30 minutes on the elliptical XCountry program
first 10 minutes just felt like hell but was feeling good by the end
squats and plie squats with shoulder raise (8lb DBs) -hip sled + 90lbs weight
Some time ago, I asked a "guy" in the fitness center how much the bar on the bench press weighs because the scale in there is always broken so I couldn't weigh it. He tells me 25lbs. Okay, I'm reading other ladies' logs thinking I'm a wuss. I find out today that it's 45lbs. I feel better now.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Hotel Fitness Rooms
Sunday afternoon we arrived in NW Arkansas and checked into the lovely suite hotel/convention center. We pretty much hit it just in time to clean up and change for the reception, oh good free food and booze, just what I need. I ate too much sushi and drank too much wine, embarrassed myself with my husband's coworkers and by Monday afternoon still hadn't figured out if it was the cheap wine or bad sushi but I could barely remain upright. I felt terrible but not bad enough to keep me from eating, a lot.
Tuesday I hit one of two fitness areas in the hotel. I chose the "old" one because it had everything I needed and no one else was there. I had a good 2 hours- most of it actually working out thankuverymuch. I did 40 minutes on the treadmill, brisk walking but with hill repeats lasting 3-4 minutes between 4-10% incline with 5 minutes each for warm up and warm down. The rest of the time was spent strength/toning with light free weights with 3x 5 minute runs on the treadmill in between. I did take another walkabout later in the day and didn't drink at dinner. Had a bit better food day, but not by much.
Wednesday- thought I had about 1-1.5 hour to workout and get back to the room to shower, pack and be ready to go so I did another hill workout on the treadmill but only the 40 minutes (10 running) and very light core work for a few minutes. Turns out I could have stayed longer. Oh well. On the road again. Had McDs for lunch AND got talked into chinese buffet for dinner. This really has GOT to stop.
Tuesday I hit one of two fitness areas in the hotel. I chose the "old" one because it had everything I needed and no one else was there. I had a good 2 hours- most of it actually working out thankuverymuch. I did 40 minutes on the treadmill, brisk walking but with hill repeats lasting 3-4 minutes between 4-10% incline with 5 minutes each for warm up and warm down. The rest of the time was spent strength/toning with light free weights with 3x 5 minute runs on the treadmill in between. I did take another walkabout later in the day and didn't drink at dinner. Had a bit better food day, but not by much.
Wednesday- thought I had about 1-1.5 hour to workout and get back to the room to shower, pack and be ready to go so I did another hill workout on the treadmill but only the 40 minutes (10 running) and very light core work for a few minutes. Turns out I could have stayed longer. Oh well. On the road again. Had McDs for lunch AND got talked into chinese buffet for dinner. This really has GOT to stop.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
cardio, more cardio and fat pants
okay so time has been crunched so here goes the last couple of days-
Thursday: I had a fanfreakintastic treadmill workout. Anyone who knows me well will see the humor in that statement. I hate the mill. But I'm finding that if I am constantly in flux by speeding up, slowing down, ramping the incline, etc- it's not that bad. 50 minutes, 35 of it above a 4% incline, much of it running, some of it walking but at an 8-10% incline, it was a kicker.
Friday:Snow Day! It snowed 2X in one week. That's bizarre. This one stuck a bit harder than Tuesdays snow and we went out to build a snowman. In the evening I cycled for 35 minutes and did some upper body and core resistance work.
Saturday was another indoor cycling day much the same as Friday's workout.
Right this minute I'm supposed to be in the shower so we can leave for the NW part of the State. The partner in crime is going to a 3 day meeting and I'm going with. I hear there is a super fitness center in the fanshy smanshy hotel. Yeah!
Thursday: I had a fanfreakintastic treadmill workout. Anyone who knows me well will see the humor in that statement. I hate the mill. But I'm finding that if I am constantly in flux by speeding up, slowing down, ramping the incline, etc- it's not that bad. 50 minutes, 35 of it above a 4% incline, much of it running, some of it walking but at an 8-10% incline, it was a kicker.
Friday:Snow Day! It snowed 2X in one week. That's bizarre. This one stuck a bit harder than Tuesdays snow and we went out to build a snowman. In the evening I cycled for 35 minutes and did some upper body and core resistance work.
Saturday was another indoor cycling day much the same as Friday's workout.
Right this minute I'm supposed to be in the shower so we can leave for the NW part of the State. The partner in crime is going to a 3 day meeting and I'm going with. I hear there is a super fitness center in the fanshy smanshy hotel. Yeah!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
But You Asked Me To!
So the person who asked me to help get his heinie in gear on the workout front has now accused me of trying to kill him. It was a gorgeous day but he likes to be "in the gym" so I made him do an hour long cardio sculpt video that kicks butt. Literally. 35 minutes in, he was toast, but kept going at least half heartedly to the end. HA! I said HA!
Biggest Loser Day
The past month or so, Tuesday has been the day I wait to work out until the evening so I don't waste time watching the Biggest Loser. I wait until the show is well underway then I work out while skipping all the commercials. Thanks Dish Network and DVR! Today I went out for a brisk 1.5 mile walk during the day. It snowed here yesterday so it was in the 30's all day long.
P.M.
45 minutes on the cycling trainer + a few minutes of very mild cool down
stability ball crunches, med ball (10lb) overhead lifts sitting on said ball, and 3 rounds of boxing punches with 7lb dumbells
don't ask for counts- I was watching the vote off.
P.M.
45 minutes on the cycling trainer + a few minutes of very mild cool down
stability ball crunches, med ball (10lb) overhead lifts sitting on said ball, and 3 rounds of boxing punches with 7lb dumbells
don't ask for counts- I was watching the vote off.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Motivating Mondays
Last week one of the guys at work said "hey, I need motivation to get back in the gym, can you encourage me and/or go with me?" Okay. So we set a schedule and despite the fact that I really didn't want to go today, we headed for the gym-it's pouring rain and that's one of the few reasons I'll hit the gym instead of going outside.
30 minutes on the elliptical trainer Xcountry program and I pushed it
shoulder work
3 x 8 x 8 lbs each front, lateral and rear deltoid raises
1 x 8, 2 x 6 tricep dips, gravitron assisted @ 81 lbs
2 x 10 x 20 lbs lateral pulldowns (single arm on crossover machine)
30 minutes on the elliptical trainer Xcountry program and I pushed it
shoulder work
3 x 8 x 8 lbs each front, lateral and rear deltoid raises
1 x 8, 2 x 6 tricep dips, gravitron assisted @ 81 lbs
2 x 10 x 20 lbs lateral pulldowns (single arm on crossover machine)
Marathon or Mountain Bike?
3-1-08
Friday was skip day on workouts apparently.
Saturday was a beauty of a day. I spent about 3 hours downtown as a volunteer for the Little Rockers Marathon. These are 7-12 yr olds who have accumulated 25 miles or more of walking or running and they run the last mile as a group, cross the finish line and receive their marathon medals. Cool. I think there were over 3,000 kids in the program but only about half actually came to run the last mile together. Still, that was a wall o kids. Winner came round just after the last age group was released so it was right around 6 minutes. Gee Whiz.
Later in the day, me, the hubby and the "more fit than he has a right to be" 18 year old boy/man went out to a local park to test out the new GPS on some Geocaches. I was just wanting a workout and only got part of one. We were in an area that is meant for mountain biking and it's hilly but we only ran parts of it. Total I think I ran close to 2 miles but only 1 of those was a no stopper.
This was not enough workout to make up for the 6 glasses of wine I drank having dinner with friends.
3-2-08
Mountain biking instead of marathoning. The LR marathon was this morning. Due to training issues with the knee, I didn't participate. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Instead we went out for 1.5 hours of pretty intense riding. I think it was intense just because I haven't been on single track more than once a month in oh, a year or so. I don't ride enough to consider myself better than moderately competent. Fell twice, both times on "easy" terrain but there was limb debris. Came home tired and muddy. Good day.
I was going to make a light chicken and pasta meal for dinner but the man wanted pizza. I caved. It was veiled as a favor to me so I didn't have to cook but we both know it was just because he wanted that greasy pizza. ha
Friday was skip day on workouts apparently.
Saturday was a beauty of a day. I spent about 3 hours downtown as a volunteer for the Little Rockers Marathon. These are 7-12 yr olds who have accumulated 25 miles or more of walking or running and they run the last mile as a group, cross the finish line and receive their marathon medals. Cool. I think there were over 3,000 kids in the program but only about half actually came to run the last mile together. Still, that was a wall o kids. Winner came round just after the last age group was released so it was right around 6 minutes. Gee Whiz.
Later in the day, me, the hubby and the "more fit than he has a right to be" 18 year old boy/man went out to a local park to test out the new GPS on some Geocaches. I was just wanting a workout and only got part of one. We were in an area that is meant for mountain biking and it's hilly but we only ran parts of it. Total I think I ran close to 2 miles but only 1 of those was a no stopper.
This was not enough workout to make up for the 6 glasses of wine I drank having dinner with friends.
3-2-08
Mountain biking instead of marathoning. The LR marathon was this morning. Due to training issues with the knee, I didn't participate. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Instead we went out for 1.5 hours of pretty intense riding. I think it was intense just because I haven't been on single track more than once a month in oh, a year or so. I don't ride enough to consider myself better than moderately competent. Fell twice, both times on "easy" terrain but there was limb debris. Came home tired and muddy. Good day.
I was going to make a light chicken and pasta meal for dinner but the man wanted pizza. I caved. It was veiled as a favor to me so I didn't have to cook but we both know it was just because he wanted that greasy pizza. ha
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