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Chin-ups! I must have them!
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this is good for me
Back to boot camp after missing the last two sessions. It was hard. I'm still not up to snuff physically, but it felt absolutely right. Halfway into the second warm-up lap I got that running smile and realized that walking just is not enough for me. I've been nothing but grouchy and stressed out the last couple of weeks. Now I feel like myself again. Welcome
Class(es) Taken:
Boot Camp - Aaron Biggs
Place:
Twin Lakes Recreation Center
Date:
Thu, 09/02/2010 (All day)
My body is freaking the hell out. Cannon hands!
And as the body goes, so goes the mind.
Workout
Crap!
I really wanted to run tonight, but I ended up walking. I feel like crap. Pretty sure I'm anemic. They weren't going to let me give blood this week, but sometimes you can let your arm hang for a bit and redo the finger-prick test and it puts you in range, and that's what I did. But I think I shouldn't have, because I've been lethargic and out of breath ever since, and co
Workout
Every Day
I walked to and from work every day this week-- never moved the car at all. That's 24 miles of walking this week, and it doesn't even include the walking around I do at lunch time or after work (which is fairly substantial-- on Monday I walked an extra three miles to donate blood). Unfortunately, I didn't complete any of my push-ups sets (I did half the sets twice and gave up), no s
Workout
back to boot camp
and I didn't die! It seemed like such a weird, lazy week without class, even though I walked and biked dozens of miles.
Class(es) Taken:
Boot Camp - Aaron Biggs
Place:
Twin Lakes Recreation Center
Date:
Tue, 08/24/2010 (All day)
Workout
Anniversary biking
Today I was going so fast that trucks were holding ME up. Who's holding up traffic NOW, bitches?!
Workout
bike, bike, pushups!
Biked to and fro and worked in between. Came home, did some things, ate some Oreos, did my push-ups. Saving squats for tomorrow I think. The Oreos were a flat-out bribe. I knew if I did them, I would be compelled to apologize to my body for the trans-fat assault.
Workout
Still doin' them push-ups
This week they have seemed harder. I'm having to take breaks in the middle of the sets or else I reach failure too early and can't complete the required number. Still getting through, though. Is that what counts? Why is exercise so mysterious? I never know if I'm doing things right. I'm looking at my arms right now, and they seem to be looking mighty fine to
Workout
The sublime surreal
A man on a bike stopped at a busy intersection to tell me that Mother Earth loved me for walking and not driving. I have such a humdrum life and yet every day is full of the sublime surreal. I'm amused but grateful, especially for the use of my feet. Good night, y'all.
Workout
Push-Ups Day 3: Now with squats!
I managed to just get through the requried number on the last set of push-ups (13) before failure. I took an extra day between 2 and 3 because I knew I'd do push-ups to failure yesterday in boot camp for the fitness tests. I can already tell I'm getting stronger, because the full-body trembling doesn't set in until push-up 6 now, and it started at 4 the first time I did this.
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Workout
this is good for me
Back to boot camp after missing the last two sessions. It was hard. I'm still not up to snuff physically, but it felt absolutely right. Halfway into the second warm-up lap I got that running smile and realized that walking just is not enough for me. I've been nothing but grouchy and stressed out the last couple of weeks. Now I feel like myself again. Welcome
Class(es) Taken:
Boot Camp - Aaron Biggs
Place:
Twin Lakes Recreation Center
Date:
Thu, 09/02/2010 (All day)
Workout
Crap!
I really wanted to run tonight, but I ended up walking. I feel like crap. Pretty sure I'm anemic. They weren't going to let me give blood this week, but sometimes you can let your arm hang for a bit and redo the finger-prick test and it puts you in range, and that's what I did. But I think I shouldn't have, because I've been lethargic and out of breath ever since, and co
Workout
Every Day
I walked to and from work every day this week-- never moved the car at all. That's 24 miles of walking this week, and it doesn't even include the walking around I do at lunch time or after work (which is fairly substantial-- on Monday I walked an extra three miles to donate blood). Unfortunately, I didn't complete any of my push-ups sets (I did half the sets twice and gave up), no s
Workout
back to boot camp
and I didn't die! It seemed like such a weird, lazy week without class, even though I walked and biked dozens of miles.
Class(es) Taken:
Boot Camp - Aaron Biggs
Place:
Twin Lakes Recreation Center
Date:
Tue, 08/24/2010 (All day)
Workout
Anniversary biking
Today I was going so fast that trucks were holding ME up. Who's holding up traffic NOW, bitches?!
Workout
bike, bike, pushups!
Biked to and fro and worked in between. Came home, did some things, ate some Oreos, did my push-ups. Saving squats for tomorrow I think. The Oreos were a flat-out bribe. I knew if I did them, I would be compelled to apologize to my body for the trans-fat assault.
Workout
Still doin' them push-ups
This week they have seemed harder. I'm having to take breaks in the middle of the sets or else I reach failure too early and can't complete the required number. Still getting through, though. Is that what counts? Why is exercise so mysterious? I never know if I'm doing things right. I'm looking at my arms right now, and they seem to be looking mighty fine to
Workout
The sublime surreal
A man on a bike stopped at a busy intersection to tell me that Mother Earth loved me for walking and not driving. I have such a humdrum life and yet every day is full of the sublime surreal. I'm amused but grateful, especially for the use of my feet. Good night, y'all.
Workout
Push-Ups Day 3: Now with squats!
I managed to just get through the requried number on the last set of push-ups (13) before failure. I took an extra day between 2 and 3 because I knew I'd do push-ups to failure yesterday in boot camp for the fitness tests. I can already tell I'm getting stronger, because the full-body trembling doesn't set in until push-up 6 now, and it started at 4 the first time I did this.
Workout
Fitness Tests again
We had another fitness test today in boot camp. I managed to shave about two seconds off my mile time, but it HURT. And I either did worse than before on the push-up test, or I'm doing fewer of them with better form since starting the 100 push-ups challenge. I still have to do my push-up sets for today (and squats).
Class(es) Taken:
Boot Camp - Aaron Biggs
Place:
Twin Lakes Recreation Center
Date:
Thu, 08/12/2010 (All day)
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This describes a certain member of my family exactly. If I'm not constantly failing, how can she give me the gift of her vast wisdom? And thereby control my every move? Pure evil cookies is right. I'm pretty sure the reason she always pointedly asks if I'm "still doing that workout thing" is because she can't wait for the delicious day I return to the couch!
On the plus side, pissing her off is a major motivator for me. :)
Posted in response to: Why Your Mom May Rain On Your Fitness Parade
I looked into this because I truly love skating, and hip-checking. But as an extreme introvert, I can't get into the nicknames and costumes. Also the association where I live is more expensive than my gym membership.
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Hahaha. I know, right? My big sis is cooking a little bun right now and maybe I'm having sympathy morning sickness, bloating, and insanity. Is that possible? All I can report at this point is that today everything seems to have reestablished itself as normal, mostly. Which is unnerving in and of itself.
I have to share this because it's so weird. This is my pre-breakfast weight over the last week:
Mon 8/23: 135.5 (after a weekend of celebratory vacation food)
Tues 8/24: 135
Wed 8/25: 134 (normal)
Thurs 8/26: 135
Fri 8/27: 135
Saturday 8/28: 142 (nope! not the scale. Believe me, I checked the scale.)
Sun 8/29: 140
Mon 8/30: 140
Tues 8/31 (today): 134. (Again, I rechecked this a few times, then weighed my cat for comparison. He weighed 11 pounds as usual). I mean a two or even three-pound variance is normal, but to suddenly jump seven pounds and then almost as suddenly lose it? Bizarre.
Posted in response to: My body is freaking the hell out. Cannon hands!
That would be a good idea. There's no clear place or time for me to switch from knee pushups to full pushups, and that frustrates me. I think I may just start the program over this week and try to go through it with full push-ups.
How are you coming along with them?
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It's true. I have an autoimmune disease (fortunately much milder than the ones mentioned above). I had symptoms my medication was not addressing. They tested my vitamin D, it was low, they gave me mega-supplements, and the symptoms (pain! So much pain everywhere!) disappeared within 36 hours.
Milk is pretty much useless for vitamin D, though. Not only is milk fortified with the tiniest possible amounts, but vitamin D breaks down with light exposure, and milk comes in clear containers. And if you live in the U.S., you're unlikely to get enough from sunlight for about 3/4 of the year. So suck it up and take a supplement. 800 to 1,000 units a day is a good baseline for healthy people. I have to take 5,000 a day just to stay in the normal range, and I'm outside for over an hour a day!
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Good luck! I'm scared to jump right into pull-ups... still working on the push-ups.
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Your subconscious is telling you to join us... join us..! 100 push-ups can be yours!
Posted in response to: Still doin' them push-ups
Wait... work out... OUTSIDE?! It's like, hot out there!
I've actually just been enjoying a week off. I bike or walk to and from work, which is a nice easy 5 miles round trip. I'm doing my push-ups. I'm doing my squats. It's just strange not getting up and hitting it hard twice a week like usual.
I did discuss the possibility with my husband of doing a 6 a.m. outdoor boot camp tomorrow in the park behind our house. I'm wondering if maybe I will like burpees better when everyone can see how awesome I am for doing them when NO ONE IS MAKING ME.
Posted in response to: Still doin' them push-ups
lol. Hooray for the beer layer!
Posted in response to: Happy with my beer layer
Haha. I got a little carried away there. It's really a charming place, though. Imagine a small Midwestern town square in which all of the storefronts have been turned into Thai restaurants and Ayurvedic pharmacies...
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The legal work-around here (Indiana) is "cow shares," in essence leasing the cow and getting some of the milk. It's not cheap. I'm trying to get one, but like CSAs, you kind of have to claim a spot early in the year!
Does anyone know if making raw milk into yogurt changes the benefits of using raw? I'm lactose intolerant, so I have to have my lactobacillus friends break that stuff down before I can eat dairy proucts. This involves heating the milk to 180 degrees to denature the casein.
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No, not from NYC. It's not unusual for people to talk to me when I'm walking, just unusual for them to deliver blessings from our Mother. Although when I lived in St. Louis, there was a guy at my bus stop who liked to give hugs and tell me that the Holy Spirit had revealed the truth of the chakras to him.
Posted in response to: The sublime surreal
This makes perfect sense if you've been to Fairfield. It's the home of Vedic City, IA, the home of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the center of all things Transcendental Meditation (i.e. the Maharishi University of Management and the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment). I once helped remodel a house there because TM has its own kind of feng sui (Sthapatya Veda), which prefers east-facing front doors. This has resulted in east-facing houses having higher property values in Fairfield than the west-facing ones across the street. We were making over a 200-year-old American Gothic farmhouse to comply with Sthapatya Vedic principles. That's Fairfield.
Posted in response to: Iowans Aim for Group Yoga Record
I can vouch for the standard poodles. My mom's happily runs four miles a day with her and then takes another run later with my dad!
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So if I wear toning shoes and calorie-burning underwear at the same time, it's like I'm working out even if I'm just eating bonbons and watching my soaps, right? Right? Maybe slap on one of them vibrating belts for a nice core workout?
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Haha. I'm going to think about awful dates now when I'm tempted to walk instead of run!
Posted in response to: I can do anything for 5 minutes at a time
I think you must still be able to get them somewhere. The rec center I go to has them. They're new-looking, but then again, they are fuschia and teal, which kind of indicates a 1994-era origin to me.
Usually our boot camp instructor sets a bunch of them up at varying heights for us to jump over. Or we use them for inclined push-ups.
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Oh my. #5 is just gross. And flavored lip balm? Is this intended for people who have like, never kissed?
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And, of course, I manage to drop a decimal point, making me look like a complete asshole. I guess that's why my algebra teacher was so adamant about those place-holder zeros... So, here it is: approximately .5%. Which I still maintain is not too shabby.
Posted in response to: ONE MILLION!
I feel so proud to be a part of this! Approximately 5%, in fact! Not too shabby if I do say so!
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