Slept too late today for a good workout, but I still got one in.

Lower body today.
Squats: 3 sets of 10 or 11
calf raises: 3 sets of 7-10

Walking to and from the grocery store later today.

Mid body today, since I need to spare my arms for band practice. :cool:

situps: 3 sets of 10-11
side leg raises: 3 sets: 10, 8, 7 (harder than it looks. ;) )
butt blasters: 3 sets of 11. Getting too easy; I need to start doing it with shoes on.

My elbows are a little sore from band last night, so I decided to lay off the upper body for now. I did a mish-mash lower/mid body workout of anything that wasn't sore. ;)

squats: 3 sets of 12-13
calf raises: 3 sets of 10-11
situps: 3 sets of 12-13

Wow, I had a lot of extra "oomph", probably from my unintended carb-up of pizza and beer. :nono:

Didn't get any resistance training in yesterday (Thursday); just a walk to and from the grocery store. I'll call it light cardio. :)

Got in a breif upper body workout:
situps: 3 sets of 10-11
pushups: 3 sets of 8-10

Also walked to the homebrew store after work.

No official workout this weekend, but yesterday I dyed my hair, which is a feat of endurance for arm/shoulder strength. :D I also bottled my beer, which left my legs and back sore. I won't go into details. :lol:

Official workouts suspended until my nasty sinus infection clears up. :mad: I feel like my head is going to explode.

I actually felt pretty good yesterday afternoon, so I walked to the grocery store and did all the "heavy" groceries (detergent, etc). That was the only exercise I got in. ;)

Today, I might walk to the post office and to run some errands at the armoury, depending on how I feel. That'll be a good 30 minutes of walking. :thup:

TGIF!

My cold is pretty much gone, so even though I didn't have time to do a proper workout, I managed to get in 3 sets of 10 squats plus 3 sets of calf raises.

I want to try to keep the mindset that a little is better than none. "I don't have time" is no excuse - there's always time, somewhere. This morning, I did those exercises while b/f was in the shower and I was cooking breakfast. :cool:

Didn't get anything in yesterday (Monday) because b/f was home sick. Only exercise was walking to the grocery store and lugging everything upstairs. ;)

Today: LB
squats: 3 sets of 11-12
calf raises: 3 sets. 9, then 6, then 7
crunches: 3 sets of 10

Got a little overcarbed on beer last night. :rolleyes: Noted slightly increased performance.

Today: in a hurry, so just pushups. 3 sets of 8 or 9.

Noticed my calves were sore from yesterday. Probably because I forgot to take glutamine. That stuff really works! I used to think I just wasn't working hard enough, but "no pain, no gain" isn't true. I'm only sore if I forget the glutamine. There's no *way* I work too hard. ;)

Yesterday (Thursday) : lower body

side leg lifts: 3 sets of 10
back leg lifts: 3 sets of 10
'butt blasters': 3 sets of 10

Today: 20 min of aerobic dancing :wiggle:

Ack! You know I'm behind in my workouts when I'm on page two of the gym logs. ;)

Actually, though, I just forgot to post. I did a lower body on Monday, skipped yesterday because b/f was home, and today, slept in :rolleyes: so I only got a few crunches in. :thdown: Gotta get my act back together.

Yesterday (Thursday): kind of a 'mish-mash of everything' workout.

push-ups: 3 sets of 10
squats: 3 sets of 9-10
crunches: 3 sets of 8-9
side crunches: 1 set on each side, 8
side leg lifts: 3 sets of 8-9

Today: stretching (about 12 minutes)
cardio - about 20 minutes

Today - walked to the store, it was a beautiful day outside! Walked home with too many groceries; my forearms are sore now. :(

Another beautiful day outside. :thup: Walked to the park, sunned for a little bit, then walked to the store. Carried home a half-case of diet pepsi plus some groceries. So light cardio. ;)

Yesterday (Monday) I missed working out - I totally forgot that I was supposed to be at work early, and remembered about ten minutes before I was supposed to be there. :rolleyes:

Today: rushed for time, but I got in some lower body work while I made brekky.

squats: 3 sets of 10
butt blasters: 3 sets of 10

*edit:

later in the evening, I added 3 sets of sit-ups, 10 reps

I had to carry a case of beer on my back to the armoury. :lol: Yes, that's a workout! It was a good 10 minute walk! I was achin'! ;)

Did a general 'everything' workout tonight.

Pushups: 3 sets of 8
crunches: 3 sets of 9-10
squats: 3 sets of 10
butt blasters: 3 sets of 10 with shoes on
calf raises: 3 sets of 10

Today's workout: carrying 15 cases of beer bottles down two flights of stairs. :D Tomorrow's workout: carrying 10 cases of beer *up* two flights of stairs. :D

B/f had to go to work today, so while I've got the apartment to myself, I'm having a mega-workout. :thup: I usually prefer "do it all at once" type exercises like pushups and squats, but today, I'm doing some dumbbell lifting.

- 10 minutes of stretching
- tricep extension (behind the head type): 3 sets of 9-10 each arm
- bicep curls: 3 sets of 8-10
- anterior delt raise thingies (arms straight out to the side): 3 sets of 6 or 7 - these didn't feel right; my shoulders kept popping. :confused: I'll probably find a different exercise for next time.
- weighted side bends: 10 each side (a little too easy; more weight next time)

Moving on to some pilates-style ab exercises from this site:

- Frog, but only 10 seconds, 3 reps. Man, these are brutal ! :lol:
- Scarlet O'Hara (since I obviously need work!): 4 reps

Ugh!

Squats with a 12 lb backpack: 3 sets of 10
Backpack calf raises: 3 sets of 8 (this burns!)

Phew!

Kris, try the Flying X - but be sure you don't need to be able to do much walking / running / or climbing the following day. These hurt.

The fitness challenge is over in the "Buddies / Countown / Challenges" forum "Let's Get Fit Together" ;)

N

Hi Nat! Thanks for poppin' by!

"Kris, try the Flying X..."

Can't - just got my belly button pierced. :D :D

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Today, my w/o is a bit of a mish-mash of everything that isn't still sore from Saturday. :lol: I'm working the opposites of what muscles I worked two days ago.

Warm-up: 15 minute brisk walk. It's hard to call it a "warm up" when it's this cold outside! :( (Where's spring? :mad: )

- lunges: three sets of 20 (10 on each side)
- reverse calf raises (for the 'shin' muscle): 2 sets of 10, 9 on the last set
- straight-back-and-leg deadlift: 2 sets of 11, 9 on the last set
- shrugs: a set of 11, then 7, then 6. Wow , these are harder than they look!!
- Arnold press: 3 sets of 11
- Rear lateral raises (sitting, leaning forward): a set of 10, then 9, then 8 (man, these burned! :thup: )
- wrist curls: 3 sets of 10 for each wrist

Cool down: 10 minutes of stretching

Wow, everything is just *slightly* sore. Just enough to remind me *what* I've done and *why*. :thup:

Today's exercise: cardio. I'll be carrying a 15-lb backpack to work later and I'll take the scenic route if it's not too cold outside.

Yesterday (Wednesday) I was still fairly sore, so I took the day off. I had to work all day, too, so...

- 10 min very quiet "don't wake the sleeping b/f" loosening/stretching
- tricep extensions: 3 sets: 12, 10, 10
- bicep curls: 3 sets: 12, 12, 12 (too easy - need heavier dumbbells)
- *side lateral raises: 3 sets: 10, 8, 10 (ow!)
- *front lateral raises: 3 sets: 10, 9, 7
- reverse wrist curls: 3 sets: 10, 9, 9 (the cysts on my wrists make this tough. :( )
- **oblique side raises: 3 sets of 10
- calf raises: 3 sets: 10, 7, 8 (ow!)

I'll leave the upper leg work for another day; my quads and hams still hurt a little.

* = heavier weight, dumbbell inside big shoes :)
** = heavier weight, 12-lb backpack

Felt crappy yesterday, like I was coming down with something. :exclm: Took the day off.

Today:

stretching/warmup: 10 min
wrist curls: 3 sets of 10 (gotta get some 5 lb dumbbells!)
two-handed triceps extension: 3 sets: 10, 10, 9
arnold press: 3 sets of 12
upright row (for lat delts): 3 sets of 12
rear lat raises: 3 sets: 9. 7, 8 (ow!)

Hydrotherapy
 

Just read your reply about 'acne' -have you tried hydrotherapy>?
I had a similar issue, here went for a series of colonic irrigations 6 visits including a coffee one and guess what -woosh gone !
Let me know if you want more info.
The chinese swear by this as well as liver and kidney cleansing...certain food you musn't eat..
Richard
ps you probably already know all this -just trying to help !
R :confused:

Hi Richard! I posted in your journal.

Sunday is hangover day :D , so my walk to work was my exercise for the day. Goal for tomorrow: wake up early enough to get in a good LBWO.

Barely got my w/o in this morning - I was really tired. The alarm (radio) was going off for 15 minutes before it woke me up. I hit the snooze button a few times.

Anyway, LBWO:
squats: 3 sets: 12, 11, 10
reverse calf raises: 3 sets of 10
lunges: a set of 10; my thighs were already whooped from the squats

Today's WO: abs.

Scarlett O'Hara: 3 reps
Open Book: 3 reps

Side bends (for obliques) w/ 9 lb weight: 3 sets of 11

:yawn: *yawn*

tricep extensions (two-handed to save time): 3 sets: 12, 10, 12
reverse wrist curls: 3 sets: 11, 10, 12
bicep curls: 3 sets of 12
shrugs: 3 sets of 12
front raises (ant. delts): 3 sets: 10, 11, 10

:yawn:

LB today.

lunges: 3 sets: 10 (each leg), 9, 8
calf raises: 3 sets: 9, 8, 8
butt blasters: 3 sets: 12, 11, 10
reverse calf raises: 3 sets of 12

Glutamine: check

Off to the showers!

Upper body WO today.

lateral raises: 3 sets of 10
bicep curls: 3 sets of 10
tricep extensions: 3 sets of 10 (single arm)
wrist curls: 3 sets of 10
front raises (ant. delt): 3 sets of 10
rear lat raises: 3 sets of 10

...plus a 20 min walk earlier today.

I just did 3 sets of 10 for everything, because my weights are too light. Gotta get 5 pounders. I had shoved the weights into a pair of heavy shoes, but I like the shoes and I don't want them to stretch out any more. :lol:

I slowed it down for the shoulder work, to make it a little more difficult. Obviously still a good w/o, since my arms feel like jello.

...so maybe I'll take a hike up to the mall on payday. :thup: