redsquirrel Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 So, dh took the boys to Guardians of the Galaxy and I was faced with an empty house for 2-3 hours. I hate it when my life arranges itself in such a way that I have no choice but to exercise. So, since I was alone and well caffeinated and anticipating a nice dinner at a french bistro with my sister, I decided to to the Tonique workout on youtube. Because apparently I have a death wish? It was hard and fantastic! It felt hard like an Insanity workout but I could do almost all of it. It is 100% lower body so it plays to my strengths. Workouts like Insanity have pushups and mountain climbers and burpees and I just cannot do those sorts of things. I just don't have the upper body strength and I get stubborn and then I hurt myself. But this was all squats and lunges. I feel like I did 200 of each, lol. I didn't hold light weights because I was trying to just get the moves down, but I will try it next time holding 1lb weights. So, I did the 'warm up' which was jumping jacks etc for 5 mins and then a 15ish min squat section and then a 15ish min lunge section and then I did the mat section which was...10 mins? And then I was DONE. I didn't do her ab section or her cool down. I was just really done. I don't have her range of motion (does anyone?) and I often missed the first couple in each set just trying to learn the move and pace, but once I did that I kept up. I am going to try it a couple more times before I make the decision to buy it. But if I do, I can see myself doing it 2 times a week. I am going to be SOOOORE tomorrow, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 ah - mt. rainier. very nice day - we even crashed a wedding ceremony at one point on the trial - as in, they were saying their vows right then. 4" heels? on a trail with 200+ elevation gain? really? they bride had more sense and was wearing flats under her dress. anyway - yesterday. we went towards nisqually vista, then up to waterfall trail over to myrtle falls (where the wedding was.) it's around 300' gain (up and down a few times). not sure of the distance. I didn't hike down to the falls (short, but very steep) as my knee was hesitant. so I didn't push. then we did grove of the patriarchs. some 1000+ yo red cedars and doug firs. maybe 1 1/2 miles round trip, and only 120' gain. but my step total was either 14,650+ or 13,900+ depending upon which app I look at. yeah - that'll do something - besides make my leggies very tired. today - I've traipsed my hill twice (around 1000' steps, and 80' gain) and did yoga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 ah - mt. rainier. very nice day - we even crashed a wedding ceremony at one point on the trial - as in, they were saying their vows right then. 4" heels? on a trail with 200+ elevation gain? really? they bride had more sense and was wearing flats under her dress. anyway - yesterday. we went towards nisqually vista, then up to waterfall trail over to myrtle falls (where the wedding was.) it's around 300' gain (up and down a few times). not sure of the distance. I didn't hike down to the falls (short, but very steep) as my knee was hesitant. Sounds like a nice hike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yesterday morning I had a Carmelites meeting in town (meaning 40 minutes away) that was too early to get my long run in before. By the time it was over 10:45, it was too hot to run outside, so I went to Planet Fitness to run on the treadmill there. Boy, 7 miles on a treadmill is HARD. Boring! No breeze! Ugh! I tried watching HGTV for a while (we don't have cable, so I never get to watch stuff like that). At first it was interesting, but man, after listening to a guy complain (House Hunters) about having to replace 1 room of carpet in is HALF MILLION dollar home, I was just done with that. Now I remember why we don't pay for cable! After about 40 minutes, I just switched to listening to my usual music and running app. Tough workout, but glad I got it done, and I guess I developed some mental toughness to stay with it for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 So, dh took the boys to Guardians of the Galaxy and I was faced with an empty house for 2-3 hours. I hate it when my life arranges itself in such a way that I have no choice but to exercise. But this was all squats and lunges. I feel like I did 200 of each, lol. I didn't hold light weights because I was trying to just get the moves down, but I will try it next time holding 1lb weights. So, I did the 'warm up' which was jumping jacks etc for 5 mins and then a 15ish min squat section and then a 15ish min lunge section and then I did the mat section which was...10 mins? And then I was DONE. I didn't do her ab section or her cool down. I was just really done. My intensives are a lot of squats and lunges. I was really sore the first time. I've noticed that I am improving I can do the moves more deeply. Our butts ought to be awesome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I got another round of Intensives done again yesterday, so 3 x this past week. I did core 4-5 days, I cannot remember, should have been 7. I was more active at the beginning of the week but then I was tired towards the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 So I scrubbed my oven today. That counts in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rieshy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 DH and I walked 3 miles and jogged 1/2 mile. Asphalt was so hot I think I scalded my feet :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Let's see, I ran Friday, biked Saturday and ran today. Vacation is over tomorrow. My PS/online kids go back to school and dh goes back to work. I am NOT ready. More summer please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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