Daily Workout Thread 3/24

[MissAva]

Good Morning Ladies! I skipped out yesterday (studying

, no slee

p, not awake enough to drive to the gym safely

). This mornign I did 40 minutes on the eleptical machine and then did upper arms and abs for my weights today. I hope everybody is enjoying theri workouts!

 

[ammayernyc]

Great job Matadora!

I skipped the gym yesterday too. Cuddling with my two boys (bf and kitty) seem more important than getting out of bed to go work out.

I did my treadmill interval workout for an hour this morning. It felt good to workout. However, my left achillies tendon is killing me. It hurts to walk. I knew that I probably should have stopped working out when it was hurting me this morning, but I just wanted to finish my routine. I took some Advil so it feels a little better, but I''m thinking I might have to go swimming tomorrow instead of the treadmill. Eventhough I don''t need to go outside to go to the gym (it''s in my building), I still hate swimming when it''s cold out! Snow... at the end of March. I hate this!

 

[MissAva]

Yea for you!!! I am a chicken if soemthing hurts I am all too happy to go and get little heat pads for it. I hope your ankle feels better soon in the mean time you can get your BF to pamper you while you play with the kitten.

 

[teebee]

Hi Ladies!!

I''ve been kinda MIA lately... went to visit my family during the latter part of spring break and then so so so busy since then...

But, I have been working out every single day!!! When I went out of town I borrowed a friends workout DVDs that she got from an infomercial since I wouldn''t be able to go to my gym & let me tell you, those videos completely kicked my a$$!!!!! Since I''d been going to the gym so consistently I wasn''t really expecting them (from an infomercial no less) to be so challenging, but I was very very wrong..... I did so many lunges & squats that I really thought my legs were on fire (and I HATE lunges...).

And, to top all that off, my diet has been totally clean. No junk, none!!!

Anyhow, that''s my report for today, or the last week or two....

 

[ky6]

Teebee
Just curious, which videos were they. I am wanting to get something I can do at home when I don''t make it to my cardio classes.

 

[teebee]

Sorry KY6 ~ I just now noticed your reply!!

Anyhow... the videos are 'Slim in 6' and it's the same company that does 'Power90' & 'YogaBootyBallet'. I'd seen the infomercials but hadn't paid much attention but my friend has done the SI6, Slim Series (which is like a 6 workout followup to SI6), P90, and is now doing P90X and she looks absolutely phenomenal ~ seriously, she has a totally defined 6-pack and a year ago she was fairly overweight.

The SI6 dvd's she lent me has 3 workouts: 24 minutes, 47 minutes, and 58 minutes plus an abs routine and a stretching routine. I've been alternating between the 47 and 58 minute workouts depending on how much time & energy I've got. I've been enjoying working out at home for a change, although I have almost ZERO room to do so. I'll probably keep using these for a while, until I get bored, because they really are pretty tough (at least for me, I've gotten so out of shape). Plus, I think this summer I willl be taking classes from a different university via the internet so I may not have a 'free' gym to go to until the fall semester so I'm happy to have some alternatives if that happens!!! Sorry for rambling!!

 

[ky6]

Oh I saw those infomercials a few weeks ago. They were on one morning when I went into work late due to the weather (ok, so maybe it was more than a few weeks ago.) Anyhow, I went to their website and checked it out. It is not a bad deal, and with your and your friends experiences with them, I decided to bite the bullet and get them. I really need something effective to do at home. Thanks for your reply.

 

[teebee]

Cool!! I hope you like them ~ I''m always kind of leery of making recommendations for fear that someone will have a completely negative experience... But, if you don''t like the videos you can always return them. I guess the only ''negative'' thing I''ve come across is that they are pretty bare bones as far as production goes but I don''t really care about that kinda thing as long as I''m getting a good workout. I''ve got a wedding dress to keep me motivated so an elaborate set & production aren''t all that necessary. OH, forgot to ask: do you have or did you order the resistance bands? She uses them in the 2 longer workouts. If not, just use some dumbbells. I have the bands but have been using dumbbells instead because I like to be able to precisely measure my strength progression which I can''t do very well with the bands...