Gym is Open (Wednesday 1/23)

The gym is open! I may try to do some treadmill today.  I did ten minutes of bouncing on my mini-trampoline yesterday just to keep active. My main concern is making sure I'm hydrated enough to stand exercise without keeling over. What did you do to move your body today? Kix

Good Morning Kix, I'm sorry to say I didn't get any exercise yesterday and I really really can tell when I don't..... the temp started out in the 40s at 4:00 AM and dropped from there and with a North wind blowing I just stayed inside.... so today's agenda definitely includes the  Dreadmill as a friend puts it! I promise to take it easy though.... and SHHHHHHH don't tell the Hubby! Edited To Add:  I did it!  Boy was it easy, but boy am I tired~!  LOL Hugs,

Hi Kix, I went to the YMCA with my daughter and we did 1 hour of easy water aerobics.   Hope that you will soon be feeling 100%

Well, I'm at about 88% today, so I'm confident of a full recovery in the next day or so.  I did 15 minutes of easy treadmill at the rec center.  Frankly, I didn't feel like doing more than that, and my pouch was making loud, rude noises because I ate some raw almonds the rec center was serving.  Bad Kix!    I was worried my firehose diarrhea would start up again, and decided I'd rather be in the comfort of my home instead of a public restroom sounding like a tuba ensemble! Kix

It's best to ease back in to your exercise routine after you've been ill.  Your energy levels and hydration are usually a little out of whack, and it'll take a few days for everything to get back to normal.  But kudos for getting yourself back out there!!!   As for me, I lifted weights for upper body at lunch and did some core work.  I tried a new machine called the Gravitron.  Although it looks like a medieval torture device (see picture below) it is, in fact, a machine that enables average folks to do pull-ups and chin-ups!  It has a weight stack so the machine "assists" you and you don't have to lift your full body weight.  Anyway, I was able to do 3 sets of 10 pull-ups with LOTS of assistance!  Now that I know how to use this, I think I'll add it to my routine.  I'm going back to the gym after work for cardio.  Planning to do a 5-minute warm-up on the bike, then 15-20 minutes on the stairmaster, followed by 25-30 minutes on the elliptical.  I did 15 minutes on the stairmaster yesterday with no problem, so will be interested to see if I can do 20 minutes today... Good luck to everyone finding the time, energy and motivation to move it today!!! Kellie

Hi Kix, 30 minutes treadmill, 10 bike and 10 elliptical trainer. (((hugs))) Diana