The Rock-Your-Body Fitness Thread
We talk about health and exercise in a lot of different threads. It's time for a one-stop shop.
As you all have read ad nauseam, I have a super slow metabolism so I'm always looking for ways to increase my fitness.
I'm going to join a gym next Wednesday (most likely). Is it true that I should leave a day between working muscle groups? I'll likely only be at the gym on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so I'm not sure what the best excercises are if I'm only going to be working that area once. Like, Wednesday for legs or front and Thursdays for arms or back. Something like that? I'll have about an hour between work and when yoga starts and the gym will be relatively empty, so I'll have plenty of time and access to equipment.
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I recently read that dehydration leads to a drop on body temperature and a drop in temp triggers a body to store fat. Of all the dagnabbit, underhanded, flea-analogue bitten things! My normal temp is in the 97.1 - 97.3 F (36.2 - 36.3 C) range.
Going to try for the plan I laid out last week:
M-F, Somewhere in-between these 5 days I will complete these workouts and possibly take a day off, depending how I'm feeling:
+ 60 min core, thigh, hips, and butt workout
+ 30 min upper body
+ 30 min yoga
+ 30 min core
+ 60 min elliptical/exercise bike (split into three 20 minute sessions, depending what's available while I'm at the gym).
Sat:
+ 1.5-3 hrs. of a random outdoor activity (biking, kayaking, hiking, etc.)
or if it's crappy outside: visit the gym and workout whatever's not sore.
Sun:
clean, cook, and sit on ass (very important ;)b ).
I was on vacation for the last 5 days so my workout plans got a little messed up. I did quite a bit of hiking and swimming, and a little bit of yoga and pilates. So I didn't completly slack off. I mostly caught up on sleep and meditated and ate. I feel somewhat refreshed, but sad. I would have loved to have stayed anouther week.
Some bad news: I managed to sprain my other ankle (apparently I have weak ankles), it's not nearly as bad as my first sprain, but annoying. So that will slow progress a bit. And my internet at home is down until next Wednesday, so no Sparkpeople videos till then, but my sister gave me a workout video while on the trip, so I will try that.
Anyway, I hope everyone had a great week!
Some bad news: I managed to sprain my other ankle (apparently I have weak ankles), it's not nearly as bad as my first sprain, but annoying. So that will slow progress a bit.
I hurt my side and waited for nearly two weeks before I did anything that required 1) upper body and 2) heavy breathing. Now I'm as good as new. Don't push yourself because of goals if it prolongs the injury. What non-ankle things can you do?
Some bad news: I managed to sprain my other ankle (apparently I have weak ankles), it's not nearly as bad as my first sprain, but annoying. So that will slow progress a bit.
I hurt my side and waited for nearly two weeks before I did anything that required 1) upper body and 2) heavy breathing. Now I'm as good as new. Don't push yourself because of goals if it prolongs the injury. What non-ankle things can you do?
Pilates stuff seems to not involve the ankles much, upper body, core. That sort of stuff. Basically what I have been doing for the last month. It will probably be a little while before I can get back to riding my bike and the elliptical.
This is all the more frustraiting because I was getting to the point where I could do light workouts with my legs without my ankle hurting. Oh well. I will have to take it easy this week, if I don't want to reinjure myself. Thanks for your advice HH. :)
I alternated 90 seconds at 140 strides per minute and 30 seconds at 180 strides per minute. Dreading the end of each 90 second cycle worked to help pass the time.
so I've been seeing things like this and thinking to myself frack that sounds hard, but I never put the rate per minute thing on the display when I use running machines so I didn't actually know. So last night I tested it, and have come to the conclusion that either you are an octopus, or your machines measure differently to ours, because a decent fast-ish jog is 70 and flat-out madness is 90-100. I talked to the mister and he says ours measures one stride = one motion from both feet, and he thinks yours must measure one stride per foot. Or perhaps you are, in fact, an octopus.
Yeah. I think mine is each foot and yours is both feet.
So, in New Zealander terms, I was alternating 70 with 90 strides. At the 90 strides, I had to put a few of my fingertips on the bar because I felt like I was going to pop off the machine.
But I am, in fact, an octopus.
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs31/f/2008/218/d/f/Oscar_the_Octopus_by_ILoveAmyRose.jpg
I used to love doing elliptical when I had easy gym access. I would do it for...ever, but it made my feet fall asleep! I can't wait to try it one of these days with my fivefingers. I would go really, really, really fast on my toes for a period of time, then pretty fast using the arm things, and alternate different ways. Fun, and a great work out!
I've been doing pretty well with my running. Rest day today, because I can feel that my body is tired. I will be ready tomorrow!
yeah, I've never tried to maintain a particular speed before, but when I was playing around last night, the 90 felt pretty speedy. I think I'd rather just up the resistance and keep a steady/slower pace.
But I am, in fact, an octopus.
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs31/f/2008/218/d/f/Oscar_the_Octopus_by_ILoveAmyRose.jpg
excellent. I wasn't going to admit it, but I was a little disappointed when I thought for a moment then that you weren't ; )
yeah, I've never tried to maintain a particular speed before, but when I was playing around last night, the 90 felt pretty speedy. I think I'd rather just up the resistance and keep a steady/slower pace.
I'm already at high/top resistance. I'm working my way to graduating to the stairmaster. The only reason I'm doing legs and cardio is so I can hike 10,000+ foot elevation peaks (3048 meters). Being able to survive the stairmaster will give me confidence.
yeah, I've never tried to maintain a particular speed before, but when I was playing around last night, the 90 felt pretty speedy. I think I'd rather just up the resistance and keep a steady/slower pace.
I'm already at high/top resistance. I'm working my way to graduating to the stairmaster. The only reason I'm doing legs and cardio is so I can hike 10,000+ foot elevation peaks (3048 meters). Being able to survive the stairmaster will give me confidence.
Top resistance?! Like..the 10? That's insane. I think you have a freakish elliptical. 10 is like..barely moving? Maybe you are an octopus.
I tried it at lower resistances, but if I don't have decent resistance I can't keep my balance. I was like a newborn fawn on wobbly legs when I was doing it at lower settings.
HH = Woman with legs of titanium!!
You girls are insane and I love it! I'm doing well with P90X (now in week 9). I am struggling with my running though. Being unable to run all but 2 days in the last 16 really screwed my running fitness level. Pfffftttt!
I tried it at lower resistances, but if I don't have decent resistance I can't keep my balance. I was like a newborn fawn on wobbly legs when I was doing it at lower settings.
not a newborn zebra?
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v153/64/35/217700172/n217700172_95469_3913.jpg
Oohh!!!!1!!1! I want to be like a zebra foal. I'm complimenting the little girl or boy aloud through my screen.
Does it have a mohawk from head to tail or is that the lighting?
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I was supposed to do kayaking muscles today, but I was behind on winterizing my house and we might have a storm this weekend from hurricane Jimenez, so I had to get it done. I have two and a half hours between work and yoga tomorrow, so I'll do both legs/cardio and kayaking muscles then. It'll only take 45-60 minutes for both.
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llg, how many weeks is the P90X program?
Oohh!!!!1!!1! I want to be like a zebra foal. I'm complimenting the little girl or boy aloud through my screen.
Does it have a mohawk from head to tail or is that the lighting?
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It's a little boy, and he did indeed have a full-body mohawk. His name is Carlo, and he had a bit of a strange entry into the world, because he was either very overcooked in the womb, or his mother had a phantom pregancy/miscarriage before becoming pregnant with him, and by the time he was born we had decided she wasn't pregant at all because it had simply been too long, and had put her on a diet! To top it off, his father, Monty died a few weeks before he was born, so it was a really bittersweet and intense time....
Back to fitness! rah! fitness!
Was that where you work or do you have a zebra animal companion?
do you have a zebra animal companion?
that would rock.
but no, it was when I worked looking after giraffes/zebra/ostrich/hippos/rhinos/springbok.
Good times : )
:) :)>>>
I don't really have a set routine that I stick to. I just like to do what I feel like doing. Today I was really tired after work so I just did 30 minutes on the eliptical and then 20 minutes on the treadmill. Yesterday I got up at 5:30 and did 40 minutes of aerobics before work and then after work I did 45 minutes of eliptical and then did some work with weights. I'd probably benefit more with a set routine but I don't want to get bored.
so our gym has finally noticed that our memberships ran out and we haven't been paying for a while...
I got an email this afternoon offering if we re-join we'll get a month free, but as our memberships seem to have run out at the end of July, I guess we've already had that month. So now I really really need to decide whether I can afford to rejoin vs whether my body can afford for me not to. The husband's going to keep his membership up regardless.
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