was in the "burn"
zone so I feel pretty good about today's workout. Gunna try to duplicate it
tomorrow.
Oh to be young again :-)
what a good workout, all the best trying to do it again tomorrow.
Verry impressive, keep up the good work.
Nice job with your intervals today, mika! You're making some great progress!
And, Roy--don't let age stop you! Take a look at Randy's (rmb0109ga) posts--he's REALLY old and he never stops!
Great job, nice to see your regular posts :o)
Great Work out.. It's not all about what you can't do..... be proud of what you can accomplish. And if you keep at this regularly you will be at 4 with ease. And then 5.0. So good job and keep at it. Have you looked at the c25k (couch to 5k) www.coolrunning.com. It helped me in the past get my pace up.
Tuesday's Workout
okay so I posted yesterday workout earlier today... today this is what i did
treadmill - 2 1/2 minute intervals between 3.6, 5.0, 6.0 for 15 minutes
bike - 5 minutes
arms
curls 3x12 @ 10
overhead extensions 3x12 @ 10
lifts 3x12 @ 10lbs
pull down 3x12 @ 60lbs
abs - 3x15 @ 10lbs... oblique bends
was a good workout... now its time for dinner and homework!!
well done, hmmm looks like I'm going to have to dig my weights out of the cellar!!
Kara! Great job today! Hope your dinner turned out good--it sure sounded great!!!
Way to go Kara, great job today
Yay! You're doing great!
Happy Tuesday!!
Today I walked to school and then tonight I am doing a 60 minute pilates class with some friends. My first pilates class hope it's fun!! I'll let you know how it goes.
An hour well spent methinks, all the best.
will have look up what Pilates is, a friend on FB has just started that too
Have fun at your class tonight, laura! Let's hear about it later!
Way to go Laura, Great Job, hope you have fun in pilates class this evening
Way to get some extra exercise in! Your fitness plan certainly has a lot of variety. Hope you had fun at pilates!
Rode the stationary bike this morning
Did about 20 miles and had a good workout. Think I'm coming down with a cold though. Tomorrow will be a rest day if that is the case. Hope you all have great workouts.
Uh-oh! I didn't give you the cold, did I? Take plenty of C's--hope you don't get it as bad as I did. Glad you had a good ride today--be well.
Wow we're all getting this cold thing around here.... Hang in there and take a few rest days, that helped me out a lot.
Well done with the workout and Gute besserung!
Nice job with your ride this morning, sam! Hope those germs don't stick around too long!
Hmmmmm..
Yesterday I had a plan and it was wrecked by traffic!! I left a few
minutes let and I was stuck in gridlock for atleast a hour or so. And that's a major when
you have a 5 year old that's tired and hungry. So I just went home, then I could not
get inspired to do anything at home. But today I will not let it conquer me!
On another note my doctor called and said a test revealed that I have a pretty large
ovarian cyst. That sucks... because I'm sure that is going to call for surgery. Uggghhhh.
Anywho keep my in your prayers and I will you updated, I go in tomorrow to
discuss options.
Ha.. I forgot to mention that todays workout is... Body Pump ( 60 minutes )and running intervals (30-45 mins we shall see).
Oh Dani... I am praying real hard for you--get your surgery and hopefully it is enough. Hang in there, girl! We're all wishing for the best and keep us informed.
I just had a friend who had surgery for that. I will pray for you Dani.
Prayers up
Dani--have a blast at your class and doing your intervals tonight (you can do it!!!)
And sending thoughts your way. Hope things tomorrow aren't as bad as they may seem.
Thanks.. my friends, motivators and inspirations.
Tuesday Circuit Training
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I get to do a one hour Circuit Training class ---- today didn't
disappoint.
We brought it quite nicely and finished with a bit of balance/core work.
Have a GREAT day everyone!
Sounds like a great class. Glad it lived up to your expectations.
Bring it!!!! Where's Roy? LOL!
Nice work today, Tara...
Don't you love good class instructors?
Here I am Monet ! still finding my way around the forum and website oh and Thanks, I nearly didn't do anything tonight until I saw your post.
It sounds a great class you go to Tara, well done
Woot woot, Tara! Love your attitude about, well, everything!
Monday's Workout
OKay i will post today's workout later... yesterday i did a workout that felt good... here
is what i did
Stair Master - Fat Burner Plus - Level 7 - 12 minutes
Legs:
Leg Press 105lbs plus what ever the machine is without added weight - 4 x 12
Hamstring Curl - 3x12 @ 50 lbs
Knee Extension - 3x12 @ 60 lbs
Leg Extension - 3x12 @ 30 lbs
Inner Thigh Machine - 2x12 @ 115 lbs
Abs -
Ab Ripper x - all 25 reps for each exercise but some were broken into 2 sets of 12/13
i'll post todays workout later... i'm doing cardio, arms, and abs today
Kara
Wow.. Looks like a great workout. Nice job!
Nice, Kara! Way to take advantage of your one 3-hour class day...
And another fantabulous workout, Miss Kara! You're doing awesome! (Hope school is behaving for you!)
Yesterday
Got in a 4 mile walk in the morning (with my dog) before the big wind storm came
through.
These last 2 wks here on the Oregon coast have been filled with lots of rain, so I'm
trying to
get into a some sort of routine????
Take care all
Nothing like a good walk with a four-legged friend :)
thats a great walk!!!
Nice job. It can be so hard to work around the weather. Hope you find a routine that works out for you.
Sneak it in as often as you can... it's no fun feeling trapped. Great walk today and I hope you can get more of this and maybe a ride :)
Well it sounds like you got in a great walk! I know it's not what you where hoping for, but maybe you will be able to squeeze a ride in soon.
Take it when you can get it Dennis! WTG you and Kiva on a great walk and beating the storm!
Slowly
Well I truly underestimated the intensity of the virus that I caught because I still have
a cough though the fever stopped kicking in a while back. It will be 2 weeks this Thursday
and I have been so anxious about getting back into the two weeks of training that I
missed. Thanks to everyone who have been wishing me well... I've had my gym bag ready in
my car for so many days now just waiting to see if I'll be ok to run in the PM. I haven't
had much luck because of this nasty cough so the gym bag will have to wait again and see
how things are when I get off work later. I managed to do some light workout for the
last two days--I needed it.
Sunday
2 miles WALK in the park with a few pull ups and push-ups
in between - it was so nice to breath in some fresh air. Had a little
temptation to run... thank goodness the boyfriend kept me from doing so.
Monday
90 minutes P90X YOGA
And Charlie, the shavasana in the P90X yoga session is only 1 minute. The shortest
shavasana I've ever encountered in any of my yoga practice...
Wish me luck tonight! I really need my run...
~mnet
Hey Lil Sis... sure hope you get your run in tonight . Glad to hear that you are feeling a little better.
If you need anything drop me a line. Still haven't figured out how keep the soup hot while riding out there.
Hope you get a little bit of a run in but don't overdo it!!!
There are so many yucky viruses (i?) out there - I have friends who have gotten over one only to get another right away since their bodies were weakened.....
Sounds like your bf is taking extra great care of you -- please give him our thanks! We need you well soon!
I completely understand. I've had that crude for over a week now.....YUCK!!!
I hope you feel better soon!! Good luck getting a run in.. Hope it works out for you.
Oh girl I feel you ... that stuff is icky. And it takes a while to recover. I'm glad you a feeling well enough to get out and take a walk. Hang in there and you will regain your strength.
Everyone is getting sick!! Poor monet! I can't imagine you taking a 2 week break from training for anything, so that virus must really be something :(
FEEL BETTER.
Take it slow, you don't want to push too hard and get sick again, Best of luck, lots of good energy coming your way.
Yeah, you've been missed, Monet. Hurry up and get rid of that crud, OK?
And your gym bag will wait for you. It's pretty patient. Take it easy like you have been.
Oh, good, so I don't have to just ditch that Yoga disk. Any longer than a minute and well, forget it! LOL
Monet - so glad you are staring to feel better. Hoping and praying the very best for you. Looking forward to you getting healthy soon.
It is so good to see you back on line and posting. I just don't think this group is complete without you. So appreciate who you are and how you are such a great motivator and encourager.
Rode this morning
Got up at 4:00 this morning and hit the rode for 50 miles. Nice an quiet on the road at
that time of the morning. But it is suppose to be raining this afternoon so I wanted to
get it in early.
Tonight I have a meeting with a trainer to do a Body analysis and VO2MAX test to see what
has improved over the last few months. So we will taking measurements and then I get to
run for 3 miles starting at an incline of 0 working our way up to 14... Yipee anybody have
a rope I can borrow while climbing this mountain.
After this test, then I will be in the pool for my normal Tuesday 1500 meter drills.
Had a friends daughter call me last night and ask me how long it would take me to train
her for an Ironman Tri. I almost fell out of my chair, because I have know this girl since
she was 2 and do not recall her participating in any athletics. Although she has the body
build for it, she just has not been that interested in it. So we discussed the idea and
basically that we needed to do this in baby steps, with a couple of sprints first, then
olympic distances and see how she liked it and then after that if she truly wanted to
compete on that level I would help her through the stages.
So I drove over to their house to talk to Mom, Dad and Kerry. I asked her some of the
tough questions that a 18 year old does not want to here...
1. Why a Tri?
2. Are you ready to conquer your personal Mt Everest?
3. Are you ready to commit to training 6 days a week, 2- 4 hours a day?
4. Are you ready and willing to change the way and what you eat?
5. What does Mom and Dad think about this?
I'm still waiting for those answers, but I told her I would meet her in the gym
thursday to do a swim analysis and Friday to do a run analysis. She doesn't have a
bike yet so we will look into that a little later if she shows me that she has the
commitment. We discussed the various stages and the up and downs of each. I will keep
everyone posted as to how things turn out. She seems excited about it, but we have all
seen that excitement before and Tri's are not for everyone. There are a lot of fears that
you must overcome, for most people it is the fear of swimming in open water.
Well guess I need to get back to work..... I will let everyone know how my test turn out
today.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY.
Wow! I am impressed:-)
As far as the 18 year old, that would be an awesome accomplishment!! I have a friend who has started doing sprint Tri's (at 50 years old) and I would be thrilled just to do one of those let a lone an Ironman!! But if I were 18 again.......:-)
I would certainly be interested in reading about her training if she decides to go for it:-)
Thanks:-)
Ok I know you're a professional photographer and I know you've trained people for tria's as well but do you do that professionally too? Gosh, Brig Bro, the people around you are just so lucky. Why did you move to Georgia????? Anywho you do awesome job always and always so inspiring.
Great job on getting out there early - pre-planning at it's best :)
Sounds like Kerry is in great hands and it must help you to continue to grow and progress in your training --- teaching is such a symbiotic event!
It's quite impressive of you to offer your time and expertise though --- very awesome!
Nice job Randy on the training and the advice to this 18yr old.
i'm jealous! i would love to get outside on the bike but between school and now that its pretty cold outside there isn't much time! but i think my dad is getting a bike trainer so he can ride all winter and i told him if he gets one i need one so he doesn't totally whip my butt in philly this summer!!!
You are the perfect mentor, Randy. Anyone that you take under your wing should be very thankful.
Workout
Well I didnt work out over the weekend. Did however play a round of golf.
Monday: 1 1/2 hours of aroebics. 45 minutes of Yoga and and 45 of
strength training.
Today so far. 45 minutes of weight lifting at gym. Today is back day so did
lat pull downs, rows. high rows, traps. 4 sets of each with 10 rep
sets. Still planning on getting my cardio in tonight after work.
Way to go, great job
That's plenty done for Monday... great job!
Looks like you made up for not working out over the weekend with the past two days' worth of stuff--and great stuff at that! Nice job, breeves!
Today.
My workout for today.
10 minute warm up on the elliptical.
Chest and Back weight workout.
Compound Set
S/B D/B Press X3 sets, 10 pounds.
Push ups X3 sets.
Compound Set
Standing D/B press X2 sets, 5 pounds.
Incline D/B fly X2 sets, 7 pounds.
Compound Set
Lateral pull down X3 sets, 20 pounds.
Seated row X3 sets, 15 pounds.
Compound Set
Incline prone D/B row X2 sets, 12 pounds.
Straight arm row X2 sets, 10 pounds.
Compound Set
Shrugs (HS) X 2 sets, 8 pounds.
Rear delts (HS) X 2 sets, 5 pounds.
20 minutes of the elliptical after.
Done for the day.
Way to go Simran, great job today.
Nice work Simz... now enjoy the rest of your day.
Look at you go, Simz! Great workout today!
(How was your birthday celebration?!?!)
Hey everyone
For all those who know me--Hi!
For all those who don't- Hello to you too!
I've been working out mostly every other day, 4-5 times a week. Some days I elliptical at
a high resistance lvl (14/20) for 30 min then I do a 30 min HIIT session, or
sometimes I do body weigh exercises + HIIT, or I just play DDR for an hour. I'm
finally at a point where I'm quite happy with my body. I lost 8 pounds to a nice
129lbs now, which I've maintained with much ease. The 8 pounds was mostly fat, so my
body fat percentage took a dive from 21-23% to 18-19%. It's cool not seeing any
lumps and bumps under my bra and having a flat-ish tummy.
Anyway, I still track religiously! Just haven't been posting on here as much as I
used to.
Today I..
-Jumping Squats (30)
-Jumping Lunges (20)
-Wall Sits (2min)
-Situps/Crunches (30 of each)
-Planks x3
-Squats with 25lbs (30)
Repeat 2-3 times (some I repeated 3 times, others just twice)
Then I hopped on my Dance Dance Revolution and rocked out endless mode til heart rate
monitor ticked at 600 cals burned.
After, did some good stretching.
Way to go girl. Great job.
Good job, that sounds like a great workout! What is HIIT?
Glad you stopped by, Hannah, for what it looks like you are handling things very well. Take care always.
Love that new picture, btw. I almost didn't recognize you in your new look--you're such a beauty!
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 17th, 2009 at 7:22 am.
Hiya Hannah!!! Must be something in the air bringing us back.... maybe it's like comfort-food for the soul!
Hey, Hannah--great to see you...and I agree with Monet--you new picture is beautiful!
You have been working hard, girl! Keep on dancing!
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 160,119 | 6,547g | 26,865mg | 330,071mg | 27,275g | 10,006g | 3,181g | 10,732g |
| Averages: | 885 | 36g | 148mg | 1,824mg | 151g | 55g | 18g | 59g |
- Members Tracking:
- 181
- Calorie Goal:
- 269,454
- Calories Consumed:
- 210,916
- Calories Burned:
- 50,797
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 160,119 (109,335 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 24.08%
November 16th, 2009
Monday work out
Hi all, so I have periodically been in this group the past year but now I plan on posting more. I had a busy weekend and didn't get any workouts in as I was on a road trip for the majority of the time and ate pretty badly too. Today I got back to the gym and did intervals on the treadmill and then I did my upper body weight training. Tomorrow is my cross day for cardio so I'll bike/elliptical and then do legs.
Welcome back!
A great day, glad you are back
Glad to have you back and look forward to reading your post.
welcome back, 311! You had a great Monday--looking forward to seeing your Tuesday workout!
Monday
Full day in the office, so no morning or afternoon walk
Fitness Center at noon - 5 min warm up on bike, and then circuits of pushing,
pulling exercises with machines and db's (10 stations/variations today). 3 cicuits of 10
reps each.
Evening - pushups (30/30/40) When I got home it was dark and windy and pouring down rain -
so I decided some extra evening stretching was in order - and a lot warmer
Jay
Way to go Jay.. Great workout
Hey, Jay--looks like you had a really good noon workout--nice! And then to come in with all those pushups later on--awesome! Gotta love those pushups! (cough)
Here's hoping that you stay dry tomorrow!
Wow, you really knocked it out today, Jay! No mercy on the pushups. Way to go! :o)
A productive day anyway!
Monday, Monday
Lunch: Upper - Superset
Stability Ball Pushups to In and Outs (push up, with feet on SB, then tuck knees into
chest & back out) 3x12 superset w/ Lat Pulldowns (70#) 12/12/6
Hammers (15# dbs) 12/8/6 superset w/ Triceps V-pressdown (40#) 3x12
Front to Side Raises (5# dbs) 3x12
Reverse Flyes (5# dbs) 3x12
Night: MMA
2 x 3 min rounds jump rope warm up
Mitt work: all punches, all kicks, both punches & kicks
Finished up w/ (just for you, Jay) 5 x 10 pushups and 5 x 10 squats
Oh Charlie, I am so honored, push ups just for me - I love it!!!
Way to go, get day of exercising.
Hey - you have almost made it through Monday
Great Job Charlie.. a couple of more hours and you will have kicked Monday's tail.
A TWO-fer??? Oh man, that is impressive. Way to wake up the week!!
You monster, you!!! Push ups for Jay? The run yesterday was for me, right?!!
Hmp!
Edited by Mdejesus76, on November 16th, 2009 at 8:42 pm.
Just checked out your progress on your profile--WOW.
Those workouts must be killer. The MMA is a bit scary for me, I'm not sure if I could do it. Although my competitive nature might kick in.
As always you ROCK it and the do it again!
Newbie to the group!
I am a college student and have trouble being motivated to workout instead of just sitting around and watching tv...My work out consists of Taebo amped witch I love!! Hopefully reading other people's workout success will motivate me to do it more often!!
Welcome to the Group Whitney.... if you looking for motivation and encouragement then this is the group for you. There are a lot a great people in this group, you will love it.
hey there, wlm--weclome to the group.
Keep at that Tae Bo--and look to add to your collection of DVDs so that you can switch it around every now and then. Mixing it up will keep you motivated!
Welcome, Whitney! Next time you work out, come back and tell us what you did. Looking forward to it.
Welcome to the group - there is so much here. Not only do you get lots of encouragment when you post, but it is just great to read through everyone's blog of the day.
Jay
Hi and welcome to the group... hope you enjoy your journey with us!
Busy Life
What can I do to work out without having to go to the gym since I am a busy individual? Just wondering...
Lunges, sit ups, push ups, dips, walking/jogging/running
Old School - no equipment needed :)
Good Luck!
Check out Art of Strength website and kettlebells:-)
We're all busy individuals, dyang.
Just like Tara posted above: Kick it old school--no gym nor equipment needed!
The first question would be what are you trying to accomplish? and the second question would be to describe busy?
The reason I am asking is because busy is a choice as is your health. There is a lot that you can do at home or around home. It really depends on what your goals are and what are you wanting to accomplish. With that information I am sure that you will get the guidance from the group that you are looking for.
All my strength training workouts I do with nothing but a couple free weights and a resistance thingy (sorry just a beginner here who doesn't know all the techy language).
But if I couldn't afford the $20 I invested, I would have used bags of beans or canned food or something LOL.
I also started going to bed an hour early (when I was probably just watching TV anyway) and started working out at 5 a.m. even though I'm a DIE HARD night person. But now it's the second week and I'm adjusting.
Oh yeah, and I have 8 kids, a full time job and I volunteer at my church which sometimes results in 3-4 meetings a week. Just a teeny weeny bit busy here ;o) I'm SO busy that for about 4 months all I could conceive of doing was walking for 30-45 minutes during my lunch hour. Ask yourself the tough questions.... when CAN you workout? Are you a complete beginner? If so, maybe a quick walk or run 10 minutes away from your house and 10 minutes back would be a good start. Oh, and don't forget - If you ARE a beginner, once you start to work out for a while you will be LESS tired, not more tired.
Good Luck! Come back and tell us what you decided to do!
There is so much you can do. I walk just about everyday, and I use that time to listen to stuff on my ipod, or just enjoy the escape from a noisey busy world. I also do things in front of the TV, like non-equipment exercises (I call them calisthenics, but that dates me lol). I also have an exercise bike and I watch news, or sports, or what ever - depends on the time of day.
Like Randy says, much of this is about choice and priorities. I have a busy job, usually 9 hour days plus, and I used to work some on weekends till I just said no. I used to work through my lunch hour too. However, I got overweigh, out of shape, and had some high blood pressure, and when you are in your 50's that is all bad news.
So I decided to start doing something, and then I found this group. Now I am working out or walking everyday, and I have learned to just say no to some things.
The best to you as you get into new activities and choices
Happy Monday!
I went to the gym in between my classes and did 35 minutes on the elyptical and then I had my volleyball p.e. class which is always so much fun and tonight I'm going to a step class with my friends and I'm really excited about it. Starting the week off on the right foot feels great I just need to make sure my diet stays on track as well!
Great Job Laura have fun in Step class tonight
What are you going to school for, laura? You sure did have an action-packed day! Hope step was fun tonight!
Hi Lauramae - You are definitely dance inclined. Me trying a step workout is a coordination nightmare (though I'm willing to keep trying). But back to YOU! LOL It would seem that you're on FIRE lately. Great work!!!
Great exercising today
Nice job fitting in a gym session, Laura!
Another nice weekend of riding...
Went for a thirty mile ride on Saturday morning and thirty five miles yesterday. The weather has been amazing. A little chilli but sunny and nice. Today was half an hour on the stationary bike and forty minutes of upper body weights. This week the focus is on getting the diet in order again. I've been very lax and it's starting to show in my weight and performance. Hoping to drop ten pounds by the first of the year...
Way to go girl....Great rides this weekend,
Nice riding this weekend, sam! And way to go with your with your weight workout today. It's challenging working on all three prongs (resistance training, cardio and diet) of fitness, but definitely do-able. You've already got two of them under control--the third you're taking care of! Way to go!
Looks like you had a great weekend - way to go
Good luck with your meail plan! You're definitely rocking it on the working outs. Good job!
Great job, girl!
Monday Morning Circuit
Happy Monday Everyone! Today I did a shorter circuit and then followed up on the exercise
bike to round out the 50 minute workouts I've been used to lately.
I also started using the 8 lb free weights instead of 5 lb. When I made the change, my
biceps said, "YES!!",
My back, chest and shoulders gave an indifferent, "Ok".
And my triceps said, "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" LOL
So I stayed with the 5 pounder on the tricep kickbacks. But tomorrow I show no
mercy! :o)
(I think exercising regularly is making me more wierd ;o)
Warm Up: 5 minutes cardio
1.1 2x12 Modified Counter Push-up
1.2 2x12 Sumo Squat
1.3 2x1 Minute Cardio
2.1 2x12 Dumbbell Chest Fly
2.2 2x12 Squats
2.3 2x1 Minute Cardio
3.1 2x12 Bicep Curls
3.2 2x12 Lying Leg Raises
3.3 2x1 Minute Cardio
4.1 2x12 Lateral Shoulder Raise
4.2 2x15 Basic Crunch
4.3 2x1 Minute Cardio
5.1 2x12 Dumbbell Triceps Kickbacks
5.2 2x15 Scissors
5.3 2x1 Minute Cardio
10 Minutes Exercise Bike
Nice circuit!!! Great job moving up in weight also. I have trouble moving all body parts up by the same amount too. Usually my triceps and shoulders lag behind the rest of my upper body...
Great circuit Charity... looks like it was a lot of fun
I have that same issue with the weirdness factor, Charity--don't sweat it! LOL!
And I think you need to give that 'indifferent OK' a kick in the butt. The back and chest are large muscle groups--give 'em what they want! (Shoulders are a small muscle group, so be careful raising that up too much, too fast.)
You're doing great! Keep up your awesome workouts! And nice job today adding in some extra cardio at the end!
Great job today - what a great day of circuits you had.
Charlie makes a good point about weights, different is okay and usually better. While it is great to just have one set of db's, in that you can move from exercise to exercise very easily, each of the muscle groups are different and need different work.
Some people will seek out personal trainers, or other fitness savvy people just so they can get help with these kinds of questions.
The very best to you - have a great job.
Oh, you're getting all hard core, too, Charity... great job!!!
New girl!
Hello everyone! I need some motivation,
my bf and i used to go to the gym together but he has gotten so busy with school he is
slipping away from work outs
I have still been going for the last month. but maybe 3-4 times a week. I used to go 5-6
times a week doing cardio and strength training.
I'm slacking! so is there a challenge in the group? or a motivator? hehe..
Hi Sasha!! There is no set challenge for this group that I know of (I'm about a month new here). I think the BEST challenge is to report your activity for every day.
Even if it's a planned rest day
Even if you just did 20 crunches and a 10 minute walk
Even if you don't make it on every day and need to report on 3 days at once.
Etc.
If you do that, you will be amazed what the accountability and reading others posts and responses will do for you.
Welcome! Looking forward to seeing what you do next. :o)
Welcome to the group. I look forward to your posts. Reading everyone else's workout posts and seeing their feedback on yours can be great motivation.
Welcome to the group Sasha, this is a great group for support. You will love it here.
Hey, Sasha...good step in coming to this group. You'll find lots of motivation here (as evidence above!) Keep posting and we'll give you a kick when you need it! Welcome to the group!
Welcome to the group - as has been said, this is a great place and it is a lot of help, it really is. And it is not about who does the most or runs the fastest - this is about each and every person doing what works for them.
There are accomplished athletes here and there are also people who are new to fitness and just learning. As you will see from the posts and the comments, this is about the love of health and fitness - it is also about learning and growing, and it is really all about encouragment and motivation.
Jay
Challenge? Your challenge is to stick to the program...
Everyone is a motivator here and you can be one too--take what you can get.
Past few days
Saturday
Body Pump
Zumba
Sunday-
Rest Day
Today-
Interval running... I'm to try to stay on the tread mill for 45 mins.
Whheeewwww that's major for me. I usually hit a mental block @ 30- 35 mins. My goal
is to get to where I can stay on there for 60 mins.
way to go girl. Great Job
Good for you! You are making it happen and it's inspiring to read. :o)
Good for you... Keep at it and soon 60 minutes will feel like nothing. I have done two hours on the treadmill and it was tough but it made 60 feel easy after...
You're doing great, Dani! Keep going!
As a suggestion: if you're doing intervals, you may not want to go that long--depending how demanding your intervals are. But if you're just going for steady state--have at the 60 minutes!!!
Great job - it is wonderful seeing how much you love doing what you do
Nice!!
Eek..I don't like the treadmill that much unless I'm doing HIIT. Makes the time go by SO fast. 5 min warm up at a moderate pace (like 4mph), 1 min sprint at a difficult pace (for me, I work up from 9mph as the workout goes on til Im sprinting at 11mph), 2 min walk after each sprint, repeat til 30 minutes have passed. Then cool off walkin on a high incline for a while. For some reason, those high incline walks feel really good after sprinting really hard, and bam 45 minutes gone!
Carrie made me do it!
Thanks for posting your run on FB Carrie --- I knew I wanted to get at least 3 miles in -
your post made me switch up my intervals a little bit.
2 mins at 3.5 and some 4mph with 3 mins at 5.5 and some 6mph
earned me 3 miles in 37 mins and burned 462 calories :)
A nice way to start the day!!!
Great Job
Dontcha love how the motivation comes at ya in every direction, Tara?!
Nice job getting in your 3 miles! You did it, girl!
Way to go!
Edited by beckerboy, on November 16th, 2009 at 7:45 pm.
Good to see you posting again, Tara... and great job!
Hi All
new to the group, just saying hello to everyone!!
Hi :) this is realy a great group, Welcome to the mix.
Hi! We look forward to reading your next workout post!
Welcome aboard Katie. Great group of people here in the group.
Hey, katie--welcome to the group! Hope to see more posts from you!
Welcom to the group - jump in, read the posts, and let all know what you are doing, this is encouraging and motivating
RAWR
So I took yesterday off, no choice the gym was closed. LOL
Today I did 45 minutes at an average of 4.0. :) I feel good, actually feel good as in not
hurting like hell from moving about. :) And the best part is I never got so out of
breath that my lungs hurt. My body is remembering what it is supposed to be doing.
YAY
I plan on kicking up the speed to average 4.5 this week, so let's see how good I feel
tomorrow. ;)
a day off once in a while is good, Your doing great. :)
Sounds like progress! Keep up the great work. :o)
Great Job, sounds like your making great progress
Way to go on your progress, mika! Glad that you were feeling good today! Here's hoping for more days just the same!
Double Century
What a great ride Saturday, it started out a little chilly in the 40's but warmed up
quick and stayed in the upper 60's all day. We did this on the SIlver Comet Trail here is
georgia, which runs from central GA to AL. Great trail in one aspect because there are no
cars to deal with and bad in some aspects because if you have a mechanical problem, it is
a long way home.
We started out around 4:30 am, the trail doesn't open until dawn, so we had to get special
permits to be out there before sunrise. I had just picked up a new bike from the shop, had
it fitted and all felt good. This was it's maiden voyage and I went through the check list
and made sure I had everything, water, tubes, tire, wrenches, air, etc....
There was a group of 16 of us, with an even mix of male/females, we took it easy the first
4 or 5 miles to let the legs get settled in, think we were averaging around 16/17. Once
the blood was flowing it was time to kick it up a notch and form the pace line that would
take us the rest of the way. We had gotten up to and settled in around 22 when the
funniest thing happened. I was leading the pace line and we hit a slight bump in the
trail, as soon as I hit the bump my seat rocked backwards and slid right off the bike. Now
we are doing at least 22, now I have no saddle, the seat tube is between my legs and all I
could think of was how in the heck am I going to get this thing stopped. Everyone behind
me was laughing and I was struggling pulling myself back up. Finally made it back upright
and managed to get stopped.By that time I was laughing as well... Teach me to sit too hard
in the saddle and to trust the local bike shop that everything was tight.
This set us back 10-15 minutes while I adjusted the saddle and tried to get a feel for
where it should be. Being that it was a new bike I hadn't marked the seat and seat post
yet with my various settings, so I was having to adjust cm by cm until it felt somewhat
right. The rest of the ride was flawless and couldn't have been better we finally settled
in around 25. We lost about half of the group around the 50 mile mark, we had set a rule
in the beginning that no one was to be left alone on the trail, there had to be at least 2
people together at all times. We did this because we did not want to hold any faster
riders back from setting their own pace but also did not want to leave anyone behind. We
did have SAG points along the way but there were times were it was 20 miles between
them.
My group managed to hit the half way (100 mile) mark around 9:30 or 10. We rested for
about 30 minutes to eat lunch and refuel before we launched into the second leg. Our goal
was to try and beat the time of the first leg. With me was the two youngest females in the
group and a 60 year old gentleman. So I thought what the heck, lets go for it. so we
packed up on water, and snacks with no intention of stopping. I carry 4 bottles on the
bike and had 3 in my jersey pockets and off we went. We were quick to get back on pace at
25, if we could hold it we would clock in at around 4 hrs at the finish. Everyone had
something in their jersey for the team, water, snacks, salt, etc.. on the way back were
were passing stuff back and forth, although we did manage to loose a few empty water
bottles, but no slowing to get them. They are easily replaced and we always bring the
cheaper ones with us on these rides, just in case.
I knew John (60 year old) could handle the pace because I ride with him all the time, but
I was truly impressed with the two young ladies that was with us. One was 19 and the other
21, they stayed on our wheels the complete time, took their turn in front, communicated
clearly and not one complaint. Well at least not outside the normal… my butt hurts
anyway.
We crossed the finish line in 4:32 for the 2nd 100…. WhoooHoooo.
Stats:
Distance - 205 miles
Time: 10 hrs 2 min (riding time)
Avg Pace: 25
Max HR: 183
Avg HR: 142
Once we hit the finish one of the check points called in and said two of the riders looked
like they were struggling and were just hitting the 50 mile mark on the return trip. Most
of the other riders had left by now, so with the Motto of leave no rider behind, I headed
back out on the trail to pick them up. I thought I was the only one going back out until I
heard someone say "on your wheel", when I looked back it was the 19 yr. old Lisa
sitting a few inches off my wheel. I asked her if she was up to putting in at least
another 60 and the only response I got was "lets rock and roll".
We found the other riders when they were about 30 miles from the finish line. We stopped
and rested with them for just a few minutes. Both were out of water and one had only one
bottle with them. Now why anyone would go out on a double century with only one water
bottle, just boggles the mind. But any way, we filled their water bottles from mine (good
thing I carry 4). We discussed the pace we were going to set and off we went, The basic
instructions were for them to sit in the saddle between Lisa and I, and we would do all
the work, all they had to do was draft. We managed to get them back in just as it was
starting to turn dusk.
So the overall distance for me for the day was about 270 and about 15 hours in the saddle.
But it was a well spent day, in the company of great friends both old and new. This
kid is taking Monday off to recover and then on Tuesday, I go in for measurements and
VO2Max testing again to see if anything has improved since last time.
I have read everyones post and you are posting some great results. Keep up the Great Job.
LOVED THIS!!!!! Randy, you are truly the Ironman. But it sounds as if you've made a new protege in 19-yr.-old Lisa! Congratulations on not only completing your fitness (and FAST) goals, but also on "no man left behind". You are THE MAN to ride with!
Thanks for sharing all this! You guys are machines!!
Dammm! Maybe when I'm 60 I can do this. Helva work out!!
Awesome, simply awesome. What a great ride - and I did not think there was another one of you "bionic" riders but that young Lisa sure seemed up to the challenge.
Thanks for sharing your story
This is a great post on so many levels....
- the honor of not leaving anyone behind
- the making of a protege
- the accomplishment of 200 miles and then some!!
Thanks for posting!
WOW, now that's what I call a workout... ditto what Tara said
Awesome post, rmb. And I'm glad you found the humor in your unfortunate seat situation! Calm under pressure. Nice.
Not only are you a superior rider, but your all for one-one for all attitude is outstanding. If only everyone could share even just a bit of that...
Another awesome adventure. Wish I was there... I will get my turn with you soon I guess.
Weekend up date
Hi all, Looks like every one had a great and productive weekend. Charlie are you serious? You are a warrior Queen, Of course you can run seven miles, Remember its all mind over matter, If you don't mind it won't matter. I did a yoga class on saturday morning and a great 45m ride on sunday am. It was foggy and warm with just a touch of mist. The water was building up and cascading off the break leavers. rode out to the light house and listend to the muffled sounds of the waves. Verry nice. Got my regular monday hour in the gym this morning, Its going to be a great week. Big Hugs for every body :)
great job today
Sounds like you had a nice cross-training weekend where you mixed it up and did a bit of everything. Especially good on the yoga, since I think men tend to not pay enough attention to stretching. You're fine-tuning your body with this mix!
Seems like you have a great weekly routine which I imagine makes it hard to get bored. You're doing great!
Nice looking Saturday and Sunday, jvw. Don't you just LOVE the weekend :)
And looks like your early morning Monday workout wasn't too shabby either.
Gotta love your saying: If you don't mind--it won't matter! Good one.
Way to go Jim, great day and a great weekend
Definitely a great weekend and wonderful start for the week.
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 164,137 | 7,035g | 25,593mg | 300,683mg | 26,777g | 9,831g | 2,986g | 10,010g |
| Averages: | 902 | 39g | 141mg | 1,652mg | 147g | 54g | 16g | 55g |
- Members Tracking:
- 182
- Calorie Goal:
- 264,467
- Calories Consumed:
- 214,838
- Calories Burned:
- 50,701
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 164,137 (100,330 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 23.60%
November 15th, 2009
Yes I did
Took another bike ride today in the neighborhood for about an hour with hubby. It was about 8 miles total. The weather was unseasonably warm at about 72 degrees but I'm not complaining. I'm sure there won't be many days left like today this year. Also walked an hour on the treadmill at 4 mph. And finally got back to the DVD JM 30 Day Shred, Level I. Hopefully, I've made up for a pretty inactive week this weekend. Now, on to the rest of the week. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Sounds like you had a great day abd 72 degrees - wow. It was 51 and rainy where I am (Seattle area).
Great exercising, on the bike and on the treadmill. Way to go
Way to go girl... great weather, on the bike... ALL IS GOOD... keep up the great work
You're on a roll, now! Keep it up, you know you won't be sorry ;o)
Hey Kim--looks like you've got a whole weeks' worth of great riding weather coming up! Hit it while you can!
What a great Sunday you had! I'm so glad that you and Terry are having fun on those bikes!
Sunday
Had a quick 10 min walk in the morning to get moving and get some fresh air.
Had a great day with my wife; going to church, going shopping, running errands, and just
having fun. I guess I am getting older, because simply pleasures go a long way with
me these days.
Worked in the yard this afternoon, racked leaves and did clean up around the yard for an
hour (was able to miss the rain).
After relaxing, watching our Seattle Seahawks lose (I am a little jealous of Marcy, who
cheers for the Colts), I did computer work, then went on a good long walk - a little more
than 50 minutes. Was only going to do about 1/2 hour, but it felt so good that I did
a longer route and just kept going.
Continuing to work on my Jeep a bit, flushing out the radiator and the heater core
before the cold of winter really sets in.
Stretching after walk
Jay
The simple pleasures are sometimes much more enjoyable than those that are grand events, Jay. I'm glad you got a chance to enjoy them today with your wife.
Looks like you were in the Randy-zone on your walk today--setting off just to do a bit and then doing beyond what you intended! Nothing wrong with that!
Wow, you really packed it in today with all that you did! Here's hoping for a great week to come!
Sounds like another picture-perfect Sunday, Jay. I love the way you stay active beyond the official workout. Thanks for sharing!
Not older Jay just wiser, You work out like a twenty something.
What a nice comment - I will have to keep that and frame it.
I do find I am usually the oldest one in the fitness center (I work at a University), I am probably the age of all the kids parents. Once in awhile I tease with some when it is busy and I work in on a exercise station with them - because I am almost always lower the weight they use. I tell them that since I am twice their age that I can use half their weight.
(I do have a comment on this one, as I find most people use too much weight and have bad form, so they are not getting the work out or the benifit from the exercise)
Opening Meet and The Day After
My Friday was less crazy than I imagined, but of course Saturday made up for it. We finished up at the ranch just as the sun was going down, leaving people sleeping at the cabin and other members there grooming horses and spending the night in their trailers. We opted for peanut butter and early bedtime after the hour drive back to our house, because pre-exhaustion had set in for us both. All the food was made and delivered, horses braided, everything scrubbed and pristine. Saturday yawned with long pink arms, the temperature mild. We loaded the hounds in a snap, and I rode as usual with our trainer. She made the tea, I made us raisin bread and cream cheese sandwiches. I was able to snatch enough time at the kennel to change into my formal attire, so that once we hit the hunt on the ground I could give directions to the cooks and set up the tracking systems for the hounds and leave early for my place hiding out in the woods. I missed the actual "blessing", but I could hear the hounds behaving in the distance, and I smiled. The hunt was wonderful, the food was wonderful, and the hounds ran what appeared to be a grey fox, from the pattern and the fact he/she would not come out of deep cover (aka woods). We had no views but lots of fun and no injuries this year. The food was fantastic. All but four hounds were in, and we had to feed in the dark. Our trainer was kind enough to unbraid our horses and also wash and brush them and even clean tack for us. What a big help that was! Still, I went to bed before 9:00 I was so tired. All the hounds could not wait to go to sleep and we were no different. This morning we took our time over coffee before heading back to the ranch to ride and to pick up hounds. We took two puppies with us (Victor and Valentine), and they were SO good, stayed right beside our horses. We stayed out for a bit over an hour and a half before finally hearing an answer back to the horn. Our other four tired hounds came with us, slowly walking home in the warm November sunshine. Good thing we had plenty of hay and dogfood and water, and even a nice lunch for us packed for the way home. We finished up horses and kennel work and my sweet husband has gone to Kroger so that I can stretch out on the couch. Ahhhhhhhh! Like Christmas, I look forward to it and am so relieved I don't have to go through all this now for another year. A lot of exercise, a lot of work, and a whole lot of fun.
What a wonderful day - thanks for sharing it with us.
Lhisa, it sounds like you had a beautiful event and everything went smooth! How perfect! And the weather chose to cooperate as well! Taking time for coffee in the morning...ahhhh. What a treat, I'm sure! Here's hoping that you fully enjoyed your lounge on the couch :)
Oh, I'm so glad there were no injuries, lost key mishaps or lost hounds in the mix. Sounds like a wonderful weekend!
Lhisa, sounds like loads of fun to me. Great job and thanks for sharing
Very Nice!! Sounds like a Norman Rockwell painting. I am glad you are feeling better. Have a great week.
Did you miss me?????
Sorry to bail on DYET - I got too overwhelmed with FB - thank goodness for Charlie, Monet,
Stacey, Michelle and Randy for hanging there with me!
I've been quietly listening to Charlie's advice to others and working on intervals on the
treadmill.
Today was my longest run ---- 6 miles at 75 mins.
I did 2 mins @ 3/3.5mph with 8 mins @ 5/5.5mph --- the last 5 mins I did 3.5/6mph to
really blow it out :)
I used to run a lot but as my running partner (my now 14 year old dog) dwindled I stopped
running too. Now I feel as though I have a whole host of running partners and am
hoping to join you in Austin.
Glad to have you back - I am a new member and love it. I too appreciate so many of the people (Monet, Charlie, Randy, Doug, Terri, Carrie, Terri, Dennis, Charity, Jim, Lhisa, Marcy, Kim, Kara, and more...)
The best to you
I most certainly have missed you on here, Ms. Tara :)
I've been watching you progress with your intervals, Tara, and you're doing great! And since I'm now experienced with running with a group, I'll just call you on your cell when I'm running and you hop on the treadmill and we'll breathe heavy to one another! LMAO!!!!!!! There. Instant running partners!!!
I'm new also - Looks like a great run!!! Welcome back :o)
Hi there Y'all, Help needed to get back under 90Kgs
I've always said when my weight goes above 100Kg that I would go radical and try all
avenues to get back to my preferred weight of 85Kg.
I managed on my own last year by doing Crosstrainer for 1 hour a day for 3 months, well
with a bit of help & inspiration from some friends on Bonairetalk forum.
I only got down to 90Kgs before work got so crazy that I was too tired to do anything when
I got home.
Now I've been directed to this group by two of your members I know on Facebook, so looking
forward to getting down to under 90Kg by next summer.
Yeah Roy!!! There you are :)
This is the group --- as I did and am glad to be back!
Hey Roy - welcome to the group. This is a great place to come for encouragement and help. I have only been here a few months, but I have found this to be just what I needed to help get me back into the workout and fitness mode.
Jump in and enjoy sharing and interacting - and living strong!
YAY! Roy's here!! Glad to see you here! Just remember, in order to stay motivated and get kicked in the butt when you need it--you've got to keep coming back and posting. If time allows in your crazy schedule, be sure to leave some posts for other people as well! It's great getting to know everyone on here!
What are your plans for reaching your goal this summer (which I'm assuming is in June/July/August)?
Welcom, Roy - You can do it!! We'll all be hoping for your success.
Thanks for the welcome , well I'd forgotten my boss was visiting today, so had to go out for a meal with him this evening. I got back at 11:30 and hopped on the Cross trainer and did a 30 min session (10 mins warm up at level 2, 10 mins at level 4, 10 mins warm down at level 2) figures off the on board readout :- av speed 16.7km/h distance covered 8.3km, Calories burnt 190, heart rate was around 128bpm. not much but it's a starting point :-D Charlie, the goal is to be fit enough to enjoy my Kitebuggying holiday in Denmark next July!
Greetings from Germany
Edited by SurferRoy, on November 16th, 2009 at 3:35 pm.
Coercion sometimes is a good thing
A few Facebook friends were cajoling me last evening into joining them in their weekly
Sunday morning run at a local state park. The folks are a bunch of people that
belong to a local running club and the one girl I've run with during the summer. At
first, I declined. I know that these guys run faster and longer than me and also the
park is known for it's marvelous hills. But Debbie and Mike poked at me a little
more and finally I just said: What the hell. I'll do what I can and call it a
day.
Five people plus me showed up at the park around 9 AM. I told them that I was going
to hang back and put my headphones in and just do what I could do and for them to just do
their thing. Maybe I'd run for 1 1/2 miles with them, and then turn around at that
point and head back in. They told me that the fun part of running with a group is
all the conversation (me, I'm thinking: conversation? how the heck am I going
to breathe and talk at the same time?!) and that they always run as a group so not
to worry. So I left my headphones hanging and off we started.
When we got to the mile and a half mark, I was still feeling pretty good, so I just
thought (again) what the hell and kept on running with them. There was talk of doing
the wondrous covered bridge trail -- which has a killer hill -- and they said we'd decide
once we got to it whether we all wanted to do it. Well, we got to the turn to take
that trail and we all agreed to give it a whirl. It was really very cool -- you get
to run through an old wooden covered bridge and then you come out of it, make a left and
hello hill! I think I made it up half way before I had to walk. But I didn't
drop too far behind because I was walking pretty fast.
Eventually, we got to the point in the run where it was the highest point of the park and
Mike told me the rest of the run is pretty much downward from that point on. He did
let me know that it's not TOTALLY downhill--there were still a couple small hills to
come--but that it should be "easy" the rest of the way. And we came
to a part where I had previously ran a 5k a few weeks ago and had absolutely loved this
portion of the run. So at that point I knew we were almost to the end and that I
could definitely finish it out strong.
Finally the boat house was in view (our starting point) and we all made it to the end.
Looked at my watch and was happy to see 6.96 miles completed! I didn't stop my
watch when everyone stopped for a couple water breaks and the time I had was 1:13:19.
Mike had stopped his and he had us clocked at 63 minutes or so. Not too bad
for someone who normally doesn't do anything on a Sunday! And now I know that I'll
definitely be able to do the 5-miler put on by the running group on Thanksgiving morning
that I signed up thinking it was a 5k (not 5 miles!)
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, gang :)
That is awesome!!! I haven't had a long run like that since I left Japan. I miss running outside and taking in the sights. Great job!!!! =)
Wow!!! You have certainly have stepped up your running game girl!! Incredible run and I'm glad you did well with the group. Sounds like a beautiful course :) A truly awesome run! Great job getting out there today.
Pst....the hills are your friend BTW LOL
What a wonderful way to spend the morning!!! Group runs are awesome and can really change how long you can run. I used to live in Columbia, MD and we had such a great running group which I really miss. YOur time was great - just think you are just a few miles away from a 1/2 marathon!!! If you can do 7 you can do 13!!
Sounds like a really great group!
I would have thought the same thing though about conversation and running... uh oh!!!
We gotta try though and you proved it!
Hey Charlie - awesome, simply awesome. You did a great job, very impressive.
Yes, if you can do 7, then you can do 13 - and that means those pushups will be no match for you.
Have a great day
CG, what a great job you did!!! Doncha just wanna kick those people who yack on the run the whole time you are trying to breathe and keep up the pace??!! Anyway, you did so well keeping up they'll invite you back now for sure, lol.
Okay, people. Let's not get crazy here with the 13 miles, okay? LOL!!! And oh, yeah, those hills are my best friend! I'll be doing push ups up them soon!
That is a WONDERFUL story; thanks for taking the time to tell it! Such a nice bonus that you got that out of the way before your Thanksgiving run. :o)
sunday run
warm up: 3 mins @ 3.5 mph
run: 3 miles, 29:36, 6mph-ish
cool down: 3 mins @ 3.5 mph
stretch 4 mins
Planned to add a mile today, however I woke up late and needed time to shower before
work and I didn't feel I could push through another mile. I need to get back up to 4
miles, I was at 4 before I got sick last month. My goal next week is to get back up to 4.
Another great run, Rebecca! I'm betting that you'll be up to four miles and back at where you left off in no time. Keep going...you're doing great!
sounds like a great run... especially coming off being sick.
Great run today
thank you all so much! =)
| Member | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
| Totals: | 106,618 | 4,674g | 17,997mg | 191,712mg | 16,907g | 5,358g | 1,797g | 6,075g |
| Averages: | 1,006 | 44g | 170mg | 1,809mg | 159g | 51g | 17g | 57g |
- Members Tracking:
- 106
- Calorie Goal:
- 160,196
- Calories Consumed:
- 139,429
- Calories Burned:
- 32,811
- Net Calories Consumed:
- 106,618 (53,578 under)
- % of calories burned:
- 23.53%
November 14th, 2009
Saturday
Out of town trip today - got back in the late evening
10 min walk, 15 min on exercise bike
Glad you had a safe trip back home and I hope all went well. I'm still sending thoughts to you and your family, Jay.
Nice job getting in your walk and bike, especially since you didn't get back until late. Or even better yet if you did it while you were visiting.
And as for those pushups--I seriously did consider them after my intervals, Jay. But right after the run, I started my stretching and then for some reason, totally forgot about pushups. Don't worry--I haven't forgotten them!
You've been in my thoughts and prayers, Jay. Glad to see you are back safely, and that you did exercise the soreness of the trip out.
Way to sqeeze it in once again, Jay! No excuses in YOUR neck of the woods.
Saturday Cardio
Today I did NOT want to exercise. In my mind, I sounded like our little
6-year-old who says, "How 'bout THIS!?" when he's posing plans alternate to my
instructions. "How 'bout THIS?!" I thought, "How 'bout I laze
around all day instead!?"
Soooo.... I thought it would be good to get OUT and about where it would be hard
to stop before I should be done. I walked a 3 mile loop at 3 mph (minus the waiting
at stop lights... grrr). Followed up with some stretching. Tomorrow is
REST DAY! Woowhooo! :o)
Awwwwww do I haveeeeeeee toooooooo?
Yeah, Charity...I can totally relate with that feeling! I'm glad you overcame it and got out there and moved! I bet the feeling after it was done was so much better than how you would have felt had you just "lazed" around! Way to go!!!
yes, great job in overcoming the urge to be lazy and getting out for a great walk.
LOL--I love that--"How about THIS?" How cute:-)
And encouraging---"How about this...if I don't go exercise the weight will pounce back on!" LOL--That is just what I needed this morning sitting here watching the snow:-) Thanks:-)
WOW!! Your whole profile is an inspiration!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!
Charity, you did a tough mental job figuring out what was happening and exerting discipline. You are truly a star!
Thanks everyone. It felt great to get it done. It would have been much worse to live with the regret because I didn't have any good excuse NOT to make it happen. I love this group.
Today I did
Hi everyone. Sorry haven't posted lately. Haven't done anything this week in the way of exercise. Today though I managed to make it out on the bike for about 7 miles before I went back to the house to get hubby and found he went out on his bike looking for me. Too funny. He didn't want to go when I first left so I decided to go by myself. We caught up with each other on the cell and met up and rode a nice long loop around our area and even ventured up on the main highway. Those cars really blow by fast. There is a bike lane. Took a couple detours to make the ride longer and ended up going up a few really good hills. Had to get out of the saddle a few times to give my legs a break and peddle harder. 15 miles altogether and a little over 90 minutes. It was getting dark when we got back. Hubby got me a cyclometer for my bike for my birthday and I found that the fastest I went was about 26 miles an hour, downhill of course. Averaged 9.5 miles an hour. Not sure about the cadence. I need to figure out how to read it. Wow, what a great time we had!!!!
Well, Kim, I'm glad that you and Terry finally "found" one another! Sounds like you two had the perfect day!! And very cool about the cyclometer! What a cool toy for your birthday! Here's hoping that you guys get in a bunch more rides before it gets too cold!!
Way to go in getting out and doing that ride. It's great that you can enjoy riding together.
Glad you got to ride, and watch out for those cars!!!
Turbo Kick!
Today I went to a turbo kick boxing class and I had so much fun! The instructor was great! I worked up a sweat and I know I'll be sore tomorrow :)
A great instructor and a great class sure do make all the difference! Great job with your TKB class today, laura! They're a lot of fun and sure do burn calories and shape up your body quick!
You are on a roll! And mixing it up like nobody's business. Nice work!
Way to go on the class - it's great when exercising can be so enjoyable.
Treadmill intervals
5 min warmup 5MPH
Intervals: 1 min work/1 min recovery
3 x 7 mph/5 mph
3 x 8 mph/5 mph
2 x 8 mph/4 mph
3 x 9 mph/4 mph (plus 1 min wasted while someone I knew decided to talk to me...grrrr)
1 x 10 mph/straddle treadmill and try and catch my breath
5 min cool down 5 mph
35 minutes total 3.44 miles
LOL, don't they know you have serious intervals to do! Great work and who knows, if you hadn't lost momentum from that inerruption, maybe you wouldn't have been straddling.
Oh, no, Charity--trust me...I'd be straddling it, regardless! LOL!!!!!
A great work out - sounds like good warm up for push ups
Edited by beckerboy, on November 15th, 2009 at 7:13 am.
Happy weekend
Yesterday my hubby took a mental health day from work so we ended up going out in
the morning to do some errands. So It would have been so easy to blow off the gym
but I did not :) I went and did lower body weights and 25 mins on the stair
climber thing. THis morning I was short on time so just did a 60 min (body pump)
weight lifting class. Really felt it in my legs on the squat part after yesterdays
leg workout.
Happy weekend everyone!!!