Thanks Thinsole. How fast do you run outside? I think my stride is more natural at the higher speed outside, but boy, I get worn out SO quickly.
ASaladandaDream - I'm glad you'll be joining us for February!
Jan 1 -
Jan 2 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body and abs; 50 minutes) + stretching and 10 min walk
Jan 3 - 1.5 mile walk/jog + mountain climbers, calf raises and planks (35 min total)
Jan 4 - 2 mile jog + pushups (40 min total)
Jan 5 -
Jan 6 - 2.7 mile walk (45 min)
Jan 7 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body; 40 minutes) + 1 mile jog and stretching
Jan 8 - 60 minutes eliptical (5.4 miles)
Jan 9 -
Jan 10 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + half mile walk
Jan 11 - Strength exercises (mix of upper body, lower body and abs; 30 min) + half mile walk
Jan 12 - 1.5 mile walk (30 min)
Jan 13 -
Jan 14 - 40 minutes eliptical (3.9 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 15 - 4 mile run plus warm up/cool down walk and stretching (70 min total)
Jan 16 -
Jan 17 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 18 - Strength exercises (upper body + crunches and squats; 40 minutes) + one mile walk
Thinsole - I purposely went on the TM cause I had pasta the night before. I was hoping for a super burst of energy from my previous nights dinner. It turned out ok. I totally get people not liking the TM. It can be boring but if you can find that 'place' and get there it can be quite lovely. The best is if you can occupy your mind and not really think about the running part. I always worry that I'm going to trip on my own feet or something and go flying back into the shelves that are behind the TM . . . and I envision it all happening in a cartoon-like way.
chickadee - I also had gotten to running at 5.3 mph or so at one point but that was quite some time ago. Starting over now. I was thinking the exact same thing as you . . . go slower for a longer period of time. Anything over 4.5 mph and I have to slow jog/run cause my legs are short and they just don't walk any faster than that! lol Although I do seem to remember from before that sometimes it's harder to run at a slower pace than if you pick it up just a bit. Gotta find that sweet spot I guess.
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Day 14 of 20, done.
Slimdown Upper Body w/Chris Fretag, 25 min. Not the best workout today, energy level is down. Will be taking the doggies out in a bit though and then off to the food store.
Last edited by loose seal; 01-19-2012 at 09:38 AM.
Oh this looks fun! My goal is 1000 minutes of exercise.
Running total
Jan 2 - 60 min - Bodypump...I'm gonna be sore tomorrow
Jan 4 - 90 min - 30 min weights and 60 min Zumba
Jan 7 - 60 min - swimming
Jan 9 - 60 min - Bodypump
Jan 11- 60 min - Zumba
Jan 15 - 60 min - swimming
Jan. 16 - 60 min - boot camp
Jan 17- 60 min - boot camp
Jan 18 - 90 min - 30 min bootcamp/60 min zumba
Jan 10- 60 min - boot camp
1: 0
2: 50 min dance & stretch; 50/1300 min
3: 0
4: 0
5: 40 min walk, 90 min gardening; 180/1300 min
6: 90 min gardening; 270/1300 min
7: 35 min walk; 305/1300 min
8: 40 min walk; 345/1300 min
9: 35 min dancing; 380/1300 min
10: 20 min gardening; 410/1300 min
11: 30 min walk; 440/1300 min
12: 35 min hula, 15 min dance, 25 min yoga; 515/1300 min
13: 25 min yoga, 30 min shoveling snow, 35 min hula; 605/1300 min
14: 20 min walk, 20 min dance; 645/1300 min
15: 35 min hula: 680/1300 min
16: 40 min walk; 720/1300 min
17: 0
18: 50 min treadmill, 15 min Qi Gong; 785/1300 min
19: 0
20: 45 min treadmill; 830/1300 min
21: 45 min treadmill; 875/1300 min
2
3 Treadmill 30 min
4 Spinning 45 min
5 Treadmill 30 min, elliptical 10 min, some arm exercises with handweights
6 Walked home from the hospital, 30 min
7 Treadmill 30 min, handweights
8 Walking 30 min
9 Walking 30 min
10 Elliptical 18 min, Bike 18 min, handweights
11 Elliptical 18 min, Bike 18 min, handweights
12 Treadmill 30 min
13 Treadmill 30 min
14 Treadmill 30 min, bike 15 min, handweights
15
loose seal - I agree on picking up the pace just a little; my stride definitely feels more natural when I up the speed slightly. I just get worn out so much more quickly! I need to build up to it slowly, I think.
I'm a bit embarrassed that I took two days in a row off from exercise, but I did get out and do some shoveling for an hour yesterday. This week I intend to get in 5 days of exercise again instead of just 4; the 3 days on/1 day off routine has been working pretty well for me.
Jan 1 -
Jan 2 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body and abs; 50 minutes) + stretching and 10 min walk
Jan 3 - 1.5 mile walk/jog + mountain climbers, calf raises and planks (35 min total)
Jan 4 - 2 mile jog + pushups (40 min total)
Jan 5 -
Jan 6 - 2.7 mile walk (45 min)
Jan 7 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body; 40 minutes) + 1 mile jog and stretching
Jan 8 - 60 minutes eliptical (5.4 miles)
Jan 9 -
Jan 10 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + half mile walk
Jan 11 - Strength exercises (mix of upper body, lower body and abs; 30 min) + half mile walk
Jan 12 - 1.5 mile walk (30 min)
Jan 13 -
Jan 14 - 40 minutes eliptical (3.9 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 15 - 4 mile run plus warm up/cool down walk and stretching (70 min total)
Jan 16 -
Jan 17 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 18 - Strength exercises (upper body + crunches and squats; 40 minutes) + one mile walk
Jan 19 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (55 minutes total)
Jan 20 -
Jan 21 -
Jan 22 - 60 minutes eliptical (7.2 miles)
Days: 15/20
Last edited by chickadee32; 01-22-2012 at 06:10 PM.
Oh this looks fun! My goal is 1000 minutes of exercise.
Running total
Jan 2 - 60 min - Bodypump...I'm gonna be sore tomorrow
Jan 4 - 90 min - 30 min weights and 60 min Zumba
Jan 7 - 60 min - swimming
Jan 9 - 60 min - Bodypump
Jan 11- 60 min - Zumba
Jan 15 - 60 min - swimming
Jan. 16 - 60 min - boot camp
Jan 17- 60 min - boot camp
Jan 18 - 90 min - 30 min bootcamp/60 min zumba
Jan 20- 60 min - boot camp
Jan 22 - 60 min - swimming
1: 0
2: 50 min dance & stretch; 50/1300 min
3: 0
4: 0
5: 40 min walk, 90 min gardening; 180/1300 min
6: 90 min gardening; 270/1300 min
7: 35 min walk; 305/1300 min
8: 40 min walk; 345/1300 min
9: 35 min dancing; 380/1300 min
10: 20 min gardening; 410/1300 min
11: 30 min walk; 440/1300 min
12: 35 min hula, 15 min dance, 25 min yoga; 515/1300 min
13: 25 min yoga, 30 min shoveling snow, 35 min hula; 605/1300 min
14: 20 min walk, 20 min dance; 645/1300 min
15: 35 min hula: 680/1300 min
16: 40 min walk; 720/1300 min
17: 0
18: 50 min treadmill, 15 min Qi Gong; 785/1300 min
19: 0
20: 45 min treadmill; 830/1300 min
21: 45 min treadmill; 875/1300 min
While on the lunchmeat run yesterday saw a Biggest Loser dvd on sale for $10. I don't really watch TBL but my kid watched it On Demand over Christmas so I was kind of following it, I knew who the people and trainers were so. It's all 3 trainers from last time. 5 min warm-up; 15 min. cardio w/each trainer (total of 45 min), 5 min cool down. Hmmm, I thought, I'll give this a shot.
Anna Cornacopia is a ditz. She doesn't bother explaining how to do the moves much nor did she explain proper form for using the weights and I find her utterly and totally boring. Her segment was more than a warm up but nothing like the intensity that I thought it would be. It was a low-end cardio w/weights. Good thing her segment only lasts about 11 min or so. Two thumbs down.
Bob's segment totally kicks it. He gives you just the motivation you need, he's up-beat without being annoying and his workout made you work, made you sweat. Two thumbs up.
Dolvett -- I really, really wanted his segment to be kicking. <sigh> I can't quite put my finger on it with him. He just doesn't seem to know what -- or maybe how -- to say the things that would motivate ... it's almost like an after thought with him and he suddenly will say 'come people let's do this' or something. I don't know . . . . His workout was 20 seconds of said exercise (with 3 variations of said exercise, do what you can) then 10 seconds rest, repeat about 8 times. Too long because it got boring and with the 'variations' . . . it felt and looked like a bunch of grade-school kids flailing about. Disorganized is the word I'm searching for here. Personally I think it would have been better if he had done 20 seconds at the low intensity, rest, 20 seconds mid intensity, rest, 20 seconds high intensity, rest; repeat ... which is how I did it and what I'll be doing from now on. What I mostly disliked about his segment was that there was only 3 exercises total with 3 variations of each exercise . . . but it was still just 3 exercises total. Zzzzzzzz.
Overall though I did get a nice cardio workout so I'm not sorry I bought it. I'll probably due this every other week or so, just to change things up and switch things out . . . which is always a good thing. On a scale of 1 (sucks) to 10 (rocks it) I'd give it a 6.5.
Ok, so that's "Looseseal Reviews a DVD" for today. lol
Have a good one!
Oh, and the doggies and I ARE getting out for a walk today. Haven't been out w/them since Thurs. Yikes!
Last edited by loose seal; 01-23-2012 at 09:41 AM.
1/4 35 mins kickboxing, 20mins walk
1/5 30mins eliptical, 50mins cardio class
1/7 20 mins just dance
1/8 15 mins just dance
1/10 20mins walk
1/12 30 mins just dance
1/23 20 min elliptical 60min step
Oh this looks fun! My goal is 1000 minutes of exercise.
Running total
Jan 2 - 60 min - Bodypump...I'm gonna be sore tomorrow
Jan 4 - 90 min - 30 min weights and 60 min Zumba
Jan 7 - 60 min - swimming
Jan 9 - 60 min - Bodypump
Jan 11- 60 min - Zumba
Jan 15 - 60 min - swimming
Jan. 16 - 60 min - boot camp
Jan 17- 60 min - boot camp
Jan 18 - 90 min - 30 min bootcamp/60 min zumba
Jan 20- 60 min - boot camp
Jan 22 - 60 min - swimming
Jan 23 - 60 min - boot camp
Jan 24 - 60 min - boot camp
Jan 25 - 90 min - 30 min boot camp/ 60 min zumba
Current Total: 930/1000 min
I think I'm going to go over my goal!
Last edited by somethingnew912; 01-25-2012 at 11:16 PM.
loose_seal: thanks for the DVD review! I think I'll skip that one. I got a few Biggest Loser DVDs from the library and they were fun once or twice but I didn't find any that I wanted to purchase.
5/8 video workouts
1: 0
2: 50 min dance & stretch; 50/1300 min
3: 0
4: 0
5: 40 min walk, 90 min gardening; 180/1300 min
6: 90 min gardening; 270/1300 min
7: 35 min walk; 305/1300 min
8: 40 min walk; 345/1300 min
9: 35 min dancing; 380/1300 min
10: 20 min gardening; 410/1300 min
11: 30 min walk; 440/1300 min
12: 35 min hula, 15 min dance, 25 min yoga; 515/1300 min
13: 25 min yoga, 30 min shoveling snow, 35 min hula; 605/1300 min
14: 20 min walk, 20 min dance; 645/1300 min
15: 35 min hula: 680/1300 min
16: 40 min walk; 720/1300 min
17: 0
18: 50 min treadmill, 15 min Qi Gong; 785/1300 min
19: 0
20: 45 min treadmill; 830/1300 min
21: 45 min treadmill; 875/1300 min
22: 60 min walk; 935/1300 min
23: 30 min treadmill; 965/1300 min
Last edited by gardenerjoy; 01-23-2012 at 11:18 PM.
Jan 1 -
Jan 2 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body and abs; 50 minutes) + stretching and 10 min walk
Jan 3 - 1.5 mile walk/jog + mountain climbers, calf raises and planks (35 min total)
Jan 4 - 2 mile jog + pushups (40 min total)
Jan 5 -
Jan 6 - 2.7 mile walk (45 min)
Jan 7 - Strength exercises (upper body, lower body; 40 minutes) + 1 mile jog and stretching
Jan 8 - 60 minutes eliptical (5.4 miles)
Jan 9 -
Jan 10 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + half mile walk
Jan 11 - Strength exercises (mix of upper body, lower body and abs; 30 min) + half mile walk
Jan 12 - 1.5 mile walk (30 min)
Jan 13 -
Jan 14 - 40 minutes eliptical (3.9 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 15 - 4 mile run plus warm up/cool down walk and stretching (70 min total)
Jan 16 -
Jan 17 - 45 minutes stationary bike (16.2 miles) + cool down walk
Jan 18 - Strength exercises (upper body + crunches and squats; 40 minutes) + one mile walk
Jan 19 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (55 minutes total)
Jan 20 -
Jan 21 -
Jan 22 - 60 minutes eliptical (7.2 miles)
Jan 23 -
Jan 24 - 3.4 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (60 minutes total)
How fast do you run outside? I think my stride is more natural at the higher speed outside, but boy, I get worn out SO quickly.
