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How did you get off your butt today?

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15 minutes cardio
100 crunches
Lots of stretching.

I went to a pole dancing class yesterday though, so I wasn't going flat out today - actually felt a little sick by the end of my gym session.
 
35 minute intense chest and tricep workout, followed by an hour of one on one basketball.

I find it wierd that I do cardio quite often (treadmill and outside running), but this basketball session was WAY harder!
 
probably walked 10+kms today, but it was at varied paces and intermittent. i took my boy all over today, sometimes holding him, other times with him walking besides me and at other times pushing him in the pram. not measured, doesn't count in the 100 days thing.

pretty tired now, and it was hot too.
 
L2R said:
probably walked 10+kms today, but it was at varied paces and intermittent. i took my boy all over today, sometimes holding him, other times with him walking besides me and at other times pushing him in the pram. not measured, doesn't count in the 100 days thing.

pretty tired now, and it was hot too.
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Never underestimate the fitness power in carrying a kid around! My kid is up to almost 60 lbs now so I don't carry her as much, but my upper arms are STRONG from consistently carrying a child around for the past six years...
 
20 minutes HIIT on the treadmill, followed by about 20 minutes of horrible stretching (part of my New Year's resolution to be able to do the splits by the end of the year).
 
Back and biceps today, heavy emphasis on the biceps. Preacher curls, isolation curls and 21's. Haven't been able to get them sore lately, so we'll see. I went light on cardio today, only one mile on the exercise bike, but at full resistance.
 
I've been working out every other day and riding my bike everyday. Did 13 miles at a 17 mph pace, so I'm happy about that.
 
SirTophamHat said:
3-4-dihydroxyphen, what do you do for your interval trainings?
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Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. I had a rough month and a half or so, it started by getting a cold and pulling a neck muscle, which prevented me from working out. Then Finals and a major project for school came in, and I did a poor job managing my time, so I wasn't able to work out. Then, over my little Winter Break, I fell into a deep, deep depression and didn't work out because I couldn't pull myself off of the couch all day.

Anyways, classes resumed and getting out of my house and not being isolated have pulled me out of it so I am working out again, doing some HIIT, push-ups, bicycle crunches, squats, lunges and calf raises without weights just to get my body back in shape for a week before I resume weightlifting again on Friday. It feels good to be back at it.

I generally perform jumping jacks, believe it or not, for my HIIT. Jumping jacks performed as hard and fast as I can possibly go. I prefer them because I can do them in my house, which is very time efficient and motivating for me, and I prefer indoor workouts because I live in Miami, where it is almost always either uncomfortably hot or raining. I began by performing 80 jumping jacks per interval, with a couple power walks around a circular area of my house between intervals, but I have myself up to 130 jumping jacks per interval now. 80 jumping jacks at full speed takes roughly 45 seconds, so 130 is close to around a minute+20 seconds, assuming the rate stays constant.
 
Ashtanga Yoga Primary series
Dance of Shiva
Half hour of 5 Animal Frolics Qi Gong

Love Saturdays when I get to do this stuff, if i could spare 3 hours a day this would be my routine
 
day 7: 4.2 miles (run and walk) 40 mins. i've no cardio fitness and i'm red like a tomato.
84.94 miles to go
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week 1 = 15.06 miles
 
^ good effort, if you keep this up you'll surprise yourself on how your cardio fitness improves. I can speak from experience that week 1 and 2 are the worst, week 3 it suddenly starts to feel a bit easier and progressively gets better along with some highs and lows.
 
5 minute warm up on the step machine.
20 minutes HIIT on the treadmill (1 minute walking at 6.5km/h - 1 minute jogging at 8km/h - another minute at 6.5 - 1 minute at 8.5 - 1 minute at 6.5 - 1 minute at 9, and so forth)
Followed by much stretching, sweating and swearing.
Proud of myself for getting off my ass on a Sunday though. It wasn't easy.
 
The Pocket Yoga app is great when I just can't seem to drag myself to the gym. Training for a 10k at the moment though, so 6k jog and then yoga this evening.
 
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