Krampus, that is scary, and I know what you mean, from my two years of urban powerwalking & running out-of-doors in all weather before I joined a gym. Please google "Yaktrax." That was my solution. Those things are amazing. I don't run out of doors in snowy or icy weather anymore -- arthritic big-toe joints limit my high-impact efforts -- but I still wear mine just for walking places in this area in bad weather. And they are not just for the athletic, they have really helped a few of my older relatives, who had confided their fears of walking in the snow to me.
That's amazing! I may invest in some, and suggest them to my mom, who is super wary of wintry terrain ever since sustaining grievous facial injury falling on ice back in 2004.
January 7 (afternoon): DB bench press, leg press, 12 minutes sprints on stair stepper.
20 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, aerobic setting, resistance at nine
60 minutes shoulders, chest and triceps routine
40 minutes Cybex arc trainer, hill intervals, resistance at 10
And in the evening, 60 minute yoga class, to try it again.
Re-learning what I'd forgotten: Nothing makes me feel more ineffectual and anxious than a yoga class at the gym. I was, once again, the heaviest woman there. This is not at all like the classes that I took at CNY Yoga Center in Upstate NY, which is what helped get me through the aftermath of the flood. I already know that I don't like yoga classes held at gyms as much as yoga classes at yoga centers, but somehow, I forgot.
krampus - I've never used Yaktrax, but I've heard great things about them. I think Jessica was talking about them a couple of years ago, too.
Saef - thanks for the welcome! I'm not doing anything particularly inspired on the workout front right now. I remember those workouts of a few years ago, oh how the mighty have fallen. The one I did last night was light compared to those and I thought it was going to kill me.
Last edited by Shannon in ATL; 01-08-2013 at 02:50 PM.
Jan 7: I got a new workout application for my tablet and am using their workouts to try to spice things up a bit. Right now I'm doing bodyweight, fast transition programs. This one was called "President's Victory Workout" and was rated as "Intense" on the burn level, 18 min target time. It felt intense.
A 10 mins: WU(from Women's Health mag)- 10 bw squat, 10 push up, 10 window washer, 10 mountain climber, 10 forward lunge, 10 good morning, 10 spiderman, stretching
B. "President's Victory Workout", 19:30
1 round of: (AMRAP) 30s big forward arm circles, 30s star jumps, 50s lateral hops, 30s basketball shots, 30s side shuffles, 60s rotating lunges, 15s rest
1 round of: (AMRAP) 60s staggered arm spiderman pushup, 30s rest, 60s forearm dolphin pushup,30s child's pose
1 round of: (AMRAP) 60s sit up with reach ups, 50s hollow body hold, 20s rest
2 rounds of: (AMRAP) 60s thread the needles (side plank to thread the needle, reverse side second round), 60s Y-T-A, 15s rest
1 round of: (AMRAP) 60s bottom to bottom squat, 60 second squat front kick, 15s rest
1 round: 30s camel pose, 30s cat/cow, 60s sphinx
C. Elliptical - 30 mins, 1.75 miles
D. Stretching and cooldown - 10 mins
Jan 8:
10 mins stretching
45 mins elliptical
5 mins shoulder flexibility exercises
Last edited by Shannon in ATL; 01-08-2013 at 01:17 PM.
45 minute spin class with weight intervals, a tough one, though I did discover I felt really fresh after not spinning since Sunday. That's what I need, confirmation that mixing up my routine doesn't result in losses but rather in gains.
ETA: I mean, not weight gains, but gains in having more strength, a better life, etc. ;-)
