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Now here's a routine I can do!
Physical exercise is good for you. I know that I should do it daily, but my body doesn't want me to do too much, so I have worked out this program of strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise. You are invited to use my program without charge. Here are the things I have become good at: * Beating around the…
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Elliptical Cross Trainer
Hi all, I've taken the plunge and ordered and elliptical cross trainer machine (a Precor). Just wondering if anyone out there has one at home, and if it has proven useful. I did quite a bit of shopping and trying before i settled on the one I am getting. Do you think it is best to put it in a room with a TV? Does anyone…
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Ab techniques
How many reps do you do for your ab routines. I just read an article in Muscles and Fitness Hers to do 1 ab day with 2 sets of 15 reps each and 1 set of 20 reps to total 50 reps per exercise and 48 hours later do 5 sets of 6 reps each for each exercise. The fitness model said this shocks the body. However, I have done 45…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 21
My last post until the New Year! You won't have to "hear" me rant for at least 10 days! Yesterday was 40 minutes elliptical and 15 minute fast walk (with 1 minute jog:smile: ). Good luck to everyone over the holiday. Remember to have a safe, HEALTHY, holiday.
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Yes - Do that Exercise -Mayo Clinic Affirmations
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/womens-health/WO00014
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 20
Here we are in the December "twenties"! Oh my goodness, Christmas is coming fast! Christmas, and the end of our challenge! How's everybody doing with their goals? I'm not doing great BUT I figure that even if I'm not exactly meeting the goals I set for myself, just striving towards them is better than not doing anything at…
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shopping...
that's my kind of cardio hehehe!:laugh:
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 19
Only a few days left! In fact, you will probably have to do the last few days of check ins without me as I am leaving town on Friday! SO, SO much to do between now and when we take off! And, today my baby turns ONE! Talk about time flying by! We have a party this afternoon and then I have to get moving on packing for our…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 18
Good morning. Hope everyone is more awake than I am! I envy all you morning exercisers out there - I just can't get up another second earlier than I have to with my boys. Way to go, guys! We are only a week away from CHRISTMAS!!! Besides lot's of cleaning I managed to force out 20 minutes on my bike last night. I just…
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Bellydance Workout DVDs on sale @ Amazon.com
Greetings MFPs, On sale DVDs for $4.99 each; Veena & Neena (The Belly Twins) present: Bellydance Fitness for Beginners 1. "Basic Moves & Fat Burning" 2. "Arms, Abs, Hips, Buns & Thighs" 3. "Slim Down" I have all 3...yesterday I worked to the "Basic Moves & Fat Burning" and I woke up feeling like I had had a heavy weight…
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housework counts!
Ok here is good news. house work counts as exercise (great for those of us that are busy and don't always have time to do both! Found a website that calculates calories burned. you put in your weight and enter the minutes and it tells you. I spent 75 minutes cleaning this morning, burned 328 calories!…
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Just wondering, WHEN you work out?
And what your favorite work out is. I work out in the evenings after work. and dinner. I tried to work out in the morning but I am NOT a morning person. My favorite is jumping on the Treadmill and just go. I speed up when I want to, I control the Incline. and can go as long as I want to. So, When do you like to work out…
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Fitness Challenge Board Game
Has anyone heard about this? Or better yet, played it? Google it, or look it up on amazon if you are curious. From what I understand, you pick a partner or two and each make a list of your own fitness goals. Say 5x cardio 3x weights or whatever. You have a chart where you get a star for each day you met your goals…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 17
Happy Monday! We are in our last full week of the challenge. What did you commit to doing? I need to get in 5 days of cardio and 3 days of weights. I know I can do it! You can meet your goals, too! Go for it! Last night when I finally got home around 8:30 with 2 very tired crying boys and I had to do dishes, and some other…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 16
We are coming to a close on another weekend. One more week. One more weekend. And then - we are at Christmas! I have SO much to do between now and then (well, actually Friday when we leave for Washington state.) The one thing I need to continue to push into my busy, busy days is my exercise. It's easy to say I don't have…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 15
Here we are! 10 days until Christmas. I am very proud of the number of people who have stuck with this challenge! Even with bad days here and there - YOU are doing GREAT! Keep it up!!! I did indeed do plenty of walking yesterday. I rode down into town with my hubby yesterday since I had a doctor's appt and didn't want to…
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20 minute shape-up club
Here's a link for a really excellent series of work-out programs, from the Canadian magazine, Wish. All are intended to be done at home. Some require no equipment whatsoever; most use either a stability ball, handweights, or both. http://www.wish.ca/20minute/shape-up/
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 14
Good Morning! I started my day with 30 minutes of shoveling at 5 this morning-the snowblower & I had words last night :frown: & it seems I blew the motor up! Not me personally, it was old & tired-but we have a nor'easter headed our way tomorrow night so I see a LOT of shoveling in my future. I also did my Hip-Hop Abs 30…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 14
Julie got her post on first today so post over there! :tongue:
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 13
Good morning! How is everyone today? Hopefully feeling some recent exercise that you engaged in! :tongue: Yesterday I just did a few minutes here and there of lots of things - pushing a double stroller with one hand & pulling a shopping cart with the other while I was at Safeway, I made a number of trips out to our dog run…
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strength training challenge
OK, so mostly this is a challenge for myself, but I thought some of you might also be guilty of neglecting part of your exercise. I'm at the tail end of a large weight loss. And my doctor was asking about my exercise routine... I told him, and he said: "that's really great, when are you fitting in your strength…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 11
A VERY quick check-in this morning - we have TONS of snow and I still have to get down into town for an early meeting... Everyone is doing a GREAT JOB!!! I rode my bike for 30 min last night at a moderate pace. I really wanted to go to bed but I got on and did it. +++POSITIVE THOUGHTS+++!!! :flowerforyou: Niccole
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a note about body fat %
So i gave in and talked to the personal trainer at work and she measured EXACTLY how much body fat i have. First let me say that i was wrong about my weight because my scale is wrong. Mine puts me at 112 hers at 117 (though she said hers is likely 3lbs heavy cause it was right after lunch). Regardless I used the body fat %…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 12
Christmas is a week from Tuesday. It jumps out at me from behind the stairs every year. This is also the time of year I start to stress. I need to step back, realize what is important, and do that first. Exercise is high on my list! Yesterday I did 40 minutes on the elliptical and a 1 mile walk (with my 1 minute jog). I've…
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I have a question
When you do ab crunches, or glutes exercises, do they actually make your stomach and rear get bigger at first? It seems that way but I didn't know if it's just my imagination. I know muscle grows and then fat burns off, so I was thinking the muscle gets bigger but the layer(s) of fat doesn't go away as fast. ??? And a vent…
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Even around the House
so if any of you are like myself.. I have a HUGE and expensive gym in the garage, full of different types of machines and training aids... but we moved in the summer and my husband has not gotten around to setting most of it back up! and well Im in North Eastern Ont. ummmm brrrrrrrrrr -19 is not really a temp I like to be…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 10
We are up to the double digits for December. FIFTEEN days left! YOU can keep up with this challenge and reach your goals. I KNOW YOU CAN!!! Keep up the GREAT work! *\o/* I only did a little walking yesterday. I had plans to ride my bike last night but my hubby decided that this was the weekend to take away our son's…
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Have you tried?
Has anyone tried the Quigong workouts? My mom just got one and I tried it today it was very nice and relaxing a little like yoga I suppose. I was surprised with even the simple movements you felt it. Just wondering if anyone knows of a good one to use. I liked hers too but thought I would find out if there are others. Eve
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 10
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 9
Coming to the close on another weekend. We are getting so close to Christmas now! Let's keep up the intensity and drive as we power on through the rest of this challenge! We got SNOW! And, lot's of it! Thank goodness my hubby decided to drive me down in to town to go shopping. We had a nice family day of it and I got most…