Cheryl's Exercise Log
I was reading everyone's logs and decided to start one myself to keep me motivated.
I have been to the gym every day this week and will probably take weekends off because I work midnights on the weekend. I am a member at Energy Fitness. I do the "Strive" weight training which works all upper and lower body areas and takes about 30 min. I then move on to the Crossramp by Precor and do the weight loss course which takes about 35 minutes. Next week, I will up my weights on each machine by 5 pounds. I will also starting doing my pilates video and ab video at home each day. |
ummm. how do you get a gym log? please assist. thanks.
i think that will help me make sure i get my excercise in. |
Gym Log
You can start your own in this forum. You already found the gym logs. You can start your own and then post to it whenever you want to.
I plan to post every day during the week. Probably won't on the weekends because that is when I work. Good Luck!! |
Friday and Saturday
I didn't get a chance to post Friday or Saturday so I am going to post now.
I worked minights Thursday night so I slept Friday morning until noon. I then got up and ate lunch and then hit the gym with my son around 1:45. Weight Training for 30 min. and Crossramp for 35 min. I didn't have to go in to work on Friday night but my husband wanted to get up and do some things outside before it got extremely hot. I didn't make it to the gym until 12:15 Weight Training for 30 min. which is getting easier so I will probably add 5 pounds to my weights this week. Crossramp for 35 min. which was not as difficult as it was at the beginning of the week. The other amazing thing was that I keep trying on a particular pair of jeans that last week I could not even button or zip up. Today I was able to button and zip them up and didn't even feel or look stuffed in them. Yeah!!! :Party: |
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Sounds fantastic! I work shifts too so I know how difficult scheduling anything regular can be, but you're making great moves. Well done! And those jeans ... amazing progress. Yay! e |
Good Morning!
I am having so much energy it is unbelievable!
I stepped on the scales at the gym this morning and had lost another pound from Saturday. :cheer: I did as I had planned and added 5 pounds to each of the weight machines that I use today. Boy, by the time I got to the 5th or 6th rep I was struggling but I did all 10 reps on each machine. Each machine has 3 settings for different muscles so I am actually doing 3 sets of 10 reps each. I then did 35 minutes on the crossramp machine which I have decided I LOVE. 35 minutes burns 350 calories and is 2.62 miles. It was a little easier today than last week. On Saturday, I had to stop a couple of times to catch my breath and let my legs rest for a few seconds. I was very happy to today when I did not have to stop at all. I just kept plugging away!! I think by the time I do that the rest of this week. I will be able to up the crossramp from 4 (which I do now) to 5. I hope everyone is doing as well as I am. Today is my official first 2 weeks on Atkins and have a total weight loss of 11 pounds! I am going to stay on Induction for a while longer. I know the DANDR book says to stay on it until within 10 pounds of your goal weight. I think I am going to try to do that so I will be on Induction for a while. That would mean I need to lose 20 more pounds before starting OWL. |
Hey how's pilates working? i may have to get it. i want to do it for my morning work out.
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Pilates
I have used Pilates before with working out and had great success with it. It really lengths and tones the thighs and stomach. It uses the core muscles. The video I have is really a pilates/yoga mix. It is mainly Pilates but there are a few yoga poses as well for your back.
I haven't gotten around to it today. I want to start incorporating it this week. The tape I have is by Denise Austin and is good if you don't mind her "perkiness". Some people don't like her but I do. I hope that information helps you! Let me know if you give it a try. |
Checking In
I was at the gym bright and early again today. :)
I did my strive circuit for 30 min. I did the crossramp for 35 min. which today was 2.65 miles and burned 330 calories. I also added the weight machines for hip abduction, hip adduction and squats. Unfortunately, I probably won't get to Pilates today because I am scheduled in an hour to go to the Red Cross to donate platelets for cancer patients. No heavy lifting or strenous exercise for the rest of the day. Cheryl |
Thanks for stoppin by, girl. I just started my gym log as well. It does seem to help me keep track of what I'm doing and what/where my goals are.
Congrats on your success so far. :D Keep up the good work. |
Evening workout
Tonight was the first night I worked out in the evening after already working out in the morning. I wasn't able to donate platelets today at Red Cross because my iron was 2 points to low.
Anyway, I finally got around to doing my Pilates tape which was about 20 minutes. I then did my Ab workout video by Joyce Vedral which was about 25 minutes. Then I did the fat-melting video by Joyce Vedral which was another 25 minutes. The kids were gone and I had so much energy, and I didn't want to just sit and watch television so I decided to exercise. When I can fit in the evening workouts I will. I really like these particular tapes. I also have some Tae-Bo which I haven't done in a while but I don't think I am ready to drag those out just yet. |
Today's workout
I hit the gym again early this morning! :)
30 min. of Strive machines plus the two hip machines I added yesterday. 35 min. on Crossramp which was a distance of 2.68 today and burned 340 calories. I am increasing my pace which is helping me to go farther and burn more calories each day. When I feel like this becomes a little to easy. I will bump up the crossramp from my current 4 to 5. I plan to do Pilates later this afternoon and my abs video as well. :agree: I hope everyone else is getting there workout completed each day! :yay: |
Well, I stuck to what I said I was going to do and got out my Pilates video and did Session I on it. Then I moved on to my abs video and completed the session on it for beginners.
About 20 minutes for each video so another 40 min. of exercise for me today. :) I don't know if I will be able to fit all of my "extra" workouts in tomorrow. I have to meet my mother at my grandmother's house to help give her a bath and get her hair washed. She has Alzheimer's and can't do it herself and she is becoming to hard to handle for my mother alone. I am going to hit the gym either before or after I go to her house. I'll be checking in again tomorrow. I am finished for today. |
Cheryl,
Wow, you're doing great! Inspiring, in fact-- Cheers-- Terry-24 |
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You're doing great! I bet those pounds are gonna start droppin. :D |
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