Jessica!!!!!! I am doing a happy dance here for you!!!!

"Exhausted" is good, so long as it's not "hurting," as in re-injury or pain.

Your perseverance inspires me. You make me want to return to Pilates -- and I know that I will, though yoga is my great interest right now.

Hello Maintainers,
I am so pleased to have something to post

Thursday 2 mile run
Friday 2.8 mile run
Monday 5:35a (!) spin class

Woot, Kitty!!!
Ok, now I'm inspired by all of you too!!!
Will get my not-so-little bootie moving on a run this afternoon. Still can't lift heavy things for a bit longer.

Monday, Nov. 14:

45 minute spin class, as always, a serious workout with tabata intervals
60 minutes beginning Kripalu yoga class, with the teacher adjusting my shoulderstand. I find it hard to straighten out my body upward. I need to do this against a wall.

Nov. 14: 30 minutes body pump, 30 minutes CX core training

Totals:
12 days
744 minutes

Tuesday, Nov. 15:

20 minutes on Stairmaster stepper, aerobic intervals, resistance at six, as a warmup
60 minutes arm, shoulders & chest routine, with me getting better at the pushups
40 minutes recumbent bike, manual setting, resistance at eight

I need to remember that this is the morning where four other women are in the weight area, for a change. Using the machines mostly, not the free weights, but it evens out the distribution of the genders. The two guys with notebooks are there also. And toward the end, the long-haired, blond cadaverous-looking guy -- skinny like an 80s rock star -- in jeans and a leather belt shows up to lift his sets.

Thanks guys! Of course, my arms are a bit sore from the swim. But the good kind of sore.

And after being so motivated after Sunday, my schedule went crazy at work and I haven't managed to make it to the gym at my scheduled time the past two days. I'm hoping I can get in at 4:30 today before going home but we'll see. Today's lunchtime workout was cancelled due to someone being sick and I had to take over for some stuff they were supposed to do, but at least it involved walking to our second building and back so that's some exercise...

It was rough, but I persevered

spin class; with that ungodly wake up of 5:15a

so much sweating-- boy, that part of it feels really good

Wednesday, Nov. 16:

45 minute spin class, with me feeling disappointed in myself because the instructor said, at one point, we were supposed to be standing and barely able to peddle, and I did not put the resistance on anywhere near that high, though I could have. A missed opportunity for a challenge.
60 minute beginner yoga class, where I brought my friend, because the studio is letting you do that for a $5 drop-in fee. Having her there was a bit distracting: I kept wondering if she liked it, if she got anything out of it, and trying to see the class through her eyes. I did get away from that, at moments. Yoga is so mental. Well, any exercise is really mental.

Kitty, my spin class starts at 5:45 AM, and I've got to drive a little to get to it, so I wake up at 4 AM on spin class days. I sympathize with you. In addition to a reliable clock radio, it helps to have a cat that's gotten used to going out or being fed as soon as one wakes up, and so jumps on the bed and walks all over one's body at the wakeup hour.

Thursday, Nov. 17:

20 minutes Stairmaster stepper, aerobic setting, resistance at six, as warmup
60 minutes back & biceps routine
40 minutes recumbent bike, manually set to be consistent at resistance of 8

Friday, Nov. 18th:

45 minute spin class, a lot of it standing, some of it sprinting, and then my few minutes stretching. I keep trying the pigeon pose afterward, trying to get my hips & quads more limber.

Nov. 15: sick

Nov. 16: still sick

Nov. 17: not 100% but went to Bikram Yoga. I think it helped to sweat! The instructor moved me front and center because there was a new student. I was worried I was going to pass out!

90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:
13 days
834 minutes

Nov. 18: 60 minutes Zumba

Totals:
14 days
894 minutes

Nov. 19: 38 minutes elliptical

Totals:
15 days
932 minutes

November 19th:

Nothing, as I got up at 3:30 AM to catch a bus to Manhattan for a day trip, and did not get home till past 1 AM on Sunday. But I walked all day long, such that my shins and feet are still sore this morning. Now, on the day after, it's going to be a low-impact cardio day for me.