2013-2014 Exercise Challenge

[Catrin]

Rest day today outside of some stretching, yesterday was a butt kicking! Saturday, however, I actually got my on trainer for an entire 15 minutes...which is the most I've been on that bike since early October I did some kettlebell and jungle gym work, the trainer was my warmup.

Crankin, your doc sounds like a friend of mine. She literally won't go anywhere by herself to exercise because she is convinced that someone is going to attack a woman on her own. The venue matters little to her, she is totally convinced that it will happen. Sad, really, but I respect her fear and I don't try to persuade her too strongly. Occasionally we do discuss it, and agree to disagree. This means that she won't go out with anyone else either because they might get separated and she would be alone and vulnerable to attack. I do wonder if there is something in her past that causes this level of fear, but I won't push.

[Catrin]

I really want to workout today...but my "less bad" shoulder is complaining. I've the "12 Days of Christmas" workout planned for Thursday so to prepare for that particular azz-kicking I am taking two rest days. It really is more for fun than anything, I've an odd idea of what "fun" is I might hit the trainer later today, perhaps.

Wishing everyone a great holiday!

[Crankin]

I am resting, too. I usually have Tuesday as a rest, but had thought I might go to boot camp this AM. However, there were predictions of black ice maybe for early this morning and I felt horrible last night, so I slept until 6. Didn't go yesterday, either (weather), but I did work out at home. I will probably go for a brisk walk when I get home later, around 2. We are going to friends' for dinner tonight, to our neighbors' tomorrow, and Thursday meeting my cousin for dinner at a pub. Sigh. No amount of exercise seems to be helping my weight loss. Two pounds feels impossible to lose. My clothes feel a teeny bit looser, but really, I am starting to get a muffin top and I have never had that. Not sure how else to change up stuff; I've been varying my eating and exercise, which usually works. As my DH says, why can't we be like regular people? That is, ones who don't care!

[Veronica]

I think you are regular people. I find the ones who don't care odd.

Veronica

[Catrin]

I think you are regular people. I find the ones who don't care odd.

Veronica

What Veronica said!

What is personally frustrating for me is that no matter what I do, my composition isn't changing and neither is the scale. I am already skirting on the edge of not enough calories...and my lack of ability to lift above my shoulders/full ROM doesn't help. I keep at it though, and make little changes here and there to see if it helps. Recently I added more carbs into my diet (starchy veggies), and immediately gained a bit so will work with that some more. It is balancing things out for our specific bodies but our bodies do change over time and what works at one age may not at another. I hear your frustration!

[Crankin]

Well, I get what you mean, Veronica, but I sometimes feel like being so disciplined may not be the best for my mental health.
Carry on, as they say.

[Crankin]

Just bumping this up to see how everyone is doing. What I notice is that I hardly ever do any exercise that is more than an hour, except maybe once a week.

[Catrin]

Just bumping this up to see how everyone is doing. What I notice is that I hardly ever do any exercise that is more than an hour, except maybe once a week.

Thanks for bumping this up Crankin, and for the reminder to do my own spreadsheet update, hadn't updated it for a week! I typically get more than an hour when mobility work is factored in. I've chosen to separate that out however, it is a reminder to myself that I need to do mobility work EVERY day, not just exercise days. I have decreased the number of days I exercise however. I used to work 5-6 days a week, and that is just too much - I've the over-use injuries to prove it. My coach started talking to me about over-training, and I've dropped to 4 days a week with the occasional 5th day. I can tell a difference with the additional rest/recovery - given the intensity of much of what I do it is important. It is humbling to admit that I need more rest/recovery than I once did, but I do.

[Becky]

I can't remember the last time I updated the spreadsheet. Unless I record it right away, I forget...and with the holidays. I did manage to put in a good 12 hours or so over break. But that's a guesstimate at best.

[Catrin]

I can't remember the last time I updated the spreadsheet. Unless I record it right away, I forget...and with the holidays. I did manage to put in a good 12 hours or so over break. But that's a guesstimate at best.

I keep the same weekly schedule, and add to it on holiday weeks. It makes it easy to record if I forget to do so on the day of.

[Crankin]

I took 2 full days off, except for my "correctives/stretching." Still have not been back to the gym and it's a good break. Did a brutal ladder workout on the trainer this morning, and proud of myself that I didn't quit after the first set, without DH here to talk to! Tomorrow I will be back at bootcamp.

[Catrin]

Just bringing this back to the top. I finally got in the trainer the other day - the second time I've been on anything that looks like a bike since the incident in October - and it was my beloved Gunnar. We won't talk about how long, but I did ride her indoors Right now the metabolic conditioning, lifting, running conditioning is filling my exercise needs but I've not given up on riding, just taking a break. Given the weather, it would likely have been that way for at least December and January anyway, given our crazy weather this year!

[Crankin]

I'm doing a bunch of different stuff, but alas, there is no snow! It's snowing up north, so maybe next weekend.
In past years, I would have gone outside on my bike today. It was 43, sunny, little wind. It just seems too much prep for a short ride, so I went on a 3 mile walk.

[Crankin]

I'm halfway there, but only 5 weeks to go. I will be doing a few days of more than 1 hour of exercise a day when I go to VT, but I think I'm going to end up with about 80-85 based on what I've done.

[Veronica]

I didn't sign up for this since I keep my own spreadsheet. But as of today, I am at 32.7 hours for the month. That includes trainer sessions, mountain bike rides, running, hiking, Spinervals and yoga. I'm on this "kick" of an hour a day. Of course some days I get way more than hour and some days less.

Veronica