February 2009 Exercise Challenge

[Jachut 487]

Definitely, I could absolutely never have the commitment to exercise that I do with a gym. Doing it at home is my main reason for success. Having a treadmill enabled me to make it a daily habit, and not an expensive one. Half an hour is all it takes if that's all you have, not the whole mornign it used to take me to go to the gym, do the tedious program, spend 30 minutes on a bike or treadmill, drive home to get showered and changed and do my hair. I can get up, get on the treadmill and run and its over and done with in ahlf an hour, 40 minutes.

Of course, more often than not these days i would chose to run outside, but its been VERY hot lately and I'd have been cactus without the treadmill, I wouldnt have done anything.

[TQUAD64 9]

I ran today in the gym. It was raining and I didn't feel like doing the track interval program anyway.

I ran almost the whole 5k! Then, for my second interval, I ran at 5.0! I am starting to think I will make it through my first tri in April...

Okay MacMadame, if I didn't know better I would say that bike looks like one of Lance Armstrong's missing bikes.:mad2:

[TQUAD64 9]

Today: 3.27 miles on a 5% incline for 60 minutes.

[MacMadame 81]

Okay MacMadame, if I didn't know better I would say that bike looks like one of Lance Armstrong's missing bikes.

He got his bike back... and mine is too small! :eek:

I didn't go to swimming today because it's my support group night.

So I road the stationary bike. I think I went 13.5 miles in 45 min. I did the Random Hill program.

[Jachut 487]

I didnt go swimming today becuase I just got my hair cut this morning and didnt want to ruin a good blow dry. Hmmmm, chipped nails, faded fake tan, ruined blow dry. Am I a bit of a prima donna?

Maybe I like running becuase I can stick my boobs out and prance a little?. I even get to run past about 50 workmen working on the main road here at the moment.

Sigh, I better get butch and do a circuit tonight. DH wants to too, so we can do it together. The circuit that is.

[Ceradad 10]

still trying to multitask & fit exercise in between school and now work (pt)....i see many 4am wake up calls in my future:frown:

Welcome to my world. :eek: I get up at 0400 every day just to get my cardio in before work.

Yesterday, I had a touch of the flu. Took day off from work and from working out. Managed to get in 250 pushups throughout the day, but even that was tough.

This morning, got up and into the fitness center here at work. Got in 45 minutes on the elliptical. Then, ran 1 mile @ .5% incline in 7:57, followed by 3 minute cooldown.

Rant warning-we have 3 treadmills in the fitness ctr here at work, 2 good ones that people can run on and 1 bad one that only very small people can run on but everyone can walk on. So, this morning, my fellow sgt. hops on one of the good treadmills and starts running. Other one is being used by an old lady that had been running when we got there. So, I hopped on the elliptical as she looked like she was almost done. Just as I was about to hop off the elliptical when she got off the treadmill, another lady hops on the good treadmill and proceeds to walk at a very slow pace for 30 minutes.

Now, I will give her credit for getting out of bed and making it in. However, these people know that we go in there and run every morning. If you are only going to walk, get on the old treadmill and let someone run on the good one. She saw I was getting off the elliptical and knows I was about to hop on. Just annoys the shit out of me.

Ok, rant over.

[luluc 6]

Ok, rant over.

but do you feel better?....LOL

well DH made the decision for me w/a treadmill - thanks for the input. he made a good point, we have mountain bikes (that rarely get used). we have a small window here in TX to use them (heat) & now is a great time to get them serviced and ride.

i'm finding it harder to get to the gym these days, and with the weather warming, there is much more work around our ranch that needs attention. plus we have a pool - so essentially we have a "gym" - just need a cardio piece.

thanks again!

today - wii yoga, "might" get a walk in tonight.

[Ceradad 10]

but do you feel better?....LOL

Nope, just keeps irking me. :eek:

[DivaStyleCoach 89]

Mornin' Warriors!

Question for y'all that work out on the regular - went for my second fill yesterday and the PA / nurse who took my vitals asked me how I was doing exercise-wise (because I gained two pounds :eek:) and I told her I was walking daily, trying to up the intensity by going faster over the same distance, and started rowing.

She responded with the "old" wisdom that the first 20 minutes of aerobics is burning sugar and only after that do you burn fat. She then recommended that I increase my time to at least 40 minutes and longer if I can handle it.

I simply don't have the time for that - I walk in the mornings with the dog and don't have an extra half-hour to do a longer walk. I walk at lunchtime and don't have an additional half-hour to do it. I had to give up my gym membership for economic reasons, but when I was there I did do a minimum of 30 min on the elliptical or the treadmill.

So what are your thoughts on duration vs intensity? I can definately make the 30 min threshold on a regular basis, but any more than that (with my commute back and forth taking major time out of my day as well) I just can't seem to manage.

Thoughts?

[Ceradad 10]

Mornin' Warriors!

Question for y'all that work out on the regular - went for my second fill yesterday and the PA / nurse who took my vitals asked me how I was doing exercise-wise (because I gained two pounds :eek:) and I told her I was walking daily, trying to up the intensity by going faster over the same distance, and started rowing.

She responded with the "old" wisdom that the first 20 minutes of aerobics is burning sugar and only after that do you burn fat. She then recommended that I increase my time to at least 40 minutes and longer if I can handle it.

I simply don't have the time for that - I walk in the mornings with the dog and don't have an extra half-hour to do a longer walk. I walk at lunchtime and don't have an additional half-hour to do it. I had to give up my gym membership for economic reasons, but when I was there I did do a minimum of 30 min on the elliptical or the treadmill.

So what are your thoughts on duration vs intensity? I can definately make the 30 min threshold on a regular basis, but any more than that (with my commute back and forth taking major time out of my day as well) I just can't seem to manage.

Thoughts?

I'm by no means an expert, but I would have to say anything is better than nothing. If you can only manage 30 minutes at a time max, then do it. Everyone is an expert in their minds. Do what works best for you.

My $.02 worth.

[DivaStyleCoach 89]

I'm by no means an expert, but I would have to say anything is better than nothing. If you can only manage 30 minutes at a time max, then do it. Everyone is an expert in their minds. Do what works best for you.

My $.02 worth.

Thanks, Ceradad - I am not-so-patiently waiting for a local job opportunity to pan out so I can ditch my commute, and then I'll have more time to focus on my workouts.

I will make a serious effort to get my rowing up to more than 30 minutes, though - with the machine in my house it's only my lack of fitness that's holding me back right now. Heck, if I can't sleep some night, I may just get up and row! :eek:

[luluc 6]

I'm by no means an expert, but I would have to say anything is better than nothing. If you can only manage 30 minutes at a time max, then do it. Everyone is an expert in their minds. Do what works best for you.

My $.02 worth.

agreed....any time i'm moving my body vs sitting in my office on the computer or on the couch watching tv is a positive.

i know that wii fit isn't the hardest workout ever - but if it's all i can manage in a day - i don't knock myself.

[georgia girl 35]

Today:

5 miles on treadmill (ran the first 2.5, then did intervals)

20 minutes strength training (legs)

[TQUAD64 9]

Ok, rant over.

The nerve of that woman. :tt2: I say take her out at the knee caps next time you see at the gym.

[TQUAD64 9]

Today: Just stretches. I feel some what achy, so I just did band stretching hoping to losen me up. I just hope it is not the flu. It is going around work like crazy and people are dropping. :tt2: