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June Journaling of Moving Maintainers
Let's keep our bodies moving, whether indoors or out of doors.
Though out of doors is better, because it's June. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...fitn.1.600.jpg Said an American 19th century poet whom no one reads anymore: Originally Posted by : |
Sunday, June 1st:
Walking around Manhattan and the two tourist-infested islands, Ellis and Liberty, the former of which was very moving. Monday, June 2nd: Ran 2.23 miles at a steady pace Then alternating sprints with walking for 2.23 miles back |
Too hot and humid to be outside around here right now. :)
Sunday June 1 - rest day Monday June 2 - 3 miles on the treadmill in the AM, 2 mile walk at the mall on lunch break. |
Tuesday, June 3rd:
NROLW, Stage 2A, oh the heartbreak, since that inner-ear virus destroyed my natural sense of balance, this stage is humiliating for me because I have to use bodyweight and keep tipping over to one side, mostly the side that's impaired, the ear in which I'm also 80% deaf 20 minutes StairMaster afterward |
I just walked 1.5 miles outside! Hooray for all the conference rooms being occupied, so I had to have my meeting with my manager while walking around a lake and observing ducklings. ;)
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Sunday, June 1: 4 mile run outside
Monday, June 2: 1.5 miles on treadmill, lat pulldowns, planks Tuesday, June 3: 20 min on stair stepper, glute bridges, Smith machine OHP, seated cable rows, planks. |
June 1: 100 minutes bikram yoga
June 2: 100 minutes bikram yoga June 3: went to the gym for the first time in 2 months-- did 200 feet on the rope, 60 minutes UJam class.... I'm also doing the 30 day ab challenge with my dd-- it was day 3 and my abs are sore! Totals: 3 days 260 minutes |
Wednesday, June 4th:
60 minutes elliptical, alternating forward and backward, tough but doable, mostly due to my posterior chain being a lot stronger than it was six weeks ago |
6/4: 1 hour timed swim-for-distance, after holding down my sofa for the majority of May. 3450 yds, just a hair over 2 miles. Yeah ... I can feel it today.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: June 4: 100 minutes bikram yoga Totals: 4 days 360 minutes |
Thursday, June 5th:
45 minutes StairMaster, dropped it to resistance level of 8, still aerobic intervals, sweating & sweating in the high humidity 60 minutes Pilates mat class |
June 5 AM: 2 miles running on treadmill
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Wednesday - my newish weights programme. Ate like a horse afterwards and some of today. This always seems to happen when I start some kind of exercise. I've been away for two weeks, more or less, so my body thinks it's new. I usually settle down in a few days but it's disconcerting when it happens.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 5 days 460 minutes |
When Becky stirs from that sofa and a more contemplative life ... watch out, world!
Friday, June 6th: This is ridiculous how, if I oversleep on Fridays, and decide to postpone my workout till I log off my office email, I am uneasy all day, full of guilt, with self-accusations of shirking and laziness and slacking. And of course, that makes me nibble on food. But yeah, of course, I went to the gym afterward, intimidated by NROLW Stage 2B, and managed to do it. Including the 15 minute of HIIT. Which meant two minutes walking at 3.0, then one minute of running at 6.2, then 6.3, 6.3, 6.5 and 6.6, which is really fast for me. Honestly I found it rather exhilarating, which probably means I should push harder. I thought of a racehorse taking off, and of course, of California Chrome, who's all over the local news. If the weather's good, Belmont will be jammed up tomorrow. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 6 days 515 minutes |
Saturday, June 7th:
60 minute spin class, as usual, pedaling through the weight and resistance band intervals, since I did strength training yesterday and will do it again tomorrow. |
Sunday, June 8th:
NROLW 2B, for the second time, a little better at the front squat push-press, still not good at balancing, though better than the time before, which I guess is all that I can ask for. Afterward, 25 minutes on the StairMaster, thanks to the airconditoning, as the humidity seems to take a lot out of me in these sessions And a heavenly day outside, meant for running and biking, which made me regret a little my commitment to this weight program. I will go for a nice walk outside today instead. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: June 8: 100 minutes bikram yoga-- it was 102 outside when I started and 104 when I finished-- I sweat a lake! I somehow pulled a muscle in my neck stretching before class started-- ouch! rest day on the ab challenge thank goodness Totals: 8 workouts 715 minutes |
Having trouble keeping up with logging.
June 6: I can't remember exactly what was done when, but I lifted and did cardio in the morning and in the evening. June 7: Leisurely walking outside June 8: Rest day, and hurt my back taking out the trash -__- June 9: 20 min on arc trainer. |
35 minutes Turbo Jam today. Spent an hour walking around the city yesterday in 90° heat. It was a hot one!
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Monday, June 9th:
45 minute spin class with a new instructor who simulates road riding and kept us on the seat a lot, which is better for my feet I didn't want to go, feeling sleepy from the overcast weather and all-day drizzle, and even yawned once atop the bike. But midway through class, I realized I felt much better and far more energized, and I was glad I'd made the effort. Tuesday, June 10th: NROLW, Stage 2, workout B, for the second time. Got "what the heck is she doing?" looks from some women who were stretching in the studio while I was doing deadlifts from a deficit atop an aerobics step. This is not a gym where women do much strength training except on the machine circuit. Afterward, for the HIIT workout, walking at 3.0 and sprinting from 6.7-6.9. The first half-minute of the sprint feels delightful, the next quarter is hard work, and the last quarter is "Can she do it?" Kind of like my plank-holding. The other thing is my constant low-grade concern about the treadmill. Sprinting on a track would be one thing but the moving belt brings a whole new level of fear into the intervals. I'm afraid I'll stop suddenly and go flying off the back. I need to practice jumping on the sides. I don't trust that I can execute that correctly and safely. |
June 10 AM: 3.1 miles on treadmill in 24:42, planks, leg raises.
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 9 workouts 800 minutes |
Okay guys, brace yourselves . . .
I WENT TO THE GYM!!! I felt a little embarrassed slinking into my office gym after more than a year away, since the same people who I always saw there before were there now, but I went in and I did 20 minutes on the upright stationary bike on random at level 3, and a couple minutes of yoga stretches. I think I am going to start a food log thread like I used to do. Anyone interested in joining me? |
June 11: lat pulldowns, DB shoulder press and incline bench press, tricep cable pulldowns, planks. Sciatica :*(
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 10 workouts 900 minutes |
Wednesday, June 11th:
45 minute spin class, painful, due to inflammation in my right-hand big toe joint. Should never, ever wear heels to work on the day of this spin class, as the instructor likes the standing jog movement a lot. Thursday, June 12th: 60 minute elliptical, random intervals, alternating backward and forward, resistance at nine, getting better at the backward due to all the leg work I've been doing, which has focused on hamstrings and glutes 60 minute Pilates class -- we did the prone cobra that's part of this NROLW phase! |
June 12: 5K on treadmill in 24:12
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Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 11 workouts 1000 minutes |
June 12: 25 min wog, about 1.75 miles total. Included 4 intervals of 1/8 mile runs, the rest walking. Little bit of core exercises.
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Originally Posted by paperclippy: |
Friday the 13th:
NROLW Stage 2A workout, not much loving the front squat push press, lousy at the balance moves, ended up using the Smith machine for static lunges with the rear foot elevated and was able to add weight. 22 minutes on the StairMaster |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 12 workouts 1190 minutes |
Saturday, June 15th:
60 minute spin class, skipping those hand weight intervals 60 minute Pilates mat class, thinking how sometimes I feel like all that going to Pilates classes does for me is make me better at Pilates, but sometimes I notice the benefits of this class while doing the NROLW program -- and vice versa, what deadlifts & other stuff have done for my back in particular. |
Sunday, Fathers' Day, June 16th:
NROLW Stage 2A workout, with not-good form on the deficit deadlifts, as I could feel it slightly in my lower back, as I did not this past Tuesday. On the HIIT, I used the treadmill and I did 6.8, 7.0, 6.9, 6.8, 7.0. I can feel how this is easier but oh man, to me, 7.0 feels like the edge of being out of control on a machine gone wild. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 14 workouts 1350 minutes |
June 13: rest day
June 14: shoveled dirt and mulch and raked to prep for BF's stepdad's memorial service June 15: Ran 3.67 miles with BF outside, then headed to gym - 12 min on stairs stepper, Smith machine squats, DB bench press, fixed barbell shoulder press, DB split squats, lat pulldowns, planks. Walked about 4 miles with roommate in the evening around neighborhood. June 16: 24 min on stair stepper, DB tricep presses, glute bridges, calf raises, planks. |
Originally Posted by traveling michele: Totals: 15 workouts 1450 minutes |
Monday, June 16th:
45 minute spin class, running with sweat, like someone dumped a bucket of water on me, and the teacher apologizing, since the air-conditioning was turned on late and not low enough. I was surrounded by athletic high school girls, which did not help my ego. |
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