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How did YOU work out today?? Yes..YOU!

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I took most of last week off from the gym because I was sick (only I would get a COLD during a June heatwave 8( lol ), and I was feeling crappy about it.

I had a looooooooooong day at work yesterday (11:30am til midnight, straight through, no break) and a fairly long one today (9am til 7:30pm with a short break), so needless to say I'm a little run down.

BUT I have a lot on my mind (emotionally) and pent up anger and hurt and some stress, and I thought to myself "maybe I'll feel better if I go for a run at the gym"

OMG, I totally feel better. For the moment anyway, but, at least its something :D

Plus I can tell that I am improving with my running. I'm up to equal intervals of walking/running.... 3 mins walk then 3 run.... keep going for 30-40 mins. Quite an improvement from when I started out and couldn't really run more than 2 minutes straight, and I was lucky if I got 2 intervals of running in lol.

I'm proud of myself :D Hopefully soon I'll be running MORE than walking!
 
today i ran 3 miles. i did a full work out monday with weight training and running 3 miles. tuesday i only did weight training because i did a workout with my personal trainer (omg am i sore today) and i just didn't have time before work. tomorrow i think i'll either do the eliptical for cardio or take a rest, my throat is getting sore.
 
starlightgemini said:
I took most of last week off from the gym because I was sick (only I would get a COLD during a June heatwave 8( lol ), and I was feeling crappy about it.

I had a looooooooooong day at work yesterday (11:30am til midnight, straight through, no break) and a fairly long one today (9am til 7:30pm with a short break), so needless to say I'm a little run down.

BUT I have a lot on my mind (emotionally) and pent up anger and hurt and some stress, and I thought to myself "maybe I'll feel better if I go for a run at the gym"

OMG, I totally feel better. For the moment anyway, but, at least its something :D

Plus I can tell that I am improving with my running. I'm up to equal intervals of walking/running.... 3 mins walk then 3 run.... keep going for 30-40 mins. Quite an improvement from when I started out and couldn't really run more than 2 minutes straight, and I was lucky if I got 2 intervals of running in lol.

I'm proud of myself :D Hopefully soon I'll be running MORE than walking!
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that's awesome! when i first started running again last year i could only run a couple minutes at a time too. it's taken me a year, but now i can run 2 miles straight, then i walk 5 minutes and run until i hit the 3 mile mark. i have asthma so its important for me to run to keep my lungs in shape.

i just wanted to offer a word of encouragement though, i think your doing a great job.
 
Well I haven't done anything since Monday, not even at training yesterday. I'm not sure if I copped a few too many knocks to my neck over the weekend but i woke up Tuesday morning in absolute agony and though the pain is starting to subside I'm just not up to doing anything yet. I made sure to stretch extra well before and after every game so I think that I might have just bruised or strained it when I got copped an elbow or something.
Anyway, hopefully it'll be good enough to run tommorrow night, otherwise as long as I am good for my Monday night game I'll be happy :)
I just hate how quickly I start to feel useless and lethargic when I can't work out :(
 
pw1024 said:
i just wanted to offer a word of encouragement though, i think your doing a great job.
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thank you! :D

I'm so not motivated to run today, but I'm about to go to the gym anyway! Yesterday's workout sucked because I had horrible cramps and I forced myself on the treadmill anyway. Oh it sucked, but I got through it.
 
MynameisnotDeja said:
^I agree, great job! If only I had a gym membership..
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you should get one! I really really just wanted to buy a treadmill, because if I have workout equipment at home then I have NO excuse not to use it. Plus I can watch TV or listen to loud music or do whatever I want while working out!

But, at the time that I started getting into exercising regularly, the place I was living in had no room for me to own a treadmill, so I joined a gym. But wouldn't you know, just a couple months later, I move into my own apartment and I have SO MUCH room here that I could not only have a treadmill, but dedicate a whole room to being my own mini gym lol. But I sold my soul to a $45/month gym membership... so, it makes no sense for me to buy a treadmill. At least not til my year membership is up ;)
 
Well I feel like I haven't done anything for ages but I played netball again last night so that was a good workout, and hopefully i can keep it up for the rest of the week. Another thing is that I am starting to feel, since being put up to A grade that I'm having some really lousy games so I'm going to start doing more solo training (since my team doesn't train at all anymore) and working alot on my verticals and steps. Since going up a grade I really cop alot of shit for only being 5foot6 so I definately think I need to improve my verticals just to keep up with the league.
I also totally require a treadmill and/or stationary bike. I love working out on them at the gym, but my gym is so far away from my house and they have the tvs always set on the most stupid 80's inspired fitness first channel. It brings tears to your eyes. If only I had one to use at home infront of my tv. That would be awesome :)
 
Ive been feeling really sad and messed up this week so I havn't done much exercise. I only went to the gym on Monday for a pump class and thats it. Had good intentions Wednesday and Thursday but ended up no going. Well next week will be better..................hopefully
 
I'm back into it! Yay! Well I did my usual 4 km yesterday but I also decided to walk up the dam wall, pretty steep incline so I'm extra proud of myself.
It's easy for me to be happy with my Friday efforts because I know I have the weekend off (because I'm usually not home at all, spending time with the bf) and I don't have to commit to doing anything until Monday, which is netball anyway, and I love doing that :)
But I'm still happy. I went running at 3pm yesterday because I was affraid I'd lose motivation if i waited til my usual 5:30 or 6 to go. I'm glad it's winter, I'd die if I tried to do that in summer.
 
Its Sunday and Im hungover so Ill say how I worked out yesterday :)

Cardio: 45 min Bike Ride
Weights: Upper Body
Pilates: Lower body (Winsor)
 
I ran 8k this morning, and it hurt a bit more than I would have liked, oh well... I have a 2k swim tonight.

I will be sleeping well tonight !
 
I was so unmotivated to workout today. I worked 9 hours at work (constantly on my feet) and the past 2 nights I got about 5 hours of sleep for each night. I need more than that! So, needless to say, when I got done work today all I wanted to do was lay around. But I knew I'd beat myself up over it, so I FORCED myself to go to the gym. I did a half-ass workout, since I was so tired and couldn't push myself, but at least I still went! :D
 
Well I'm kept with it today, did my 4km as well as running up the dam wall. Wasn't too motivated but since I ate peanut m&m's for lunch i didn't give myself a choice. Starting to get easier again... which is good but I was pretty disapointed with my netball game on Monday... I slacked in the last quarter cause i was so buggered and felt so bad for letting the team down. Anyway I'll be glad when holidays are over and training starts up again next week :)
 
15 min core exercises and stretching

45 min of Active Rest upper Body

15 min of cooldown and stretching

I'd give it an 8 out of 10. If I had a partner, I might of worked harder.

But I'm rarely happy with my workouts.
 
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