Daily exercise checkin

msoptimistic2

Looking to motivate each other to exercise daily. Joining the thread is a commitment to exercise. Checkin daily and tell us what you did. Remember to take a day or 2 off during the week to let the body recover. Happy Exercising!!!

amywhoa

I used to never workout and it showed, i joined the gym on november 2016 and am loving this journey!
Leg day today! Squats, sumo deadlifts, lunges, hipthrusts, kickbacks, hip abductions. I like weights hehe
Around 17 mins on treadmill 15 incline 3.3speed
Arm toning youtube video at home

let_the_sunshine

Hey. I'd like to join to get some motivation. I lost 10lbs over the summer by cutting my calories to 1390 per day (most days), and now want to keep on track with the calories and start exercising too. I'm worried burning the extra calories will make me want to eat more, and that I may see my weight increase as I build muscle which may make me feel like I am losing progress. Today I did 15 mins yoga + bicep curl, tricep kickbacks, and bent over dumbbell raises with 10 pound weights. Let's do it!

amywhoa

Congrats on your weight loss! Keep eating at that rate plus working out you should meet your goals!
Today I worked out abs. decline sit ups, russian twists, mountain climbers, plank jacks, side plank raises and did abt 30 mins cardio

msoptimistic2

To avoid feeling frustrated with muscle gain, take measurements. We rely so much on the scale, but it doesn't tell the whole story!

msoptimistic2

I took Friday off as recovery and missed yesterday due to soreness, but will be back on track today...will be posting later!

Dinow

Hello all I would like to join. I am doing a 6 week weight loss challenge at work, tomorrow week 4. I used to walk only but now I started to do stairs daily even on weekends. Today I bought a skipping rope and I skipped for 15 min and walk 20 min. So far I lost 4.5 pounds

let_the_sunshine

Good idea msoptimistic2 about the measurements. I'll try taking some baseline measurements tomorrow.
Thanks amywhoa I did some planking today too. When i do plank jacks i do them stepping each foot out in turn rather than the jumping method. I find doing that slow and controlled is a good workout and where I dont feel as likely to hurt myself as I would with the jumping way.
Welcome to the group Dinow. 4.5 lbs in 3-4 weeks is impressive.
Today i did 25mins yoga, a bit of weights with 8lb dumbbells, 1 min plank hold and another 1 min plank 'jacks'.

kdk805

I have been a strava user for 5 months now , my weekly average is 20 miles running ,50 miles cycling ,strength training 3-4 x/ week. 5k time 26 mins . lost 25 lbs , 15 more to go . Today ran a hill 2 miles , flat 1 mile , biked 20 miles hills. Burned 1500 calories .

SCoil123

I'm interested. I do a women's lifting and boxing group 3 days a week. We do 1hr lifting and conditioning followed by 1hr of boxing. Lately I'm doing C25K 3 days as well with one day off as my rest day.

Yesterday was rest so today was abs and arms with a friend followed by C25K with another friend. Tomorrow we are finding out squat max weight in group before boxing

amywhoa

Good tip msoptimistic2 I've been recording my measurements over the past few months. Helps me figure out if what im doing is working or not.
The slow and controlled plank jacks are quite harder let_the_sunshine ! I will try those out next ab day!
Nice going dinow! I find jump roping is really good for getting the heart rate up and good cardio! Hard for me to skip bc I had a knee injury a few years ago.
Wow kdk805 & scoil123 u ladies went hard in your workout today!

amywhoa

Today was my rest day but I needed to gym so I did 30 mins on the treadmill abt 300cals

msoptimistic2

Damn skipping rope is touch...u go girl!

msoptimistic2

kdk805 wrote: »

I have been a strava user for 5 months now , my weekly average is 20 miles running ,50 miles cycling ,strength training 3-4 x/ week. 5k time 26 mins . lost 25 lbs , 15 more to go . Today ran a hill 2 miles , flat 1 mile , biked 20 miles hills. Burned 1500 calories .

If always wanted to jog, just can't seem to hang with that group. No matter how hard I try, I can't do d the stamina

msoptimistic2

I only managed 30 mins of cardio on the treadmill BUT, I got my *kitten* up and did it so I'm happy. Back to weight training and cardio tomorrow. Upper body!

msoptimistic2

30 mins treadmill not pace, 25 mins upper body weight lifting

let_the_sunshine

Got some weights done today as well as some housecleaning including moving some heavy things down to the storage locker. Got some food planned for this week which should help me meet my protein goals. Eating protein will help keep muscle while cutting cal's, and help build new muscle.

Dinow

I did 20 min walk, 10 min rope jumping, 7 min up and 3 floor building

SCoil123

Great boxing class, moving the whole hour. Coach also threw in a burpee/sit up super set in the middle.

Only hit 115lb on my squats. 3 women maxed at 205lb in class. Felt bad I was so far behind but considering last year at this time I was getting off crutches I'll take it

msoptimistic2

No exercise today, back at it tomorrow

SCoil123

Started week 3 of C25K today

riffraff2112

just cardio..jogged 4km

let_the_sunshine

I was having a hard time getting the energy to workout. Ended up compromising. Walked at a leisurely pace of 2.6mph at an incline for 45mins on the treadmill while watching Netflix. Didnt feel like work

peaceout_aly

msoptimistic2 wrote: »

Looking to motivate each other to exercise daily. Joining the thread is a commitment to exercise. Checkin daily and tell us what you did. Remember to take a day or 2 off during the week to let the body recover. Happy Exercising!!!

Went to the gym for part of my cable circuit (tricep press and cable crunch) and cardio then came home for a full dumbbell circuit for arms, chest and abs.

amywhoa

10 mins of cardio on treadmill full incline 120 cals
Smith machine: pause squats, sumo deadliest, & curtsy lunge.
Bulgarian split squats > Romanian deadlifts
Hip thrusts , hip abductors
10 mins on treadmill again 120 cals
And 6 mins on stairs 100 cals
Cardio sandwich

Need2Exerc1se

100 jumping jacks
60 min splitting firewood
10 min stacking firewood
90 min gardening (weeding/planting)

If I can fit it in, also a short hike (35-45 min probably)

msoptimistic2

let_the_sunshine wrote: »

I was having a hard time getting the energy to workout. Ended up compromising. Walked at a leisurely pace of 2.6mph at an incline for 45mins on the treadmill while watching Netflix. Didnt feel like work

It's movement congrats on not caving!

msoptimistic2

30 mins cardio at moderate pace, gluteus and lower extremity to fatigue

jdlobb

Superset 1:
Sumo Deadlifts
Cable rows
Step-back lunges
Dumbbell curl to overhead press

Superset 2:
Incline dumbbell bench press
Lying hamstring curls
Cable pressdowns
Hanging leg raises

4 sets of each superset

I died

SCoil123

Did day 2 of C25K to warm up then we were doing our max out deadlifts at class. I got to 165lb. Twelve weeks ago I started with the bar so I'll take it!

Hour of boxing with defense and footwork focus after that.

Since I got my run today (arrived at gym early for class) tomorrow I get an extra rest day.

let_the_sunshine

Did 30 mins yoga today including some ab work (Yoga with Adriene- Revolution- Day 6 video on youtube. She makes yoga fun and easy to follow along) . Found the side plank more difficult than I did this past winter but feeling inspired to keep getting strength back! Felt the burn in my abs