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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 4:19 pm
Scoot, you can just list the date, what you did (if you want) and minutes and someone will add you into the totals. You'll have a total for yourself for the year and then add into the total for the group. I chose to keep my running total since I've been in the thread because I'm a total geek about numbers.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 4:20 pm
Scoot, I hate math. Hate it hate it HATE IT. So Hermi is a sweetie, and I just post my total minutes for the day, and she adds mine up and then adds 'em to the grand total. I love Hermi! (And Seamonkey sometimes does it for her. As, I think, do others.) I'll help y'all with writing, if you ever need it! 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 4:53 pm
There's such a thing as too much exercise???? Don't tell me that! How do you know when you are approaching the point of "too much exercise"? Tonight- strength training on machines, "Body Attack" class- 120 minutes. TF07 = 4,135 minutes GTTD = 113,956 minutes I'm happy to help anyone with math that needs it. I love math! Math rocks!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 5:09 pm
Hermi, you're doing a supervised class, yes? Technically, when you do strength training or any other strenuous exercise, you should let your muscles rest a day. It's why body builders who work out five or six days a week work different muscle groups (Mon=shoulders, back; Tues=bi/tri, abs; Weds=legs; and so on). And yes, there's even a name for the extreme case of it (exercise anorexia!). The Curves workout shouldn't be any more than 45 minutes total, which is why I was a bit worried about Seamonkey's 75 minutes. Should be 30 minutes (max) on the circuit, while monitoring your heartrate, and 15 minutes stretching and cool-down. (I don't want to burn body fat, so I will do the circuit twice, and the third and last time I'll skip the fitness pads and just do the machines -- so I get a 30 minute workout with an effective heartrate.)
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 5:28 pm
I know you are supposed to rest between strength training workouts, but the head of the P.E. department at my school said you can do cardio daily. Hmmmm.... research project!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 5:35 pm
The Curves workout incorporates strength and cardio. I think cardio daily (and you ARE working muscles when you do cardio) also needs to be interspersed with "rest" days. If that means on Monday you power thru whatever it is, and then Tuesday is a "rest" day where you take a leisurely walk, then that's OK. I think monitoring your heartrate is a good indication. Yeah, research project. I used to date a semi-pro body builder, and this is the info I got from the guys at the gym as they worked out with me. I'll have to go do some checking around. (I figure body builders know how to work out, yes? And oh, yes, he had a PHENOMENAL body!)
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 5:55 pm
This sounds like common sense advice, and also goes with what you are saying about toning down the intensity on rest days... LINK (will open a PDF document from the campus recreation department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Take at least one rest day a week, and balance exercise with recovery Peak performance results when you balance exercise with plenty of rest and good nutrition. Asking your body to do more than usual creates an overload. The overload stresses your body, and as your body recovers and adapts to the overload, you become stronger, more muscular, faster, or a better athlete in whatever capacities you are training. Without rest, your body cannot adapt and performance suffers. So does your health. Symptoms of overtraining include the following: * Decline in performance, e.g., you can't run your usual distance as fast as usual * Change in mood, increase in fatigue, irritability, depression, apathy * Persistent aches and pains * Elevation in resting heart rate * More frequent colds and flus, symptomatic of a depressed immune response * Trouble sleeping *In women, disruption of the menstrual cycle * Overuse injuries, such as stress fractures and tendonitis You can balance training and recovery in several ways. Take at least one rest day each week. Athletes may take several days off before an important competition. A day off doesn't mean you must stay in bed. Just do something low intensity and different: walk on the beach, take your kids to the park or go for a swim. You can also increase performance and decrease risk of injury by alternating hard and easy days, and by cross training. What if my goal is weight loss? Your body still needs a day off every week to maintain health. And while experts recommend 60 to 90 minutes most days of the week to lose weight, you must begin slowly and build up to this level gradually. And like everyone else, you must cut back at the first sign of injury.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 7:11 pm
Yup. That's pretty much what I was trying to say. And 2 hours of "exercise" is a bit much. Especially if you are out of shape, a bit older, overweight, and so on. It's why I'll do an hour one day and a half hour the next, and always take at LEAST one day a week off! I did learn well from bodybuilder beau, I guess! 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 9:01 pm
Sigh. As I already said, some of the time I'm just moving around. I'm so far from ANY sort of anorexia, lol. If you go to Curves 5-6 days a week and are working hard at it, then you can concentrate more on the cardio on the pads one day and more on the machines the next. I'm encouraging myself by counting continuous moving around that wouldn't be considered hard "exercise" but makes my orthopod happy and my doctor happy. 05/17 Curves, cooldown, stretching, dancing around with the employees, walking: 95 minutes TF07 = 1,315 minutes TTD = 32,543 minutes GTTD = 114,051 minutes
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 5:32 am
dancing around with the employees... That just makes me grin! I bet it feels good!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 9:31 am
I forgot yesterday!!! 5/17: 30 minutes (glider) 5/18: 60 minutes (Curves, walking) <totalling...> TFO7 = 1,495 minutes GTTD = 114,141 minutes
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 2:33 pm
Hermie, yeah it is fun because I like the people who work at Curves and the music is going and it is way better than taking antidepressants.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, May 18, 2007 - 6:40 pm
05/18: Curves workout 60 minutes TF07 = 1,375 minutes TTD = 32,603 minutes GTTD = 114,201 minutes
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 3:48 pm
5/19 - 30 minutes Pilates TF07: 2550 minutes GTTD: 114,231 minutes
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:01 pm
05/20: 35 minutes walking TF07 = 1,410 minutes TTD = 32,636 minutes GTTD = 114,266 minutes
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:07 pm
I didn't do anything this weekend! I adopted a shelter dog yesterday and most of my free time was spent with her. She's got a lot of fear, but I think it is going to be okay. My cats have impressed me! They've handled this huge dog with a lot of aplomb.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:10 pm
I bet she will help you exercise, Hermie!! We need pictures ASAP What is she like, size, color, breed, etc??
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:20 pm
She's part hound. She is much bigger than she looks in her pictures. She is so big that I can't lift her. Her name is Holly. She is about 6 years old. She had a litter of puppies about 3 months ago and her owners took the puppies before they were fully weaned and kept the puppies and deserted Holly at the vet's. She still had one puppy inside of her, but it was dead and had to be surgically removed. The vet gave her to the shelter and she has been at the shelter a couple of months. She was very traumatized by everything that had happened when she came to the shelter. One of my good friends volunteers at the shelter and I decided to check out the dogs and I was most drawn to Holly and two other dogs, and ended up going with Holly. She's gentle and timid and needs time and love, but I really thnk she is going to be a great match for my happy household! She is not good on a leash at the moment. She freezes and won't move. After she settles in a bit, I'll work with her on that. This is Holly-

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:22 pm
I just want to hug her!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:23 pm
Me too!!!    
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 7:26 pm
She scared me yesterday because she was hyperventilating, but today she has been calmer and right now she is curled up beside me on the couch. She's breathing evenly and deeply and even gave a contented sigh a little bit ago. My cats have been great. I'm proud of them!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 - 8:35 pm
Hermie, think she's a large part, if not all, hound. Could be http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_foxhound/ or http://www.akc.org/breeds/harrier/ Those would be my guesses. Such soulful eyes! What a blessing for her that you have welcomed her into your home.
 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, May 21, 2007 - 5:33 am
Holly is beautiful. Sea is right; she has soulful eyes. What a story she could tell you. And, of course, you have some stories of your own for her. Have a wonderful time bonding.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Monday, May 21, 2007 - 5:59 am
Omg Hermie, she is GORGEOUS!!! You need to share her photo in the doggie thread! (If you already have, then I just missed it lol)
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, May 21, 2007 - 10:41 am
A hound dog!!! She's beautiful, Hermi! (And people who did that to her should be, well, harmed themselves!) Give Holly a big hug for me, and tell her to kiss you for saving her! My workout this weekend... 45 minutes walking (yesterday) No workout today (I've got stomach flu or something)
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