June 28, 2008

  • Right now for exercise, I am trying some new stuff.

    I'm doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred (That's right, the mean trainer from the Biggest Loser - I had to go look her up on YouTube since I don't watch TV. She's tough!) - it's 20 minutes long and does strength, cardio and abs in a circuit training pattern. I'm supposed to do that every evening (I started Wednesday and have managed to do well so far - we'll see about tonight!). I'm only doing level 1 of 3 - and it's pretty well kicking my ass! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00127RAJY

    On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I will be doing the Hundred Pushup Challenge training. I did the initial assessment on Wednesday and ran through day one of week one on Friday. It's tough but I'm amazed at how well it's going. We'll see if I can do 100 in 6 weeks! I like this challenge because it only takes about 10 minutes to do and you only do it 3 days week - so a total of 30 minutes or less a week and you can do 100 pushups!!! http://hundredpushups.com/

    I started today my Couch to 5K challenge with the intent of running (not walking!) a 5K in November. 5K is equivilant of 3.1 miles - which is a crapton more than I have ever run in my life. I barely managed to run the mile in high school! This is yet another training program that's designed to take about 9 weeks and a whole lot of interval training - but relatively little time. The average workout is 20 to 30 minutes long! Not bad! I will be doing this training on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

    I'm also doing two yoga classes a week on Saturdays and Sundays at my gym. Saturdays is Yoga Stretch which is way slower and remarkably, WAY harder. Talk about holding poses for a really long time! And on Sundays, it's Yoga Pump which is a little faster paced but a bit easier. More cardio work and way less muscle strain. Both of those classes are about 60 minutes each.

    So, on Sundays, I do 60 minutes of yoga and 20 minutes of Shredding for a total of 80 minutes. On Monnday, Wednesday and Friday, I do 10 minutes of pushups and 20 minutes of Shredding for a total of 30 minutes a day (90 minutes total). On Tuesday and Thursday, I do 20 minutes of C25K and 20 minutes of Shredding for a total of 40 minutes a day (80 minutes total). Finally, on Saturdays, I do 60 minutes of yoga, 20 minutes of C25K and 20 minutes of Shredding - total of 100 minutes. Total amount of exercise for the week - 700 minutes. Sounds like a lot but - how much time do I spend reading or on the internet a week? Goodness only knows!

    And why am I posting this here!? Accountability! Have any spare time? Send me an email or a comment and ASK me how I'm doing. I'll do the same for you if you want!

Comments (4)

  • How long have you been doing the yoga? The change is slow, but it's dramatic. Do you do savasana afterwards? I used to do 90 minutes 3x a week, and that was utterly fantastic!

  • @dancedout - 

    I have been yoga-ing off and on for years but have just NOW decided to make it a regular thing. With as much cardio and strength as I try to do, I am losing too much flexibility. SO - yoga! As well, I do enjoy it and consider it worthwhile. The savasana is done afterwards, and I do enjoy it, though I have to vary the pose as the 45 degree arm angle hurts my bad shoulder.

  • sooooooooooooooooo - how many push-ups are you up to??? I printed off the list - but I could only do about 3!

  • @squintz22 - 

    On Monday I did 54 in the morning for the pushup challenge (followed by my Shred video at night where I did an additional 26).

    Tomorrow I will be doing at LEAST 63. But of course, there is plenty of rest time in there...

    If you can only do three pushups, they have a program for you - the first day you only do 2 per set with 60 seconds in between. I bet you can do that one!

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