Being strong is good. Taking it to the cartoon character level - probably not so much.

Dagmar

April 13: 40 minutes stair climber

April 14: none-- dd's fundraiser event-- we moved tons of tables and chairs but no actual exercise.

April 15: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga (trying to sweat out all the sugar I ingested!)

Totals:
11 days
800 minutes

Monday, April 16:

45 minutes spin class, mostly steady state with some intervals at the end through Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."
About 20 minutes Pilates routine afterward. I am remembering where my abdominal muscles are. I can feel them, even if they are in hiding under fat, retained fluid and loose skin.

April 12: 75 min yoga
April 13: none
April 14: 75 min yoga class
April 15: 40 min 8 mile bike ride, 25 min dog walk
April 16: 2.25 mile 25:21 run

April 16: 40 minutes stair climber

Totals:
12 days
840 minutes

Catching up:

Tuesday, April 17:
15 minutes Stairmaster stepper, resistance 8
60 minutes shoulders, triceps and biceps
45 minutes recumbent bike, resistance at nine, steady peddling

Forgot what the gym was like with so many young guys stopping by after dinner to use the weight section. I was the only woman in sight, a bit ashamed of my low weights, but they were polite about the benches. And this was my refuge last night, after my mother got into one of her moods and said some nasty things, one after another. I mean, what can I do to get away?


Wednesday, April 18

45 minute spin class, up out of the seat a lot
20 minutes Pilates routine afterward, making myself practice that wretched Teaser, which, as I stretched afterward, a young woman was doing repeatedly and seemingly effortlessly. Feeling old ...

April 17: none

April 18: 90 minutes Bikram Yoga

Totals:
13 days
930 minutes

Thursday, April 19:

15 minutes Stairmaster stepper, the usual, resistance at eight
60 minutes back and biceps, working that lat pulldown machine repeatedly and finally also a stint on the Gravitron
45 minutes Stairmaster stepper, resistance just at six, which did not challenge me enough, but I wanted to try it for a change. Next time I'll try it at seven.

After spending my Upstate exile working on my upper body, I am thinking that going sleeveless is going to be a whole new experience this summer.

It's been a while, this was the past week. Can't remember beyond that I'm afraid.

April 18: approx. 1 hour hiking, ascent and descent of small local mountain
April 17: 10 min treadmill @ 7 mph, 20 min upper body lifting, 10 min elliptical resistance at 7, 5 min treadmill @ 6.5 mph (I have severe gym ADD) - total 2.5 machine miles.
April 16: nothing formal, but worked double shift w/lots and lots of scurrying
April 15: 3 1/2 mile walk with mom
April 14: 4 hour mountain hike in the Catskills
April 13: very similar to April 17. ~30 min cardio + upper body lifting + leg press and wallsit machine.
April 12: not much
April 11: 2 mile jog outside, 10 min treadmill @ 7 mph, 20 min upper body lifting.

April 19: 60 minutes Zumba

Totals:
14 days
990 minutes

Friday, April 20:

90 minute endurance spin class, with the instructor who likes lots of standing on the bike to use the whole leg
Just stretching afterward, no Pilates movements. Okay, I did do a bunch of crunches. I can remember when I found these awful and impossible. They aren't now.

Finally exercised again this morning.
April 20 - 26 min 2.2 mile run

Thursday, April 19:
-1 mile on treadmill at 7 mph
-3 x 10 dumbbell rows, 25 lbs
-1 x 8 barbell curls, bar + 15 lbs (it was HEAVY)
-2 x 12 barbell curls, bar + 5 lbs
-3 x 10 lat pulldown, 50 lbs
-3 x 10 front press, 50-40 lbs (was too heavy by the end)
-front and side planks
-5 min treadmill at 6.5 mph
-5 min stairstepper at resistance 12
-10 min elliptical at resistance 13

April 20: 90 minutes bikram yoga

Totals:
15 days
1080 minutes

Saturday, April 21:

60 minutes on Stairmaster, aerobic intervals, resistance at seven
15 minute Pilates routine afterward

How that Stairmaster steadily wears me down, as the hour proceeds. At first I think it's a bit too easy but by the end, I certainly don't.