Exercising

arobed53

Your PT exercises are nothing to sniff at. Are you done going in now or do you have another time or two? Your body may need that day to rest after a good workout.

mygnsac

Yesterday I met my 10,000 daily step goal, but my steps were pitiful today. Didnt even make 3,000! Too much lazing around the house. For once I'm actually glad the work week is starting. I seem to do better during the work week with the walking during breaks.

Christina S. (from NM) sent me an invite for a Fitbit challenge yesterday. It was just for Saturday, and the challenge was to meet my daily step goal. I wasnt planning on going for a walk last night, but I needed another 4,000 steps to meet my goal, so I made myself go! I didnt want to see my name on the leader board as not completing the challenge! Ha!

mygnsac

Debora, I have a fitbit question for you. I don't quite understand the leaderboard (pic below). We're at the start of a new week, but it shows I've walked over 60,000 steps already (I wish!) and you and Judy over 100,000. Does the leaderboard not reflect the total steps for the week?



Christina S. from NM sent me another Challenge this morning. Apparently this one is a "Workweek Hustle" step challenge. It looks like these challenges require a fitbit app on a mobile device. If you have a Fitbit app for iOS, Android, or Windows Phone, you can join. Not sure if you have a smart phone with the fitbit app, but I sent you an invite if you are interested in joining that challenge. I joined up, and after my long walk this morning around the city of nearly 8,000 steps, I shot to the top of that leaderboard. With that group, I'm sure I won't be there for long!

arobed53

That number is the total steps for the last 7 days. So each day it drops off one day and starts adding your new one. It doesn't start over each week.

I've been thinking about how much time I spend walking (which is good to do) but have some other projects I don't get to so may slow down a bit and just aim for 12000 or a little more a day. Every once in awhile I need to change up how I do things. It may only last a few days. You never know. That should keep me at a 10000 average since some days I do less. They say we should rest one day so that's what you did on Sunday. While the two girls were watching a show and the boys were sleeping, I did do some walking around Lindsey's house so that helped me some today.

I don't have a fitbit ap on a mobile device so guess I'm out of that one. Sounds like you are off to a good start on it.

arobed53

Guess I'm not cutting back today - just saw I've made it to 16000 steps today and I'm sure I'll do a few more this evening. Off to fix supper now.

isyvanek

You guys are amazing! Keep up the great work!

arobed53

I haven't updated on the pushups - most days I can do 3 now - 4 not at all. Sheryl has the upper body strength.

isyvanek

Every day is a victory Debora. Keep trying - you'll get there.

mygnsac

I can do "wall" pushups. Debora, 3-4 real pushups is way more than I can do! I'm all twitchy this morning because I left my FitBit at home and all those steps I'll be taking at work today won't be recorded! I've been number 1 on the leaderboard in the Workweek Hustle fitbit challenge since Monday night, but that will end today. Courtney (from NM) was on my heals last night, so I'm sure she's taken the top spot by now.

arobed53

And mine may not be real pushups - my knees are on the ground - not my feet but it's my strengthening exercise. Wall pushups count too. Bummer on leaving your fitbit at home. At least it's a NM person who will be in the top spot. You'll be back and going tomorrow with steps that count.

isyvanek

Yes, wall pushups and knee pushups count! I should get back into doing them.

Major bummer about forgetting the fitbit Marcie! Maybe Courtney will forget hers one day.

mygnsac

Uh oh, Courtney has been knocked down to 2nd place, I'm in 3rd now, and Christina S (from NM) is closing in on me. Ha!

I got lots of walking in so far today (walked during my morning break, and then walked for nearly an hour during my lunch break). I'm guessing I'm up to around 8,000 - 9,000 steps now. Now, if only FitBit had an "on your honor" setting where you could manually enter step counts when you forget to wear your FitBit. I can just see it, everyone's step counts would be unbelievably high every day.

When I said "real pushups" I meant with knees on the ground...that's as I real as I ever got. Ha! Yay that wall pushups count!

jlhawki

Marcie--do you have a step counter on your phone? I know it's not as accurate as fitbit but at least it would count your movements somewhat! My son uses the one on his iphone and has been walking more to get his number up Just a thought for when you have left it home!

mygnsac

Thanks Jannie. I think I do. Based on my previous walks with the FitBit, I pretty much know how many steps I took. The prob is there was no way to log them on the fitbit, so my recorded daily and weekly totals are now short of goal. Oh well, no use crying over spilled steps. Ha!

sannferris

I do the wall push-ups as part of my PT exercises, 2 sets of 10 each. I don't think I've done a "real" push-up since gym class in high school. Eons ago. Until PT, I didn't do any push-ups, aren't those an ice cream treat??

This past Tuesday, I got a new and my last exercise to add to the regimen, "the windshield wiper". It's as deadly as it sounds. What makes this one different is that all the other exercises are at a slow and steady pace, building strength. This one, I'm suppose to do as fast as I can until fatigue sets in. No specific numbers in the set. In the gym, Heather counted just to be able to record how many I can do and I pooped out at about 40.

arobed53

Marcie, at least you walked even without it. I think I would want to be lazy then.

Shirley, is it one scoop of ice cream for each push up. Is the window wiper waving your arms back and forth?

sannferris

I can't find a video or diagram of this exercise, I'll try to explain it later, when I have more time.

sannferris

arobed53

isyvanek

I've never done one of those push ups Sheryl!

sannferris

They really don't do the body any good, Isabella.

I'm back to try to explain the "windshield wiper". Since I can't find a diagram or video on the internet, maybe this is an exercise that Heather made up herself?

Elbow about shoulder height up against the wall, but no pressure against the wall at the elbow. Body about 45 degree angle from the wall and edge of your hand (with little finger) on the wall. Your hand has pressure on the wall and swing your arm at the elbow to swipe the wall like a windshield wiper as full range as possible, as fast as possible. It hurts and is fatiguing, so it must be good. This sounds so confusing, sorry, I'm a terrible instructor.

isyvanek

I think I get it Sheryl. It does sound like a tough one.

arobed53

Sheryl, that is not easy to do. I thought you gave good instructions. Yesterday I had 1300 steps when we got home from our trip at 8:15. I was just going to leave and decided to try and did get up to 5000 steps while doing my list. Haven't walked with Leslie yet today but that's my plan.

arobed53

I stayed with it and walked three miles with Leslie. Good workout.

isyvanek

Great job!

sannferris

Got the tractor going, so only exercise from lawn mowing will be using my smaller mower in the front yard and big walk behind around the perimeter of the pasture (the tractor is too big to get up close to the fence line). I guess from now on, most pasture mowing will be sitting on the tractor instead of walking behind my big mower.

arobed53

Using the tractor will be fun. I ended up with three of Alan's kids today so I got them to help me pick up toys in the basement. I told them I had room to exercise now and put in my DVD and we did the warm-up together. They did pretty good. Even Ava was trying to walk in place and side-step. Not doing too bad on my steps considering I didn't plan on the time with them here. I did get my walk with whole walk with Leslie in after they left.

sannferris

I logged my walking yesterday as 1 hour at a leisurely pace, that helped with the calories from the guacamole burger. Didn't even put a dent in those onion rings though, I've got to control my eating impulses.

arobed53

Aren't onion rings good though?

sannferris

Waaaaay tooooooo good!!!