October 5: 3 mile hike, all uphill
October 6: 0.8 mile nearly vertical hike downhill (same elevation change as the 3 miles uphill!)
October 7: Smith machine squats, DB bench press, KB lat flies, lat pulldown

MBF + one-legged work. Both with weights. 7.2k steps, 2.8 miles.

Monday, Oct. 7th:

60 minutes elliptical, resistance at nine, random intervals, alternating forward & backward, in a gym initially empty because of a just-recently canceled tornado watch.
Adductor machine, some hamstring curls
Squats in the Smith machine

Tuesday, Oct. 8th:

30 minutes on the StairMaster, the usual, wondering when, if ever, this will get any easier. I always feel at the end that I can't go any further
60 minutes shoulders, chest and triceps routine

Oct 8: 20 min on treadmill, sprint intervals, 2.41 miles

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
October 4: nothing-- went to the car dealer after work

October 5: 48 minute spin class before leaving for Napa.

October 6: after returning from Napa-- 100 minute Bikram yoga class. The teacher that can't regulate the heat was there but a student talked to her and somehow it was great. I think the student pointed out a note from the owner of the studio that the instructor hadn't seen. Either way, I was happy to sweat some of my Napa trip out. Unfortunately, we will probably be going after work to get my new car which will knock me out of another workout.

Totals:
5 workouts
433 minutes

October 7: none-- went after work to buy my new car.... hate missing exercising....

October 8: 100 minutes Bikram Yoga-- felt great to be back. My favorite teacher. But I think I pushed myself too hard-- my back started hurting during class and it is still hurting. I have the half marathon (that I'm walking) on Sunday and now my back hurts and my one knee is still not all the way better. Not to mention book fair set up on Friday and book fair all next week. Oh, and did I mention that dh leaves for China again today? Ugh. Hopefully my body cooperates!

Totals:
6 workouts
533 minutes

Wednesday, Oct. 9th:

45 minute spin class, a tough one, with me thinking about my echocardiogram earlier today and thinking, "Could it be possible that 30-60 minutes of cardio every day is somehow not enough?"

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
October 7: none-- went after work to buy my new car.... hate missing exercising....

October 8: 100 minutes Bikram Yoga-- felt great to be back. My favorite teacher. But I think I pushed myself too hard-- my back started hurting during class and it is still hurting. I have the half marathon (that I'm walking) on Sunday and now my back hurts and my one knee is still not all the way better. Not to mention book fair set up on Friday and book fair all next week. Oh, and did I mention that dh leaves for China again today? Ugh. Hopefully my body cooperates!

Totals:
6 workouts
533 minutes

October 9:100 minutes Bikram Yoga.... back wasn't great but not as bad as I feared. Why does something always have to hurt??:mad:

Totals:
7 workouts
633 minutes

Thursday, Oct. 10th:

60 minutes arc trainer, hill intervals, resistance at 10, because the ellipticals were all occupied in the early October darkness

60 minute Pilates mat class with the talkative sub who incorporates non-Pilates moves

Yesterday, abs exercises + 5k steps (1.9 miles).

Today, a lot of rather enjoyable racing around from pillar to post. Errands but with nice conversations with strangers en route, stunning views and a new dress. 9k steps (3.5 miles).

Friday, Oct. 11th:

30 minutes StairMaster, the usual, and though it wasn't easy, it was nowhere near the slog it's been lately. What was different this morning?

60 minutes back & biceps routine. Again, I felt strong today ... and I don't know why. What is the story here? Days when it's barely doable, then days when it's totally within my grasp.

saef, I keep meaning to ask you - why do you always use the StairMaster? You used to row at one time. (I can understand why you don't use the treadmill. I don't like it as it goes at its own pace not at my infinitesimally changing pace.)

Originally Posted by traveling michele:
October 9:100 minutes Bikram Yoga.... back wasn't great but not as bad as I feared. Why does something always have to hurt??:mad:

Totals:
7 workouts
633 minutes

October 10: 100 minutes Bikram Yoga-- back still sore....:mad:

Totals:
8 workouts
733 minutes

October 9-10: Work conference. Hotel food, running around, no exercise. Carried heavy stuff for a 73 year old male conference registrant, it's so nice that we live in a world where an older man can let a young woman do manual labor for him!

October 11 AM: 20 min on treadmill, 2.36 miles. Calf raises, DB split squats, Roman chair leg raises.

Originally Posted by silverbirch:
saef, I keep meaning to ask you - why do you always use the StairMaster? You used to row at one time. (I can understand why you don't use the treadmill. I don't like it as it goes at its own pace not at my infinitesimally changing pace.)

Well, not always. Not exactly. I use the StairMaster three times a week, as a warm up before I lift weights. Other days, I'm on a spin bike, an elliptical or the arc trainer.

I started using the StairMaster because it was available more often than the other machines and it is a very intense workout. Other people aren't on it long.

Rowing seems just to be one of those things that I did for a while & then dropped. Swimming is another, and I take fewer spin classes than I used to; meanwhile, I've been trying to run but the later sunrise time isn't cooperating.

I was more interested in rowing when I went to a nearby college gym, rather than the small private gym that I now belong to, and I saw the crew team practicing on the erg machines every morning. There's only one erg thing at my current gym, and the machine seems prone to losing its tension & calibration. Also, to tell the truth, I found rowing more tedious than the other machines.