Climbed stairs over and over again while doing laundry and taking out the recycling & trash.

48 laps in the pool today- about 1/3 of it butterfly plus lots of speed interval work. Right now I am incredibly sore, but already look forward to doing it again Friday.

Spent the evening on GC

Lately- for a few of us, an evening on GC is definitely a workout routine. Lots of typing and lots of swinging arms and screaming. I took a pass on that workout today, and glad I did.

Edit- Oh cool, what a great 1000th post! Being a smartass imparting a grain of truth about GC life. Awesome.

^^^^Congrats! We're proud of you.

An hour on the elliptical and an ab routine. I really do need to change it up...

I can't wait to get back to the rec next week! I wish they didn't close it up during the summer!

90 minutes on the elliptical (backwards and forwards), two leg machines, one bicep machine, 200 crunches and 50 of those damned leg lifts.

Quick 3 mile run on my lunch hour today. I've been staying up late to watch the olympics and then sleeping late, so I haven't been getting up in the mornings. So I guess getting sweaty in the middle of the day and then having to go back to work is appropriate punishment. ;)

(Although it's ridiculously cool here for August, just 80 degrees at noon and overcast, and only 51% humidity which is good for us!)

1 hour of racquetball followed by a 30 minute full body workout. Glad to be indoors today- it hit 102 this afternoon here.

practiced rotations with another sorority for a good 4 hours.

I ran/walked 4 miles! Yay! I'm up to 4! I'm still trading off running 2 minutes and walking 1, but I'm feeling good and getting better. I'm running a half-marathon on Oct 19, btw!

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Elliptical, treadmill, cable weights, bicycle. Finally got back to the gym!

My usual routine.

eliptical, bike, weights...

VERY sore back this week, so only going every third day.

Yikes sage- sorry about the back. Do you ever swim? Works wonders.

32 laps for me this morning- speed intervals and I had to stop because bad leg cramps struck again. Very frustrating. I hope to find time to go back this afternoon and finish up.

Ughhh just did a crappy 3 miles...crap crap crappy...I think this sports bra is the wrong size.

Pilates class bright and early, then ran a 5k.

Made it back to the pool just in time before the thunderstorms and knocked out another 18 laps. The cool and unexpected part is that I did not need much warmup at all before doing speed work- it seems that the big warmup this morning was still giving a benefit hours later.

Washed the Land Rover. Hey, it's BIG

ran/walked 3 miles tonight

I took a karate class taught by none other than Jason David Frank.

It only counts if you washed the roof too :p

That is the one thing I hate about washing my Tahoe. I only wash it every 3-4 months anyway, but I have probably only really done a thorough job on the roof 2 or 3 times since I bought the thing.

ran/walked 7 miles. Mostly walked. Thought it was going to rain, instead it was just REALLY hot and humid. I almost died. Damn weathermen.

I start my kick boxing class today. It should be fun.:p

yesterday-FIRM Super Body sculpt DVD (the upper body and ab section)
today-yoga class

1 hour of racquetball followed by a killer 30 minute full body workout with my trainer. Anyone else ever done one-legged squats? I got my introduction today, and I am some kind of sore- the good kind.

Only when I was working as a trainer. And then only when I was either demonstrating them for a client, or if I was in a train-the-trainer session and one of the other trainers was making me do them. :D They are brutal, and I never have been really good at forcing myself to do something that wasn't at least a little bit fun!

They are definitely brutal! I had a mishap this weekend and scraped a lot of skin off one of my hands. So I cannot swim until it scabs over, nor can I do any exercises where I have to hold a bar with both hands. I think the one legged squats were part of my "punishment" since I am sure there are other things I could have done.

But at least I picked a good week to get hurt. Thunderstorms all week- so I could not have swum anyway, and today instead I had a 2 mile run at a very good fast pace courtesy of the 85 degree weather with a cool breeze.

I am contemplating going further tomorrow at a slower pace. Any runners out there who could comment there? I started running again 3 months ago and worked up to 2 miles at about an 8:30 pace. Today I was on about a 7:15 pace. Is it better to slow down and try for more distance, or keep lowering the pace for now before I aim for more distance? My eventual goal is to get back to my college routine of running twice a week and doing 4 miles in 28 minutes.

Took two hours of spin and 30 minutes in the sauna.

2 hours of spin?!?! Wow! That is impressive.

Yesterday: Buns workout.
Today: Buns reminded me that it's been a long time since I've done that workout. *ow*

I would slow it down a bit and add the mileage if I were you. Work your way up to the 4 miles, then work on decreasing the time it takes to run them. For most people increasing distance naturally makes them faster over shorter distances. If you only want to run twice a week, you might consider making every third run a longer distance, and every once in a while doing a shorter, faster distance just to mix things up a bit.

Cool pbear- thanks for the advice. Once I get back on my usual schedule I can slow the pace and raise the distance.

Today I ran 1.33 miles and then 20 minutes on treadmill after a brief rest. I had not tried running 2 days in a row lately, and my knees were a bit unhappy about it. I cannot wait until next week when I can get back in the pool where I belong.

Sleep.

Today: 45 minutes on the StairMaster followed by a mini-circuit for upper body, arms and core.

I took the stairs.

40 minutes of circuit training. Unfortunately I gained 4# on vacation and need to do much more.

I so wished I liked to swim but I hate to get wet so I will stick with the running. I know the swimming would help my bad back but I just can't get passed being cold and wet :(

aggieAXO- in case it helps, we have a lot of people at my club who just walk in the water. So if that is ever a good compromise, it can be great for the back to just walk the pool a few laps. Many of the walkers here do not like getting wet either, and this ends up being a good solution for them.

Awesome racquetball session today- 75 minutes and I almost beat my trainer for the first time in the last game. Then 15 minutes of abs.

Is this where you roll back from standing position and then roll forward and get up on one leg? My trainer had me doing these-very difficult and it hurts!