Maintainers moving in September
 

Do join us, however relaxed or hard-core your movement style. You are all welcome.

I'll start as it's well into September over here.

Gymn today. Walking on the treadmill with a bit of running. Physio exercises (basic + 2).

I'm trying to work up to doing the bridge with one leg off the ground, pointing up in the air to a faraway planet. Can any of you do that? There was a man on the mats today doing something like that and pressing a dumbbell. I'll work up to that little by little, I think.

The weather is so glorious here that I should be out, running through woodland really but my focus has to be on the physio exercises in order to make sure I've re-educated my core, back, leg etc etc muscles.

Thanks for starting the new thread Silver!

Sept 1:
- 29:50 bike ride, 6.75 miles, 13.57mph

I got safety gear for my bike so I could go out riding before sunrise so this was my first go. I was a little slow because of time to adjust my mirror and headlight, but hopefully they will be all set for next time. Still need a reflective vest, but I now have a headlight, taillight, and mirror at least.

Thanks for starting the thread. I had a good August exercise wise. I only missed two days. We'll see how September goes.

September 1: 45 minutes elliptical (also walked Dewey but not going to count it as exercise as he does a lot of stopping and sniffing!)

Totals:
1 day
45 minutes

Addendum to 9/1: 15 min dog walk

9/2:
25 min dog powerwalk
30 mins pilates: super butt workout, crazy core workout, amazing leg and upper back stretches

Kettlebells: 30 minutes
Core work: 15 minutes
Total: 45 minutes

Have revamped my exercise routine to accommodate my new schedule once school starts. Only doing five days (weekdays) instead of six, weekends off b/c they get busy with the kids once they are back in school. Working out in A.M. only except for Pilates twice a week at noon. Cut down cardio from four times to two times weekly and upped kettlebells from twice to three times weekly. Aim to also streamline my routine to be 30-45 minutes, down from 1 hour plus I was previously doing. I'm hopeful that this can help me keep up with it during the somewhat hectic and sometime stressful school year with my two boys - 4th grade and kindergarten. :love:

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
Thanks for starting the thread. I had a good August exercise wise. I only missed two days. We'll see how September goes.

September 1: 45 minutes elliptical (also walked Dewey but not going to count it as exercise as he does a lot of stopping and sniffing!)

Totals:
1 day
45 minutes

September 2: 31 minutes elliptical plus 30 minute walk in 100 degree weather.

Totals:
2 days
106 minutes

No gym, which saddens me. I used the gym once for a shower, on the first day of salvaging, to get all the mud off, and felt sad that spin class was going on down the hall without me -- the music, the yippees, the instructor yelling -- as if I'd been barred from my former life for having done something wrong.

But I am not taking it easy, so it's easy to get over. I walk back & forth all day and lift heavy things. I can lift much heavier trash & stuff than I would have this time last year. One goal I have: To swing plastic trash bags like kettlebells & throw them over the side of the dumpster. Which is very tall. Taller than me. So I have been doing really awkward jumps and passes, barely boosting the bags over with both hands.

Still, as I've said before, all this would have been impossible for me at 247 pounds. I would have been exhausted & out of breath. I would have collapsed within a few hours instead of working all day, as I need to do, to get this done before the mold & mildew & etc. becomes overpowering. I am thankful to be in better shape. This is how my workouts have paid off. It isn't just aesthetic, or for sexual attractiveness. Or for vanity of athletic prowess. It is helping me get through the days.

Saef - :hug: I'm sure you are getting a lot of exercise with all the cleaning up.

9/3:
- 27 minute powerwalk with doggies
- 1:06:45 bike ride to the apple orchard and back (break in the middle to pick apples). 15.13 miles, 13.6mph

Funny that last week I did the same route except a bit further past the orchard, and I was 14.1mph. I think the wind is the difference. Last time I had a headwind on the uphill direction and a tailwind downhill, and this time it was reversed. I was faster going up, but slower coming down. Oh well.

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
September 2: 31 minutes elliptical plus 30 minute walk in 100 degree weather.

Totals:
2 days
106 minutes

September 3: 60 minutes spin, 15 minutes run, 60 minutes walk with dh.

Totals:
3 days
241 minutes

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
September 3: 60 minutes spin, 15 minutes run, 60 minutes walk with dh.

Totals:
3 days
241 minutes

Didn't count it, but I danced for 2 hours with dh last night-- that had to be some extra calories burned!!

September 4: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:
4 days
331 minutes

9/4:
- short dog walk
- swim! About 30 mins total, 20 laps, including kicking, ladders, and a lap of underwater dolphin kicking.

9/5:
- 30 min doggie powerwalk
- 15 min swiss ball core exercises

Monday - saw the physio who said she wasn't surprised I'd had a little flare-up, considering the summer I've had. She says I'll be better in two weeks and there's no need to see her again. Sounds like I'm back on track for London 2012* then!

(* Olympics. I am in [my] dream team. Today's it's possibly sprint and/or high jump, probably because they seem very far from my real life at present.)

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
Didn't count it, but I danced for 2 hours with dh last night-- that had to be some extra calories burned!!

September 4: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:
4 days
331 minutes

September 5: 60 minutes spin class and 15 min warm up/cool down

Totals:
5 days
406 minutes

Originally Posted by silverbirch:
Monday - saw the physio who said she wasn't surprised I'd had a little flare-up, considering the summer I've had. She says I'll be better in two weeks and there's no need to see her again. Sounds like I'm back on track for London 2012* then!

(* Olympics. I am in [my] dream team. Today's it's possibly sprint and/or high jump, probably because they seem very far from my real life at present.)

Glad you're better! Could you please explain Olympics - dream team?

Dagmar :dizzy:

Tuesday, Sept. 6:

4 mile run on Smokey Hollow Road, Route 48 and Hencle Road

Must sign up for a one-year membership at the gym in my mother's town tonight, even though it's rather beat up.

I need to construct a new routine. I'm in transition and quite shaken psychologically & am in danger of sitting around staring at my hands and brooding over what's happened, what I should have done, what the future holds. Which would then lead to eating, because historically, that's what I do to comfort myself, to zone out in sensory bliss. Neither of these past-times makes me feel better or helps my health. Getting moving actually does both of those things -- as long as I don't use it to replace other aspects of my life, particularly connecting with people.

I can make this transition if I do it carefully. My four steps for exercise today will be: 1) This morning run; 2) Signing up at the gym; 3) Locating my new strength training routines (written down & stuffed someplace); 4) Finding yoga or Pilates within reasonable driving distance (important during our fierce Upstate winters).