After a wonderful weekend plus (and keeping to the treadmill habit), I also got to squeeze in a 45 minute walk this morning, which adds a nice dynamic to the walk since you’re hauling your carry-on with you in the process, just trying to keep loose for my hockey marathon this week (ice tonight and tomorrow and floor hockey on Wednesday…back to the grind 
I’ve kept on keeping on with my yoga (my body bends in ways that it hasn’t since I was a wee lass!), but I realized recently that I don’t get much cardio - given that I absolutely detest running for many reasons, of which I’m reminded every time I try it. So I got the Wii zumba. It certainly keeps my heart-rate up, and it’s NOT RUNNING! It’s the closest I’ve come to what I used to do in college that I loved (dancing!) and haven’t been able to do in the places I’ve lived since. So hooray!
So the Masters swimming program that I have been going to since October is disbanding. Not the total end of the world, but a bummer since now we have to find a new club to swim with. The challenge is finding a program that really works with swimmers of all levels- in my case, a total beginner. 
So for now my husband and I will be going to the YMCA to keep doing workouts on our own. He follows Amanda Beard (Olympic swimmer) on Twitter, and she posts workouts on her blog for swimmers of all levels.
Wolverines!
cakes and cookies 
KIDDING!
are you trying to gain muscle mass?
Protein would be your friend, chicken, turkey, fish, some but not too much red meat as well
I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will come along and tell you more
figured I’d throw this in here, because it reminded me of my experience at the grocery store when I got back into my healthy eating ways
Hi, I signed up on myfitnesspal.com today. I am zenmom64 over there if yo want to add me as a buddy. Just send a note telling me you are from GWC. Make a great day!
Haven’t been on the forum much lately. Changing that starting now. At least putting in more effort.
I’ve been doing pretty well with workouts, though my foot injury is acting up again. Seeing the doctor for it, though not quite as regularly as I ought to. As Chuck mentioned on one of the FitSmart casts, I’m wrapping up my contract with my trainer and I’m nervous about it. She’s moving. We have 7 sessions left but only 4 weeks so we’re packing them in–last one is 4 days before the wedding! I can definitely put the $150/month to good use but I’m nervous. Hopefully being back here more will help me work out the kinks.
I’ve started posting on www.dailymile.com it allows me to map my routes and since it uses a combo of google maps and ordinance survey stuff I can get accurate distance as well as elevation for the route (my town is quite hilly). My current (i.e. yesterday and today) route is one I have called . the short loop.
You can look at my route there. Longer term plans mean if i come over the level crossing and go up primrose hill and around by rathdruff I can add another almost 3 miles to it, bringing the total distance up to 7 or in excess of 10km. Thing is once I pass the 5 1/2 mile distanceI tend to slow down a lot, so while I can manage 4 1/2 miles in just over an hour 7 tends to take me 2 hours, hey I get tired.
I did howerer fall off the wagon and regained about 4 pounds, need to rededicate myself to the sobriety thing.
wolf cubs!
Phaze
on the “walkies here phazey phazey good boy” ID
Hey–you’re doing it. Wolf cubs, psshhhah, you’re a WOLVERINE.
Hey, you’re doing it! Wolf cubs, psshhhah, you’re a WOLVERINE!
I walked to the dr today 2.8 miles there and back, good news though.
blood pressure is down to 140/90 (still high but a lot better than it was. My overall cholesterol is down to 4.3 a healthy level liver enzymes are up a bit but that’s to be expected.
I’m feeling good.
Alan
Sounds great, alan! I started my weight loss journey a couple of months ago at 476 pounds. Down to 440. I had been doing cardio and rotating strength training but now I’ve changed a little bit. I do strongLifts 5x5, and on T-Th-Sat, I’m in training for my first 5K - The Color Run 5K - to be done this June, so I’m pretty excited about that.
Chuck, I was thinking about these charts that you posted a while ago and I was wondering, this is all done in Excel, right? So . . .
- What do the numbers after the exercises (like the Treadmill or Stairmaster) mean? Decline DP Press: 4/12/50. Is that ???/Reps/Weight? Elliptical: 8/(1:00/1:00) = Resistance/(Time:Time)?
- What does SLP stand for? Sock Lick Puppet? Strawberry Lap Punch? Slip Loose Pistol? Sundried Lemon Pesto?
The lifting exercises ar generally sets/reps/weight. Sometimes they get a little weird for drop sets or such as it’s really just notation for me to remember what I did. So I might end up with something like "Decline DB Chest Press->Decline Crunch w/Twist: 4/(15/20)/(50/35), meaning that I did 15 for the first exercise and 20 for the second, wither respective weights.
After the elliptical you’ll generally see time/distance/incline/resistance/calories (as reported on the machine). So for the elliptical this will be something like 60:00/4.75/1/8/550 or the like. Sometimes I’ll record intervals, like 8/(1:00/1:00) meaning I did 8 cycles of intervals of 1 min max, 1 min rest and so on.
Where did you see SLP?
In the box under Fat.
Ah! Doh. That’s hours of sleep.
Forgive me Wolverines, for I have sinned.
It has been along time since I’ve done a workout to the point where I was at 95kg and through bad eatting and no exercise went back up to 106kg. I’m now on the way back down and at the current moment I’m on 100kg (started on the weekend, so yes I realise most of it was water/salt). It’s not all bad as the only casualty is that I don’t fit into the 36 inch jeans that I was just wearing before. It won’t take me long to get back down. Strength has decreased a bit though.
So what am I doing with exercise, I’m generally using alot of Kettlebells and using ledges around the home to do chinups, dips, pushups.
I’m doing alot more capoeira exercises at home where I’m doing
Handstand balances (helps shoulders)
Back bridges push ups (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoMYVSPjsME&list=UUPCiBMarvDiTx-lknzt934g&index=20&feature=plcp)
Gatherings Begineer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tcTpJKDuiQ&feature=relmfu)
Lateral Pushups (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwxKc3VOnp8&feature=relmfu)
Capoeira Exercise video where it is going over the fundementals
Conditioning Capoeria (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capoeira-Conditioning-Strength-Cardiovascular-Movements/dp/158394141X)
16kg Kettlebell exercises (turkish get up, swings, military presses)
It would be good to connect with some of you wolverines back again. Now that I’ve slowed down on the bad eatting and doing exercise again, it feels good.
Note: Does anyone do any sort of meditation? Does it help?
P.P.P.S - What do people have for breakfast and lunch that is high in protein, lowish in carbs,etc. I need ideas people!!! In fact, what do people have for dinner.
Thanks
I think I might have to do some penance, too. My gym attendance has been spotty over the past few weeks but so far I’ve hit all my scheduled classes, so I’m climbing back on the wagon. Again. I’ve been picking up a lot of overtime at work so that has made me lazier when I’m at home, and less likely to get out of bed.
So right now I’m trying to focus on two or three important things I can get done instead of letting my attention be split over the dozen or so things on my to-do list. My recent discovery of Twitter and DrawSomething isn’t helping, but I’ve passed the point where I can give those up.
On the plus side, it’s finally Spring and that’s a great time for us to re-up! Wolverines!
It must be something in the water. I got sick a few weeks ago, then got busy and then got kinda lazy. Yesterday was my first day back at the gym in 3 or 4 weeks, and man I was feelin puny!
I’ve got that deep sore feeling starting to set in today, and it feels good:)
It’s Saturday and I finished up my weight lifting workout and I’m feeling really good, I managed to make it to all my scheduled classes this week. I’m more relaxed and I have more energy. I’ve got to remember this feeling is the result of getting myself up, out the door, and into the gym. Sometimes it’s a pain, but it’s totally worth it.