Exercise Goals #2

[sandradee0124 0]

I ramped up elliptical today to do intervals as my trainer suggested. I did 60 minutes on there today. Also did about 30 minutes of lower body, but my heart wasn't in it. Need to push to "failure" as the trainer says.

:thumbup: Tired.

[monkeymama 0]

15 minutes of legs in the am, 15 mins of yoga pm.... there is a muscle on my thigh/butt that I forgot I had and it HURTS!!!!

Sandra- I don't get the push to fail... can you elaborate? BTW I am impressed with 60 on the elliptical I did 45 the other day and thought I was going to die!

[Froggie D 1]

Well I did 45 minutes of cardio last night and 30 minutes tonight. I cannot even imagine doing and hour of non-stop on the elliptical machine. I hope someday to get there.

I go see my trainer again tomorrow night. I am finally past being sore from working with him on Saturday! I wonder if I will be sore after round three with him? :grouphug:

[sandradee0124 0]

My trainer uses unusual phrases we would not normally associate with exercise and health? He calls failure what I would call "fatigue" meaning the last set you can't lift the weights anymore -- you "fail" to finish the set.

I'm tired, but looking forward to arms tomorrow morning. We are going to try a kickboxing class Wednesday! After the fiasco of Zumba I'll probably just move my body and my arms for awhile, but its better for me than sitting in traffic :-).

[Mel Mel 0]

I did the "bar and ball" class which is a total body toning workout and I also did "just dance" a really good cardio dancing workout!

Tomorrow "Kick some Abs" kickboxing and then Wed "Interval training" and probably some upper body work.

[jllybean1982 0]

You guys are doing awesome! I'm so excited. My sister and I walked 6 miles today on the trail which brings my total minutes of walking up to 278 for the week! :grouphug:

Thanks for the tip Froggie (walking, jogging for a minute, walking, etc). I did that today and it felt great! Jogging does feel better than walking at times.

You guys are awesome! Have a great week!

[dreamingofbeingskinny 1]

totally got off track last week from vacation but I am back on and happy to say I lost 2lbs since yesterday and walked/run 1.1 miles today. so off track but hope to get back there! Keep going everyone!

[Froggie D 1]

You guys are doing awesome! I'm so excited. My sister and I walked 6 miles today on the trail which brings my total minutes of walking up to 278 for the week!

Thanks for the tip Froggie (walking, jogging for a minute, walking, etc). I did that today and it felt great! Jogging does feel better than walking at times.

You guys are awesome! Have a great week!

Glad to hear that felt good for you. When I ran in the past, I started that way. After a while, could not get myself to stop jogging and go back down to the walk because it just did not feel as good. Take it slow and it creeps up before you know it.

Congrats to you!!!!!!!! :grouphug:

[Froggie D 1]

Woohoo! It is paying off - I lost 1.8 pounds today!

I love my band!:grouphug:

[jllybean1982 0]

Nice work Froggie!!! :grouphug: I'm loving my band too!!!

[pfrance 1]

Hi I wish I could do some exercise this week. Got to much going on. Will get back on track next week. Go luck all!

[LapNYC 3]

I'd agree with your trainer, Sandradee. It's that set to failure where your muscles really grow. I've had enough trainers that I know my way around weights, but that failure is hard to achieve without someone pushing or spotting you. I'm jealous! I bet you'll see results really quickly.

I've been taking really intense spinning classes every day where my heartrate monitor says that I'm burning 500 calories in each. I've also lifted weights about three times but am at a total plateau. I know I need to mix it up exercise-wise but I can't think of anything nearly as intense as the spinning. I'm not a runner! Which is clearly too bad because I read an article today about how with cycling you burn carbs and with running you burn through fat. Sucks for me! Any suggestions anyone?

Congratulations on everyone's success and hard work.

[monkeymama 0]

Congrats on the loss Froggie!

I love this thread... you guys are totally motivating me (ok maybe I am biased since I started it )

Did 15 mins of glutes and hamstrings this am

20 mins of elliptical, 10 mins cycle this pm

75/175

[monkeymama 0]

Hi I wish I could do some exercise this week. Got to much going on. Will get back on track next week. Go luck all!

pfrance... try and squeeze even 15mins in this week! That's what I did, started small and now I am adding five minutes a week... Even if you do a five minute march in place while watching TV or walk around the block....

[juliansmom2003 3]

OMG, I am dying! Just did 40 minutes of cardio tae bo! Sheesh, Billy Blanks still has it! The freaking thing is ALL double time! I'm sooo ready to pass out LOL!

Last night did TurboJam Sculpt for 40 minutes. Need to stay on track. I have a feeling it's going to be a good week. Have a fill scheduled for Thursday that I can't cancel or I'll get charged, but not so sure I need one....we shall see...