EXERCISE Accountability - March 2009

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  • Hi everyone. This is the Exercise accountability thread for March!

    All are welcome to join us and post your days exercise!

    Lets get'er done!!!!
  • We had a line @ everyone's fav Treadmill today, grrrrrrrr. I hate when that happens...

    Anyhoo, I did 10 minutes on the Elliptical (hated it!), Weights, and then 30 on the TM. I may go back later on....
  • 60mins P90X!
  • 40 minutes of cardio a day. To up my normal 30.
  • My goal is to exercise every day & I try for at least an hour. That's the ideal. Life usually intervenes, though, and I miss a few days each month.

    1: One hour swimming class, 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
    2: 15 minutes yoga & stretches (housebound after snowstorm )
    3: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing, 10 minutes dumbbells
    4: One hour bike
    5: One hour elliptical (because I have saddle sores from the bike)
    6: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    7: Ran just over 3 miles (pedometer says 3.05)
    8: One hour swimming class, 45 minutes elliptical, 5 minutes rowing
    9: One hour yoga class, 10 minutes dumbbells
    10: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    11: One hour bike (saddle sore healing)
    12: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    13: 20 minutes elliptical, 30 minutes bike, 15 minutes rowing
    14: Ran just over three miles (pedometer says 3.07)
    15: One hour swimming class
    16: One hour yoga class, 10 minutes dumbbells
    17: One hour bike, 10 minutes dumbbells
    18: One hour bike
    19: Half hour elliptical, half hour bike
    20: Ran just over 4 miles (my pedometer says 2.5, but Google pedometer says 4 )
    21: Ran just about 4 miles (pedometer again off, compared with MapMyRun)
    22: One hour swiming class
    23: One hour yoga class
    24: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    25: One hour bike
    26: One hour bike (and someone at the gym asked me if I was a cyclist -- whoo hoo! -- because I was spinning so hard ); 15 minutes dumbbells
    27: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    28: 15 minutes dumbbells, one hour swimming class
    29: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing
    30: One hour yoga class
    31: 45 minutes elliptical, 15 minutes rowing, 15 minutes dumbbells

    Not bad for the month of March. There was only one day where I missed my usual hour of exercise, and that was because of a snowstorm. At the end of March, with the month going out like a lamb, it's hard to remember how fiercely it came in like a lion that particular day.
    I'm getting Jillian's 30-day shred video for contingencies like that snowstorm day, though it may upset my landlady to hear me thumping overhead.

    ETA: I can't believe this, but I have to admit, I feel somewhat guilty that I didn't get in an hour of cardio **every single day** in March. Intellectually, I know that's insane, and I should be glad for the good work I have done. But I'm always left feeling that I could be doing more. I need to watch that -- it's my self-defeating perfectionism, which raises its head again & again in so many areas within my life.
  • My goal for March is 900 minutes

    March 1 Treadmill 35 minutes, Stationary bike 13 minutes, Eliptical 12 minutes
    March 2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Walked 13 minutes

    dustcatcher
  • I met and exceeded my goal of 1000 minutes for February Now my goal for March is 1200. I figure with the 3 extra days over Feb. that it should be attainable.

    March 1 - nada
    March 2 - 45 min. general exercise, abs, legs, stomach, rear
    March 3 - nada
    March 4 - 3 mile walk and a few crunches
    March 5 - 3 miles, jog 1/3 and walk 2/3
    March 6 - 1.6 mile walk, 10 min. stair work, 20 min. yoga
    March 7 - nada
    March 8 - 58 min. yoga workout
    March 9 - 10 min calisthenics, 27 min. yoga
    March 10 - 40 min. general exercise, abs legs, stomach, rear
    March 11 - 30 min. walk, 10 min. rear, legs, arms
    March 12 - 20 min. upper body workout, 10 min. cardio yoga, 30 min. walk
    March 13 - 20 min. workout
    March 14 - nada
    March 15 - 1 hour yard work
    March 16 - 30 min. walking, 15 min general exercises
    March 17 - 30 min. walk, 15 min. yoga
    March 18 - 40 min. general, 10 min yoga
    March 19 - nada
    March 20 - walk/run 30 minutes]
    March 21 - nada
    March 22 - 2 mile walk, 27 min yoga program
    March 23 - 2 mile walk, 35 min. general exercise
    March 24 - nada
    March 25 - nada
    March 26 - nada
    March 27 - nada
    March 28 - nada
    March 29 - 3 mile walk, 15 min. on trampoline
    March 30 - 30 min. arms and exercise ball
    March 31 - 30 min. cardio, 5 min yoga, 15 min jogging

    Well, I didn't hit my 1200 min like I wanted to. That last stretch between the 24 and the 28th killed me in that regard. Otherwise, I did pretty well
  • Crazy month ahead! I hope I can get regular workouts in anyway!

    03/01 - 15 min track (4 laps), 30 min yoga
    03/02 - 60 min yoga, 20 min weights & abs, 10 min HIIT
    03/03 - 60 min yoga
    03/04 - 60 min cardio strength class, 8 min arc trainer
  • I don't really set "goals" I just really try to get in the GYM 4 to 6 times a week. So far so good for this month.
    Today I got in 3.1 miles on the TM & Strength Training.
  • My boy's been sick all week and it's been raining cats and dogs... I will count my blessings that I got 4.5 miles in today!

    1 - day off
    2 - day off
    3 - day off
    4 - day off
    5 - 4.5 miles
  • My goal for March is 900 minutes

    March 1 Treadmill 35 minutes, Stationary bike 13 minutes, Eliptical 12 minutes
    March 2 Aquacize class 55 minutes, Walked 13 minutes
    March 3
    March 4 Aquacize class 55 minutes

    dustcatcher
  • I've been sick *cough cough* and I'm just getting back to going to the gym, after missing most of a week and a half. Finally! I miss the gym, and I feel like a slug!

    1--[sick]
    2--[still sick]
    3--[still sick]
    4--45 min on the treadmill: 14 min running, then the rest walking on random incline
    5--45 min on the treadmill: 12 min running, then the rest walking on random incline; then 60-min yoga class
    6--45 min on the treadmill: mostly walking on random incline; then 45-min yoga class
    7--Walk to the grocery store and back, about 30 min
    8--60-min stability ball class
    9--45-min upper body/abs class; 45 min on the treadmill
    10--75 min on the exercise bike (accidently left wayyy too early for yoga class, so I just kept bikin'); and 60-min yoga class
    11--45 min on the treadmill: 45-min stability ball class
    12--20 min on stationary bike; 35 on the treadmill, mostly running; 60-min yoga class
    13--45-min yoga class
    14--5k on the treadmill; 30 min resistance with the trainer
    15--Bike to meet a friend, about 55 min biking
    16--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 45-min upper body/abs class
    17--Bike to work, about 25 min; 60-min yoga class
    18--Bike home, about 25 min; 40 min running on the treadmill
    19--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 50 min resistance with the trainer
    20--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 45-min yoga class
    21--30 min HIIT on the treadmill; 15 min stretching
    22--28 min on the treadmill; 60-min stability ball class; 8 min onthe Super-Freakin'-Hard setting on the stationary bike
    23--3x10 min running on the treadmill; an hour with the trainer
    24--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 60-min yoga class
    25--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; an hour with the trainer
    26--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 45-min hi/low class
    27--Bike to work and back, about 55 min; 45-min yoga class
    28--(Rest day. And I may perhaps have been a little hungover.)
    29--60-min hi-low class; 60-min stability ball class
    30--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; an hour with the trainer
    31--Bike to work and back, about 50 min; 60-min yoga class
  • 6 - day off
    7 - 8 miles
  • 6--45 min on the treadmill: mostly walking on random incline; then 45-min yoga class
    7--Walk to the grocery store and back, about 30 min
  • 8--60-min stability ball class