walked for an hour this morning before work and did a mile and a half on the treadmill tonight. I always do curls with hand weights while on the TM, 50 per hand/arm.
Time to set my September goals.
I met my August goals so I'm going to increase Septembers just a tad (considering there is one less day in September....)
My goals are to work out 24 days AND 1300 minutes in September (my goals for August were 22 days and 1200 minutes).
So far....
September 1: none
September 2: 65 minutes spinning class
September 3: 60 minutes hip hop class
September 4: 45 minutes running on treadmill
September 5: 45 minutes elliptical
Total: 4 days
215 minutes
Last edited by traveling michele; 09-05-2009 at 11:31 PM.
Everyone is kicking butt.
I got mine kicked today - lol.
W6D1 - done. The last interval was hard because I increased my speed from 3mph to 3.5mph. 2.25 total miles in 40 mins.
After a short break I did 17 mins HIIT - incline at 15, 10 and 5 between 2 and 3mph. Did last 2 mins at no incline but 4mph.
Hard to breathe. Thought for sure I would did - lol.
Ready for day 2 - woohoo.
Yesterday - Walk @ work and weight training - complete.
Today - Ab RipperX and Treadmill
Michelle, you shouldn't feel like a weakling. I totally understand how you feel as I cannot lift a lot either but by consistent lifting we build endurance, muscle and strength so you can lift more and more. You'll get there eventually. That's what I keep telling myself . Just make sure, when you're able to do more reps/set with the same weight (for example, for biceps, if you were doing 8 reps/set @ 10lb but now you can do 10 reps/set @ 10lb) then you can switch the weight size. Just don't hurt yourself (like I did) and make sure your form is correct. It is very easy to hurt yourself when doing weight training.
I think I hurt my right arm during one of the routines. I don't know whether it happened during bicep curls or pull ups. I iced and took some advil yesterday but it still hurts. So, I'm thinking it is not inflamed but something else is going on. We'll see.
Everyone, keep up the good work. I'm so happy you guys are all working hard here. Keeps everyone in check and motivated
. Just make sure, when you're able to do more reps/set with the same weight (for example, for biceps, if you were doing 8 reps/set @ 10lb but now you can do 10 reps/set @ 10lb) then you can switch the weight size. Just don't hurt yourself (like I did) and make sure your form is correct. It is very easy to hurt yourself when doing weight training. 
for you too! Thanks so much for the advice!! I hope your arm feels better soon 
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