What did you do for exercise today? - Page 20

EE-BO · #**286** 09-21-2008, 06:00 PM

1.33 mile run followed by 20 laps in the pool. Should have eaten more this morning- I wore out too soon.

ree-Xi · #**287** 09-21-2008, 06:21 PM

An hour on the treadmill, 20 minutes of pilates, and 20 minutes on the upper body machines. It felt awesome!

EE-BO · #**288** 09-22-2008, 10:01 PM

45 minutes of racquetball followed by a 45 minute full body workout. As a joke I challenged my trainer to do the whole workout just using one bench and make it tough. He sure did that. The last of many insane things I had to do was hold 20 pound barbells in my hands and standing on one leg on the bench step down to the ground with the other foot slowly on a 6 second count. I had to do this 80 times. But I am sore and happy- so life is good.

kchaptergphib · #**289** 09-26-2008, 01:37 AM

2 x 20 minute, steady-state pieces on the Erg (rowing machine).

For regular rowers, this isn't too much of a workout, but for someone like me, who never was a fan of the rowing machines, and hasn't been working out on one regularly in years, this was a tough workout. And now I am sore. I just keep telling myself that the more sore I am now, the less sore I will be after races this fall.

guitarak · #**290** 09-26-2008, 06:13 AM

leapt out of the way of the 10:27 tram

TPASIGEP · #**291** 09-26-2008, 01:59 PM

40 minutes on the elliptical, shoulders and abs - going to beat myself up tomorrow w/ RPM (spinning) and Body Pump.

Scandia · #**292** 09-26-2008, 08:16 PM

Walked from my workplace to the parking department several blocks and streets away- and back. Plus the shelving and stair climbing. Needless to say, when I got home I was starved and ate too many pita chips and hummus. And this kind of hummus was not even as good as the other types I have tried.

TPASIGEP · #**293** 09-27-2008, 05:24 PM

Couldn't bring myself to do the two classes...instead, did a back and triceps workout and a half hour on the bike.

On a side note...has anyone ever tried the P90X series?

christiangirl · #**294** 09-27-2008, 06:06 PM

Two hours of ballroom dancing today.

My cha-cha is coming along nicely, though I get lost on which foot to be on easily. It all depends on how well the guy is leading...really separates the men from the boys.

jojapeach · #**295** 09-27-2008, 07:26 PM

1 hour of water aerobics this morning. I did community service at the Atlanta Food Bank later, and I'm counting that as exercise because I felt the burn while inspecting heavy food items and passing them to the packers.

aephi alum · #**296** 09-27-2008, 10:56 PM

20 minutes on the bike today. I strained my shoulder the other day, and my doc has advised me to take it easy with upper-body exercise, but I wanted to do something.

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Two hours of ballroom dancing today.

My cha-cha is coming along nicely, though I get lost on which foot to be on easily. It all depends on how well the guy is leading...really separates the men from the boys.

I took a ballroom dancing class for credit toward my P.E. requirement in college. I was kind of amused that such a fun activity counted as P.E. (Then again, sex burns calories too.

) My husband (then-boyfriend) and I took the ballroom dancing class together, and at my sorority semi-formal that winter, we asked the DJ to play a waltz - and we were the only couple on the dance floor. We really showed off... haha

aggieAXO · #**297** 09-27-2008, 11:27 PM

17 times around the track at the high school down the street. Darn ACL festival has made Townlake too crowded and no parking so couldn't run down there today.

EE-BO · #**298** 09-27-2008, 11:30 PM

Been a very busy few days- but I have kept up with the exercise. Full body workout and racquetball on Thursday, plus 50 laps a day in the pool, on average, the other days of the week. Right now, exercise is my sole refuge from the insanity of work.

EE-BO · #**299** 09-27-2008, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by aggieAXO

17 times around the track at the high school down the street. Darn ACL festival has made Townlake too crowded and no parking so couldn't run down there today.

I hear ya. I needed to run a couple of errands today on 5th street in downtown and I decided to put them off to Monday figuring ACL- and the UT game- would be making a mess of things.

christiangirl · #**300** 09-28-2008, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by aephi alum

I took a ballroom dancing class for credit toward my P.E. requirement in college. I was kind of amused that such a fun activity counted as P.E. (Then again, sex burns calories too.

) My husband (then-boyfriend) and I took the ballroom dancing class together, and at my sorority semi-formal that winter, we asked the DJ to play a waltz - and we were the only couple on the dance floor. We really showed off... haha

Awww, that sounds so fun!