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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Mar. ~ 2005 May: Health Center (ARCHIVES): The 2004 ~ 2004 Workout Thread (ARCHIVES): Archive through October 26, 2004 users admin

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Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/21 -- 75 minutes (15 minutes cardio, 60 minutes weights with trainer)

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/21: 75 minutes, walk/run, weights, abs, core ball, resistance

I'm happy to see the chatter again. We've been a little quieter lately. After 10 days away from the gym, I really had to force myself back today. The treadmill was no problem, because I walked every day, but the weights, oh my heavens, the weights! My arms! They're still attached and moveable tonight, so I guess I'm going to be okay.


Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i love the chatter! it keeps me coming back! even when certain people are posting in bosox colors, rofl!

glad your arms are still attached. that is a good thing!


Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
On Monday when I worked out, my back was OUT, so I had to tone down the in between machine moving around and skip "The Monster" (anyone who goes to Curves immediately know which machine that is).. so I skipped two days due to my back, and lots of rain and on Tuesday I did my first ever donation of platelets at Red Cross.. unlike giving whole blood, they take out the whole blood and remove the platelets and some plasma and put the red stuff back in the other arm.. it is about two hours of sitting very still with both arms involved and you must not move them.. the nurses even scratch your nose! They watch your body signs and give you calcuium if needed or slow down the process.. they did that for me after I cheerily announced that my body was feeling the hum of the machines.. and they said.. no, that is your body humming! anyway they don't want you doing anything strenuous.

So..


10/19/2004: 15 minutes stretching.
10/20/2004: nada
10/21/2004:
15 minutes stretching
45 minutes Curves workout
60 minutes total

Mak.. good to hear your arms are still attached.

On that last Monday, before my back went out, when I went to the ocean.. I did 5 flights of stairs down and 5 back up, being too cheap to pay for parking, and my calves were screeching at me for a day or so


Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Take care of that back, Seamonkey!

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/22 - The Firm Basics: Sculpting with Weights = 45 minutes

Mak1: Welcome back! And congrats on the Red Sox win!

Seamonkey: Hope your back is doing okay.

Hermione: Orange juice is my favorite food in the universe! The way you think about beer is how I fantasize about orange juice, lol. Btw I really admire you for your sobriety. Eight years? Way to go!

Anyway, I like all type of fruit juices, especially citrus varieties, so yeah, I enjoy grapefruit juice. I don't drink the Twisters anymore though, lol! But sometimes I'll mix different juices together to make my own.

I have to leave for a while but just wanted to mention that your post about your yo-yo-ing weight really made me think last night. Not only could I not imagine experiencing regular swings in my own weight, I guess I never realized that those swings may be the norm for other women. Made me realize that I've probably been more than a little insensitive, albeit unintentionally, to others' weight issues.


Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Calamity, never in a million years would I associate the word "insensitive" with you. NEVER.

As much as I wish I was naturally thin, a lot of men seem to like my body type so, you know, curves are okay, too! I remember once a male friend of my sister's told her that he thought I had the best body he had ever seen. I was so flattered because I always wanted to be thinner and to realize that there were men who thought I was built just fine was a good feeling. Thank God we aren't all the same or attracted to the same types or this would be a very boring world. :-)


Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Especially if everyone had boring Calista Flockhardt bodies..

Back is slowly improving.. thanks!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Seamonkey, my back is really sore today ... from the weights I lifted yesterday. My trainer did a super-heavy, low-reps weights day (I only do those once every few weeks or so), and my back is hurting in places it never has before! At least I can tell it's due to simple muscle fatigue, and NOT due to some problem. I hope your back feels better soon!

And Calamity, I also never thought you were insensitive. At all.

Hermione, I understand what you're saying about some men preferring curves. It's true. But boy-oh-boy do I wish clothes fit me better. Here in Vancouver, clothes are cut for a much smaller populace (lots of money and influence from Asia), and sometimes I struggle to get a large or x-large to fit me on the bottom (where a medium or even sometimes a small fit me in the U.S.). As someone who is a size 8, it's depressing when a large won't even fit over your butt.


Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My back is doing pretty well.. of course is is never right because of the degenerative changes in several discs and more..

I'm into a medium t-shirt now but my butt is not even close, yet.. well I just ordered a medium outfit from QVC and it remains to be seen if that works out.


10/22/2004:
15 minutes stretching
45 minutes Curves workout
60 minutes total

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/22: 0 minutes, lol. I just needed a day off, but still wanted to come here and visit. I'm feeling very fatigued since returning home. I would have walked, but I haven't adjusted to the abrupt winter temps we're having...mid-40s, shiver shiver. I hope to get back on track in the next few days.

I forgot to thank you, Herm, for the advice from HMT. I know it must have been an ordeal to have to ask him about our muscle fatigue, lol. I definitely don't drink enough when I'm at the gym, and I've been stretching after lifting instead of before. My triceps felt like they had baseballs attached to them when I woke up today, lol, but they're fine now.

Thanks Herm, Sea and Calamity. Yankee, don't you just hate the way clothes are sized? I have to try on everything now. It didn't used to be that way. Why can't the manufacturers just come up with a consistent way to size everything? It's funny though, I don't complain when I fit into a size Small, even though I know it isn't truly a Small!

Sea, not that I evaluated your butt....but, you seemed to me to be tiny
.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nah, I'm shaped like a short necked pear :-(

I get measured at Curves so I know...

Autumn
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/19 - 90 min., walked
10/20 - 30 min., walked
10/21 - 240 min., walked; 60 min., swimming
10/22 - 90 min., walked

Man, I thought I had posted before I left - duh to me. Just so people don't think I've gone off my rocker - the longgggggggg walk on the 21st was 'thanks' to my nephews who walked me all over Niagara Falls - I guess they figured that Auntie needed a workout AND to feel muscles she had forgotten about. lol!

((Big hugs)) to everyone in the thread! I haven't caught up on all the discussion yet but I did see that (((Sea))) your back is bothering you - I'm so sorry hun! And the rest of you have been discussing bodyshape, can't wait to catch up on the comments.


Autumn
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, October 22, 2004 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sea, I have to agree with Mak - I recall spying a pic of you and you did seem small to me. Btw: I LOVE those 'quackles' -they are too cute!

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/23: 40 minutes, walked

Sea, no matter what the tape says, you really look fit and fabulous. I'm a pear, too.

Wow, Autumn, that was a lot of walking! I hope to visit Niagara Falls some day. I bet it was enjoyable seeing it with your nephews walking your legs off, lol.


Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure what I am doing in here, but if Seamonkey is pear-shaped, it is a very small, delicate pear.

Autumn
Member

10-29-2003

Saturday, October 23, 2004 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/23 - 60 min., walked

Mak, I didn't realize how long we had been out there till I had to add it up for the thread! At first I was like: oh there's no way but a double-check confirmed it. Amazingly you don't really feel it when you're out there though - its a lot like hiking that way, I get so into the scenery and the paths that I don't realize how long I've been outside. It was beautiful! I hope you do get to make it up here to check it out! My two faves were the shark exhibit - of course all them were called "Bruce" - can you tell my nephews have seen "Finding Nemo" a few too many times? lol! And the falls ~ I just love being up there. The youngest one had trouble seeing and I was NOT gonna take him out of his stroller so that added to the walk because we had to a clear spot for him. --- it was well worth the "wow" when he did nab a view. Of course I was really feeling it in my legs at this point, especially since the walk back was all uphill!!! -- did I mention the stroller? lol! Anyway, I had a great time so it was well worth it.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 3:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/24: walked 40 minutes

Yeah, Autumn, I did notice the mention of a stroller...and hills! That sounds like a great way to have a tough workout.

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 4:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/25: 130 minutes, walked, weights, resistance, core ball, abs, stretches

Autumn
Member

10-29-2003

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/24 ~ 30 min., walked
10/25 ~ 45 min., walked

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
10/23/2004:
0 minutes
10/24/2004:
15 minutes stretching

10/25/2004:
15 minutes stretching
45 minutes Curves workout
total: 60 minutes

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'm just in here to chat. i hit a mini-slump recently and thought i had finally come out of it, but here i am again feeling especially sluggish. right now the last thing i feel like doing when i get home is working out. sometimes coming in here will help spur me on. if i want to make it in that 8K in 2 1/2 weeks, I have GOT to get cranking. i tend to suffer from low blood iron. i've been turned away from donating blood several times because my iron count was too low. maybe that is what is going on. time to step up the green, leafy veggies and pop a multi-vitamin with iron for awhile and see if that helps. i'm really dragging today.

how is everyone else? come chat with me!! i love the chatter.


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a workout question that has been puzzling me. Is it better to do a short (30 minute) intense run or a longer (1 hour) slightly face pace walk? I get so confused over how long you should work out. I usually do 2 miles a day, but the intensity varies.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 7:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
texannie, i don't rightly know. i'll ask the PE teacher and get back to you.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the current thought on that is walking is way easier on the body and a brisk walk gives most of the benefits of running. And it is something you can continue to do for life.

Hermie, I've also had the "joy" of being turned away from giving blood because of slightly low hemoglobin.. grr and they always make you go through all the paperwork first, too.

I was turned down a couple of weeks ago when I went in to celebrate being a year post surgery (and thus post bone graft, and thus, finally eligible to donate again) and missed the mark by one point so I took iron and ate red meat and such and just barely made it on the next try a week later and gave platelets for the first time.

Back later when maybe I can report having done something today