IDGOMB, Friday, 5/29/09

Just because it's Friday doesn't mean we're allowed to slack . . . well, okay at work maybe, but not when it comes to exercise!  

Here's what I have done today:

:: 20 minute recumbent bike ride (went 7 miles! wheeeeee!)
:: series of quad, hamstring and IT band/hip stretches
::  weight machines--chest press, lat pulldown, seated row and back extension
:: enough walking to get me up to 7800 steps on my pedometer

I'm leaving to meet friends for dinner and I'm walking to the restaurant, which should get me over the 10,000 steps for the day--yippeee!  Two days in a row, I hope!

What have you done to burn a few calories today?

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I started my morning with an hour of water aerobics, wow, got some sore muscles, but definately I was excited about it!

As well as another day of yard work, planting flowers, picking up limbs and such.

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 I love that feeling of sore muscles, don't you?  To me, it represents accomplishment and progress.  It means my muscles are growing and getting stronger and that feels great!  Empowering on many levels!

You should post some pictures of all your yard & gardening on your OH blog.  By the way, the difference in how you look in the camel at the zoo picture versus how you look today is amazing!  You have done so well, Amy!  You're my bandster hero!!!!

Keep up the good work and splash around in that Y pool a few extra minutes for me!

HUGS!!!
Denise

Completed 3 PT sessions including weight training and 2 sessions on the treadmill. A pretty good day for me. I'm wiped out now though.
Karen

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 PT Gals, UNITE!  So how are you loving the weight training, Karen?  I have a small set of free weights at home, but I so prefer using the giant machines at the gym.  That's the main reason I joined.  That and I get unlimited use of the hamstretcher:



You can get these things through Amazon for about $40 and I will probably invest in one at some point.  The IT band stretches will help me keep this bursitis at bay and I can do it the best with the hamstretcher.  It's not as good with a stretchy band or yoga strap.  

You've been super busy and dedicated with your PT this week--you're doing so well!  Are you feeling the positive effects of all your efforts?  I hope so!!!

Keep it up and get a well deserved night's rest.  You have definitely earned it!

HUGS!!!
Denise

I dont always post but I have been doing the PT 2 to 3 times a day every day since I started a few weeks ago. It is going well. I do use a yoga belt for my hamstring stretches and it seems to work well for me. I'm much more flexible now. I'm using free weights and weighted balls both at the center and at home. The weights are not just for upper body strengthening but I also use them for things like squats against the wall and things like that. Fortunately I already had some weighted balls of different sizes at home. I also have video workouts with all of them but I'm not up to them yet.
I will be doing well to get everything in today as I stayed up late reading and slept too late today. I will have to get started soon.
Blessings,
Karen

Oh my goodness....I still can't get over the pic of the torture device....uh, oops, I mean "ham stretcher".....although it does look faboo, it reminds me of the final scene in Braveheart where they are stretching Mel Gibson & he is yelling "F R E E D O M"......

I had every intention of running this morning, but woke up & started playing with the kiddos & then started looking at my yard, which made me decide to re-mulch a few sections...ended up getting 20 bags of mulch (& listening to my hubby tell me that he could have just bought it in bulk later this week......phooey...wanted it today....) & carrying them all up a hill, around back & over to the far side of the house (I carried the bags because I couldn't listen to Tim talk about the bulk thing any longer & having him carry it up would have resulted in at least 20 more minutes of that topic....LOVE the man, but gheeze.....:)....)....I then mulched for 4 hours & then pulled weeds for an hour before I ran & played with the kiddos some more! 

I am sure that somewhere in there something counts as exercise, but I will definitely get back on my real program tomorrow....

congrats to e'one for today's hard work!!

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