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June 17: 15 min on arc trainer, 100 KB swings with 35# KB
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 16 workouts 1550 minutes |
Tuesday, June 17th:
NROLW 2A workout, which I'd looked forward to but then, when I was doing it, felt it was at the edge of my endurance. The gym wasn't cool enough, the humidity was high, and I was dripping sweat. Just 15 minutes on the StairMaster, hating every second. Wednesday, June 18th: 45 minute spin class, with the gym finally cold enough and what a difference that made in my performance and my whole attitude. |
June 18: 1.2 miles in 10:00 on treadmill. DB bench press, bent over rows, lat pull downs, shoulder press, planks.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 17 workouts 1650 minutes |
June 19: 18:00 on treadmill, 2.26 miles
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Thursday, June 19th:
60 minutes elliptical, the usual time and resistance level but at lower mileage -- my body does not care for the humidity levels. 60 minutes Pilates mat class, a good one. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: June 19: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 19 workouts 1850 minutes |
June 20:
-10 min warmup on arc trainer -Barbell squats, DB shoulder presses, lat pull downs, glute bridges, KB deadlifts, planks, leg raises, calf raises |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 20 workouts 1910 minutes |
Friday, June 20th:
Finished Stage 2 of NROLW, and how out-of-place I feel doing deadlifts from a box while others in the mirrored exercise studio are lying on mats doing abs (which comes at the end of this particular workout) or lifting 5-lb dumbbells. But I would look like a wimp if I went to the power lifters, police and firefighters' gym just a couple miles away, so it's the usual fish in the pond thing. This ended with treadmill intervals. This past winter, if you'd told me that I'd run 7.1 for one entire minute, I would not have believed you. |
Saturday, June 21st:
The usual gym classes: 60 minute spin class, with legs unusually tired from yesterday's workout 60 minute Pilates mat class, same thing, though my form is better, as I can feel how movements in this class and weight-bearing moves relate to each other. |
Originally Posted by saef: I would have had no idea what that even meant until the last two days. I'm at a hotel in St Pete with DH for a convention. So I can't do my usual Sansone walking DVDs. I went to the fitness center and have been doing the treadmill. I was so proud that I jogged for 30 minutes at 4mph. Well... I did 10 minutes, then walked 5 and repeated. For me, that was huge. I had no idea I could jog for 10 minutes because I only do it for 2 with the DVDs. But 7.1... I think I'd have a panic attack if it went that fast and go flying off the end! I'll be leaving Thursday for a month to go visit DD in Monterey so while she is at work I'll be doing some form of different exercise. I don't think I can do the DVDs because the condo she is subleasing is on 2nd floor and owner says no shoes in the condo. DD says I'd be crazy to exercise inside anyway because it is so beautiful. So... I may take up jogging. I can't believe I am even suggesting this. I have never exercised consistently until the past 11 months with the walking DVDs. I know they are lame for those of you in shape, but for me it really helped! Also started some lifting - but very light. Thinking of the NROWL but don't have the eqpt or belong to a gym at the moment. I'm reading Year Younger Next Year for Women and it is convincing me I need to do some weight lifting. |
CalCounter....the weather will be so beautiful there. I'm not a runner at all, but if I were you, I'd plan on a combo of walking and running there. Can't wait to hear all about your time there!
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 21 workouts 2010 minutes |
Originally Posted by CalCounter1003: I still don't like or trust the treadmill, because it's so unnaturally steady & unvarying and so antithetical to actual human movement through space. So I know exactly what you mean. But I've become conditioned to doing it. Part of this is physical, from taking spin classes for several years now in which we're always asked to do crazy sprinting intervals. So I know the feeling of kicking into second gear on command and really pushing it. But a good part of it is mental. Curiosity about what I can do if I really **have to.** Reassurance that it's only a minute, I can probably hang on that long, right? The promise of a two-minute interval afterward walking at 3.0, in which to catch my breath and rest. This is pretty much the concept behind the Couch-to-5K training, which breaks running into progressively longer intervals -- except I'm only doing one minute of running, what I'm escalating isn't the time, it's the effort in the running. Why don't you try Couch to 5K? It will give you a kind of program to follow at your daughter's place. There is a lot of support here on this site for it. |
Sunday, June 22nd:
NROLW Stage 3A, for the first time. This is the first time I've finished one of these workouts and felt that doing cardio afterward was beside the point and unnecessary. When I was done, I was really done, even though I didn't do the bodyweight matrix exercises at the end fast at all, or time myself. My legs are just finished for the day, good only for walking and any standing I've got to do. |
Originally Posted by saef: |
Monday, June 23rd:
45 minute spin class, with slightly sore left knee from the impact of yesterday's workout. A tiny class, just three of us, as the weather has been so delightful, everyone's walking or running or cycling out of doors instead. |
June 21, 22: rest except walking to/from campsite and river
June 23: 5K in 25:11 |
June 24: 1 mile in 8:19 on treadmill. DB bench press, tricep extensions, Smith machine shoulder press, glute bridges w/45# plaet, lat pulldowns w/facing grip. Exhausting since I donated blood yesterday.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: June 23: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 23 workouts 2170 minutes |
June 23, MuTu System w1d1
- mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 30 min brisk walk pushing the stroller - 1819 calories - carb/fat/protein 63/20/17% - no desserts or sugary drinks |
Tuesday, June 24th:
NROLW 3B workout for the first time, chugging along, only to become disoriented when I realized I'd lost count of reps. It asks for 3x6 twice over. It's easy to forget this while intent on spelling out "YTWL" lying on an inclined bench. And then on the treadmill, I bonked. I didn't have it in me, not even for 12 minutes. Not the best workout today, not at all. Feeling today like maybe this program is beyond me in its intricacy. |
June 25: 4 mile awful laborious jog in humidity, at reduced cardio capacity due to blood donation Monday evening. 6 min stair stepper at gym and 100 kettlebell swings, planks.
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Wednesday, June 25th:
45 minute spin class, thank goodness for air-conditioning, and feeling badly for Krampus |
Saef, you will get the hang of YTNB!
June 24, MuTu w1d2 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1789 calories - carb/fat/protein 71/14/15% - no desserts or sugary drinks |
Now I am remembering, since I was a new member then: Jessica, you did NROLW, didn't you? What did you think?
Thursday, June 26th: 60 minutes elliptical, random intervals, resistance at nine, sweat oozing, pooling & dripping. Amazing how humidity still comes through somehow, even in an air-conditioned room. 60 minute Pilates mat class, which NROLW is helping with, and it is helping NROLW |
Thanks saef! Glad you survived this morning's sweat session.
June 26: arc trainer warmup, Smith machine squats and calf raises, DB shoulder presses, KB deadlifts |
Saef, yes, I did NROLW! It was hard but I definitely saw results from doing it. I think when I was finishing it up was the only time in my life I ever saw definition in the muscles on my calves and thighs.
June 25, MuTu w1d3 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1507 calories - carb/fat/protein 69/15/16% - no desserts or sugary drinks, protein at breakfast |
Jessica, I understand that completely, because this program's leg work has been a revelation. I have never really trained my legs, thinking that my cardio took care of that, but from these routines, I am learning the error of my ways. I'd probably be seeing definition, too, if I were eating differently, but I am so NOT in the mood to restrict, so I remain overweight by BMI standards. One benefit: My butt is getting a slightly better shape on it from all the hamstring and posterior chain work.
Krampus, I always meant to ask you, what determines what exercises you do at the gym? Is there a method to your madness? Equipment availability, split days, impulse, a program? I think what I'm envying is that by working a program, I've essentially committed myself for six months with NROLW so of course I envy anyone who's doing anything free-form or spontaneous. Friday, June 27th: NROLW 3A workout, for the second time, adding some weight to Sunday's session. Let tell you, it is possible to suffer physically while being bored to death while holding three consecutive 90-second planks. Again, no desire to do cardio and particularly not the StairMaster after the body weight matrix at the end of this workout. |
Originally Posted by saef: Cheers, all! :D |
Stiff and sore from yesterday's workout, which took a lot out of me. Going to the gym definitely limbered me up, though I do have some lingering soreness in my butt, hamstrings and the small of my back.
Saturday, June 28th 60 minute spin class 60 minute Pilates mat class |
Sunday, June 29th:
This program has now gotten me in the habit of doing some warmup stretching. I need it. When I first try it, I cannot sit down on my heels in hero pose, as my quads are always way too tight. After some work with pigeon, I am able to do it. I can also go lower in my squat. I can't believe how inflexible and creaky my body has become. NROLW 3B workout, finally getting the moves down, even for YTWL. In this stage, you just do each of the workouts four times, which means just when I feel competent and fairly confident in executing each exercise, I'll be onto the next stage. Also I had a better time on the treadmill intervals. I backed off a little and did 6.8, 7.0, 6.9. 6.9 and 6.8. |
Monday, June 30th:
45 minute spin class, just two of us, led by a disappointed spin instructor, who's young and new, and not yet popular. Partly because she's into serious road riding, without the jumps and moving around on the bike that some instructors do to make class lively. But also it's because of her indie music playlist, which isn't as energetic and urban as some attendees would like it to be, or as nostalgic and upbeat and pop-centric as other attendees would like it to be. |
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June 26 mutu w1d4 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 25 min walk - 1645 calories - carb/fat/protein 47/25/28% - no desserts or sugary drinks, protein at breakfast June 27 mutu w1d5 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1738 calories - carb/fat/protein 64/17/19% - no desserts or sugary drinks, protein at breakfast June 28 mutu w1d6 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1567 calories approx - carb/fat/protein 51/31/17% - did have dessert, but no sugary drinks, protein at breakfast June 29 mutu w1d7 - mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1810 calories - carb/fat/protein 63/19/18% - no desserts or sugary drinks, missed my breakfast eggs though |
Saef, I think that is pretty much the whole point of NRLW -- not to let your body get to "used" to any particular exercise, but to keep it guessing. That's their theory of how to keep getting stronger rather than getting stuck in a rut. I will tell you that I adjusted my "goal" weight from 130 to 135 after I finished NRLW because I had gained 5lbs but actually fit into smaller clothes!
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Friday, Saturday: nothing really
Sunday: Fueled by massive overeating guilt/feeling fat and TOM anxiety - 6 miles running on treadmill in 10 minute bursts, DB bench press, shoulder press, bent over DB rows, chest flies, lat pulldowns, lying triceps extensions, bench dips, leg raises and planks. Monday: KB swings, KB deadlifts, rowing machine, jump squats, KB goblet squats, planks. Knee hurts from all that running yesterday! saef: I do "a bunch of random crap." A program and eating to propel that program would yield FAR better results, I'm sure. What is your ideal spin music? |
June 30 mutu w2d1
- mutu core phase 1 x 2 - 20 min walk - 1460 calories - carb/fat/protein 58/24/18% - no desserts or sugary drinks, protein at breakfast |
Since I'm out here in Monterey, and I can't do my usual DVDs, I am walking/jogging outside. This cannot be done in Florida in the summer, at least by me. I thought about doing the C25K that Saef suggested but I thought the beginning weeks would be too easy. I was wrong about that! ;) IDK, maybe it is just a different climate or because I am jogging outside, but I can only go a few minutes, compared to when I was in FL on the treadmill I could go ten minutes.
I feel like such a geek walking/jogging. Although, I honestly don't care, I just laugh about it. Here is why: I have my FitBit on (had that since December and love it). I have a Polar Heart monitor on around my chest and the wrist band to watch my heart rate. Just got it a week ago and love it! And then my DS told me about the app Endomundo so I have my iphone on to track the distance. I recently read Year Younger Next Year for Women and am trying to do at least 45 minutes in the 65+ heart range so that's why I got the HRM. I suppose the FitBit and App are really doing the same thing but oh well, I'll figure out what I like best. :running: I joined a challenge on the Endomundo website. It is just a 100 miles in July. I started with 3 the first day and am up to 3.6 today. |
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