OUCH on the sunburn! Unfortunately I've been there done that!
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Originally Posted by realcdn
Ouchie on the sunburn. I haven't had a truly bad one since my teens, but boy do I remember them.
Thanks for all the sympathy.
Here's a story for you. I was supposed to get my brows shaped/waxed today when I went in for my haircut. Anyway, appointment is rescheduled for next week since I couldn't get excited about ripping my brows out by the roots when they're already sunburned.
Here's a story for you. I was supposed to get my brows shaped/waxed today when I went in for my haircut. Anyway, appointment is rescheduled for next week since I couldn't get excited about ripping my brows out by the roots when they're already sunburned.
Yeah - that woulda hurt WORSE than it already does!!!!
I added 3 sets of pull-throughs and face pulls and mobility work because I don't want my posture work and all the hard work of posture correction to go to waste now that I have to sit at a desk a lot more than I used to.
Also, I think I've found someone who may be able to help me with my squat form and issues in person.
I've been going to the gym in the afternoons (around 1:30-3) and I may have finally hit on the perfect time for me. The free weight room is almost always entirely empty and there are mostly retired men there who are hanging out on the elipticals. I tried the treadmills for the first time today and it was quite an experience to figure out what speed I wanted to go--had to keep pushing the speed ^ button because the thing was too slow. I don't know if I just have a faster walking speed than average or what, but my favorite outside walking pace is about a 12.5-13 minute mile. I usually do the 2.0 mile loop in 25:40. If the dog has to go to the bathroom we do have to pause a bit longer.
Anyway, long story short, I love going to the gym and you all should have told me how much fun it is way before now.
I finished my last week of HIAH, but logs are in the car and I have no intention of going out to get them. Life has been busy and I have to choose between here and Facebook sometimes, so have been slacking off here. Stopping by here in between folding laundry and cleaning bathrooms. Billing week is over, so phwew that that's over, but now I'm buried in people's taxes and quarterlies again so I will continue to be working in deadline mode.
I *think* I'm going to work on fat loss again from October to November and hope it goes better than it did last year. It should because I have had a really long break since my last real fat loss effort last year. Will keep cals a tad higher (100-200 cals) than they were for the One Big Meal challenge, but will do the same workouts. It should keep me hungry, but hopefully not the same level of crabby and freezing that I was last year at this time. (Also will be planning around two birthdays this month, but the dinner is the hard part, not the cake that I have no problem passing on.)
Anyway, that's that. Will check back in again next week.
Hey Karen! Sounds like we're both totally busy but you're doing a little better job at hanging onto your workouts than I have. Keep it up girl!
Was doing a good job keeping up. Then got a little busier, caught DD's cold, that progressed into a sinus infection (that had been building up all summer with all the allergy problems), and add a weekend getaway and three family birthdays this last week . . . and you can pretty much guess what happened. Got back to mobility and stretching yesterday, adding workouts and fat loss back in now and getting back to the gym so the membership that I paid for actually gets used.
Made it back to the gym today for some treadmill walking and easier lifting--on fat loss and trying to follow Leigh's plan of last year. So, some posture work, some lat pulls, face pulls, things of that nature today. I wanted to do just get back to doing everything all at once, but reined myself in because I know how well opposing goals and trying to do everything at once has worked out for me.
And just a little rant here--why is the gym so stinking hot? Does it need to be 74 degrees inside? I almost broke the mp3 player by sweating on it and I'm thinking I need a better case so I don't ruin it soon.
Yeah, I don't get the point of keeping a gym warm. I understand not wanting it too cold, but then I'm biased as we keep the house around 68F in the winter.
WOW that is really warm for a gym!! I would complain!
Not sure it would do any good to complain, but I know to only wear shorts and tanks now.
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Originally Posted by beesknees
Glad you are back at it! Sorry about the sickies. I can't seem to stay healthy for long either.
Hey Bree! 'Tis the season for the sickies.
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Originally Posted by realcdn
Yeah, I don't get the point of keeping a gym warm. I understand not wanting it too cold, but then I'm biased as we keep the house around 68F in the winter.
We try to keep the house temp around that, too. With the wood heat it does tend to vary a bit in either direction, but that's a good comfortable temperature.
And, really, if the temperature wasn't posted on the wall, with the time, I am not entirely sure I would dwell on how hot it is.
Workout today was simple again. Warm-up, mobility work, treadmill. Machine cardio is still so weird to me--I play with the speeds going up and down to keep myself amused while essentially walking to nowhere. I'm sure the other gymgoers and especially the retired people find me annoying as hell while I am entertaining myself, but if they didn't purposely choose the machines right next to me when I was there first, they'd have no worries, right? This time I even noticed that the treadmill has different pre-programmed workouts, including all kind of intervals, aerobic conditioning, and a glute cycle! Who knew!
Maybe someone will answer when I ask the general question: do inclines on the treadmill contribute more to building quads (don't want that) or glutes? I know I could look this up somewhere, but not sure of the search terms I'd use and really don't want to right now anyway. It's more of a wonder than a need-to-know-immediately thing.
Anyway, then on to the workout--deadlifts, step-ups, pull-throughs, rows. It probably wasn't traditionally "balanced," but it was fun. After this week, I'll stick with a more formal program. I can still deadlift my body weight + (135)--only six times, but I was impressed with myself, so thought I'd let all of you know, too.
Wow, it's been 10 days since I visited my own log. Did a few workouts last week, mostly mobility, foam rolling, posture. It was a longer week/month in the office, so didn't do as much as I wanted to or as much as I could have if I felt more energetic. I am considering Leigh's Body By Eats challenge to really get back into the swing of things, but had been getting so burnt out on pictures. But, I really need some extra motivation and will to get back to where I was last year at this time and this could be the thing.
So, here's the workout:
Warmup including mobility
Deadlifts:
warm-up set
10x95
10x105
10x95
Face Pulls:
10x50
10x42.5
10x42.5
Lat Pull & Press:
6x50 + 6x35
10x35
10x35
Seated Cable Rows:
10x35
10x35
10x35
NEAT/LISS on treadmill--2.5 miles for ~35 minutes
I didn't plan or write down this workout so I may be a little off in the weights--this is just to the best of my recollection. Most of it was geared toward posture work and glute activation.
Walking lunges:
warm-up set
10x30s
10x30s
8x30s
*There was no way I could squeeze out another 2 reps of these to reach the 10 I intended to do in the third set. My legs were shaking and going downstairs is still a risk. Kinda out of shape for these.
Band pull-throughs:
3 sets of 10 with heavy band
Bentover rows:
10x65
10x65
10x65
Tricep push-downs:
10x42.5
10x42.5
10x35
LISS on treadmill--2.0 miles for ~23 minutes
*this one definitely seemed like enough work to cross over into LISS rather than NEAT. It was as close as I want to get to jogging, but I kept myself from getting overly bored by looking out the window, changing songs on the mp3 player, and trying watching some of the CNN reports on the TV. Can you tell am not a natural born runner or treadmill walker/jogger person?
**My most embarassing moment at the gym so far and thank goodness it's mostly retired people (who I hope have bad eyesight) at the 1:30-3 pm slot. Was packing quickly this morning and I packed a racer-back style workout tank and forgot to pack a sports bra at all. Now, normally, I could possibly just improvise and remove straps or just use the regular bra, but not today. And, I do wish I was one of those people who could go without a bra, but sadly, I'm not. So, since I'm too thrifty to buy a new workout top or sports bra at the gym (because I consider the markup too much when I have a good idea what they paid for them), I had to do my warmup in the locker room and there was no treadmill/stairmaster/bicycle in there at all. I even had to check who was in the weight room before I decided whether to do the workout in the top I had or leave for another day. So, yes, I did the workout and simply hope that the retired people didn't notice.
LOL Karen! I definitely couldn't wear a top without a bra under it - and a sturdy one at that... Glad you didn't give up and go home - I'm pretty sure I would've (or at least I'd have kept my regular bra on and just looked even stupider)!
LOL Karen! I definitely couldn't wear a top without a bra under it - and a sturdy one at that... Glad you didn't give up and go home - I'm pretty sure I would've (or at least I'd have kept my regular bra on and just looked even stupider)!
Yeah, I wasn't totally sure which route to take. After making sure that all the other people in the gym were in the 60+ range and primarily using machines, I figured I could muddle through by myself in the weight room. Built in bras are not good enough . . . had someone closer to my age come in, I would have been the first one out of the weight room.
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Originally Posted by beesknees
Oh man....good for you for doing the workout anyway!
And great workouts to boot
Thanks, Bree!
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Here I thought you were going to say there was a clothing malfunction.
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