Strength Training Challenge

Today was the day I planned to add another weight bag to my ankle weights so everything felt harder than usual

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that’s because it was----but I completed the routine and added two sets of crunches.


:bigsmile: Barbie from NW Washington

“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”

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Barbie...Way to go...staying with your schedule and adding crunches!

Terri

:flowerforyou: I started raining today while I was walking the dogs----that's not a problem because the dogs like walking in the rain and i am dressed for it, but it was clear that my yard work wasn't going to happen.....so......I did my strength training this morning while DH was gone to the gym to walk on the treadmill.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: I do squats with hand weights...they are getting easier but the next weight up is 5 pounds heavier which is too much of in increase right now, so I tried squatting and lifting slower and that increased the challenge :bigsmile:


:bigsmile: Barbie from NW Washington

“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”



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I did kickboxing today. I started with light hand weights but my tendon started to hurt so I put them down and just punched and kicked without them for the cardio piece. I picked up the weights again for the toning section but was very very careful with how I was moving with them. I wouldn't exactly call this a strength training session. I have to travel for the next several days and will not have access to any weights. I'm going to use my own body weight and see how that works out...I'll be back at it at the end of the week.

Barbie - way to go!

Katia - my advice is to watch your form...make sure you are pulling your belly in and up and extending your tail bone down (do not tuck!). That might help take some strain off your low back. Good luck!

Keep lifting ladies

Jodios

Good advice, Jodios. I'll also ask the trainer for suggestions about how to avoid hurting myself. There is an ache that represents hard work and is essentially good news, and then there is pain. Pain tells you that something is wrong. I am obviously doing something wrong at the gym. I'll need help to figure out what it is and how to fix it.

Ok sis, I will try this.
3 strength workouts per week intertwined with cardio
one new move per week
Try to achieve a basic plank for 20 seconds.
Wish me luck.

:bigsmile: I am still on track doing my workout three days a week....I've made it a priority so when DH asked if I wanted to go to Costco, I told him that I had to do my weights first and then we could go.

:flowerforyou: I am thrilled to see all of you still participating and checking in.


:bigsmile: Barbie from NW Washington

“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”



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Terri: Thanks for the Huffington Post link on intensity. I can do that with cardio but I don't see myself doing it with strength training. Maybe I can persuade DH to go to the gym this week. I hope. I have to figure out a way to stop giving myself backaches, though.

Hi again. I'm still using the weight machines in my condo gym 1x per week and Jillian Michael's Yoga Meltdown 1x per week. Today I had my second workout with my trainer, which due to her cold and my trips had to be postponed. She has me doing more core, variations of planks, squats and resistance bands. My hamstrings are extremely tight, so extra stretching has been added to my routine.

Terri: Thanks for the article. My trainer has been espousing the benefits of intensity to me. She has me doing 18 minutes of cardio at med-high intensity intervals every other day. I feel it!

Jodios: Hope you were able to get some body weight training in while on the road. Bravo to you for keeping up your fitness regime.

Stay well. Stay strong.

Rori in Colorado Foothills (cheering on the Broncos!)

I keep changing my mind on which strength program I want to follow. So today I did the advanced gluteal goddess workout. Whew, it was hard. I used heavy weights and had to do a plank in the end. I held the plank for 60 sec and could have done longer. The side planks were more like 16 sec-they hurt my arms and shoulders(not in a good way). I did 115 lb deadlifts and 75lb box squats and 75lb glute bridges. 25 lb one arm rows and one arm incline bench press. I'm thinking I will be sore tomorrow;) It felt great though and I like this program.

:flowerforyou: I am still on track with 3 workouts a week.....today hubby and I worked out together.....he is doing some stuff with hand weights :flowerforyou: and I had to share with him which meant rearranging the order of what I did but it was so cool to watch him with the weights that I didn't mind......I added another set of crunches and two sets of squats with a different use of hand weights......the workout lasted about 5 minutes longer than it did before.

:bigsmile: Jodios that's great that you could continue your workouts while traveling....that's an awesome number of pushups

:flowerforyou: ummommyme, super job with weights....a lot heavier than what I lift, but fortunately we're not competing with each other, only with ourselves

:bigsmile: cindylu, congrats on keeping up the three workouts a week.

:bigsmile: rori, how great that you can work with a trainer

:bigsmile: Lin, your workouts are always impressive

:bigsmile: Katla, do you go to the gym by yourself or wait for DH to go with you?

:flowerforyou: yanniejannie, that's a great plan....looks good to me and then you want to add biking and water exercise......wow

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: the weather cooperated today so I got to work in the yard along with dog walking and strength training.....burned lots of calories but got fewer steps than on a dance day.



:bigsmile: Barbie from NW Washington

“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”

Barbie: I want to go to the gym with DH but getting him to go is very difficult. I haven't been going recently by myself because I keep ending up with a sore back. I have to admit I'm not following up at all well with this challenge and it isn't fair for me to blame it on DH. :noway: I'm the one who is in charge of what I do. Oddly, I seem to be developing muscle definition in my arms anyway. I'm not complaining about that, just a bit surprised. Pumping water out of the dinghy after our rain surely helped. You should have seen me wrestling the boat cover onto the thing while it was floating in the slip by myself. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You'd probably have had a very good laugh, too. I'll bet redoing our upper deck flooring will add a bit more definition, and whining, and complaining.:ohwell: