alternative slacker exercise thread

[katiecron]

gazelle is totally boring to me, but DDR all week does not sound realistic...
Goals:
Su, M,T: DDR 45 min
M, W, Sa: Bootcamp video 20 min
F: Gazelle 20min

[katiecron]

Originally Posted by ollie27

robot - you're my hero.

well, i've missed a couple days of the shred, buuuut i do think it was a tad bit silly of me to think i could do it during finals of my first semester of grad school. all i can do is the best i can do. i'm coming up for air from my papers and about to push play.

I just completed my final semester of grad school. i had used school as an easy excuse to not get in shape for 2 years. now i have no excuses. CONGRATS to you for making such an awesome effort from the beginning of school

[ollie27]

well, papers aren't due til may. yeah, this semester is shaping up to be as busy as all get out, but there's NO reason why i can't do the shred. 20 minutes every day. just finished my first day. crap, i forgot how tough this is....


Day 1 done Jan. 7
Day 2 done. still sucks.
Day 3 check sucks a little less
Day 4 done, twas a lil half arse, but still done.
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Day 9 done!!!
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[Robot]

Must start shred...now. I was uber busy today. I had to help my brother go to school and register for class. It was like waiting in line at Disney World, except no awesome ride.

Day 1 Done finally! Jan 17th
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[jandaman]

swimming 2x for 1.5 hours
physio exercises every day 20 min- 60 min
yay!

[bopeep]

This 30 day shred sounds like it's kind of fun/hard/tempting. Those of you that do it - do you do it in addition to using a cardio machine, or do you just do the shred? Does it make you too tired to do other sorts of exercise as well?

BP

[ollie27]

bopeep - that's the beauty of it; it's 20 minutes a day. so far that's all i've done, but i'll throw in a 30 minute cardio video every now and then and some days i'll do the shred twice, but mostly its just the shred.

for me, it's not so much tired as sore. but that goes away. i like it. until i started doiing it i didn't realize how little strength training i had. it's good for a little bit o'everything.

although i did it this weekend everything else i did was pure laziness complete with a little soy ice cream.

[Robot]

I did 33 minutes of Wii fit, so I'm excited to actually do something. My hand is feeling much better, but I'm paranoid about doing push ups. Maybe, I'll give it a week, and then continue with Shred.

[TheTinGirl]

I just wanted to join...hope it's not too late?
My goal is this:
Mon: Morning Cardio/Upper body weights
Tue: Morning Cardio/Lower body weights
Wed: Morning Cardio/After work Cardio
Thr: Morning Cardio.After work upper body
Friday: Morning Cardio/After work lower

Sat/Sun: Don't screw up what you worked at all week. XD

So far I did go in this morning and do my cardio, yay! I went a whole week without the gym last week and felt horrible, so hopefully this is just what I need!

[bopeep]

I did 30 minuses on my elliptical, and did 20 minutes of dance practice. I need to bump the dance practice up since my classes start next week ().

ollie - what do you need to do the shred (besided the DVD)? I have a floor mat and some light weights already. Do I need a step bench or anything? I don't know if I would do it every day, but it might be good for those days I'm too tired/lazy to do a longer workout...

BP

[ollie27]

nope, that's all you need. at first i only had 2 lb. weights, so i had to go and buy 5 lb. weights after 2 days. and it's not exactly a dvd for, umm, tired and lazy days. it's pretty hardcore.

[bopeep]

Originally Posted by ollie27

nope, that's all you need. at first i only had 2 lb. weights, so i had to go and buy 5 lb. weights after 2 days. and it's not exactly a dvd for, umm, tired and lazy days. it's pretty hardcore.

So I might be biting off a muuuuch bigger bite than I thought if I get this? It's funny, but when I'm lazy, I feel more lazy about the time a workout takes then the energy it takes. It is so very tempting - I'm going to have to have a look around and see if I can find it locally. I have 2, 5, 8, 10 and 12 pound weights, so I think I should be all set then. I like my 2 pound weights though for fast stuff - they're padded, so when I konk myself with them I'm not bruised too badly!

BP