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02-18-2012, 09:02 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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I quit the gym and with the 30 bucks a month I save I can buy more beer. It's a win-win.
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02-18-2012, 06:45 PM
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Doctor Wtf
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Gime? What's a Gime?
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02-18-2012, 07:26 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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gimme, you mised an m
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02-23-2012, 08:22 PM
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There seems to be a trend going on here, I too joined a gym just this week. I have been going in the mornings. I can only do about 45 minutes on the treadmill right now. I tried these machines that looked like backwards elliptical, I should have known better - I could only do about 6 minutes, total. Then, I tucked my tail in and went back to the treadmill. Tomorrow, I am going to give my bad joints a rest and use the recumbent bike with the senior crowd.
Not too worried about not being able to hang with everyone, I am really not in shape. It's not the first time I have exercised for multiple days, but the first time that I can see myself doing it for long term. Even before, I never truly believed that I would keep it up. Since I am doing it in the morning, it isn't delaying my life at all - making me more tired in the evenings, maybe, but that's about it. And since I am trying to stay in at the same time, I think it all works out well  Hope you don't mind me joining the thread Monster! 
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02-24-2012, 12:45 PM
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Encroaching on your decrees
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There is a swimming pool the size of the Atlantic Ocean just across from our hotel room here in Edinburgh. What a shame I forgot my cozzie; 'cept I think I might drown before I completed a whole length!
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02-24-2012, 12:59 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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02-24-2012, 12:57 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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This week I have taken 4 classes, swum three times (20 lengths twice and a mile (72) today) and used the rowing machine once. Treadmills -they scare me. besides, I can walk/run anywhere if the feeling takes me. My swim was good today, I think i improved both my strokes a little and took 45-50 minutes. I'm not exactly melting away, though, and the diet thing is hard and I am depressed that one of the "health nuggets of the week" at the gym is that weightloss is only 20% "move more" and is 80% "eat less"
 ah well...... at least I didn't have to worry that beest broke our shower this morning.... (I think that was the primary factor in helping me get out the door today...... 
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02-24-2012, 01:13 PM
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Encroaching on your decrees
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I have no idea - but my usual pool is 20m
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02-24-2012, 01:15 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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mine is 25y and my summer pool is 20y
 (88 lengths in a mile there)
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02-28-2012, 08:23 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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So I got my fitness assessment and weight training orientation today. Assessment was as I thought -fit, fat and flexible. With no abs or core strength. They did two body fat tests and they came back with vastly different results. The trainer said the lower one was considered more reliable, but that one put me in the average range which is kinda hard to believe unless we really are including all of the walmart shoppers.....
So the trainer creating my workout plan concentated on machines for abs and core strength for me. I told the assessor I couldn't do a push up, but I actually managed a few -although I thought the execution was too appaling to count on most of them. But I don't understand how anyone who is employed can exercise as much as they ought to. I've pretty much given up the Cellar and a few other online activities in my quest for unblobness. And my housework and paperwork for volunteer activities are at a danger level of inattention.
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09-05-2012, 05:29 PM
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I'm AWESOME! It was later in the day (so I'm heavier -my weight varies by about 5lb during the day) but they still registered a 5lb weight loss since the last assessment. My body fat % had reduced by 3%! My cardiovascular fitness has improved by two points putting me very much above average (I was a little above average before), my resting heartrate has reduced significantly, my blood pressure is fantastic (and exactly the same as at the docs last week) my strength has increased through the roof -I did 28 (girl) push-ups and had to stop because my knees hurt too much). And I'm still incredibly flexible The trainer was very impressed. (The diet kind of went by the wayside..... oops....)
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03-02-2012, 08:39 AM
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So I just have to share something that made me happy today. The machine that I talked about in my first post that I could only do 5 minutes on? I did SIX minutes today
Not much, but still a sign of improvement. I could have tried for more time, but my heart rate was already approaching 180. Woohoo! I am on my way to 10 minutes - lol |
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03-02-2012, 01:05 PM
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03-02-2012, 04:03 PM
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03-02-2012, 05:28 PM
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Thanks guys
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