Thursday Exercise

Fitness Personality No. 4: Cardio You're heart smart. by Tiffany Owens for MSN Health & Fitness The inner key to your fitness personality is activities that get your pulse racing. When you exercise, you enjoy seeing your body respond to your rigorous demands. Going to the gym makes you feel like you've done something good for yourself. You prefer to use classes, machines and free weights to work specific areas of your body, burn calories and build stamina. The challenge of fitness classes or personal trainers--where you are "forced" to keep up--is something you crave. Your personality most likely has a gym membership, participates in sports, and exercises with friends to keep up each other's pace (and pulse). Using various methods to work alternate muscle groups is another key to helping you stay motivated and stick with an exercise program. Mixing up your regular routine with 30 minutes of fusion fitness or circuit training (using four different pieces of equipment consecutively for five to 10 minutes each) will interchange muscle groups used and provide a better overall workout. If you can only get to the gym at prime-time--when finding a machine can be difficult--try performing an interval training session on a new piece of equipment or taking your workout outside. Hike a difficult trail or run some stairs. Join a fitness "boot camp" or try "urban fitness," where the whole outdoors can become your gym--from heart-pumping step-ups on park benches to calf stretches on curbs. Adding variations to your workout routine will not only diversify your workout, but as a result, you will avoid the dreaded fitness plateau that prevents gains. Other activities to try: Bicycling Boot Camps Circuit Training Fusion Fitness Hiking Jogging Jump Rope Mountain Biking Pilates Racquetball Rock Climbing Roller Skating Running Skiing Skin/Scuba Diving Spinning Stairclimbing Surfing Swimming Tae-Bo Tai-Chi Tennis Urban Fitness Yoga So what have you done today? Mary 415/163/147 16 lbs to Personal Goal 17 lbs below Doctors Goal In the words of Bill Phillips': "Exercise is the spark. Nutrition is the fuel. Without both, there can be no flame -- no results."

My usual... 1 hr water aerobics... Have a great day, Mary!

Denise, Weigh to Go!!!! Mary

2.5 mile walk early this morning.