Weekly Exercise Log 6/20 - 6/26
 

Let's get moving, ladies!

Monday:
30 mins stationary bike, "alpine pass" program, level 3
LOTS of stretching (no running b/c my knees were bugging me)
some ab work
and I'll be walking home, 1.5 miles

Monday~mile and half Leslie Sansone video and short bellydance one :)

YUCKY .. no work out this morning. :( . I set my alarm for 4:50 PM not AM. :mad: . gonna try for tonight, a walk or rollerblade

Working it out!
 

Monday-

30 minutes on the elliptical machine
4 sets of squats, lunges, and kicks
3 sets @37.5lb upper body strength training
ran up the stairs ( i know that doesn't count but got the heart pumping! :dizzy: )
just got in from a jog with my boyfriend for 2 miles.

Woohoo :cheer:

I tried to run in the park with my son riding his bike. After a day of camp, he didn't quite have the energy but we wer out and moving for about 40 minutes but I'd say I only jogged for 20.
I did a short pilates tape at home, 20 min.

Monday:
30 min upper body weights
20 min abs
30 min elliptical machine level 5 alpine prog
after work: 2 miles running w/friend, 2 miles walking

Monday-50 minutes exercise bike

My TOM is here and I REALLY REALLY didn't want to exercise. Plus I have pink eye (don't ask...I can't seem to get well around here...strep last week, pink eye this week) so I'm pretty proud of myself for exercising today.

Great job ladies!
Keep up the hard work, it is worth it!!!
Amber

oh girl I am with you on the TOM thing! The day before I started my Atkins diet (june 1) I started my period...then it lasted for 2 weeks! but was unusually light..then lsat week I started working out a lot more, and yesterday my TOM came BACK! only not so light...I got the works, headaches, backaches, cramping... It took everything I had to go workout today...did 30 mins on the eliptical on manual...surprisingly my cramps went away while I was working out, and that was the only 30 mins today that I felt fine. haha.

I am also wondering if I should add more time to my workout? 30 mins is pretty tough, I started at 5 and moved quickly up to there, but I dunno if I can do the eliptical any longer...maybe I need to find a new machine to do after that. Any suggestions? We have a stair master, treadmill, stationary bike and the eliptical.

Breakfastsurreal- Don't push it too hard. I would stick to no more than 30-40 minutes on any machine....now that i have been working out consistantly for the last 6 weeks it gets easy when i get to minute 25 or so. Its good to do multiple machines or switch it(maybe get an aerobics tape) up every once in a while, your body will be surprised and will thank you.

Breakfastsurreal~ I would try to switch up machines, I usually have to switch every 3 rd day or so. Usually I get stuck in a plateau then I swtich to treadmill or stair master. I never feel like I push on the other machines because eliptical is my choice of machines.
Tuesday work out 15 mins cardio 20 mins abs/sticks lower body weights 20 mins

Monday - 32min cardio on the arc trainer
3sets upperbody strength training

I'm so glad I went! Mondays always seem to end up being part of my 'oops I forgot to workout' weekend.

Breakfastsurreal~ You might also try mixing it up within one workout like 10 min on each machine (treadmill, bike, stairs, elliptical) and really pushing yourself on each one. then you've gone for a total of 40 minutes but it won't seem that bad. worth a shot.

anyway today I did 30 min lower body weights, 15 min stairmaster @ level 10 and 20 min recumbent bike with random program.

good idea! thanks for the suggestions ladies! Going to go workout now and switch it up some! I'll check in when I get back!!!

Ok just got back...I did 15 min on the eliptical, then 10 on the stationary bike, then tried to do the stairmaster, but it felt really unnatural and had this really annoying cranking sound/feel to it, so i did that for only 2 mins, then walked at a 3.6mph pace on the treadmill for 10 mins...so 35 mins! woot! I'm hoping this changing it up thing will give me more results!

oops, I posted this on last weeks thread...
Tuesday
3.6 Miles on the dreadmill....45 minutes
45 minutes pilates
some walking

Ok Tuesday-
20minutes on the elliptical
20 minutes on the arc trainer
15 minutes on the [email protected] 10% @3.4
lunges, abs, and squats

Tuesday:
1-hour circuit training class
extra ab and lower back work (incline for the abs)
walked home from gym, 1 mile

They suggest we do jumping jacks during circuit training, but it kills my knees! Anyone else have this problem with jumping jacks?

Tuesday - Walked for 30 minutes (probably about a mile & a half).

I am thinking about starting to lift my fiance's 5lb weights as well. I noticed a slight bulge in my bicep that has never been there before and now I am excited to tone it even more! I think I got this much from lifting my 5 year old daughter.

Tuesday: 34min arc trainer, 30min elliptical

Today I did it
 

fast walking for one whole hour :cb: :cb:

Tuesday-50 minutes bike

I need to change it up a bit and get back to the treadmill for some but I REALLY want to finish this book and I only allow myself to read it on the exercise bike. I should be done tomorrow so I can go back to my normal routine.

monday - hour with trainer - not hard enough in my opinion - but good for my abs ;)

tuesday - 6 slow miles - took me about 12/min mile but hey - at least I did it. then some knee strengthing things

feeling guilty for the last week.

Bida, 12 min/mile is fast for me! :lol: My PR for 1 mile is 11:27!

Wednesday:
ran 5K, 39:36 (fastest yet!)
LOTS of stretching
will be walking home, 1.5 miles

Mon:

15 min ab class
1 hr kickboxing class

Tues:

1:30 weight circuti arms & legs, 2 sets 15 reps

aww thanks paperclippy - how long is 5k anyway? like 3.125? cool beans!

today I went for a hike - boy was it hot - i think the first part was good for me - all uphill, then downhill...maybe 1.5-2 hours? wanna do some strengthy thing tonight, will see.

Wednesday: I walked (slowly as I was with my puggie and daughter) 2 miles. It took an hour to do.

Wednesday

-Elliptical for 30 minutes
-tredmill for 30 [email protected]@10 incline
- bike for 10 3 minutes intervals between lunges and squats.
-30 minutes of tae-bo before bed

Wednesday AM: 32min elliptical
Wednesday PM: 13min jog (4.5-5) + 2min walk + upper body strength training

Tuesday~I did the mile and a half walk workout

Wednesday~ nothing but painted mine and my doggy's nails :o

Doing good girls! Let's keep it up! :)

Monday - 2 hour walk home from work
Tuesday - 30 min walk during lunch, 1 hour walk after work and 30 minute walk in evening
Wedesday - 25 minutes treadmill (20% incline, 3.5), 15 minutes stationary bike at level 8 difficulty (not really sure what that means, but there was resistence when pedalling)

Monday:
30 min. uphill walk (everywhere I go now is uphill!)
45 min. elliptical
45 min. bike

Tuesday:
25 min. uphill walk

Wednesday:
30 min. uphill walk
5 min. warm-up walk
5 min. sprint run
5 min. cool-down walk
35 min. weights
35 min. bike

Thursday:
45 min. uphill walk
45 min. tennis

Thursday:
1 hour circuit training class
walked home from gym, 1 mile

wednesday
intervals run on treadmill 3 miles, walk .5 miles
abs exercises 30 min
run 2 miles outside
walk 2 miles

thursday
run 2 miles (6.5-7.2mph) walk 1 mile
upper body weights 30 min

Blah! I slacked hardcore today (Thursday) - I did 8 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 mph.

Thursday-

AM- jogged up 10 flights of stairs
PM- 40 minutes [email protected]% [email protected]
40 minutes arc trainer
20 minuteson the elliptical
6 sets of 15 squats, lunges down and back the length of the floor 6x
Upper body strength training
100 crunches(go abs!)

Its weird working out is like a drug to me!

Thursday: 32min arc trainer
1 lap jogging, 1 lap walking around track
Lower body strength training

Wednesday-nothing because I'm a big klutzy loser and fell over my curb getting my newspaper and really tore my hand up. I can just now bend it enough to type or do anything really. Duh!

Thursday-1 hour exercise bike

Friday:
timed mile run, personal record of 11:04!
10 mins stairmaster, half level 2, half level 3
abs on incline:
10 regular
10 each side
10 reverse

I am obsessed with doing my crunches on an incline. You wouldn't BELIEVE the difference it has made. The other day I went back to the floor to do some reverse crunches during my circuit training class, and it was a breeze! Even though a little while ago I was struggling. Seriously, 10 crunches on the incline is worth 50 on the floor.

Thrusday Update - Well, after I posted last night, I wound up doing some pushups and some bicep curls. Not a lot, but better than nothing! ;)