Using it – Dec. 17th to 23rd

[Ottawa]

http://www.lastoutpost.com/images/Humor/perrybible-stayfocused.jpg

I thought that this might be a good theme this week on staying focused.
As the last minute scrambling is going on, it's easy to get frustrated and I've found myself having to trade off workouts for chores and fit them in somewhere else.

How are you doing this week?


Sun: Treadmill 30 minutes
Mon: 55 minutes in gym (Back press, Nautilus, Elliptical, recumbant bike on max hill setting
Tues:
Wed:
Thur:
Fri:
Sat:


Men's Health has a newletter that comes out often and I believe the Women's Health is the same. This month's link had a great article on Exercise and Eating (http://www.lastoutpost.com/Weightloss-Exercise.htm).

[Shadow]

Morning, Randy! I see no problems with keeping up my exercise over the holidays but then it's easy for me since I am not a social person and all the household chores are mine anyway so I simply decide when I'm going to do them :lol:.

This week I'm going to change my rest days around and see if it helps my shoulder any. Usually I rest on Fri & Sat (well, I don't rest but I don't do any planned workouts) and by Sat afternoon my shoulder is killing me. So I'm going to space out my rest days and see if that helps any. But gosh, I just hate changing my routine!

Sunday - Legs
Monday - Cardio, agility drills, abs/core
Tues - Back, shoulders, biceps
Thurs - Cardio, abs/core
Fri - Chest, triceps

[daisy]

I;ve done my spring cleaning early cos my evil outlaw is staying overnight tonite (lucky for me she's staying holidays with her adorable sister!) but it motivated me into doing some decluttering and deep cleaning early on.. On another positive note my son is home from school and can keep dog company/walk him which frees me early each morning to get to the gym so i'm upping it this week as next week will be harder with the big day itself and visting family other days...

Monday -

30 min run/treadmill/7.5km/ph
1 hour/crosstrainer/speed interval/level 12

daisy xx

[Ottawa]

Used the work Gym this morning and was the only person again.
Back Press, Elliptical, Weights machine for almost an hour.

There is a great piece of music you can find at most Peer to Peer sites called "Funky House Set -25 Bootlegs in the Mix" that is remixed to the point of just being discernable. It is great for a long workout with no break and each little clip of music is combined into the next all the way through with no letup. There are many DJ mixes like this including some great Beach ones, but the Funky house set varies songs but keeps a consistent fast beat right up to the end amnd is my favorite piece.

[banshee]

Hey Randy, I know what you mean, and I have the added problem of this doctor limitation on what I can do. I'm really having a hard time staying committed right now - there's so much else that NEEDS to get done before Dec 31st! :eek: And since everything is taking longer than usual, I'm really struggling to find the time for it all.

While I know that an upper body workout is still a workout, I'm having a really hard time feeling motivated enough to get to the gym to do it. I only got in 2 workouts last week, and except for the week I had pneumonia, that's the first time I've gotten in less than 3 in a week. :(

I'm going to do a workout tonight for sure, though. I promise!

[daisy]

Tuesday -

2 hours (split) crosstrainer/level 14/around world
30 mins/treadmill/random power walk/level 10 (goes up to level 20)
30 mins/stepper/level 6/fat burn

oblique ab crunches - 2 x 25 each side
ab sit ups on fitball - 2 x 20
ab crunches (feet over ball) - 2 x 50

daisy xx

[Ottawa]

Mary,
I find that I heal so much faster this way that I bounce back much quicker than before. Follow the doctor's orders and get your upper body in even if just watching a movie with some hand weights.

There are times when SHadow and Daisy put me to shame since I find it hard to motivate myself, not from workouts but from putting more into it if I don't have an instructor or the competition of a whole class doing the same thing (Might be a male ego thing).:cool:

[Shadow]

Randy - I do think it's the old ego doing it ;). Even we gals - well, speaking for me, anyway :lol:, have motivation snafus. We just don't admit it :D!

[banshee]

Uhoh. I think Shadow just implied I'm not a gal, since I admitted to having trouble with motivation this week! :p :eek: ;) :lol:

[Shadow]

OMG, Mary :o!!! Sorry - I was posting on the fly and haven't fully caught up :o. And after I posted that, I thought of Mitra confessing to lack of motivation too.

Plus I've mentioned my own lack thereof on occasion.

Hmmm - Randy, let me rephrase that. When I'm motivated, I'd put you to shame. But that doesn't happen 52 weeks/year :p.

So maybe I just should've said Daisy puts us all to shame :lol: :lol: :lol:!

[banshee]

Heehee! I made Shadow blush! Woohoo!

[Shadow]

Enjoy it Mary - it doesn't happen often :lol: :D!

[daisy]

Wednesday -

30 min run/treadmill/7.5km/ph
30 min stepper/level 8/fat burn
1 hour 30 min crosstrainer/level 14

that was enough for me today and i'm having friday off!!! erm :o @ my workouts, i've had that membership for over 10 years now and only used it for the last 2, i think i'm hooked now and if it can happen to me then it can happen to anyone:rolleyes:

daisy xx

[daisy]

Thursday -

1 hour 30 mins crosstrainer/level 12/fat burn
30 mins stepper/level 8/fat burn

that was it, forced into short session cos hubby took me and wanted me to go home early lol

daisy xx

[Ottawa]

Yesterday was almost all legs at our last class 'till next year. An amazing workout that just kept going while you just focused in a far off place, thinking this is the last rep, ... and then she says "Beginning 10 more with your weight held out like this while you continue full squats. Abs in, backs straight, only 2 more sets but we'll change the weight location."

Today is 30 minutes on the treadmill, and tomorrow is my last gym day until we return from Toronto.

[banshee]

Got in my upper body workout last night. It felt like I wasn't there very long! It was also kind of difficult to work out because they're moving everything around. They got in a bunch of new equipment, and they're rearranging all the exercise rooms. Apparently it's going to feel like I've regressed - the floor helper said the new machines have more resistance so you have to lower the weights. :( Free weights will be the same, though.

The new assisted pullup/dip machine is going to be interesting - instead of having a bar you stand on, it has a pad you kneel on. I guess the people who designed it are trying to replicate the way guys usually have their knees bent when they're doing pullups? Either that or they were trying to make the machine fit into a smaller space.

I'm not going to be near a gym on Saturday, but I'm going to try to do a limited upper body workout. I'm thinking I'm going to try and do some full weight "man's" pushups. (Is there another name for these that don't involve a gender differentiation? :rolleyes:) I've been doing them angled on the lowest level on the squat rack and I'm up to 15 reps. It will be interesting to see how many reps I can do on the floor.

[banshee]

Wow - I guess I did a really good job concentrating on just upper body on Wednesday - I've got some nice DOMS going. :D Enough that I'm glad I had decided to wait until Saturday to do my next workout!

I'm off to the family's tonight, so everyone have a great Christmas and I'll see you sometime next week!

[daisy]

Saturday -

30 min/run on treadmill/7.5kmph
60 min/crosstrainer/level 14/fat burn
30 min/crosstrainer/level 5/cardio

oblique stretches - 22.5kg - 3 x 20 each side
abdominal crunches on weight machine - 30kg - 3 x 20
pull ups (holding body weight on arms and pulling knees up to chest) - 3 x 10
tricep pulldowns - 20kg - 3 x 15
tricep stretches - 20kg - 3 x 15
bicep curls - 20kg - 3 x 15
chest press - 15kg - 3 x 12
fly's - 12kg - 3 x 12
pulldowns - 25kg - 3 x 15

daisy xx