Pump You Up: The Fitness Thread

[JustSkipIt]

I got to go to spin today because I'm not going to the office today so I was able to go to the gym with a Wednesday spin class. The class was awesome although the ac was broken so it was hot and humid and pretty sweltering (how's that for repetitively redundant?). The class was great though although I was shocked that I only logged 359 calories, 150 av hr in 46 minutes. It felt like way more. I bet there were 5 or 6 intervals that I hit 92-95% on.

[Gatito Grande]

I sitting here, feeling "Getting to Know You" again w/ my boots.

Here's the thing: on my last few longer hikes/walks, I'd either been getting blisters, or ALMOST getting them. And then in my last hike, last Wednesday, my feet got soaked (it WAS a wet day, but the soaking came more from water off the grass/brush, that directly from rain).

Well, the latter indicated another waterproofing job (as well as---ARGH!---fixing a small hole in the leather, on the right side: may I remind y'all, I only got these boots in October? ).

When I pulled out the inner soles (in prep for gluing and waterproofing), I was shocked to see how thin that these inner soles (recycled, from several previous pairs of boots---because the boots I buy now are CRAP, and don't come w/ decent inner soles) had gotten.

As luck would have it, I had just purchased a pair of "Dr. Scholl's"-type insoles (for another pair of dress shoes), and there were two pair in a pack!

Ergo, my boots have had a complete refit: gluing, waterproofing, and extra insole adding!

GG I'm hoping that on my next hike, my feet will stay BOTH dry, and blister(ish)-free! Out

But first, tomorrow is Squats Day (I lift in my boots, also!).

[JustSkipIt]

GG - I like the Dr. Scholls insoles but also Birkenstock makes great insoles. They are the same condensed cork from their shoes/sandals but just an insole. I think they were about $20 for the pair when I bought them years ago and they really last.

I elipticaled today. I just wasn't up to the social nature of a spin class. I didn't push too hard. 60 minutes. 7100 steps. 4.71 miles. 419 calories. 135 av hr.

[JustSkipIt]

I went to the gym today and lifted. I started by walking on the treadmill then

leg lifts
ham curls
lunges (ouch)
lat pulls
db press
tricep presses
curls
abs

I'm having a lot of pain in one wrist and having to be careful about my lifting (as well as holding the baby, opening doors, holding plates, and about everything). I need to remember to take my 800 mg ibuprofen 3x a day consistently to get the swelling to go away. Ouch.

[Foomatic]

My partner and I have been sticking to a new workout at the gym for the last few weeks. It's basically circuit training, so tonight we worked the chest, shoulders, abs, triceps, and the quads. After a 5 minute warm up, we do 2 sets of 15:

Circuit one:
Dumbbell chest presses
Hack squats
one minute of mountain climbers

Circuit two:
Dumbbell chest flies
Sumo Squats
one minute of mountain climbers

Circuit three:
Bench dips
Leg extensions
one minute of jumping jacks

Circuit four:
Basic crunches
Military shoulder presses
one minute of jumping jacks

Circuit five:
Reverse crunches
Tricep kickbacks
one minute of jump rope

Then afterwards we do about 15 minutes of cardio and call it a night. So for tonight we went 1:15:56, and I burned 476 calories. Yay heart rate monitor!

[kisstheviolets]

so, i used the workout room in my building for the first time today on my lunch break (it was also the first time i've worked out in over six months, easily).

i did the following while studying torts at lunch:

16 minutes on the elliptical for 1.18 miles
22 minutes on the treadmill for 1.2 miles with a 3.5% incline (god, i'm a wimp!)

that was about all i could muster. getting back into it is tough. i don't normally sweat easily or much, but man, i was sweating buckets with just that little bit of activity. this tells me two things... 1) i'm ridiculously out of shape and overweight, and 2) i pushed myself a bit for the first go, which is good.

it also tells me i need to remember to bring a blow-dryer to work so i can shower afterwards cause i'm all sweaty and back in my suit and feeling super gross.

[Gatito Grande]

You know how proud I was of my upgraded boots? Damn, if my next hike in the Nature Center wasn't on yet ANOTHER rainy, wet, Michigan day...

...and my feet STILL got wet! Arrgh! (Obviously, that waterproofing spray let me down ). No blisters, though.

Today was "Light Lifting Day" (no squats).

Maxes---

Leg Extensions: 90 lbs (10 reps)

Pec Deck: 22.5 lbs (each side, 5 reps)

Leg Curl: 50 lbs (12 reps)

Shoulder Flies: 10 lbs (8 reps)

Calf Raises: 65 lbs (~30 reps)

Bicep Curl: 70 lbs (two-armed, 11 reps)

Tricep Extensions: 25 lbs (5-6 reps: those were pretty much "assisted" w/ the other arm. After finishing my work-out, I switched my 12.5 dumbbell, up to 15 lbs. That should give me a good work-out on the Tricep Extension, next time!)

GG Finishing w/ crunches, and grip strengtheners Out

My heavy-duty crush of February wrote me again yesterday. I'm pretty much resigned that nothing is going to happen , but I can dream, can't I?

[JustSkipIt]

Ok, I got to workout today after a week off. I had a ... malady ... let's say that. Suffice it to say I was quite uncomfortable and could not possibly have worked out.

Then yesterday my wife asked if I wanted to workout today which is very unusual. She usually is opposed to my working out on the weekend. Yay for this.

I got to do the stairmachine! I haven't been to the gym with the stair machine for quite a while. I rocked: 60 minutes, 259 floors, 5.4 miles. That 541 calories and 163 av hr. That's very high. My face is still all red and burning although I feel totally fine.

[JustSkipIt]

I went to the gym this morning. When I got there, there were two other people who weren't working. By the time I left (about 6:30), there were about 8. Nice and empty. I treadmilled about 10 minutes, then lifted with my legs. I have been having trouble with both wrists so I think I'm going to hold off on doing many arm workouts for a while. Then when I went to get my car inspected, I took a 30 minute walk while I waited.

[Gatito Grande]

Had a really good work-out today (on a warm, sticky day). Felt good. Strong!

Maxes---

Squats: 162.5 lbs (8 reps. Yup, that weight's a new best!)

Shoulder Presses: 70 lbs (6 reps)

Calf Raises: 65 lbs (25 reps)

Bench Press: Ack! I can't remember. It was 90, or 95 lbs (6 reps? I hope it was 95 lbs!)

Tricep Extension: 15 lbs (10 reps right arm, 8 reps left. This is a newly upped dumbbell)

Leg Curl: 35 lbs (25 reps)

Bicep Curl: 27.5 (12 reps right arm, 9 reps left: I think it's time to up this dumbbell, too! What I wouldn't give for a set of those adjustable "Select-Tech" dumbbells! I mean, what I wouldn't give other than the $ I don't have )

GG I managed to do ~15 reps on my HARD grip strengthener, w/ my right hand (only about 6 w/ my left). My crunch reps are up, too! Out

Truly thankful for my health tonight...

Now, if only I could find a gf to share my physical fabness with...

[JustSkipIt]

I did the eliptical machine this morning. It was kind of boring but I made it an hour. 4.65 miles and 6900 steps or something. I can't remember the calories or av hr.

[JustSkipIt]

Eliptical again this morning. I felt more energetic. 60 minutes. 6750 steps = 4.83 miles. I took the total calories and av hr but don't remember.

[Alcy]

As well as indoor soccer, I decided to play outdoor this season. I pulled my quad after playing just one game which was really annoying! However, after some intense physio with a very cute physiotherapist I'm back to playing.

We have a game tomorrow against the team that are coming second in our division which should be a good challenge...we're second to last at the moment! Oh well, it's all in good fun and I'm really enjoying being part of a team again. I'll let you know how the game goes tomorrow!

[JustSkipIt]

Alcy - I hope the game went well.

I elipticaled today while watching the last 40 minutes of the end of Angel and the first 20 of the first episode. So 60 minutes. 4.65 miles. 6750 steps. 466 calories. 148 av hr. I think I"ll be able to go to spin in the morning.

[Alcy]

Hiya Deb, thanks! Well, we did loose 2-1 but it was a really good game and we were right in there the whole time. Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely...and I got Player of the Day which was cool

It's getting a lot colder here which means less and less riding to work, this morning it was too windy and I would have been better off windsurfing to work and it's rained pretty much 75% of the time but I'm looking forward to soccer practice tonight - let's hope it's indoors!


Alcy

[JustSkipIt]

Alcy - there are times when I forget about the whole Nothern/Southern Hemisphere thing and today is one of them. I read getting colder and was like, ????. It's about 98 degrees out right now at 6:20 in the evening. Yesterday we set a record for heat.

Anyway, I went to spin class today. I haven't been to this class in months and the instructor is pregnant which is awesome. Her husband (a total hottie) comes to class and they are both so excited. Also it was a really good workout. I burned 367 calories in the 45 minute class.

[Gatito Grande]

I mowed a friend's lawns* on Monday, so working-out got put off until today---

"Light" lifting maxes:

Leg extensions: 90 lbs (11 reps)

Bench press: 95 lbs (4 reps: I so could have done more, if I had a spotter )

Calf raises: 65 lbs (41 reps)

Lat pull: 70 lbs (10 reps)

Leg curl: 50 lbs (12 reps)

Bicep curl: 27.5 lbs (10 rep right arm, 6 reps left)

Shoulder flies: 10 lbs (7 reps. I really need to get a set of 8 lb dumbbells, because I can do over 20 reps w/ the 5 pounders!)

GG Finishing w/ crunches and grip-strengtheners. I also tried a couple of sets of those "butt-raise thingies", like I've seen on the show Work Out! Out

* May I note that mowing (good-sized) lawns, are in itself a pretty good work out?

[JustSkipIt]

So a few weeks ago Asher and I tried the bike trailer and he thought it was great. I've been talking about us riding to the library ever since. Well yesterday, we waited for a few folks to come by and then we headed out. I can honestly say I was surprised by a few things:

How much the 97-98 degree heat affected my HR.
How much pulling a trailer affected my HR.
How lost we got trying to get home.

The problem was that I was trying to get us home a way on minor streets and got very lost and was having to go up and down hill. Man was it hot. I don't know how far we went but my total numbers were amazing:

1:09 total riding (there and back). 655 calories burned. 168 av hr. That's really high.

And I'd do it again but next time I'm mapping it!

[JustSkipIt]

Eliptical today. I used the one with a TV in it and you plug in your headphones so I watched sports center. I wish I could figure out a way to have headphones hooked to the tv and the radio. I guess I could...

60 minutes. 4.65 miles. 6600 steps. 399 calories.

[JustSkipIt]

I elipitcaled again today. Another hour. I don't know how far. Maybe 4.60. 7800 steps. Now that's strange. I did a cross-country program and it went fast and made the thing go really high but didn't really have much resistance. But also I don't know why only 4.60 with that many steps. Also, I was hauling ass but only burned like 377 calories for 129 av hr. Strange.

[woahnellie]

Since Deb is doing all the posting here. I thought I'd give her a little break lol. I've been way slacking on the diet thing, and decided to get my butt back into gear. I went for 30 minutes on the eleptical, and was sweating buckets. I think I suffer from work out boredom, time goes soo slow.

[Gatito Grande]

Hiked in the Nature Center today: difficult, because in Michigan we had a frightful storm last week, which blew down a bunch of trees (ergo, had to scramble up and around 'em).

Time: 49:30
Steps: 5674
K/cals: 359.3
Miles: 2.6

I also made a change to my diet a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't at all happy w/ my weight (and specifically, my body-fat percentage , since I have a machine that measures that), so I made myself a NEW RULE. I'm a nightowl, it's true, but the policy now is no eating after midnight!

GG I haven't measured myself again since, but I will soon (I'll let ya know if there's been any significant improvement ) Out

Noteworthy from my last (weight-lifting) work-out: I decided to do a benchpress w/ lower weight, and higher reps: 65 lbs (20 reps). Good times!

[JustSkipIt]

GG - no late eating is a really good rule.

I went to spin class today which turned out to be RPM rather than group cycle (shorter themes by song). A good workout but I think I must have broken myself on Saturday. Suddenly I'm burning fewer calories for equally difficult perceived workouts. Today was only 3?? in 50 minutes. But it felt good.

[Emms]

Well I feel like a lazy bum compared to everyone else in this thread... Uh... I took the dog for a walk tonight... we usually go every night and walk about 30 minutes.

[JustSkipIt]

Well, with in-laws in town and the gym doesn't open until 8, I floated the idea to my wife of my going for a bike ride before everyone gets up. I got up just after 6, rode an hour (525 calories, 159 av hr) and got back before anyone in the house is even awake. Dig that! I only wish I had some idea how far I went. It was a good ride even though my shifters don't work.

[JustSkipIt]

Today I did 40 minutes on the eliptical. 3.40 miles. 4960 steps. I don't know the calories because my HRM wasn't picking up the beats. Then I did leg lifts, leg press, and leg curls.

[JustSkipIt]

Today. Eliptical dude. 60 minutes (13 on one machine, 47 on another when the tv in front of me inexplicably just stopped doing closed captions). 7260 steps. 4.60 miles. 409 calories. 139 av hr. I'm planning to go to spin in the morning before we leave for the in-law's.

[JustSkipIt]

I went for a longish walk this morning. 80 minutes. I was really sore which could be from playing Wii Fit or from walking on the road. Not sure which.

[Second Fig]

Long time no post!

JustSkipit- I <3 Wii Fit, a lot. I play the stupid thing every day! But I think my age is totally bogus…

Reason for absence and my exercise- A friend and I were backpacking around Europe for a few months. My legs are crazy toned I think it was the backpack full of Belgian chocolate and Spanish wine that did it!

I also found a 5k running plan that I put on my ipod which I did tonight. http://www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/page4/files/category-7.html

[JustSkipIt]

Second Fig - backpacking around Europe! How fantastic.

I elipticaled yesterday and today. An hour each. Yesterday my HRM had a dead battery. But I did 7260 steps, 4.60 miles. Today I got it fixed. 4.39 miles (WTF? I hauled ass?), 7466 steps, 479 cal. 129 av hr.