The new spreadsheet is ready. Again, it's your goal. You decide if outside miles count. :D
We got a total of 314+ hours in December. Nice work, now let's beat it! :D
Happy New Year!
Veronica
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The new spreadsheet is ready. Again, it's your goal. You decide if outside miles count. :D
We got a total of 314+ hours in December. Nice work, now let's beat it! :D
Happy New Year!
Veronica
In spite of the handicaps in my life right now I would like to give this challenge a try as it ties in with my very loosely set goals this year. How do I join?marni
My first 30 minutes on the trainer for the new year! Also got a decent session in with the weights at the gym, but had to back off a bit today on intensity for both trainer and weights - my neck is KILLING me. I think it is the drastic change in weather...
Thank you for doing this again, Veronica!
My goal this month is 15 hours of "activity" and 27 "activities." I will be counting indoor, outdoor, and limited amounts of swimming and elliptical (to give the butt a bit of a break). I am having some success in retraining my bad habits (blowing exercise off for tomorrow for a long list of bad reasons). The high activity goal keeps me accountable, and makes sure I don't do 15 hours of working out on the last day of the month.....
Without prompting, DH said my butt had improved. He doesn't complement often, but when he does, he means it. So - I'll take it!
Yes, thank you for doing this again Veronica, it is very helpful!
I put down another 18 hours for the month - this will be at least 18 hours on anything that looks like a bike, inside or outside. Probably just wishing for the latter.
I'm dropping my goal to six hours total this month due to classes picking back up again. I'll see if I can beat that, though. ;)
ETA: Thanks, Veronica, for doing this again! Have fun, everyone!
Like Blueberry, I am going to count hours of activity. I find myself not getting on the trainer as often as I used to. The only good time of the day during the work week is very early in the morning. Not a problem unless I don't sleep well the night before - which happens quite often. Thank you menopause! Getting to sleep is not the problem. It's staying asleep.
So, I will ride outside on the weekends if the weather permits. Bad weather means I'll walk/run. I'm going to throw in some hiking (like tomorrow). DH and I have a "date" each Tuesday after work to walk intervals on the stairs on Communications Hill in San Jose. I'm planning on 2-3 one hour trainer rides during the week if I can drag my carcass out of bed at 4:30. I'll count all hours of aerobic activity.
I couldn't make it to 15 hours in December, so I've scaled back to 12.
Thanks Veronica. Good luck all.
Thank you Veronica for setting this up!
I'm going for 9 hours total, last month it was an 8 hour goal and now that the hectic time has passed I'm expecting to make this goal as well. I expect a frequency of riding 4 days a week @ 30 minutes per session.
I just got my first 30 minute ride in this morning for 2012. I'm on my way!
I upped my goal by 2 hours over December. Would have liked to do more, but I am out of town for 4 days this month with no access to anything resembling a bike. Started yesterday with 1 hour and 10 minutes of Fat Burner intervals with my tunes and a bike video of CA wine country. Today, the evil Coach Troy.
Thanks again for doing this Veronica!
Hi Everyone!
What an exciting way to start the new year. I'm going to push my boundaries and try to do 22 hours this month. I'm thinking if I do an hour a day for the month, then I'm good. I most likely will be on the treadmill, hiking, or beginning to get the bike out after a very a long absence. I know that if I do something, that is better than doing nothing. On to better fitness!
Red Rock
Put down my first 30 minutes today! On my way to 15hrs. Thanks for putting this together.
I, too, am wondering if it is possible to join in this challenge. Thanks!
second your "hurray to Menopause" ...I pass out when my head hits the pillow but wake up repeatedly later....I am told it will pass Like pregnancy woes and puberty!!!) haha (:Quote:
Originally Posted by five one
Thank You!!!! I am totally counting outside- had an awesome ride on a new trail today (:Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Yes, Thank you V for all of your time and effort to set this up and do the leg work. It's not like you have a whole lot of free time yourself.
I put in my hour today on the treadmill. It was amazing how I felt afterward. I hope this continues.
Red Rock
Yay! My first bike ride on rollers today. I hit a snafu last month and didn't meet my goal so am going to try for 8 hours again and hope to meet it. I did my first 30 minutes and started my diet so hoping that I can fit back into my "skinny" jeans by March :)
and it does eventaually, but then as you get older, you may develop some sort of estrogen dependent cancer, which usually requires tamoxifen which blocks the estrogen from your body and puts you back into menopause again. Been there, doing that, including the night sweats, weepies and hot flashes. At least thin time I know it is for a good cause.Quote:
Originally Posted by tealtreak
Sending sympathetic hugs to all of those suffering from horomonal miseries of whatever type.
hope the new year brings some relief.
marni
Goal of 12 hours means a distribution of 1/2 hour a day for six days a week, which is not a challenging goal but am facing an imminent hip replacement, and pain too often trumps my desire to exercise. This challenge should help me.
Thanks, Veronica!
Got in an hour of spinning last night, along with a 5 mile fitness walk prior to class. The instructor used a different type of playlist for him and it was a pretty aggressive class - and a quite good one!
...And we're...not getting anywhere.
I've got a cold (I think I got it from my sister). It's not even a useful cold--it's just a sore throat and generally feeling icky.
43 minutes - Uphill Grind.
Veronica
Can I join again?
The December spreadsheet appears to be locked, so I can't add my last 2 hours, but I feel pretty good about making 16 of the hoped-for 18 hrs in December given my travel schedule.
Planning to go to cycling class tomorrow, despite the chest cold from hell. Even if all I do is rotate my legs in lazy circles, that's OK. I'm going stir-crazy!
Yeah - we locked it at the beginning of January. We didn't want people accidentally adding to the old one.
Thom's got some ideas of how to jazz it up as time goes - with charts and graphs and whatnot. :D
I added it in for you.
Veronica
45 minutes easy spinning last night, watched an episode of ST: Deep Space 9 (my favorite of the various ST incarnations). I actually didn't MEAN it to be an easy spin but for some reason I couldn't get a hard workout on the trainer last night but am trying to figure that out. I posted about that elsewhere.
25 minute* easy, recovery spin for me last night. Meant to do 30 minutes but my right knee started hurting about 15 minutes in. I don't know why. Made it another ten minutes to see if anything would change and it felt like it was getting worse so I decided it was better to stop. Again, not sure what happened as I'm on my own bike - not the ones in the gym that hurt. Hopefully it is something left over from my impromptu 5k this past weekend followed by a hard spin on Monday.
My sit bones were hurting too. :mad: I don't know why the knee and sit bones are unhappy right now. Nothing has changed on my bike. Although now that I am looking at it the seat might have dropped a little in the front. I'll check it before I get back on this evening. For now it is time to go to work.
*I added 35 minutes last night to my time because I did an extra 10 minutes on Monday to warm up before a yoga class at the gym
There was nobody to ride with, so I preferred 1 hour stationary bike after the weight training.
Yesterday there was nobody to ride with, so I preferred 1 hour stationary bike after the weight training.
I have not reported for two days since one day we closed on a condo and then today was my Bday. So I cake to make and assorted other errands to do. Hibby goes back to work tomorrow, so I plan on getting my hour in.
Red Rock
DH, me, and a friend from our cycle club are getting together 2x a week for a trainer class. I think it is 1.5 hours 1 day and 2 the next day. The program we are following was designed by a cycling coach and is designed for Peak Endurance and climbing. We went to the first "class" on Tuesday and it was a doozy!! I am really looking forward to the class and it was fun to do it with a small group. Our club puts on a trainer class that has a large (30-60) turnout, but it is too far away for me to travel from work. We are also going to continue to spin 2x a week and do our regular weekend rides.
Happy belated Birthday Redrock!
Wow, we had very unusual weather in Michigan for January. 54F+ and I got in a great ride outside today.
It's just amazing what a difference sunshine, breeze on your face and outdoor scents can do for a person. I feel great! How is it that those things make an hour on a bike go by in a couple of blinks and 30 min on the trainer can seem like a l-o-n-g time?
I was gone for 2.5 hours with just a tad over an hour of ride time, the rest was spent sightseeing, watching kayakers on the river, geese and swans and sadly a couple of pretty long phone calls work related :( but I'd rather be working out in the sunshine anyway :)
Considering how wild the weather is, and the occasional demands of my neck injury recover, I've decided to use this challenge to focus on my over-all activity level like a couple of others have. I moved my goal up to 30 hours and this includes all formal exercise activities: riding outside, spinning class, indoor trainer, hiking and weights. As I am no longer in personal training, sadly, this will encourage me to keep up with what I know I need to do in all areas.
well I admit that I am a luddite. Where does on find the January spread sheet for the indoor biking challenge?
marni
Veronica will email you the link :)Quote:
Originally Posted by marni
10 minutes on the trainer before realizing that doing it with a cold and at 10:00 at night is probably not the best idea.
I so hear the doing it at 10:00 at night;)
If I exercise much past 8, I have troubles sleeping (though I have to say - this challenge has had me sleeping much better - on average).
I'm 7 for 7 this month. I am allowing myself to cross train this month as I wish - which I suspect will result in less total rest days. My legs were trashed yesterday, and felt much better for a 45 minute zone 2 spin. This is a positive change!
All of my good intentions came to a smoking end this week. Wed was my Bday so I was totally distracted. Then I have had thyroid issues, like lack of energy and not sleeping well at night to give me problems. Hubby is watching the football, it is a nice sunny day but it's very cold outside. I'm thinking about eating lunch and then hitting the treadmill. That way I have food in me before even trying to do something. Then I can watch the football while I'm walking. *cross fingers*
Unheard of nice weather in January for central Indiana! A bit cooler than yesterday, but highs still in the 40's. I got in an hour on the road - was going to ride longer but the wind started picking up and my neck started complaining. It has really improved with the PT, even after only 2 visits, but I am not pushing it.
When I got home from my ride I broke out my mountain bike and just played in the grass for awhile, rolled off a couple of curbs to make certain I still remember how to roll over small obstacles. Well, any excuse will do right now :) I didn't push it and it felt great to be back on my mountain bike - even doing such simple things with it - the first time I've been on it since my fall in late October.
I will be out of town next weekend so it was all evil Coach Troy this weekend. Mental Toughness on Saturday and The Pain Cave yesterday. I did enjoy a nice 45 minute walk through the neighborhood with Katy dog yesterday. :) I would have liked to have gotten outside for a ride (what a strange "winter" we are having) but I had a lot to get done and it is just easier and quicker to hop on the trainer.
Thanks, V!Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Great class this morning:
Warmup to low Z2 over 5:00
3 x 1:00 at 110 rpm in Z3, with 1:00 recovery between each at low Z2, 90rpm
3:00 Z1 recovery
4 x 0:45 alternate leg pedal drills with 2 min Z1 recovery between each
3:00 Z1 recovery
3 x 3:00 at 110 rpm, max effort with target avg of high Z4. 3:00 Z1 recovery between each.
8-10-12-16-18-16-12-10-8 seated strength pyramid: This entails dialing up the tension so hard that you are starting at a very very high load at 50 rpm. At "go", the idea is to, WHILE SEATED, stomp the pedals as hard as you can with the goal of hitting 80rpm by the end of the designated interval (8 seconds, 10 seconds, 12 seconds, etc.) These are all out efforts; your max power numbers will go WELL beyond Z5. 2:00 easy pedal recovery between each interval. The first couple aren't so bad, but by the time you get to the 16 and 18 seconds intervals, it gets very difficult to sustain the max efforts at such a high resistance.
5 minute recovery.
Um, I"m a little sore.... :D