Steph: 12 minutes is great! I couldn't do that much when I first started. The key for me in building up to longer times/distances was running really, REALLY slow.


May 1 -
May 2 - 3.5 miles @ 5.5 mph (first 2.6 miles) and 6.0 mph (last 0.9 miles) + warmup/cool down walk and stretching (4.2 miles total; 55 minutes)
May 3 - Strength exercises (upper body + deadlifts; 35 minutes)
May 4 - 3 miles @ 5.5 mph + 5 sprint sets + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4.4 miles total; 55 minutes)

Days: 3/16

I did my one-legged deadlifts weighted for the first time on Thurs, and I can tell that tomorrow I'm going to have a LOT of trouble sitting down!

1: 50 min yardwork; 50/1400
2: 0
3: 60 min yardwork; 110/1400
4: 55 min Slim in 6; 165/1400

Completed: 2393/1500 minutes

May 1: Completed 130 minutes of exercise (C25K/walking on treadmil for 70 minutes; Fitness Class- Body Flow for 60 minutes)
May 2: Completed 210 minutes of exercise (C25K on treadmill for 30 minutes; Fitness Classes- Strength Training (60 minutes); Step (60 minutes); Cycle-Pilates (60 minutes)
May 3: Completed 150 minutes of exercise (C25K on treadmill for 30 minutes; Fitness Classes-Bootcamp (60 minutes); Zumba (60 minutes)
May 4: Completed 135 minutes of exercise (alternated walking/jogging on treadmill for 15 minutes; Fitness Classes- Yoga (60 minutes); Zumba (60 minutes)
May 5: Rest
May 6: Rest
May 7: Rest
May 8: Completed 70 minutes of exercise (Elliptical (10 minutes); Fitness Class-Body Flow (60 minutes)
May 9: Completed 180 minutes of exercise (Treadmill for 15 minutes; Fitness Classes- Strength Training for 60 minutes; Step for 60 minutes; Cycle-Pilates for 45 minutes)
May 10: Completed 120 minutes of exercise (Fitness Classes- Bootcamp for 60 minutes; Zumba for 60 minutes)
May 11: Completed 60 minutes of exercise (Fitness Class-Zumba for 60 minutes)
May 12: Completed 85 minutes of exercise (C25K on treadmill for 25 minutes; Fitness Class- Cycle for 60 minutes)
May 13: Rest
May 14: Rest
May 15: Completed 158 minutes of exercise (C25K on treadmill for 28 minutes; Stair Stepper for 10 minutes; Fitness Classes- Zumba for 60 minutes; Total Conditioning for 60 minutes)
May 16: Completed 195 minutes of exercise (Fitness Classes-Cycle Circuit for 60 minutes; Bootcamp for 60 minutes; Zumba for 60 minutes; walk with dogs and husband for 15 minutes)
May 17: Completed 135 minutes of exercise (Fitness Classes- Cycle Circuit for 60 minutes; Yoga for 60 minutes)
May 18: Completed 180 minutes of exercise (Stair Stepper for 60 minutes; Fitness Classes- Zumba for 60 minutes; Body Pump for 60 minutes)
May 19: Completed 90 minutes of exercise (Fitness Class-Cycle/Strength Training for 90 minutes)
May 20: Rest
May 21: Completed 180 minutes of exercise (Fitness Classes- Strength Training (60 minutes); Zumba (60 minutes); Cycle/Pilates (60 minutes)
May 22: Completed 125 minutes of exercise (C25K on treadmill for 65 minutes; Fitness Class- Body Flow for 60 minutes)
May 23: Completed 190 minutes of exercise (Elliptical for 10 minutes; Fitness Classes- Strength Training for 60 minutes; Step for 60 minutes; Spin/Pilates for 60 minutes)

12h23m/40h

5/5/12: Day 5 of 21+, done.

(ok, well I"m going down to do it now lol)

TM, incline workout (scale was down a lb. this a.m. so am doing this workout again for the most cal burn). Hopefully walking the dogs later but after exercising am spending a lot of the day weeding. More movement, more cals burned.

Whoo hoo!

eta: never got the dogs walked but spent 5+ hours outside weeding and ripping out dead and semi-dead shrubs. Non-stop. The weeds decided to set up a full-blown community in our garden. Still more to do . . . .

May 1 -
May 2 - 3.5 miles @ 5.5 mph (first 2.6 miles) and 6.0 mph (last 0.9 miles) + warmup/cool down walk and stretching (4.2 miles total; 55 minutes)
May 3 - Strength exercises (upper body + deadlifts; 35 minutes)
May 4 - 3 miles @ 5.5 mph + 5 sprint sets + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4.4 miles total; 55 minutes)
May 5 - 5 miles @ 5.0 mph + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (5.5 miles total; 75 minutes)

Days: 4/16

Tabbycat here.

May 5: joggong and swimming laps

Day 1 of 12

off to a very slow start!

5/4: 30 minutes stepping, 40 minutes bike, 10 minutes rowing
5/5: 25 minutes bike (my mini stepper is making hideous noises now, ugh)

Total for the month: 340

loose seal, I hear ya on the weeds. I get these things that look a bit like phlox but ARE NOT and, before I know it, they've taken over the garden. Along with 4 o'clocks and heliopsis - die, you invasive monsters! I spent 4 hours in the yard today, weeding and raking and spray painting a bunch of planters. Next weekend starts my spring spree of plant buying!

Tabbycat here.

May 6: jogging & swimming laps

Day 2 of 12

I know! I hate weeds. We get a lot of pricker weeds which, no matter how much you pull them, continue to thrive because they have under ground runners/roots and they just grow no matter what. I read a tip that if you spread a thick layer of wet newspaper down then mulch it will prevent the weeds from growing. We've tried plastic and weed barrier with not much success so we're going to give this a try. I've even resorted to spraying them w/weed killer (which I hate) but spraying them w/vinegar just wasn't doing it. I'm off in a bit for round two of the battle of the weeds.

I did plant some evening primrose two years ago and that has spread like wildfire and the weeds where this is are much, much less. Of course, I spent a few hours pulling the primrose out from where I didn't want it but now we can see and use the garden path again. lol

Oh yeah and I don't know if it's from the incline TM workout I did yesterday, the weeding or a mix of both but I'm really feeling my buttocks and back of upper thighs today. That good kind of sore. Sweet!

I spent a couple of hours in the yard today and then took a nap, so when I woke up I was totally unmotivated to do my weight training. But I did it anyway, because I want to hit my goal for the month! And, as always, I was glad I did.

So, 15 mins on the bike and 55 mins of weights gets me to 410 for the month.

loose seal, at least the primrose are easy to yank. I allow them a certain amount of space and just pull all the others. My biggest problem with them is that they start choking out my other plants. Some strayed into my treasured baptisia and were immediately executed.

I hope everyone has a great week this week.

Hello !! Just got of the theadmile 45 min !!! The first Time i did that much since i got my machine . Did 20 min of gardening and Yesturday i when dancing with my volleyball teamates great way to move !!! Now up to 125/800

My goal for May is 1000 minutes

5/1-Walked at park 30 minutes
5/2-Aquacize class 50 minutes
5/3- Aerobics class 52 minutes
5/4-
5/5-
5/6-Walked at park 30 minutes

May 1 -
May 2 - 3.5 miles @ 5.5 mph (first 2.6 miles) and 6.0 mph (last 0.9 miles) + warmup/cool down walk and stretching (4.2 miles total; 55 minutes)
May 3 - Strength exercises (upper body + deadlifts; 35 minutes)
May 4 - 3 miles @ 5.5 mph + 5 sprint sets + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4.4 miles total; 55 minutes)
May 5 - 5 miles @ 5.0 mph + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (5.5 miles total; 75 minutes)
May 6 - 3.7 mile trail run @ 5.2 mph (estimate) + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4 miles total; 50 minutes)

Days: 5/16

Running 3 days in a row was apparently a bad idea, as my hips are super sore tonight. Though the run was much harder than I had anticipated; I thought it was going to be a relatively flat trail, and it turned out to be pretty much all hills. If I had known that would be the case, I would have done something else/run somewhere else. Tomorrow, strength for sure instead of my previously planned run.