Gym is Open (Friday 1/11)

The gym is open. I plan to increase the time on my killer treadmill routine.  We'll see how that works out. I'll post my progress later. What did you do to move your body today?  More importantly, did you enjoy it, or is it more of a chore?  I hope the former rather than the latter. Kix

Good Morning Kix! I'm sorta bummed out this morning.... I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.... but it just dawned on me this morning that even though I'll only be off work 2 weeks, it will probably be at least 4 to 8 before I can start going back to the gym.... sigh.... 5 min elliptical 30 mins lower body weight training 30 mins treadmill

Funny, I was thinking the same thing last night as I pondered the possibility of getting plastics done. When I had Blobby lopped off last spring, I wasn't allowed to do any kind of exercise that would pull or shear the leg, which pretty much ruled out everything except arm bike. Perhaps you can start back at least doing slow treadmill way before 8 weeks.  It depends on how fast you heal. My thigh was a slow healer, probably because my thighs are large and the blood flow wasn't optimal at the time. Are you getting excited about the TT?  As for the hernia, is it painful or just one of those nuisance things that needs to be done before it becomes emergent? Kix

Just increase your treadmill by two minutes each week!  It won't seem like much of a change in the short-run, but over the course of 4-6 weeks you'll bump your time up 8-12 minutes.  That's what I did when working up to longer cardio sessions; the slower acclimation period worked well for me.   I did the evil lower body workout again today.  You know the one that made it hard for me to walk or stand up or sit down or climb stairs on Tuesday and Wednesday.  What a glutton for punishment I must be.  But I'm hoping that if I keep doing it, that within 4-6 weeks it won't hurt so much anymore.  Here's the routine: 4 minute warm-up on stationary bike hip adductor - 15 reps @ 60#, 12 reps @ 65#, 10 reps @ 70# hib abductor - 15 reps @ 95#, 12 reps @ 100#, 10 reps @ 105# leg press - 15 reps @ 135#, 12 reps @ 140#, 10 reps @ 145# calf raises - 20 reps x2 @ 140# step ups - 8x2 per side stationary lunges - 10x2 per side holding 5# in each hand plie squats - 15x5 holding 15# weight ball squats - 8x2 hold 4 kg. medicine ball ball crunches - 25x2 supermans - 10x2 planks - 2 @ 20 seconds, 2 @ 30 seconds I followed this with good lower body stretches, especially my quads.  Also took 2 tylenol when I got back to my office; am hoping the stretching and tylenol will help minimize the muscle aches and pains I had earlier this week!!! Believe it or not, I actually enjoyed this.  I'm glad it's the end of the week.  I'm amazed at what my body can do.  And I wore a new sports bra that almost makes the girls look perky (well, as perky as they can look, anyway).  So it felt good -  Kellie

Ow, I'm having sympathy muscle aches after reading that workout.  I hope my personal trainer is a bit more gentle with me.  Kix

I did 45 minutes of killer treadmill today, woohoo!  It felt great!  Putting some new tunes on the IPod helped a lot, and I watched the noon news (thanks to closed captioning) while I was there. The fat burning program measures one's target heart rate, and I guess my heart is more fit now because the incline kept adjusting upward to get my heart beating faster, at one point it had me at a 15% incline!  Yikes, I'm not a mountain goat! I had a good workout and perspired, which I guess are the two most important things when exercising. Kix PS, this Bally's has a pool, so I inquired as to what temperature they keep the pool water.  79 degrees!  AIYEE!  I guess I'm the only person in America who doesn't want to participate in a polar bear pageant when she swims.

Nada    I didn't feel well when I left work, actualy i have had a pain in my left side for a couple weeks and today it was n my back too so I was kind of afraid to over do it. So I did nada today :( Tomorrow is another day!  Estelle

Well, I was planning on doing my long run day today, but my stomach had other plans. I have noticed that when I run it really gets everything 'moving' and I have to be careful what I eat before (that's why I always eat pudding - it works the best). This morning nothing was helping, so I opted to walk for 40 minutes instead - I varied it from 4.0-4.3 and a 10-15% incline. It was a good workout. Since my stomach is feeling better I plan on running tonight, hopeful 4 miles. I don't usually do very well exercising at night but we'll see how I do. Tomorrow is a day of snowshoeing and I am so looking forward to being outside!!

Swam for 45 minutes. I'm doing more free, less breast. Even did a few flip turns!

Good for you Patty! Do you think the exercise is helping with your depression? I know in the past when I have had some episodes (they use to happen a lot, not so much anymore) that actually getting myself out of bed and moving was tough - I'm just so impressed that you are regularly exercising! That takes a lot of discipline.