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Girl Gone Strong
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Atlantis, which is near Manhattan
Posts: 6,836
S/C/G: (H)247/(C)159/(Goal)142-138
Height: 5'3"
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May 1: 45 minutes spin class, about 120 minutes incidental exercise walking while birding at a state park
May 2: 60 minutes swimming class, the last of the spring semester. I need to sign up for the summer class that starts in June.
May 3: 60 minutes stationary bike, set at 8, just over 14.25 miles, and an attempt at using weights with a 3-pound weight in right hand.
May 4: 60 minutes arc trainer, set at 7 & hill interval, and a little abs work afterward. Bikes for tonight's spin class were all reserved last night, so I decided to workout solo on the machine.
May 5: 45 minutes spin class, 15 minute warmup beforehand, and further attempts at weights with 3-pound weight for right hand.
May 6: 45 minutes spin class, a tough one, with about 10 minute warmup beforehand
May 7: 60 minutes arc trainer, set at 7 & hill interval, and my old weight routine, with an 8-pound weight in one hand & 3-pound weight in the other
May 8: 60 minutes arc trainer, set at 8 & plain old interval, and this was very difficult, and my back was sore afterward, so I had to bend over & stretch & lay on a mat & roll on my lower back for a while
May 9: 45 minutes spin class, with about 5 minute warmup beforehand, and my old weight routine, again lopsided
May 10: 60 minutes elliptical, for the first time in a month, at random intervals & set at 8, which meant the hardest intervals went to 11. I used my hands through this & pushing the handles was difficult. I will not try this again for a few days. Also, another 120 minutes walking slow-paced, birding at the nature preserve.
May 11: 45 minute spin class, with about 10 minute warmup beforehand. Almost didn't take it because [TMI Alert] .... [TMI coming] I am having an early & unusually really, really heavy (though painless) period.
May 12: 45 minute spin class, with about 15 minute warmup beforehand, and dumbbells, still with a three-pound weight in the right hand
May 13: 45 minute spin class, with about 15 minute warmup beforehand. This instructor is the most upbeat, peppy, chirpy little sadist I've ever been taught by. And three days straight of spin classes is getting tedious. The rest of my body needs to DO SOMETHING.
May 14: 60 minutes arc trainer, set at 7 and hill intervals. I did this completely hands-free & had no back issues afterward at all. So it's resting my hands along the handlebars that causes this by somehow changing my posture. Also, dumbbells, with a five-pound weight in the right hand.
May 15: 60 minutes arc trainer, set at 7 & plain old intervals. Again, hands-free, and it was harder than yesterday. Also 45 minute Pilates class with the delightful new trainer who's very verbal during class & excellent at explaining what we're working. I can see myself becoming a regular again in this class.
May 16: 45 minute spin class, with about 10 minute warmup beforehand. Again, taught by the upbeat little sadist. Also dumbbells, again with a 5-pound weight in right hand.
May 17: 15 minutes on elliptical, and then, when someone got off an arc trainer, 45 minutes on the arc trainer, at hill interval, set at 8. (I think I hurt my foot, in retrospect.)
May 18: 45 minute spin class, with 15 minute warmup beforehand. My left foot hurt in the heel & along the arch when I stood up. Uh-oh. That's the plantar fasciitis spot. Beforehand, I did dumbbells, this time with 7.5-pound weight in my right hand.
May 19: 60 minutes on a stationery bike, at intervals, resistance set at 7, about 15.6 miles. I need to up the resistance. This was to spare my foot & it's the easiest cardio I know of for my plantar fasciitis, aside from swimming. (No rowing machines at either of my gyms.)
May 20: 60 minutes Pilates class, dumbbells with 7.5-pound weight in right hand, 45 minutes on the arc trainer, at interval, resistance set at 7. (The gym closes at 9 PM so I couldn't do an hour.)
May 21: 60 minutes stationery bike, set at hill intervals, resistance at 8, again to spare my bad left foot.
May 22: 60 minutes on arc trainer, at interval, resistance set at 8. Dumbbells with 7.5-lb weight on right. 60 minute Pilates class. The Pilates instructor began class with an anti-dairy rant. She's great on Pilates but she will have to pry my nonfat Greek yogurt at breakfast out of my cold dead hands.
May 23: 45 minute spin class, and another plantar fasciitis flare-up, though my foot had been doing well after four days of not spinning. It's the standing sprints most definitely. I thought because the arc trainer felt all right, this would also. But it doesn't. I need to lay off from spinning for a while, or if I take it, to do the class seated or at a "hover" position. I may as well be on a stationery bike.
May 24: 60 minutes stationery bike, set at random intervals, resistance at 8, just over 15 miles. Dumbbells with 5 lbs but these have big round plates on the ends & feel heavier because of the balance in one's hand. Still limping a bit when I walk with plantar fasciitis. No spinning. Sadly enough. (Particularly after the TMI spinning thread.)
May 25: 60 minutes on arc trainer, at interval, resistance set at 8.
May 26: 60 minutes stationery bike, set at random intervals, resistance at 8, at 15.30 miles. Again, 5-lb. dumbbells with plates on the ends. My foot feels a little better today.
May 27: 60 minutes on arc trainer, at interval, resistance set at 8. 60 minutes Pilates class. We did some weights in addition to the usual moves targeting our abs.
May 28: 60 minutes on stationery bike, set at random hills, resistance at 8, at over 20 miles. (A different bike. And me wearing new bike shoes, my first pair ever, & getting busy with some sprints.) Today I bumped my dumbbells up to 8 pounds. A little soreness on my injured wrist at moments, but it's fine now.
May 29: 60 minutes on arc trainer, at hill interval, resistance at 8. Sore back afterward; I need to stay straighter & be a little more pigeon-toed because I turn out. 60 minutes Pilates class. We put our backs against the mirrored walls & slid down like video hoes. No, actually, we held it there & did things that were excruciating for my quads. Walked around city for about 60 minutes total today.
May 30: 45 minutes spin class, and the strap fell off the pedal & my foot slipped, so there was a pause in the middle while I fixed it. Scary moment. No standing; just sitting & hovering. (Foot feels good now.) Dumbbells at 8 pounds. I just bought "New Rules of Lifting for Women" & because the gym was pretty much empty at 8 AM, I was trying some very light barbells with the book propped open before me to check my form. I did not do any of the full workout sequences but I did do several of the moves. I'm now embarrassed by my bicep curls & tricep kickbacks. Lou Schuler, the author, is not in favor of those.
May 31: 60 minutes arc trainer, at interval, resistance at 8. Easier with weight on inside of feet but back was still stiff afterward. Did Pilates routine on my own afterward in studio.
DONE and DONE. Exercised every day for the month of May.
Last edited by saef; 05-31-2010 at 05:06 PM.
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