Dec. 16: 41 minutes elliptical-- our gym just put in all new cardio equipment-- it was amazing and high tech! Touch screens with all sorts of options-- Precor.
Michele, it's interval training. Here is a common definition of the tabata protocol:
"A Tabata workout (also called a Tabata sequence) is an interval training cycle of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes."
This particular spin instructor is the most "scientific" that I've had, as she builds in regular pauses in the class to check our heart rates, and structures her workouts around brief, really high-intensity periods. She is very conscious of raising & lowering our heart rates & the workout's intensity.
Just kidding ladies . I know how serious you both are about your workouts. How on earth do you find time to go to the gym for 2+ hours every day? I get up @ 5 a.m. and have just enough time for a 30 minute workout in my basement most mornings.
Just kidding ladies . I know how serious you both are about your workouts. How on earth do you find time to go to the gym for 2+ hours every day? I get up @ 5 a.m. and have just enough time for a 30 minute workout in my basement most mornings.
Dagmar
Thanks Saef. I guess I've done those more or less but not known the name for them.
Dagmar-- I don't do that long each day (Saef does). I aim for an hour daily, with some days being less (about 45 min) and some more (90 for days I do Bikram Yoga). And I do miss several days each month. I just try to plan it into each day depending on what I'm doing. I like doing classes so I'll look to see what my schedule is and what classes I might attend. I'm planning on Zumba today at 4 pm.
15 minutes warmup on Stairmaster, the real one that's kind of like a steep escalator, level six
60 minutes chest, shoulders and biceps routine
45 minutes elliptical, half backward, resistance at eight and set at random intervals
How do I make so much time to exercise? I get up at 4 AM. I'm at the gym by just after 5 AM. I watch the time like a hawk, knowing that I need to be online and present on my laptop for work by about 9 AM.
And other things help. I can be very single-minded about my priorities, and this is one of my biggest priorities each day: To get in my workout. I have no husband, no children, no pets. I'm living with my mother and working from her home five days a week -- so my keenest desire is to be out of the damn house, and the gym & the yoga studio thus serve as welcome refuges for me. (Probably the way bars or coffee houses or shopping centers are for some people.)
Your post has left me feeling thoughtful. Sometimes I feel I may not be doing enough. So I'm surprised to read someone saying I'm doing a lot. Someone was working out with a really skillful personal trainer this morning while I was handling weights. I've heard this trainer praised and rightly so: She's one of the best I've seen. I was wondering if I ought to explore that -- though right now, I want to spend my money on my apartment.
Sometimes I feel I may not be doing enough. So I'm surprised to read someone saying I'm doing a lot.
Really? Saef-- you have to exercise more than 99.9% of the population. You are doing more than enough. It surprises me that you don't realize and own that.
Tomorrow (if I work out) will be the 300th day of the year!! Woo Hoo!
Dec. 22: 60 minutes fast walk with Dewey to the dog park. He had a blast playing with a golden retriever after he got over his shyness. I need to bring him more often-- it's been months and he obviously didn't really remember being there. He also chased tennis balls and retrieved them!
60 minutes Zumba
Totals:
20 days
1388 minutes
Officially have worked out 300 times this year. I had initially set this as a goal and then didn't think I'd make it, so I had changed my goal to 250. Once I hit that, I just plugged away as many days as possible. I think my goal next year will be however many days I get this year plus one (I think it is a Leap Year next year anyway).
Yay, Michele! for setting a goal and not only making it, but exceeding it. And still living a very rich life while doing so.
Friday, Dec. 23:
45 minute spin class, with the other instructor, who does jumps and fast intervals.
And me thinking about why I believe that I don't do enough. It's because I'm "norming" differently. This class is full of marathon runners. So I don't think of the 99.9% of the U.S. population who doesn't exercise as much as I do. I think of the highly athletic people around me and keeping up with them.
Hope you feel better tomorrow.
. I know how serious you both are about your workouts. How on earth do you find time to go to the gym for 2+ hours every day? I get up @ 5 a.m. and have just enough time for a 30 minute workout in my basement most mornings.
