my complete workout

[kelownagirl]

I am reading that book right now Mimi, because you recommended it. It is excelelnt and has given purpose to the exercise I already do, and has encouraged me to do more. I think it says 3-4 days a week of 45 min cardio and 2-3 days a week of strength training right? INteresting stuff abotu resting heart rate too. I have not paid attention to that. I have been checking for the past mornings to watch for a pattern.

I teach PE twice a week at school and now when we do our fitness loops, I do more than circulate and watch students. Instead I do power walking for those 20 minutes twice a week, and I power walk for 15 minutes twice a week when I am on supervision in the morning. Fit it in where you can. Next week, I am joining the school running club and I will run at noon for 2-3 km. My class got so excited that I am joining, that 3/4 of my kids are coming along too. That will motivate me to keep at it...

[Wahine]

Good job KG!! Wow you gals are great.

[Offthegrid]

I try to take the stairs anytime I'm going to a meeting. That gets quite interesting when it's on the upper floors (I work on the 4th floor of a 23-floor building)! Only problem is sometimes I arrive a tiny bit sweaty. Oh, well.

[mimitabby]

OTG,
as more of us start making exercise a part of our lives, people are going to get used to us being sweaty. My lead swims every morning, and when he gets here, his hair is wet.

We even have people who run at lunch.. their hair is wet too, and their cheeks are rosy.

KG, I am really impressed with what you are doing, you' re not just getting yourself fit, you're helping an entire school!!!

[RoadRaven]

So I have to ask... do you gals run DOWN? Or just up the stairs.

Even walking down, my knees can ache sometimes. And I have heard or read somewhere that going up the stairs is great, but avoid going down because it is bad for your knees.

However, I am thinking I ned to rise to the challenge of this thread...

I work on the second floor of a three story building and always use the stairs unless I have a trolley load of stuff for class.

But I think in my breaks when I go for walk around campus I might start "doing stairs" instead - espesh with winter immminent. If I start on the bottom, set the elevator to go to the third floor and then run up, I can get the elevator back down again and repeat and when I have had enough, I'll just stop my run up on the second floor...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I don't run at all on the stairs. I walk up and down while kind of working/emphasizing my muscles in different ways. Running down the stairs is way too easy for me and doesn't seem to use my muscles as much.

[mimitabby]

I don't run either. I go up to a fast walk. If i run, i get sweaty... I'm at work. and i go up and down and up and down. Remember the down is good for building bone density.

[Zen]

Weightlifting is so exhausting

[caribou]

Weightlifting is so exhausting

Aw . . . How many reps did the puppy-kins do???

[Zen]

Ahh, good old Ranger. He's in doggie heaven now. Not due to weightlifting though.