What Was Your Work Out Today?

Another of the regular, 3x/wk, YMCA fitness classes this morning.

@DiscusTank5 I suppose my RHR stats were bragging a bit, though it's apples and oranges comparing two different people. Yours are certainly worth being proud of within your demographic!

Gamma cast - 50 reps x 15lb
Single arm shield cast - 100 reps (sum both sides) x 15lb

Kettlebell Swings...
20x10r (24k)
OTM (20m)

Steps today so far: 12,500 (includes the treadmill, below)
Workout: 25 min. treadmill (20 min split at 3 mph @ 8% incline / 6% inc; 5 more min at 3.5 mph @ 1% inc.)
Then 20 min. freeweights, shoulder press, medicine ball exercises, battle ropes, planks.
Also 20 min. of walking outside. The high today was 46 F -- really nice after highs of 22 earlier in the week.

1 hour on the treadmill at elevation 15. My legs are burning good!

Bigboss43 wrote: »

1 hour on the treadmill at elevation 15. My legs are burning good!

Incline 15, what speed may I ask? I do my hour walks at 12% incline, I would have to slow way down were I to increase all the way to 15.

Gosh I love the gym at 5a on a Sunday. It's usually dead. 👍
January it can be different... but one day at a time 🥰

Lower body today - experimenting with how to get it done at home!
Yesterday was my regular early morning Upper body gym day.

This afternoon a 60 min. treadmill walk (20 min @ 3 mph, 5% incline; 20 min. @3.2 mph, 3% incline; 20 min @ 3 mph, 1.5% incline). Got to catch up with a friend so the time passed quickly! Also a 15 min walk with the hubby and dog earlier in the day.

Today - walking workout video, about 21 minutes; stretching 15 minutes.

Morning group workout at the Y today, 45 minutes. I wasn’t logging it in the Apple fitness app before but I found a category called “functional fitness” that seems appropriate so I’m logging it now. I usually also get there early enough, as I did this morning, to do several laps on the indoor track first to warm up. Mostly brisk walking but with a few short runs mixed in.
Edit: Apple fitness says the track and workout added up to about 600 active calories, however accurate that might be.

Today's exercises:
Morning walk with the dog -- 8 min.
Elliptical machine -- 13 min.
Freeweights, calisthenics --10 min.
Two additional 10 min walks, outside
51 min total on a day I wasn't sure I'd get anything.
Really crummy sleep last night: our old cat was yowling down the hall at 3:40 am, I got up to check on her, nothing wrong, couldn't get back to sleep.

@nossmf You got me wondering so I checked the facility's website. Their track is 240m and the app estimation of distance is closest to 5 laps, or about .75 miles. I wasn't counting, so that's my best guess now. Today I ran one side of the square track and walked the rest of each lap.
The fitness class uses a variety of equipment that today included: dumbbell weights, a stretch band with handles, a large stability ball, and a small step platform. I weigh about 265 now, and use heavier dumbbells than anyone else in the class, so that might push your estimates up a bit. But, yes, I fudged the number a bit. The Apple fitness app "active" calories actually totaled 569. Good catch. The total calories listed were higher but they subtract what they figure a person burns just being alive.
I also use an elliptical machine, at an easy pace for 15 minutes, when I first get up in the morning while watching the news and waiting for coffee. So I figured I could round up the other calorie burn without adding extra details. My bad.

Ernest_Nigma wrote: »

So I figured I could round up the other calorie burn without adding extra details. My bad.

Please do not feel bad nor apologetic, I was not trying to correct a mistake I saw. You voiced a question about whether you could trust the numbers, and I was trying to assuage your concerns by pointing out that simple assumptions came at least close to what you reported, meaning your number was not outrageous in the least. (Trust me, I have seen some other MFP posts where numbers are WAAAY outside of reality.)

Rowing team practice:

* Walking warm up,
* pre-workout stretches led by a physical therapist,
* glute activation sequence,
* about 45 minutes rowing machine (moderate intensity, technique focused, first stroke progression and pause drills, then 5 x (3' on, 1' off) pieces),
* wrapping up with post-workout stretches.

It's so good to have detailed technical coaching! As a bonus, there were two dogs (housemates of coaches) to add some extra fun in addition to the usual pleasure of working with some of the university rowing team members.

Short night, busy day, stationary bike ride in the evening did not go well. I was aiming to take it pretty easy, but usually I gradually speed up a bit over the course of a moderate ride, without really pushing for it. That happened for about the first half, then I started feeling tired, so slowed down intentionally. Last quarter, slowed down even more, not so intentionally.

Oh, well: Ended up 78W average, 4.1 mph in theory, for an hour plus a 3' cool down that was really just minutes more riding because I never got above Z2 in the first place. I was hoping to manage this week to get in 6 days of workouts, and I'm still going to try, but I'm not sure I'm back there yet. Hoping for good sleep tonight.

@love2lift_85, I'm sorry to hear about your injury: I know it's frustrating to cut back to allow recovery, but good show figuring out what you'll be able to do to work around the situation to the extent that's safe. Wishing you speedy and complete healing!