[Ms Perception]

My Minutes:
8/1: 32 min Wii Fit, 70 min walk, 18 min bike (4 miles)
8/2: 33 min walk/run (C25K W6 D2), 60 min walk
8/3: 30 min ST'ing, 10 min walk (warm-up), 10 min elliptical
8/4: 33 min walk/run (C25K W6 D3)

Wow~Today's C25K was 25 min running with just a warm-up walk and I do a cool down walk, too. I've been working at my speed, so this really challenged me to keep a good speed for the duration. I felt like I did really well with it which is a huge relief since I felt come calf cramps coming on early in the run. They faded/went away about 7 minutes in, thank God!

[dcapulet]

I got in some strength and yoga already, and will do some cardio later.

[Phenomenal Woman]

I may be a little late starting this one, but since I just joined the site, I think that'll be forgiven?

My goal is 1600 minutes of exercise by August 31st.
(That's an hour a day for the rest of the month)

And I've already reached today's goal!

8/4: 30 minutes biking, 30 minutes on wii fit.

Woo!

[Wifey]

Hi ladies!

I'm back from NYC and I swear I walked more than 540 mins but I figured I'd rather under estimate than over-estimate

My friends and I walked non-stop for 2 1/2 days while visiting NYC...I feel great and extremely tired all at the same time!

I'm going to meet my goal of 1395 minutes for the month of August!!

[Newshinyme]

I'm a bit late at starting this month, so now I will have to try hard to catch up.

Aug. 1: 0
Aug. 2: 0
Aug. 3: 0
Aug. 4: EA Active 22 min. + Cardio Boxing 20 min. = 42 min

[Shrinking Girl]

Hiya all!
Hope everyone is having a great day. One more curves workout for me... working out in the afternoon sure is a change for me. I'm glad I'm doing it now and not when I go back to work.

Progress:
Curves: 3
C25K: w1d1 complete

cmo4 and delphi: how was your first day of c25k?

[khunter]

Originally Posted by BKKchick

It's "High Intensity Interval Training" which is a fancy term for what a lot of us do naturally, anyway:

For example on treadmill:
5 mins warm-up
30 seconds at full intensity (sprinting)
1 minute recovery (walking)
repeat for around 6 intervals
5 mins cool-down

Workouts are shorter, but you make huge gains in fitness in a relatively short period of time. And you burn more calories. Not recommended everyday as it's very taxing and requires some recovery between sessions. Google it! Lots of great info on how to get started Actually experts recommend you don't start on the treadmill because if you push yourself as hard as you're supposed to, and you aren't as comfy on the treadmill, you could fall. Exercise bike is another option, or just running outside. I love it and have increased my fitness and Vo2 max dramatically since starting a few weeks ago, but I think I overdid it a little because my knee is killing me.

OK - Thanks, I actually have workout programs on my treadmill that do this. They change the speed and incline. I usually do this about every 3rd day of exercise.

[Bigknitter]

Aug 4 - 40 minutes yoga, 60 minutes walking

[FullSteamAhead]

Phenomenal Woman and wifey...........welcome and wb chicks

Phenomenal woman.....never too late to start, absolutely never! THe day and the moment we start exercising and working on making us a healthier us is golden! NIce to see you over here and glad you joined in WIfeyyy, yayy..wb...HOpe we have more time to get acquainted this month. Here is to a great month for us all!

OUr exercise thread and our girls and team memebers in it, has helped me and all of us to hold ourselves accountable. We really keep each other going and inspire each other to do our workouts. We all have different fitness levels, different ages, different amouts of time, different pressure points....etc. etc. but what is really neat is that here we help keep each other going on our own individually tailored programs! Post your minutes when you can, evn if you did nothing that day. IT really helps. Again , I thank you chicks for helping pull me back in when I needed it most!!!!!!!

wtg blue fruit momma

Delphi,, hi girl. How are you liking the DDR? THis fall w hen the weather cools and I am ready to incorporate some indoor workouts again...I am so interested in that workout! Keep me posted okay? Hope your day went great girl.

Sandye , Mystical...........I admire your spunk! Honestly, Ill cut right to the chase and tell you how i feel about it seeing you as you asked. Depends on your current physical state (how fit you are), your mental or psychological state, how much time you have right now, and how much pressure or to what point pressure is an advantage or disadvantage. It it so differere nt for all of us and that's why it'sssssss soooo hard to answer.

With me, I pretty much know the balance of how much I need to pressure or push myself and I need to set my goals high enough to make me strive but not so high that it backfires. THis varies too...according to my mindset at the time and so many other factors. THat's why! There are just so many personal factors and then current restraint factors ...etc. I think you are doing so great as you are .......one thing is for sure,,, keep on your current mode. HOw much do you add? how much pressure? and to what point? You know best on that one but I had a thought. I am wondering if you put something like...incorporate some 30 day shred workouts this month into your goals ...if this would suffice! IT takes some of the pressure off. You can try it and see how you feel.....yet again if you want more or if you thrive off the extra pressure, you could go full guns. Just a thought! Sandye your doing great........so great! Whatever you decide...you just give me a holler and I will make any adjustments necessary on the list. THink about it first. Hugs and hope you had a great day.

Tummygirl , woo hoo chicky.........hope your having a fabulous day! I love hearing about that HIIT and how it makes you feel. That's golden! Keep on shining.

Hi to all of you! wtg dccapulet on that strenght training! right on

BKK, your most certainly welcome girl. wtg! hope your feeling better.

MsP...wtg on that run girl. Watch those charlie horses ha? SOme good stretches right before hand and if you feel it coming on while running, etc. stoppppppp and stretchhhhhhhhhhhh! It is so cool to follow your progress, I cannot begin to say how much Your running now girl, your running! Keep shining sugar...looking fowared to hearing of your progress.

NSM.... so good to see you darlin Im sure you ahve been busy with the move and all. We will keep on truckin " opaaaaaaaaa, wtg on those workouts today chickie!

shrinkig girl...wtg on another curves workout!!!!


hi khunter yup! me too! when weather gets too cold for walking I will hit the treadmill but I was just telling DH the other day I will walk until it hits below 35 degrees again, lol.

which reminds me.......Delphiiiiiiiiii, regarding our bodies burning more metabolisme when its cold out, lol girl! Dh and I would walk and freeze our butts off........brrrrrrrrrrrrr! and he would say, " just think how many cals we are burning" lolol. How was athe kids first day at school sweety? and how is canaan doing? I know you switched to earlier dinner times with canaan and I hope this is working out well. Keep on shining sista chat soon.

have a great night girls...catch you tomorrow

[FullSteamAhead]

FullSteamAhead: 1,200 minutes. Post my minutes a minimum of 5x/wk.
crazymamaof4: strength training 3x/wk, C25K 3x/wk, + add an additional form of exercise on my strength training days.
Delphi: 2,500 minutes of exercise..get in 2 workouts a day 6 days a week.
NewShinyMe: Complete 850 min. minimum, complete new EA active 30 day challenge, and workout 6 days a week.
mygritsconfessions: cardio every other day for 45 min, + 35 min. on opposite days.
p7eggyc: Increasing goal by 10% to 880 minutes.
TERAPET: 1600 minutes of exercise
mamatoni: exercise at least 5 days a week
EmmaD: Plan out and stick to a specific schedule each week, 3.5 hrs.cardio/wk, 1hr. strength training a week, + 15 min. stretching a day.
Pucedaisy: yoga 2x/wk + a good walk everyday.
Beck: 1200 minutes of exercise, continue C25K, + start 30 day shred.
JessicaLovely: 1200 min. of exercise, try one new class at the gym each week, + play tennis 2x/wk.
dcapulet: 1200 minutes of exercise.
merose: ride bike 45 min. 2x/wk, get off the tube a stop early + walk home from there everyday (about 30 min.).
Darby1: To continue walking 3x/wk + riding my bike while my husband trains for marathon, start riding my bike to my volunteer job (16 mi.r.t), strength train 3x/wk, + HIIT 2x/wk.
Princess2323: 1 hour of exercise a day.
RandZsMom: walk w/my dog + children 5x/wk + start getting active again.
BigKnitter: Do yoga every day and 60 minutes of cardio 3x/wk.
Coffeechick: Mornings: Firm Wave 5 days/wk, alternating strength training and cardio every other day. Evenings: walk 60 min. 3 days/wk. Drink 64 oz. water, + keep calories between 1200-1350.
roetta: exercise 5x/wk for 30-45 minutes + basic strenght training every other day.
Cleophas: 1 hr. of running program every Mon., Thurs., and Sat. 30 min.-1 hour of either aerobics, biking, or walking (every other day).
Tummygirl: Non vacation days (16): workout 14 out of 16 days, at least 2x per day with strength training 3x/wk. Vacation days (15): Run 5 days, strength train 4 days.
Shrinking Girl: 18 curves workouts, begin the C25K, aiming for 2 days/wk.
SunnyGee: 1500 minutes of exercise.
Jacque9999: start hiking or some outside activity 1x/wk, + workout while on vaca.
Joazel: cardio 850 min. + stretching 4x/wk.
MsPerception: complete C25K-afterward log 6 miles running/wk, bike 12 mi./wk, strength train 2x/wk, + log 1300+ exercise minutes for August.
Late to the game: S.T 3/x wk, + cardio 3x/wk.
Khunter: 600 minutes of exercise.
mystical: 30 min. cardioeveryday, + weight training 3x/wk.
BKKchick: 1200 minutes.
BlueFruitMomma: 1500 minutes of exercise.
EmmaD: 930 min. cardio + 265 min. of strength training.
Sasha17a: workout 4x/wk
paisleyprincess: 1300 minutes of exercise
Phenomenal Woman: 1600 minutes of exercise.
wifey: 1395 minutes of exercise.
sotypical: 1200 minutes


Hi ladies.........nice to see you all. to our team for those of you who are joinin in and welcome back to us all : ).. THis is our master list so far.

[FullSteamAhead]

8/1-105 min. (25 min. swim (laps), 80 min. walk (60 min.+20 min.)
8/2-60 min. (walk- beach, soft sand whole way)
8/3-60 min. (30 min. swim, 30 min. walk)
8/4-65 min. (45 min. swim laps ( 25+20) + 20 min. walk)
8/5-
8/6-
8/7-
Total min:

[iDream]

Hey girlies! Everyone is doing so great!!!!

ShrinkingGirl~ I loved it! Last week when I tried it I was pretty huffy and puffy towards the end--today not a bit! I'm thinking it's because I have had 2 days off of running (my day off is Sun and yesterday was Strength Training). Either way, I loved it! I can't believe I said I loved running!

FSA~ thanks hun! Ya know, I'm going to be totally honest. I don't think I've pushed myself as much as I could. I know I could workout out more than I have and be okay. The Body For Life program I have been doing says you only need to do cardio 3X a week 20 mins at a time. Okay, sure, but can I do more? I mean, would it hurt to do more? Nah! So I think, instead of taking the easy way out and just saying 'I'll just do my neat little 20-30 mins of cardio and call it good' I'm ready to say, 'Let's see what else I can do!! Bring it on!!' And one way I can tell that I'm ready for it--the 30 Day Shred is a whole lot easier than it was back in May! So I'm going for it! My only concern now is if it'll hamper my efforts to tone up my muscles?? It's not a crazy intense workout with lots of reps or anything like a ST'ing workout so I think I'll be okay...we'll see. Thanks again for the advice hun! I think I'll leave my goals as they are and just go with the flow.

[Ms Perception]

NSM-So glad you're back on here! Hope all is going well for you. You got right back in the swing with the exercise, huh? NICE!

[paisleyprincess]

8/1~ 55 min~ Plyometrics
8/2~ Rest Day
8/3~ Rest Day
8/4~ 55 min~ Arms & Shoulders

110/1300

[Phenomenal Woman]

FSA, would you mind setting my goal to 1600 minutes for the month please? I tried to pm you about this, but I don't have privileges for that yet.

Wow, it's really great to be here will all you positive people! It's such a great attitude here and so inspiring! I think I'm going to like it here!