Yay! I exercised today! May 2005
 

New exercise thread - let's get moving in May! :dancer:

Today I did 30 minutes of stairwork :)

Someone in another thread had posted a link to Yourself!Fitness a few days ago and I thought it looked like the coolest thing ever. I mean, what is better than an exercise 'game' for my PS2? So I got it Friday and did my 'assessment' today. Whoo! Just the assessment kicked my butt, (jumping jacks for two minutes killed me! I am SO out of shape!), but am really looking forward to the daily workout :)

30 minute walk at lunch today :)

Well, according to the Fitness assesment I can only handle 15 min workouts a day ;) I got up at 5am to do it and man, it whooped my butt. I can really tell that I am out of shape. Tonight my legs are killing me, feels like I have a constant 'charlie horse' but its all worth it in the long run!

Tae-Bo with Billy Blanks.

Tiki

Ditto from last night's post. Plus cheer practice tonite! Go Broncos!!!!


Tiki

Monday: 30 minutes walking. I was going to do more in the evening, but a headache kicked my butt.

Yesterday I did a 30 min "Bhangracize your booty" workout I got at the public library. It wasn't a bad workout but I just can't get those Indian hand poses while dancing and NOT fall over. It's pretty sexy dancing though, so there will just be some days when I need to revisit. I think I'll be back to a pilates tape while the little one naps this afternoon & a bike ride with the larger male provided it's not hailing tonight.

30 minute walk, 60 minutes aquacize

45 minutes elliptical and shoulder work.

Tiki

ggbun-I have a video on Classical Indian Dance-and there is a reason that Indian women start learning it when they are about 3 years old. :rofl: My video goes through about 10,000 hand positions and their names. I will be 70 before I memorize them all. Next Sunday I am taking a 2 hour workshop on Classical Indian Dance though-maybe learning it "in person" with an expert will help some. :)

Exercise-yesterday (Tuesday) I did 20 minutes of belly dancing, and 15 minutes of yoga.

Aphil

55 min of pilates yesterday - and i'm cycling over to "my" band's rehearsal tonight. That's 30 min each way if I haul a**. I say "my" cuz I'm NOT the lead singer - another childhood dream dashed - but I am the manager.

Aphil - the vid I did mainly had two hand poses. "Classical Indian" with the fingers all spread. And, my personal fav: "woof woof" that, yes, looked like you were making a dog shadow puppet. It was my fav cuz you kept hearing the woman's instructions interlaced with "woof woof". "Kay, step, cross, step, knees, woof woof!"

30 minute walk and 30 minutes on the mini trampoline :)

10 miles on my bike yesterday in 1 hour.

Yesterday was an hour belly dance, and 35 minutes stength training.

30 minute walk at lunch time. I have been sick since last Tuesday so I haven't really been able to exercise much :(

Do you have the Tatooine flu? The Imperial Virus? I heard that was going around pretty heavily!!! :rofl:

I had a rotten headache today that lowered my motivation, but I took the toddler for a push around the neighbourhood in her stroller for 45 minutes this evening just so I could feel like I did something.

exercise bike yesterday, track, elliptical and chest workout this morning.

Tiki

Thursday: 30 minute walk, 60 minutes aquacize.

Today: 30 minute walk & 40 minute walk

Friday: 5.5 miles on my bike, 40 minutes pilates.

60 minutes of aquacize this morning

Today I went for a 1 hour walk around my neighborhood.

4.5 miles on my bike today. Thank goodness for the great weather!

1.5 miles on the track, 30 minutes elliptical, weight lifting for back. AND yoga booty ballet.

Tiki

Sunday, shredded my legs, 28 minutes elliptical, 20 minute riding my bike in the neighborhood.

Monday - Tae-Bo!

1 hour walk on Sunday :)

Productive exercise Sunday, 90 minutes painting the bathroom & 1 hour of mowing and weedwacking.

One hour on the bike, 10 km (6 1/4 miles). J (the husband) pulled the toddler-containing chariot to the beach, I pulled it back, meaning I got the uphill part. Whew!

An hour walk with munchkin in a stroller. But the hour also included some play time at the playground. :)

Tae Bo this AM - lunch time walk - PM cheerleading.

Tiki

Yesterday: 30 minutes of walking and 90 minutes putting a second coat of paint on the bathroom :)

I got in just under 7.5 miles on my bike this eve.

70 minutes on the elliptical. Burned 760 calories although I've heard (and believe) that elliptical machines severely exaggerate your effort!!! :(

Tuesday: 30 minute walk, 60 minutes aquacize

Tuesday:
30 minute walk at lunch time
30 minute walk after work

A mere 3 miles on the bike yesterday. But over half of it was a constant uphill climb that left me red & panting.

Stott Pilates Videos
 

In case anyone is interested, Stott Pilates has a lot of their vhs tapes on half price for the month of May. I purchased two and they were Cdn$9.98 each, plus Cdn$5 to have them shipped. They are tough and amazing and Stott are really world leaders in training pilates instructors. I already had their intro mat workout tape, (which is not on sale), but I bought a stability ball video & a flexband video. (I already have a flexband for another workout I own, and I've had a stability ball for years but have never used it to work out. Isn't it just a spare fun chair for guests?) If anyone's interested I'll let you know what I think of the videos once I've done them. But the mat video is tough but amazing & it's done by the owner of Stott, Moira Stott-Merrithew. She puts a lot of effort into making sure you cannot strain or hurt yourself by not being in the right posture - something missing from most of the other tapes I've done. (I recommend "Pilates on the Go", although it's really meant for people who take pilates classes and then want to take a tape away while they travel. The gaia tapes are fun, but I don't think enough is put into making sure someone watching it is doing things correctly). stottpilates.com