What Was Your Work Out Today?

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  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    edited February 2023
    Saturday: 45 min on the broken elliptical, followed by some strength training.

    Today: I'm not sure how long. I went elliptical shopping and did a few minutes on several models. :smiley: Life Fitness machines felt the most natural to me. Octane machines are right out! Not because they are bad, but they don't seem to work with my shortish "T Rex Arms". I felt like I had to bend over weird to have a comfortable arm position on those machines. Something similar happened with the True Fitness I tried. The Precor & Free Motion models I tried were ok, but not as comfortable as the Life model I tried.

    I looked at the used shop in my area, but it was filled with Octanes and ancient stair climbers. No thanks. Despite that, I may have found a decent deal on a floor model. I'm going to do a little more model research before I make a decision, but I'm close to a new one! :smile:

  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    Added to my day: a half hour of elliptical on my broken machine. I went faster than my usual, and it felt good. Although, I can feel it in my muscles now. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.


    Also: Oof.... I realize how clunky my old machine feels after having tested out some new ones. It is definitely time to replace it.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    I kind of messed up my planning today. I don't like to do workouts after my osteopath fixes stuff, on the same day. I got in a dumbbell workout before the appointment, adding the overhead press given PT approval (super light to start to focus on form), plus most of the upper body I've been doing, and that was what fit in time-wise.

    That's gonna have to do it, though I'll do my PT exercises before bed, at least the ones that don't feel like a problem - most should be OK, wondering about one or two. Yup, being conservative. Maybe too much so. 🤷‍♀️
  • drmwc
    drmwc Posts: 1,037 Member
    Climbing. A decent session, 2.75 hours. I got two v4s. I spent a long time on a v5, where's I got to the final move. Unfortunately, that was the crux. (You have poor feet, and your hands on a poor crimp facing the wrong direction. You somehow need to reach the arrete from here. Once you've done that, it's easy. But I never managed it.)
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Good workout this morning, lower body, core and cardio.

    Stretched

    32 minutes on the spin bike, heart rate avg/max:135/165
    26 minutes on the treadmill, heart rate avg/max: 143/156

    47 minutes lifting weights

    Barbell Box Squats: 10@45, 10@65, 8@85, 6@105, 4@125, drop set: 3@145, 4@115, 6@85, 8@65
    Crunches: 6*25
    Narrow Stance Leg Press: 12@210, 10@300, 8@390, 8@480, drop set: 6@530, 8@390, 8@300, 10@210
    Kettlebell Swings: 4*10@40lbs
    Leg Raises: 4*10

    Stretched
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    One hour on the treadmill, incline hills. I've been experimenting with different hill profiles, usually doing six ten-minute hills of varying intensity. Today I did four fifteen-minute hills, cranking the incline up while easing off on the speed. Completely out of breath and sweat-soaked, and it cranked my calorie burn up by 20%. Think I'm onto something here.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    One hour of easier cardio. Half on the treadmill and the other half on the LateralX.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    Physical therapist gave me a pass on home PT exercises today because of what we did during the session. Therefore, just the usual recent stationary bike ride, 60' at 98W, 3' CD at 80W, mostly Z3.
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Good workout this morning. I went core and cardio after lifting hard for 4 days.

    Stretched

    52 minutes (15.3 miles) on the spin bike, heart rate avg/max:137/163
    35 minutes on the treadmill, heart rate avg/max: 140/157

    21 minutes of core exercises:

    Crunches: 5*25
    Weighted Side-Bends: 10@40, 10@45, 10@50, 10@50, 10@50
    Kettlebell Crossbody Swings, each arm: 4*8@20lbs
    Landmine Twists: 4*10@65lbs

    Stretched
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    Elliptical, one hour hills. Forgot to set my alarm last night, but my body has gotten used to waking at the same time each day so I woke up on my own only half hour later than my alarm would have sounded.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    Easier hour of cardio. Treadmill (15% incline, worked up to around 2.6 MPH) and then 30 minutes Assault Bike. All from around 60% to 70% max HR. Never really felt like I was pushing it.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Elliptical, one hour hills. Forgot to set my alarm last night, but my body has gotten used to waking at the same time each day so I woke up on my own only half hour later than my alarm would have sounded.

    I've been doing a lot of the same as you. One pleasant surprise, at least for me with my bum right knee, is that walking down my flight of stairs in the AM is getting easier. I have no issues walking up stairs, but walking down in the AM (at least when I first wake up) is super challenging for me. I believe all the treadmill uphill walking is helping with that.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    edited February 2023
    * Short rare-for-Winter 3.28 mile paved-trail walk with a friend at easy 2.9mph moving average;

    * Rowing machine 2k (2:26.3 pace, 24spm) + 2' CD (351m) - mostly Z3, some Z4 (still easing cautiously back into rowing, shoulder is OK so far);

    * Stationary bike 60' (102W) + 3' CD (86W) - almost entirely Z3;

    * 33' dumbbell upper body lifting (mostly push) + a new version of the band hamstring curls done on my bench instead of the floor.

    @nossmf, I tried your suggestion of slowing down the hamstring curls rather than adding a set. Seemed to be a good thing. Just for fun, I slowed down some of the other exercises, too. Thanks for suggesting it!

    Still have to do PT exercises before bed.

    Fun with Garmin "body battery" and other readings: It said I started the day at medium (65 out of 100) and should be sure to include some restful moments today. 🙄 Mmm-kay. 🤷‍♀️ Maybe it was revenge that it added 2 years to my "fitness age" based on its estimate of my walking VO2max after today's walk? Now it thinks my fitness age is 35 instead of 33. 🤣🤣🤣
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Good workout this morning. Upper body, core and cardio.

    Stretched

    36 minutes (10.6 miles) on the spin bike, heart rate avg/max:
    26 minutes on the treadmill, heart rate avg/max:

    45 minutes lifting weights.

    Superset:
    - Barbell Bench Press: 10@135, 8@165, 6@185, drop set, 3@205, 4@185, 6@165, 6@145, 8@135
    - Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns: 10@110, 8@140, 6@170, drop set, 4@200, 4@180, 6@160, 6@140, 8@110
    - Seated Dumbbell Overhead Press: 10@25, 8@30, 8@35, drop set, 6@40, 6@35, 6@30, 8@25

    Superset:
    - Cable Triceps Press-downs: 10@50, 10@70, drop set: 8@90, 10@60
    - Crunches: 25, 25, 25
    - Dumbbell Curls: 10@30, 8@35, drop set: 6@40, 10@30
    - Weighted Side-Bends, each side: 10@40, 10@40, 10@40
    - Face Pulls: 10@70, 10@70, 10@70

    Stretched

    Stress at work is ramping up, but I find the workouts help me cope.

  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    Half hour shoveling the driveway/sidewalk before I could even get out of my drive to go to the gym.

    One hour on the treadmill, variable incline. Worked up from 1% to 15%, step down to 10%, work up to 20%, step down to 15%, work up to 25%, step down to 20%, work up to 30%. Had to really lower the speed for anything above 25%, and my calves are telling me all about it!
  • H1There
    H1There Posts: 7 Member
    6 miles on the exercise bike
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    Was slated to do a hard row today, but it was wind gusting to like 40 MPH outside, though the temps were perfect. Just changed it and did a simpler 5 minute/1 minute recover X 6 reps. Started on the treadmill (2 intervals), then the LateralX (2 intervals), ending on the Assault Bike. Enjoyed it, as much as you can enjoy a hard cardio interval workout. Worked my way up to around 91% max HR by the last interval on the bike.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    Same ol' routine stationary bike, 60' (93W) + 3' CD (80W), Z2-3 mostly, a couple minutes Z4 in a final push. PT exercises before bed yet to do.

    Not sure I'll get in a real workout tomorrow or Saturday schedule-wise: I have multi-hour assigned shifts both days in a booth for our rowing club, at a Women's Expo. I'll probably do multiple rowing machine pieces during the shifts as a demo. At these events I usually hit a decent pace but duration's really short because sweating lots and meeting the public are a bad combo. 😆
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Great workout this morning. Lower body, Core and Cardio

    Stretched

    44 minutes on the spin bike, heart rate avg/max: 145/165
    31 minutes on the treadmill, heart rate avg/max: 138/152

    54 minutes lifting weights.

    Wide Stance Leg Press: 10@210, 8@300, 8@390, 6@480, 6@570, 5@620, 4@620, drop set: 4@620, 4@570, 6@480, 6@390, 8@300, 10@210
    Crunches: 4*25
    Weighted Twists: 10@10lbs, 10@15lbs, 10@20lbs, 10@25lbs.
    Barbell Romanian Deadlifts: 10@95, 8@145, 6@185, 6@225, drop set: 4@245, 6@195, 6@145, 8@95

    Stretched

    I have today off so I did a little more cardio than usual, and went ham on the leg press. Time for another set of 45lb plates, so I can up the leg press.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,533 Member
    One hour on the elliptical, hills.

    Got to the gym this morning, couldn't find my headphones in my gym bag, realized I'd left them at the treadmill the other day when my iPod died and the TV refused to connect, so I placed them on the side of the treadmill. Lost and found didn't have them, so figured they had found a new home. Lo and behold, they were actually still at the same treadmill when I got upstairs!

    Today was weigh-in Friday, and my body must have adjusted enough to the extra cardio to feel free to release the extra water weight, because I'd lost almost 3# from last week, about the amount I was expecting in total from when this cardio-fest began 3 weeks ago. Just in time to gain a lot of it back with all the eating expected during the Super Bowl on Sunday, lol.
  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    Elliptical Interval setting 150 minutes for 9.95 miles.
  • dralicephd
    dralicephd Posts: 402 Member
    Today was my last elliptical session on the broken machine (the new one will be delivered tomorrow!). I did a moderately-paced 30 minutes. I followed this with 2 circuits of the full body strength training stuff I do (low weight and body weight exercises). I got a new app** for tracking the strength training, so that was a fun first. I thought I'd give a tracking app a try, since I only lift twice a week and sometimes will forget to do an exercise. The app should keep me more focused and help me dial in some things a little better.

    Have a good weekend!


    **Simple Workout Log, if anyone is interested. It's free.

  • swimmom_1
    swimmom_1 Posts: 1,302 Member
    dralicephd wrote: »
    Today was my last elliptical session on the broken machine (the new one will be delivered tomorrow!).

    Enjoy it! So HAPPY for you!
  • BigMech
    BigMech Posts: 472 Member
    Good workout this morning. Upper body, core and cardio

    Stretched

    32minutes on the spin bike, heart rate avg/max: 137/162
    28minutes on the treadmill, heart rate avg/max: 131/145

    52 minutes lifting weights.

    Superset:
    - Barbell Bench Press: 10@135, 8@165, 6@185, drop set: 3@205, 4@185, 6@165, 8@145, 10@135
    - Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns: 10@110, 8@140, 8@170, dop set: 5@200, 5@180, 6@160, 8@140, 10@110
    - One-Armed Landmine Overhead Press: 10@65, 10@80, 8@90, drop set: 6@100, 6@90, 6@80, 8@70, 10@60

    Superset:
    - Cable Triceps Press-downs: 12@40, 10@60, drop set 8@80, 8@50
    - Crunches: 25, 25, 25
    - Dumbbell Concentration Curls: 10@30, 8@40, drop set 4@50, 8@35
    - Weighted Side Bends, each side: 3*10@40lbs
    - Resistance Band Face Pulls: 3*10@80lbs

    Stretched

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