Wednesday, Aug. 15th:

45 minute spin class, which was a struggle. My hamstrings and glutes were still horrendously sore from whatever we did on Monday night in circuit training. And I was just bodily tired. I nearly "bonked" as they say, and struggled to get through it.

I used a foam roller afterward and I just downed some aspirin. A good long shower is also going to help.

Tuesday evening, August 14:
-2 miles on bike path in 18:35 - not winning any races but I am totally winning against myself!

Wednesday morning, August 15:
-Upper body routine, a bit rushed, pulled a muscle :( but increased weights and sets :)
-6 minutes on the stair stepper, woohoo

August 13: 90 bikram yoga

August 14: 60 minutes UJam

August 15: traveled with dd to Arizona. No real workout today except getting up at 2:30 and hauling giant suitcases!

Thursday, Aug. 16th:

60 minutes, yes, a whole hour, on the Stairmaster at the nicer Upstate gym
Aerobic intervals, resistance at eight, and you better believe I held the rails after about 20 minutes
But this may have helped my sore legs

Friday, Aug. 17th:

Nobody on the roads, nobody in the streets
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach.

20 minutes Stairmaster step machine, aerobic intervals, resistance at eight
60 minutes back and biceps routine
40 minutes back on Stairmaster, same setting, and grabbing the rails toward the end, pouring sweat, glad that I won't be on this machine at this gym as frequently as I've been for the past few months.

Thursday, August 16:
-3 mile walk with my mom through neighborhood and a nearby cemetery

Friday, August 17:
-"SPRINT 8" intervals program on elliptical, level 7/10, tired me out!

Saturday, August 18th:

Nothing. But I walked around a field looking in the booths of antique dealers from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM, with only one short period of sitting down.

Since I got home when it was still light, I'm still consumed with guilt that I didn't go out running afterward.

Sunday, Aug. 19th:

20 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, aerobic intervals, resistance at eight
60 minutes shoulders, biceps and triceps routine
40 minutes Cybex arc trainer, one-minute intervals, up to eight

Saturday, August 18:
-Ran about 5K with my boyfriend in a park in a little under half an hour.

Sunday, August 19:
-Upper body lifting routine. Increased weights and surprised myself.
-12 minutes Stair stepper, level 11/12 "hills" program.
-10 minutes rowing on ERG machine.
-10 minutes incline intervals on elliptical, levels 4 and 10.
-Came home and ALMOST DID AN UNASSISTED PULLUP. Attempt #2 was a terrible fail but still.

Monday, Aug. 20th:

45 minute spin class, my last one at the Upstate gym till my next time in town. As usual, the instructor did tabatas and made me sweat.

Monday, August 20:
-12 minutes of running intervals, 6, 7 and 8 mph.
-Kettlebell swings, lunges, windmills.

Back from Arizona-- not much in the way of exercise done unfortunately.

August 16: none

August 17: none

August 18: 40 minutes elliptical at hotel gym

August 19: back from Arizona today-- 90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:

14 days
1305 minutes

August 20: 60 minutes Body Pump, 10 minutes other machines

Totals:

15 days
1375 minutes

Tuesday, Aug. 21st:

15 minutes elliptical, intervals, backward, resistance at six and 11
60 minutes chest, shoulders and triceps
60 minute endurance spin, with a weight interval, just five pound weights but oh, my, the endless repetitions kill me after the earlier upper-body workout that day. But for some women, this is the only upper-body work they do.

August 21: 60 minutes UJam class

Totals:

16 days
1435 minutes

Weds, Aug. 22:

45 minute spin class to start my day, and boy did those weight intervals set my arms a-trembling, coming on top of yesterday's work

But it's worth it to get my workout in at 6 AM and to clear the evening for ... whatever.

Tuesday, August 21:
-4 mile run in 37:55 with my dude. Very tiring and I was underfueled.

Wednesday, August 22:
-Upper body lifting routine, upped my weights again!
-6 minutes on Stair stepper

August 22: 100 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:

17 days
1535 minutes

Thursday, Aug. 23

45 minutes on the Stairmaster step mill, aerobic intervals, resistance at eight, leaving the steps wet with generous splashes of sweat.
60 minutes Pilates routine, back at the gym again in the evening.

Friday, August 24:
-13 min of sprint intervals on treadmill
-5 min of "sprints" on stair stepper

Not much time, wanted to make it count. Feel guilty for not doing weights but I was feeling weak.

Friday, Aug. 24th:

20 minutes Cybex arc trainer, intervals, resistance at six and 10
60 minutes back & biceps routine
40 minutes back on the Cybex, same resistance setting, with some wacky TV show on in which hot teenagers turn into demons and mermaids & then turn back. It's interesting to see bad & improbable TV with the sound entirely off.

Saturday, Aug. 25th:

60 minute spin class with weight intervals
60 minute Pilates mat class


Back into my Saturday morning workout routine, among all the familiar faces of my fellow gym rats and ladies eternally working on their figures.

August 23: 60 minutes Zumba

August 24: 90 minutes bikram yoga

August 25: 90 minutes tough mudder boot camp-- it's less than a month away now!

August 26: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga
Totals:

21 days
1865 minutes

Sunday, Aug. 26th:

15 minutes Stairmaster step mill, aerobic, resistance at eight
60 minutes shoulders, biceps & triceps routine
45 minute spin class, which I've decided is one of the best ones because there is no playing around with light weights -- which, frankly, I do not need after an hour of upper-body work.

Monday, Aug. 27th:

45 minute spin class with weight intervals
60 minutes circuit training class in the evening, having the most trouble as usual with wood choppers, also this thing where we balanced on a bosu with our feet in the air & passed a small heavy ball around our legs in a figure-eight movement. But what I'm good at is locust pose. I can lift my chest way up high in the air. I think this has something to do with my back muscles. I am also slightly swaybacked, which may help.

Saturday, Aug. 25 -
-Went to the Dutchess County Fair. No exercise unless you count standing all day, which wore me out!

Sunday, Aug. 26 -
-3.1 mile walk with my mom and a friend. Pretty slow pace. Ran into a neighbor and talked for a while.

Monday, Aug. 27 -
-Upper body lifting routine, felt GREAT to be back at it. Didn't lose strength in my 5 days off!
-12 min of sprint intervals on treadmill
-3 min on stair stepper before I almost died

August 27: 60 minutes Body Pump class

Totals:
22 days
1925 minutes

Tuesday, Aug. 28th:

15 minutes Stairmaster step mill, resistance at eight, aerobic intervals
60 minutes chest and triceps, with the small of my back still feeling tender. This is what I get for showing off in the Locust Pose last night: A sore lower back.
60 minute spin class with weight intervals, and me feeling really not up to it and wiped out, with my back giving me twinges.

These days with gym in the morning & gym in the evening may not be such a good idea.

Tuesday, August 28:
-15 minutes sprint/speedwalk/jog intervals on treadmill
-Kettlebell swings, lunges

Weds., Aug. 29th:

45 minute spin class, and I ditched the weights and just upped the resistance and peddled hard, as I didn't want to work my upper body for the fourth day in a row.

August 28: 70 minutes UJam class-- love that the instructor gave us some extra songs and went 70 instead of 60 minutes because the next class wasn't starting right away.:carrot:

Totals:
23 days
1995 minutes

Tuesday afternoon:
-12 minutes HARD on stair stepper
-10 minutes rowing

Wednesday morning:
-5 minutes sprint intervals on treadmill
-Upper body weights routine + tricep dips

Thursday, Aug. 30th:

60 minutes elliptical, random intervals, resistance at eight, alternating 15 minutes backward & then forward
60 minutes Pilates class, with the usual agony and ecstasy

August 29: 60 minute walk with a friend. Didn't feel anything then but now my ankle feels like it is sprained.:mad: I find that ironic that I do heavy exercise and nothing happens but when I walk I get injured! Hope it feels better later as I want to do yoga today.

Totals:
24 days
2055 minutes

Thursday, Aug 30:
-About 50 kettlebell swings with 35 lb kettlebell, 20 windmills on each side w/15 lb kettlebell, 40 lunges holding 2 10# KB in each hand
-20 minute HIIT sprints on elliptical

August 30: 95 minutes bikram yoga

Totals:
25 minutes
2150 minutes

Friday, August 31:
-20 minutes intervals on treadmill. 2.16 miles total
-10 minutes rowing on ERG machine

Friday, Aug. 31:

20 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, aerobic intervals, resistance at eight
60 minutes back and biceps routine, with fewer bouts with the lat pulldown machine and more work on the Gravitron assisted pullup machine
40 minutes arc trainer, hill intervals, resistance at nine

I've got an iPod again, which makes all the difference. Now I need to put some fresh music on it.

Wow people are doing great here! As you may know I lost 33 pounds this summer and began maintenance a few weeks ago. Rather, it began me. No big weight losses for a week, and I am still "dieting" without reintroducing many foods. That's OK. Exercise still high: my 100-minute bike ride up a small mountain (900 feet elevation gain) five times a week. Next week I'll climb up to over 14,300 feet and will burn staggering amounts of calories (usually around 4000-6000 calories for a monster hike like this with 4500 feet of elevation gain!). Anyway, it looks like I didn't choose a maintenance weight, it chose me.

August 31: 90 minutes Birkam Yoga

Totals
26 days
2245 minutes