May 1 -
May 2 -
May 3 -
May 4 -
May 5 - 50 minutes on the treadmill
May 6 -
May 7 -
May 8 -
May 9 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 10 - upper body, lower body + 20 minutes treadmill (60 minutes total)
May 11 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 12 - abs, upper body, lower body + 25 minutes on the treadmill (65 minutes total)
May 13 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
May 14 -
May 15 - 2 mile walk outside (30 minutes)
May 16 - upper body, lower body + balance exercises + 35 minutes treadmill (80 minutes total)
May 17 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 18 - upper body, lower body + 20 minutes treadmill (60 minutes total)
May 19 -
May 20 - 25 minutes on the treadmill
May 21 -
May 22 -
May 23 - 45 minutes on the treadmill

Total: 590/1350 minutes


gardenerjoy: I like your attitude about the goals. I feel disappointed that I won't make mine, but at least I know I won't use it as an excuse to take the rest of the month off. And as long as I'm still exercising, well, that's the whole point! I hope you have a great trip to NYC!!

My goal is 22 workouts this month.


5/01 - 35 min run and 20 min stairmaster (1)
5/02 - 20 min stairmaster and 30 min dance (2)
5/03 - 10 min walk and 20 min stairmaster (3)
5/04 - 35 min stairmaster and 15 min elliptical (4
5/05 - 50 min elliptical and 18 min incline run (5)
5/06 - 15 min run and 12 min elliptical (6)
5/07 - 30 min run, 15 min elliptical, 10 min stairmaster (7)
5/09 - 10 min warmup run, 25 min strength training and 37 min stairmaster (8)
5/10 - 4.1 mile run (9)
5/11 - 10 min warmup run, ST, 18 min stairmaster and 15 elliptical (10)
5/12 - 3.1 mile run (11)
5/13 - 10 min warmup, 30 min strength training, 32 min elliptical (12)
5/14 - 4.5 mile run (13)
5/16 - 10 min warmup run, 30 min strength training, 30 min elliptical (14)
5/18 - A.M.- 20 min run, 10 min elliptical, 15 min hill intervals run P.M.- 15 min. walk/run, 15 min dance (15)
5/19 - 22 min stairmaster and 36 min treadmill hill runs (16)
5/20 - Approx. 2 mile walk (17)
5/21 - 3.5 mile run (18)
5/22 - Approx. 30 min run/walk at park (a.m.), 15 min elliptical and 10 arc trainer (p.m.) (19)
5/24 - 2.85 mile run (20)
5/25 - 5.35 mile run (21)

May goals: Gym 5x/week (30-60 mins. cardio 5x, weights 3x), Volleyball 1-2x week, walk on non-gym days (as long as the weather holds)

1: Rest day
2: 50 min. elliptical, 30 min. weights, 2 hrs. volleyball
3: 1 hr. racquetball, 2 hrs. volleyball
4: 45 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights
5: 60 minute walk (semi rest day, no gym)
6: 1 hr. racquetball, 45 mins. weights
7: 50 min. elliptical
8: Rest day
9: 33 min. elliptical, 45 min. weights
10: 60 min. elliptical
11: 40 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights
12: Rest day - walk to the park with kids
13: 45 min. racquetball
14: Unplanned Rest Day
15: 65 min. elliptical
16: 57 minute walk (3.7 miles), 2 hrs volleyball
17: 30 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights, 2 hrs. volleyball
18: 50 min elliptical
19: Rest Day
20: 60 min racquetball
21: Out of town
22: Rest Day
23: 40 min elliptical (intervals, ugh!), 25 min weights, 2 hrs volleyball
24: 65 min elliptical
25: 30 min elliptical, 35 min weights

Total exercise minutes so far: 1,795

Happy May!

Goals for this month is to make sure I workout 6 days a week w/o missing a workout and to work very hard while I'm working out.

1 - Rest Day!
2 - Cut The Cheese/Hardcore Abs Girl workout from bodyrock.tv (14 mins.) + Tracey Staehle's Cardio Sweatfest (30 mins.)
3 - Bob Harper's Pure Burn (68 mins.) - ooooh weeeee!
4 - Burpees Are Forever & Ever from bodyrock.tv (12 mins.) + The Firm's Zero in 10 Bikini section (10 mins.) + Cathe's STS Pilates Abs workout (19 mins.)
5 - Lalo Fuentes' Lalofit (55 mins)

6 - Hot Body Workout from bodyrock.tv (15 mins.) + Cathe's Cardio Fusion (warm-up only) + Kim Fowler's The OM Zone Yoga Upper & Core (?? mins.)
7 - Rest Day!
8 - My Homemade Backyard Plate Legs Workout! Completed: Squats w/ Walking Lunges (4 sets/10 reps/using a pair of 25lb plates) + Deadlifts (3 sets/12 reps/using a pair of 25lb plates) + Leg Presses w/ Lunge off of stair (3 sets/10 reps on each leg/using a pair of 25lb plates) + Squats (3 sets/10 reps/ using a pair of 25lb plates) + Jump Rope Skipping (6 rounds of 30 secs. effort & 30 secs. rest)
9 - n/a
10 - Jacked Up Chick Workout by bodyrock.tv (not timed, # of reps recorded) + IMAX 3 and 1st combo blast (warm-up purposes) + Cathe's Muscle Max Upper Body (42 mins.)

11 - n/a
12 - Right There! Workout by bodyrock.tv (20 mins.) + 10 Minute Solution Pilates Basic (10 mins.)
13 - Cathe Muscle Max Upper Push/Pull (33 mins.) + Cathe's HIIT 30/30 (30 mins.)
14 - Rest Day!
15 - STS, Meso# 3, Week# 1, Disc 26 (Plyo Legs - 46 mins.) + STS Extended Stretch

16 - Practiced a few poses using the Bikram Yoga style. Will make up today's regularly scheduled workout on the 21st
17 - STS, Meso# 3, Week# 1, Disc 25 (Chest & Back - 68 mins.) + I'm Into Your Workout by bodyrock.tv (12 mins.)
18 - No warm-up cuz I forgot (silly me!) - Put It Down On Me workout by bodyrock.tv (12 mins.) + knee balancing on stability ball for about 20 mins. (this exercise is the last exercise on this video if you don't know what it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N5_k7uWTPw)
19- Cathe Intensity (Step Only - 36 mins.)
20- STS, Meso# 3, Week# 1, Disc 27 (Shoulders, Biceps & Triceps - 61 mins.)

21 - Cathe's Drill Max (Cardio Blast Timesaver - 39 mins.)
22 - Cathe's Lower Body Blast (Timesaver w/ no blasts - 49 mins.)
23 - bodyrock.tv Dirty Bit workout (12 mins)
24 - Rest Day 'cuz my knees were hurting from the 22nd & 23rd. My body was telling me to sit the heck down somewhere.
25 -

26 -
27 -
28 -
29 -
30 -
31 -

May 1st-7th
Worked out 5 out of 6 days (started a day late). I managed at least 60 minutes each day.

May 8th-14th
Three days of working out, but that was expected given the conference. However, those three were good days, with at least 60 minutes each.

May 15th-21st
Only 3 workout days this week, but they were good ones, and given I was away for the first part of the week and then twisted my ankle, I'm not going to beat myself up over it.

May 22nd-28th
5/22: l1d2 30 Day Shred; arm hooping
5/23: l1d3 30 Day Shred; hula hooping workout
5/24: kickboxing class; l1d4 30 Day Shred x2; arm hooping
5/25: got 2/3 of the way through l1d5 of 30 Day Shred, but my ankle really started hurting, so I guess today's a rest day

So I've been slacking a bit due to TOM & bad habits but I'm making a come back as of today

May 1-7
Weekly Totals 151minutes Strength & 285 minutes Cardio

May 8-14
Weekly Totals 164mins Strength & 244mins Cardio

May 15-21
Weekly Totals 0mins Strength & 240mins Cardio

May 22-28
22 Baseball practise 30mins
23
24
25 15mins booty ballet 69cals, 25mins Biggest Loser dvd (10mins CardioMax-Women 100cals, 15mins Power Sculpt-Women 124cals) 224cals
26
27
28

Weekly Total 15mins Strength & 55mins Cardio

Monthly TOTALS 330mins Strength & 809mins Cardio & Dog walk 14x’s

Not doing to bad considering the major slack off last week. I'm admitting defeat to making my goal for strength but I've decided I should be doing more cardio then strength anyway so it's okay...maybe my justifications are part of the problem No weight gain ove the last week but no weight loss yet as of saturday

May goal: hit the gym 5x/wk

Week 1 = goal (5x)
Week 2 = goal (6x)
Week 3 = goal (7x - yay!)
May 22: no gym
May 23: gym
May 24: gym
May 25: gym

Yay to being recommitted!

For this month I would like to get in five workouts each week. I usally workout for at least a hour but there are times when I dont. I do a variety of things from weights to classes at my gym. My other goal is to get a workout in on the weekend no matter what it is! I always slack on weekend

5/1 20 mins stair climber
5/2 30 mins elliptical
5/3 60 mins step and sculpt
5/4 60 mins kickboxing 60 mins body to pump
5/9 60 min step
5/10 25mins elliptical 60mins low impact/box
5/11 1 hr kickboxing, 1hr body to pump 20min walk
5/12 1hr low impact
5/16 25min jog 45mins step 20mins weights
5/17 20mins jog 45 min low impact box 15min weights
5/18 60mins kickboxing 60mins body to pump
5/21 80mins hike
5/23 15 min walk, 60min step
5/24 20mins elliptical 60min low impact/box 40 min walk
5/25 45 min walk/jog

May goals: Gym 5x/week (30-60 mins. cardio 5x, weights 3x), Volleyball 1-2x week, walk on non-gym days (as long as the weather holds)

1: Rest day
2: 50 min. elliptical, 30 min. weights, 2 hrs. volleyball
3: 1 hr. racquetball, 2 hrs. volleyball
4: 45 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights
5: 60 minute walk (semi rest day, no gym)
6: 1 hr. racquetball, 45 mins. weights
7: 50 min. elliptical
8: Rest day
9: 33 min. elliptical, 45 min. weights
10: 60 min. elliptical
11: 40 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights
12: Rest day - walk to the park with kids
13: 45 min. racquetball
14: Unplanned Rest Day
15: 65 min. elliptical
16: 57 minute walk (3.7 miles), 2 hrs volleyball
17: 30 min. elliptical, 35 min. weights, 2 hrs. volleyball
18: 50 min elliptical
19: Rest Day
20: 60 min racquetball
21: Out of town
22: Rest Day
23: 40 min elliptical (intervals), 25 min weights, 2 hrs volleyball
24: 65 min elliptical
25: 30 min elliptical, 35 min weights
26: Rest Day

Total exercise minutes so far: 1,795


Ahhhhh... today is a much needed rest day. I took the kids for a short walk (maybe a mile or so?), stopped and chatted with a friend in the middle and am now on to my housework. My poor legs needed a break today, it feels great.

My goal is 22 workouts this month.


5/01 - 35 min run and 20 min stairmaster (1)
5/02 - 20 min stairmaster and 30 min dance (2)
5/03 - 10 min walk and 20 min stairmaster (3)
5/04 - 35 min stairmaster and 15 min elliptical (4
5/05 - 50 min elliptical and 18 min incline run (5)
5/06 - 15 min run and 12 min elliptical (6)
5/07 - 30 min run, 15 min elliptical, 10 min stairmaster (7)
5/09 - 10 min warmup run, 25 min strength training and 37 min stairmaster (8)
5/10 - 4.1 mile run (9)
5/11 - 10 min warmup run, ST, 18 min stairmaster and 15 elliptical (10)
5/12 - 3.1 mile run (11)
5/13 - 10 min warmup, 30 min strength training, 32 min elliptical (12)
5/14 - 4.5 mile run (13)
5/16 - 10 min warmup run, 30 min strength training, 30 min elliptical (14)
5/18 - A.M.- 20 min run, 10 min elliptical, 15 min hill intervals run P.M.- 15 min. walk/run, 15 min dance (15)
5/19 - 22 min stairmaster and 36 min treadmill hill runs (16)
5/20 - Approx. 2 mile walk (17)
5/21 - 3.5 mile run (18)
5/22 - Approx. 30 min run/walk at park (a.m.), 15 min elliptical and 10 arc trainer (p.m.) (19)
5/24 - 2.85 mile run (20)
5/25 - 5.35 mile run (21)
5/26 - 25 min elliptical and 25 min hill run intervals (22)

May 1st-7th
Worked out 5 out of 6 days (started a day late). I managed at least 60 minutes each day.

May 8th-14th
Three days of working out, but that was expected given the conference. However, those three were good days, with at least 60 minutes each.

May 15th-21st
Only 3 workout days this week, but they were good ones, and given I was away for the first part of the week and then twisted my ankle, I'm not going to beat myself up over it.

May 22nd-28th
5/22: l1d2 30 Day Shred; arm hooping
5/23: l1d3 30 Day Shred; hula hooping workout
5/24: kickboxing class; l1d4 30 Day Shred x2; arm hooping
5/25: got 2/3 of the way through l1d5 of 30 Day Shred, but my ankle really started hurting, so I guess today's a rest day
5/26: rest day, ankle's still bugging me

May 1 -
May 2 -
May 3 -
May 4 -
May 5 - 50 minutes on the treadmill
May 6 -
May 7 -
May 8 -
May 9 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 10 - upper body, lower body + 20 minutes treadmill (60 minutes total)
May 11 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 12 - abs, upper body, lower body + 25 minutes on the treadmill (65 minutes total)
May 13 - 55 minutes on the treadmill
May 14 -
May 15 - 2 mile walk outside (30 minutes)
May 16 - upper body, lower body + balance exercises + 35 minutes treadmill (80 minutes total)
May 17 - 40 minutes on the treadmill
May 18 - upper body, lower body + 20 minutes treadmill (60 minutes total)
May 19 -
May 20 - 25 minutes on the treadmill
May 21 -
May 22 -
May 23 - 45 minutes on the treadmill
May 24 -
May 25 - upper body + 30 minutes on treadmill (50 minutes total)

Total: 640/1350 minutes


Had to take my husband to the urgent care center last night, so no workout AGAIN. What a month.

chickadee: Oh no! I hope your husband's okay..

Ferumbras: Thank you! He's fine. He developed a rash over his entire body yesterday, and that seemed worrisome, but it seems to be just an allergic reaction to the antibiotic he was on. He's not allowed to get sick any more this month though, as I need to make up some time at the gym!

chickadee: I'm glad to hear it's nothing more severe. Just be sure he knows that he owes you.