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I am off to a great start this morning. I got up early and made breakfast and while it was baking I decided to get in a run. I kind of figured I had better do something extra since I had just dumped 3 cups of cheese in this breakfast casserole. So off I went for 20 minutes. Yay. Today is also the first day of a 60 day round of Insanity. I have a question on how I should log it in the tracker though. It is technically HIIT but I really don't have time during the regular workouts to count how many reps I do of each exercise. It is very aerobic though. I mean like literally I am standing in a puddle of sweat. Should I just log it as aerobics? Oh today it won't matter as it is the fitness test and I do actually count the reps today.
Staci, I would like to give you a compliment.
I think it is awesome that you managed to fit in a run while your breakfast was baking. I love how that shows not only your awareness of the connection between the cheese and your need to increase your calories burned for the day, but also your commitment to fitting in some exercise when you only have 20 minutes in which to do it.
As for the Insanity I am not very familiar with it. I think it sounds like it would be easiest to count as aerobics/dancing so you only have to keep track of the minutes and not reps while also trying to workout to a video. It also sounds like it would qualify for that. Sound fair?0 -
JJ
Hope your trip went well
Have fun ahem. with your Aerobics. WHAT THE HELL are you DOING ON LINE? GO AH eh.. DANCE 
It was a lovely, quiet flight. And the dancing has been delightful. :bigsmile:0 -
JJ- thank you yes it is fair to say my Insanity is aerobic. I will count the reps when I do the "fit test" as that is part of the fit test and only count the reps on those days as it is a bit of a different format than the regular workouts. And thank you as wekk for the compliment. I am working on connecting my food to my exercise expecially when I am using full fat, full calorie ingreedients. The breakfast was wonderful this morning.
After breakfast this morning my grandson wanted to go treasurehunting so a small group of us went out geocaching for an hour. It was lods of fun and he was so excisted to find the treasure boxes.0 -
Took me a while to find the thread.(thanks bobbie!)
hi, i'm Jane. I'm 40 - turning 41 in ten days time! I work at a university (i'm a psychology lecturer). I was born in the UK, grew up on south Africa, moved back to the UK to do my phd ten years ago. I love the UK but miss the warmth and sunshine of south Africa, which Will always be home to me. I have one very beautiful daughter. And two somewhat silly but very cute dogs. Still getting used to a cat free home after our lovely old girl died a couple of months ago.
I play music in my spare time. My main instruments are classical guitar and cello, and i sing. I play a few other thingstoo.
I'm helping my dad look after my mum, who is very ill with cancer, and between that and a very demanding job, it can be hard finding enough time to do everything i want to do.
I'm learning to run, and am a gym addict.
Yesterday i was quite a busy girl. 5 mile sponsored walk, 1.5 mile ran, and 3 miles other walking.0 -
Okay lexie about the weights it's 15 lbs...
Sorry to disagree with JJ, it's the weight on the weights. or the weight in the computer or the weight on the nautilus equipment listing. You don't get to count it twice just because you have 2 arms. Sorry.
The weight you are lifting is 15 lbs.
When I do leg presses with 120 lbs. I'm using 120 lbs of weights. that's nog 60lbs on each leg. that's 120lbs of weights all at once. I don't count it as 240 because I have 2 legs. Sorry that's not how weight lifting works.
Bobbie I'll give you 24 hours to change your calculations. I'm sorry but you've got to fix it.
The weights calculation multiplied your reps x the weights x the modifier = points. so you needed to use reps x the modifier = points. So divide out by the average weight that you used for most of your activities and I'll live with that. I hate to be a hardass about this ****, but it's not fair to others, and I'm not having people say we're cheating.
Love you guys. Going to a movie. xo xo xo 0 -
Cynthia - i agree with you on the leggs and the machines. But my train of thought is that I am doing 15 on each hand at the same time, so if I was on a machine, I would be doing 30. You two figure out how you want me to count it, and I can count it that way :happy:
Greg - thank you
My arms and tummy are killing me! I haven't don't sit-ups or any lifting since July, so I am sore! Oh well, guess I just have to work through it Have a great Monday! 0 -
hi just want to make sure i'm doing this right for my swimming:
i convert metres to miles...then multiply that number by 64?
i wish we were getting credit for time! i dont swim as far as i walk in an hour!
happy monday people
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Ok, I'm back.
From the looks of it, I'm not the only one with math issues. LOL
It’s so nice to see everyone so into this challenge.
Its day 3 and I have come to realize how much LITTLE water I drink. I have not contributed at all to the water summit. But I hope to change that today.
Jane, what an interesting life. My heart goes out to you for your mom. My lovely sweet God-mother was taken from us by cancer. She was as dear to me as my own mother.
Becky, thanks. I did not see that way till I read it from you. I guess it seems more like duty to support a cause that I believe in so much. Breast cancer is something so real in my family, that it only seems right to fight it whatever way possible. So with that:
This weekend I was part of the "Gift of Life" 5k charity walk. The "gift of life" foundation is a program dedicated to fighting breast and ovarian cancer. They give free exams and treatment to those who cannot afford. It was wonderful to be part of this awesome event. I attended in honor of my God-Mother Lisa.
LADIES, and Greg (for you wife), October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
PLEASE, I beg you beautiful ladies to take the time to get an exam. If you are over 40 it is so important that you get checked once a year. If under 40, start to give yourself exams. Get to know your body. Or get your man to do it for you. I'm sure he's Acquainted with the twins anyways. ;-)
Ok, well that’s it for now. Its Monday, HAVE AN GREAT WEEK!!!
(one last note, I do have to two exams and a lecture to attend this week, so please forgive my absence. I will do my best not to get too behind this time)0 -
Bris, thanks for your kind thoughts about my mum, and I'm so sorry to hear about your godmother. It's weird, in theory, I've always known what a horrible illness it is. But it's only when it's right up in your face, happening to someone you really love and care for, that you realise just how nasty it really is.
In other news.... I know that I, as always, took a little time to find my way here. But if anyone else like me uses chrome, you might want to not use it for the spreadsheet, as it makes all the pretty colours go squiffy. I've just opened it in firefox, and it's much, much happier there. :-)0 -
Nope, I spoke too soon. Help? When I view the spreadsheet, my column with names and activities seems to have come adrift from the other columns - so they don't stay in alignment? I'm clearly doing something wrong. Anyone know what?
ETA: It's ok in explorer!0 -
I was up early at 4:20 am and at the Y at 5am for my zumba class. I'm very proud of myself for getting up this early and exercising, I thought I would be tired but after class I feel good.
Icewolf.....I asked the lifegaurd this morning (different one from Sat.) and she said the pool is 25 meters and 50 meters is a lap.
Well, got to get to work... have a great day0 -
Argh, I'm so confused.... I do confuse easily. There's lots of stuff I don't normally log that I guess would count here? For instance I just did 24 tricep dips and 30 diamond push ups? Do they count? (And yes, I managed them because my shoulder is getting better every day!)
Edited to add: OK, just ignore me while I flap about a bit. I saw Steph's post and that helped me make it make sense! (Thanks Steph. Canadian Chicks really *DO* rock.)0 -
I was up early at 4:20 am and at the Y at 5am for my zumba class. I'm very proud of myself for getting up this early and exercising, I thought I would be tired but after class I feel good.
Icewolf.....I asked the lifegaurd this morning (different one from Sat.) and she said the pool is 25 meters and 50 meters is a lap.
Well, got to get to work... have a great day
ZUMBA!! Love it! Good job getting it done early the morning, great way to start the week. oh time for mine :-D0 -
Alright, Wolfie. I used the calculator for each strength training exercise, since they're all different weights, and sometimes majorly different. No I didn't count each arm/leg separately, but I ended up with a larger number using the calculator. So, here's what I did on the nautilus machines, which is pretty typical on my workout days:
30 reps military press 10lbs
30 reps chest press 20lbs
30 reps lat pull 50lbs
30 reps bicep curls 10lbs
30 reps triceps press 35lbs
50 reps back machine 40lbs
50 reps abductor 50lbs
50 reps adductor 50lbs
50 reps leg press 100lbs
Check my math, and let me know what I'm doing wrong and how I can fix it tonight, since I'm back at the gym tonight.
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Okay lexie about the weights it's 15 lbs...
Sorry to disagree with JJ, it's the weight on the weights. or the weight in the computer or the weight on the nautilus equipment listing. You don't get to count it twice just because you have 2 arms. Sorry.
The weight you are lifting is 15 lbs.
When I do leg presses with 120 lbs. I'm using 120 lbs of weights. that's nog 60lbs on each leg. that's 120lbs of weights all at once. I don't count it as 240 because I have 2 legs. Sorry that's not how weight lifting works.
I think Lexie is doing the same thing as you describe with your leg presses. She is lifting 15# in each hand, but at the same time, for a total lifted at once of 30#. If she was lifting 15# in one hand, and then alternating and lifting 15# in the other hand, then I agree, its 15# times the number of reps. But she is lifting a total of 30# at once, which is the same as the leg presses you are doing. If she had been doing the bench press with 30# she would not log that as 15# for each arm. Or a lat pull down with 30#. From what she described, she was doing a a chest fly on the incline bench with 15# in each hand. If she had been on a machine instead of using free weights, she would have set the machine at 30#.0 -
I was up early at 4:20 am and at the Y at 5am for my zumba class. I'm very proud of myself for getting up this early and exercising, I thought I would be tired but after class I feel good.
Icewolf.....I asked the lifegaurd this morning (different one from Sat.) and she said the pool is 25 meters and 50 meters is a lap.
Well, got to get to work... have a great day
Zena, each length of the pool is equal to 1ft up the mountain. So every time you swim across the pool and touch the wall its 1ft. We are counting lengths in the pool, not laps.0 -
JJ- thank you yes it is fair to say my Insanity is aerobic. I will count the reps when I do the "fit test" as that is part of the fit test and only count the reps on those days as it is a bit of a different format than the regular workouts. And thank you as wekk for the compliment. I am working on connecting my food to my exercise expecially when I am using full fat, full calorie ingreedients. The breakfast was wonderful this morning.
After breakfast this morning my grandson wanted to go treasurehunting so a small group of us went out geocaching for an hour. It was lods of fun and he was so excisted to find the treasure boxes.
So Staci, to get credit for acknowledging this compliment, you need to say not just that you are working on it, but that you do this and ARE GOOD AT IT/LOVE IT ABOUT YOURSELF/ARE PROUD YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. Go get those 20 points girl! Own it. 0 -
hi just want to make sure i'm doing this right for my swimming:
i convert metres to miles...then multiply that number by 64?
i wish we were getting credit for time! i dont swim as far as i walk in an hour!
happy monday people
xo
That is correct Tina. And you are sort of getting credit for time, you get 64ft up the mountain for every mile you swim, but 32ft for every mile you walk or run and 16ft for every mile you bike.0 -
I was up early at 4:20 am and at the Y at 5am for my zumba class. I'm very proud of myself for getting up this early and exercising, I thought I would be tired but after class I feel good.
Icewolf.....I asked the lifegaurd this morning (different one from Sat.) and she said the pool is 25 meters and 50 meters is a lap.
Well, got to get to work... have a great day
Zena, I would like to give you a compliment! I am very impressed that have made such a commitment to your health and exercise that not only joined the Y but that you got up at 4:20 in the freaking morning to go to a 5am Zumba class when I am sure it would have been much easier to stay in your nice warm bed and sleep. I think this shows commitment, perserverance, dedication above and beyond the call of duty. Good job!0 -
JJ- thank you yes it is fair to say my Insanity is aerobic. I will count the reps when I do the "fit test" as that is part of the fit test and only count the reps on those days as it is a bit of a different format than the regular workouts. And thank you as wekk for the compliment. I am working on connecting my food to my exercise expecially when I am using full fat, full calorie ingreedients. The breakfast was wonderful this morning.
After breakfast this morning my grandson wanted to go treasurehunting so a small group of us went out geocaching for an hour. It was lods of fun and he was so excisted to find the treasure boxes.
So Staci, to get credit for acknowledging this compliment, you need to say not just that you are working on it, but that you do this and ARE GOOD AT IT/LOVE IT ABOUT YOURSELF/ARE PROUD YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. Go get those 20 points girl! Own it.
Okie doke. Thanks JJ, and I am good at connecting my food to my exercise and am glad that I am doing it with out having to consciously think about it each time.0 -
Lexie I would like to compliment you: You are an amazing woman who grows (in all the right ways) and improves week upon week. You are a shining example of someone in the real world who is balancing a demanding career, a loving family and the lifestyle change. And you are winning. With each mile and each weight lift you show you are an amazing example to the chidren in your life - not just the ones at home but the ones at school. I take my hat off to you (and running for 25 minutes **HAPPY DANCE**)0
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I was up early at 4:20 am and at the Y at 5am for my zumba class. I'm very proud of myself for getting up this early and exercising, I thought I would be tired but after class I feel good.
Icewolf.....I asked the lifegaurd this morning (different one from Sat.) and she said the pool is 25 meters and 50 meters is a lap.
Well, got to get to work... have a great day
Zena, I would like to give you a compliment! I am very impressed that have made such a commitment to your health and exercise that not only joined the Y but that you got up at 4:20 in the freaking morning to go to a 5am Zumba class when I am sure it would have been much easier to stay in your nice warm bed and sleep. I think this shows commitment, perserverance, dedication above and beyond the call of duty. Good job!
Bris...Thank you and yes I love ZUMBA. Im still learning the moves so when I get them down watch out :laugh:
Thank you JJ for the compliment and how to gauge my swimming on the spreadsheet this will make it easier for me. I will have to change the one on Saturday it should read 16 if it don't I can't change it till I get home.
Have to run.0 -
Ok my turn for the question board.
So for the reps. I did 10 machines with a total of 20 reps per machine. And each machine rep is at 50 lb. The calculator said 30. Is that right?? Compared to the others, it just seems low....or I am just a weakling. :laugh: Thanks for the help0 -
Steph- I was wondering to myself what in the heck you were doing in your new pic, so I had to click to see it bigger. I love it! If you don't mind I would love to show it to my daughter when I get home.0
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Steph- I was wondering to myself what in the heck you were doing in your new pic, so I had to click to see it bigger. I love it! If you don't mind I would love to show it to my daughter when I get home.
Feel free! I didn't realise until my sister was here you could actually go to kings cross station and visit platform 9 and 3/4!0 -
JJ - quick question
just looking at the spread sheet
does that mean you drank 14 glasses of water yesterday?
wowza!!! i am just terrible with the water!!!!! (unapologetic ally i have to add...we'll see if this challenge changes me)0 -
JJ - quick question
just looking at the spread sheet
does that mean you drank 14 glasses of water yesterday?
wowza!!! i am just terrible with the water!!!!! (unapologetic ally i have to add...we'll see if this challenge changes me)
Yes I did. I had five 16oz bottles of water, 2 large glasses of ice water with meals, plus two big mugs of green tea. I have noticed when I drink enough water my body does not think it needs to hold on to it, because it knows there is more coming. Also, if I do not drinnk my water, I now get thirsty in a way I never used to.0 -
Ok my turn for the question board.
So for the reps. I did 10 machines with a total of 20 reps per machine. And each machine rep is at 50 lb. The calculator said 30. Is that right?? Compared to the others, it just seems low....or I am just a weakling. :laugh: Thanks for the help
I am going to wait for Cynthia on this question as she created the calculator.
But each rep at 50# and over equals 1.5ft up the mountain, so 30 seems really low to me too. Using a plain old calculator, I get 10 machines x 20 reps each = 200 reps x 1.5 modifier = 300ft up the mountain.0 -
JJ- thank you yes it is fair to say my Insanity is aerobic. I will count the reps when I do the "fit test" as that is part of the fit test and only count the reps on those days as it is a bit of a different format than the regular workouts. And thank you as wekk for the compliment. I am working on connecting my food to my exercise expecially when I am using full fat, full calorie ingreedients. The breakfast was wonderful this morning.
After breakfast this morning my grandson wanted to go treasurehunting so a small group of us went out geocaching for an hour. It was lods of fun and he was so excisted to find the treasure boxes.
So Staci, to get credit for acknowledging this compliment, you need to say not just that you are working on it, but that you do this and ARE GOOD AT IT/LOVE IT ABOUT YOURSELF/ARE PROUD YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. Go get those 20 points girl! Own it.
Okie doke. Thanks JJ, and I am good at connecting my food to my exercise and am glad that I am doing it with out having to consciously think about it each time.
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Zena, I would like to give you a compliment! I am very impressed that have made such a commitment to your health and exercise that not only joined the Y but that you got up at 4:20 in the freaking morning to go to a 5am Zumba class when I am sure it would have been much easier to stay in your nice warm bed and sleep. I think this shows commitment, perserverance, dedication above and beyond the call of duty. Good job!
Thank you JJ for the compliment and how to gauge my swimming on the spreadsheet this will make it easier for me. I will have to change the one on Saturday it should read 16 if it don't I can't change it till I get home.
Have to run.
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Zena if you would like to earn the 20 points for acknowledging this compliment, then you need to say that you did do this, and agree that you ARE GOOD AT IT/LOVE IT ABOUT YOURSELF/ARE PROUD YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. You don't have to do this, but to earn the points you have to own the compliment and acknowledge that you agree with it in some way.0
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