Here goes. I am finally getting serious about working out, thanks to Mischa's fitness challenge.

I have an elliptical cross trainer, a rack of dumbells and an incline/flat bench, a stability ball, an ab roller and an ab rocker.

All set to go!!!

Day One
March 31 exercise
1 hour!!!

Foot exercises

Abs 5 minutes

Back -
Deadlifts, 12 x 8#, 12 x 10# x 2 Rows 12 x 10# x 4 (15# too heavy)
Pullovers 12X 10# x 2, 6 x 15#

Legs -
Squats, 10 x 8# x 2, 20 x 10#
Gran Plies, 8 x 2
Front Lunges, 2 sets 12 each leg, arms folded across chest, no weight
Calf Raises, 12 x 8# x 3
Stability Ball: Bridge Hamstring Curl, 12 x 2 Side-Lying Abductions, 12 x 2
Wall Squats 10 x 8# x 2, 10 x 10# x 2

Today's Exercise - April 1, 2003

Elliptical 10 minutes a.m., 15 minutes p.m. = 25 total
50 minutes total exercise

Foot exercises - 5 minutes

Shoulders
Sitting Dumbbell Press - 12 X 8#, 12 X 2 X 10#

Chest
Flat Bench Dumbbell Press - 12 x 10# x 3
Incline Bench Dumbbell Press - 12 x 8# x 2, 6 x 10#
Flyes, Incline and Flat Bench
Pec Decks

Triceps

Bench Kickbacks
2-Hand Lying Dumbbell Extension
1-Hand Standing Overhead Triceps Extension

Biceps
Standing curls
Sitting preacher curls

April 2, 2003

My birthday, I am Nifty Fifty! it feels good, I like it so far.

Today's exercise
90 minutes total!!!!

20 minutes walking
1 block running
5 minutes foot exercises and hip exercises with big rubber band

Sissy Pushups - 30
Side Lateral Raises - 12 x 5#, 12 x 3#, 10 x 5#
Incline Side-Lying Lateral Raises - 5# x 8 x 2
Shoulder Arm Circles - 30 x 2 each way small, 8 x 3 each way large
Standing Alternate Dumbbell Press - 12 x 5#, 12 x 8# x 2, 6 x 10#
Bent Over Raises - 12 x 5#, 12 x 8#
Standing Front Lateral Raises - 8 x 5#, 5 x 8#
Seated Shoulder Press - 8 x 5#, 8 x 8#
Bent Dumbbell Shrug - 12 x no weight, 12 x 8#
Abs and Obliques - 10 minutes including Stability Ball Squeeze Crunches
Shoulderstand x 2, Plow x 2
Floor Stretches


I wish I could play hooky every day and work out as much as I wanted to. I am a morning person, and on workdays I get up an hour early to exercise, but half the time I go back to sleep or spend too much time on line to exercise.

My goal is to exercise 6 days a week.

Happy Birthday Sandy

I'm just snooping around, seeing what other folks are doing. I know what you mean about that motivation to get at the exercise thing. If only we had the rush and that million $$ feeling BEFORE the workout, instead of after

Keep up the good work

Doreen

p.s. - I must say, your Gym Log title makes me think of an August day at the beach

April 3 exercise

14 minutes Elliptical Trainer

Friday, April 4 Exercise


35 minutes good workout
I'm feeling great about exercising every day this week!!!

Foot Exercises - all barefoot
Runners Stretch
Hip Side Stretch with band 2 x 6 x 6
Back & Forward walk with band
Ankle Rotation
Ankle Pumps
Calf Raise - 30 no weight, 3 x 12 x 8#
Gran Plie, 16, 8

Legs, Glutes, Hamstrings

Stability Ball Wall Squat 12 x 10#, 2 x 12 x 15#
Ball Bridge Hamstring Curl - 17
Side Lying Ball Abduction - 15 each side
Dumbbell Deadlifts - 12 x 10#, 2 x 12 x 15#, 6 x 15#
Dumbbell Squat - 8 x 10#, 12 x 15#, 10 x 15#, 8 x 15#
Lunges - Alternating Forward, arms crossed, 20 no weight

Saturday April 5 exercise

a.m. 20 minute walk
p.m. 35 minutes weights
Total 55 minutes


Pushups - 14 sissy, 3 real

Triceps
Bench Dips - 20
Tricep Kickbacks - 12 x 5#, 12 x 10#, 3 x 12 x 8#
Standing 2-arm Tricep Extension - 2 x 12 x 10#, 10 x 15#
Standing 1-arm Tricep Extension - 2 x 12 x 8#
Lying 2-handed Dumbbell Extension - 15 x 5#, 3 x 8#


Shoulders, Lats

Arm Raises - 12 x 5#, 8 x 5#
Shoulder Circles - 5 x 12
Bent Over One Arm Row - 2 x 12 x 10#, 12 x 15#
Dumbbell Upright Row - 2 x 12 x 15#
Dumbbell Pullovers - 9 x 15#, 3 x 12 x 10#
Bent Dumbbell Shrug - 2 x 12 x 10#


Bicep

Curl - 12 x 2 x 10#
Alternating Hammer Curl - 2 x 12 x 10#
Stability Ball Incline Bicep Curl - 7 x 15#


Note for next time:
I was planning on doing chest too but got too tired. Next time I will do triceps after shoulders because I should have worked the larger muscles first so as not to tire out the smaller supporting muscles.

Pictures from Day One; Mischa graciously put them together for me.

WHoooOOooOOooOOOOOOPIE!!!!!!

I did it!!! I achieved my goal of exercising every day this week. Granted, today I did not do much but at least it was something. It is really something what a mood booster exercise is.

This coming week will be tough for me to exercise. I have to drive to Milwaukee tomorrow and am really busy until Thursday. I hope to exercise every day again this week. I feel thinner, I don't care what the scale says.

Sunday, April 8 exercise
10 minutes Elliptical Trainer

Eeks, in my last post I said Sunday, April 8. Make that April 6.

Exercise yesterday, Monday April 7.
Total 20 minutes: tired and weak, my heart is not in this today.

Feet:
Hip side to side with rubberband - 8 x 4
Balance on one foot: 4 x 30 seconds
Walking patterns: toe to heel, toe out

Chest:
Incline Flyes: 12 x 8#, 12 x 10#
Flat Bench Flye: 2 x 12 x 10#
Sitting Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 12 x 10#, 12 x 8#
Incline Dumbbell Bench Press: 12 x 10#, 6 x
10#
Flat Dumbbell Bench Press: 12 x 10#
Pec Deck: 15 x 5#


Abs: 2 minutes

Way to go girlfriend!!! You're doin' it... really doin' it! Keep pumpin' that iron... sleeveless weather is right around the corner and you will look maahvelous!

I start on Saturday... You are my inspiration!!!

Go team exercise!!! Marcia. thanks for the inspiration! Sleeveless weather, yeeks! I think my arms will still be a little matronly but who cares!!!! Like the old French women wearing bikinis on the beach, I just dress how I feel anyways.

Tuesday April 8 exercises:

Good workout!!!
I forgot to time it but I think it was around 1 hour. I LOVE when I can sleep enough and exercise enough.

With Shoes off:
Feet :

Front toe stretch, toe grabs, back toe stretch
Runners stretch, forward stretch
Ball rolls, towel grabs

Calves:

Calf raises, 12 x 0, 8 x 10#, 12 x 8#

Hips, Glutes, Thighs:

Gran plie, 13 x 0, 8 x 5#, 8 x 8#, 10 x 10#
w dumbells at shoulders

12 x 15#
w 1 dumbell held at chest
* note: start here next time

Demi plie 8

Dumbbell 2-handed dead lift - 12 x 15#, 1-hand 2 x 12 x 15#

With shoes on:

Dumbbell squat - 2 x 12 x 10%, 8 x 15# bad form!
Ball Wall Squat - 12 x 0, 12 x 10#, 6 x 15# * too heavt
Side lying Ball Abduction: 15 ea. side (tired!)

Floor sretches: 2 minutes

Floor Leg Exercises: 5 minutes

Ball Bridge Hamstring Curl 10, 4

Lunges:
Alternating forward lunge - arms crossed no weight, 20
Side Lunge - 15 each side, 5#, 10 each side 10#
Squat Lunge - 10 each side 5#, 10 each side 8#
Walking Lunges: 14 x 5#
* TIRED! Start here with lunges, best all around lunge

Tired, exhilirated, sweaty, heart racing.

5 minutes stretching:

Hamstring stretch, runners stretch, balance toe taps, ankle pumps, ankle rolls


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I love this!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 9 exercises

15 minutes total

Abs
10 minutes
Situps, obliques, floor crunches, ball squeeze crunches

15 pushups

Elliptical trainer - 5 minutes

Thursday April 10
No exercise unless you count the 15 minutes of exercise at Physical Therapy. Mostly balance and hip abducters and stabilizers.


Friday April 11

14 minutes Elliptical Trainer. Enough to get a good sweat going! I hope to be home early enough to get in my weight training.