Dec. 17: 60 minutes Spin class

Dec. 18: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:

16 days
1073 minutes

Monday, Dec. 19th:

45 minutes spin class, a really tough one
60 minutes beginning Kripalu yoga class

I think I have the day right, don't I?

A rough day for me, with me feeling heavy, heavy, still with puffy ankles.

Dec. 19: 30 minutes Body Pump
30 minutes Core Training

Totals:

17 days
1133 minutes

And, yes, Saef you have the right day! Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Dec. 20: 75 minutes Spinning

Totals:

18 days
1208 minutes

Tuesday, December 20th:

20 minutes Stairmaster stepper, aerobic setting, resistance at seven
60 minutes shoulders and biceps routine, twice over
45 minutes recumbent bike, resistance at consistent eight
60 minutes beginning Kripalu yoga class

Wednesday, Dec. 21:

45 minute spin class, with tabatas that wiped me out

What are tabatas??

Dec. 21: 30 minutes boot camp, 30 minutes CX core training

Totals:

19 days
1268 minutes

Tomorrow (if I work out) will be the 300th day of the year!! Woo Hoo!

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."

Quoted from, among other places: http://EzineArticles.com/348486

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.

Sounds like mexican food

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.

Thursday, Dec. 22:

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.

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.

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.