Carry on exercising - the October 2021 edition

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New thread to record our workouts, track our goals, and keep us motivated. All welcome!

@SophieLion
@MotherForkinShirtBalls
@roonetta

Yes, sniff stops have become part of my walking and running these days, Sophie I tell myself they are an annoyance but really they are a welcome breather.

I did a very hilly walk early this morning (with sniffs) and a 15 minute core and leg thing when I got home.

KA L2D4 done. One more time tomorrow and I'll move on to L3 (groan).

Welcome, pawpaws, please do join!

DD is fine, thanks - all symptoms gone and she's bouncing off the walls having to be at home. DH and I are still negative, hoping we stay that way

Days exercised 36.

at the 'sniffs' Motherforkin

Yes, covid well and truly gone now thanks Sophie.

Good to hear your DD is feeling well Professor. Good luck with L3!

Girvan chest and shoulders today.

Back in the office tomorrow and Friday so will probably count my walk to and from (about 2 miles). It remains to be seen whether I will be motivated to do anything at the weekend

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@SophieLion it seems that histamine only has a certain life period so the idea is you sweat, the hives come up, and then don't come back for X amount of hours
Huge improvement so far

20 min beginner class peloton last night
Day off today

KA L2D5 done. Planned rest day tomorrow (as opposed to the unplanned ones I keep having) as I’m in the office and will probably be home late. Hoping it’ll be DD’s last day of isolation and we’ll be able to get out on Saturday. On to L3 on Saturday, can’t say I’m looking forward to it.

Walking definitely counts, roonetta. I hate it and would do anything to get out of it.

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Glad you're better now Roonetta and your DD too professor - great you didn't catch it as well.

I only found out about peloton from mr big in And Just Like That . It looks pretty cool. Do you enjoy it pawpaws?

5km fartlek run and the girvan tucked abs workout* today. Run was tough - could have done with a few "sniff breaks" MotherForkin!*

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I had none this morning, Sophie! I'm restarting a 5 to 10k programme with my running buddy so we at least had planned walk breaks. We've gone back a few weeks because we're both off form but we did 4.5k this morning and hoping to be doing 10k by mid/ June 🤞

@SophieLion I love it so far! I always enjoyed spin bit the screen is great, you can pick your length/effort/music and it's all very sleek

Good luck with the new programme MotherForkin 🍀

I think the peloton looks fun pawpaws. Do you do virtual races with other riders too?

Endgame day 29 today. Full body strength and cardio. The rest breaks were very short so it really did feel like a cardio workout. Did a 5 mins lilly sabri abs workout.

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My walk to work turned into a jog as I was running late Surprised myself with how far I got before I had to stop. Paying for it today though, my shins are killing me.

So walk/jog to/from work Thursday and Friday

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KA L3D1 done. About ten different exercises in variations on plank (plus some one-legged burpee push-ups). Oyyy. And lots of the moves need good balance too (warrior 3 crunches, anyone?). I think this may be about the limit of what I can do, maybe I should rethink Bodyshred as a plan. Wondering what to do next, I don't want to start Bodyshred yet because the Easter holiday will mean I lose momentum just as it gets really hard, so I may move on to RI30 and postpone the evil day.

Peloton looks great fun, pawpaws, but where do you keep it? I've occasionally been tempted, and DD would like it, but I suspect it would become an expensive laundry airer in our house.

It's March, well done to all of us for hanging in there! Days exercised 38.

Oh well done Roonetta 👏🏻** sorry about the shins. Hope they feel better now.

One legged burpee push up doesn't sound very nice professor....

By the way, I have sent a message to oubliette just to check she is ok. I realised she hasn't posted for almost a month which isn't like her. Of course she doesn't have to post and hopefully all is well but she just doesn't want to post at the moment.

She did say she was having a break from social media a while back, Sophie - hopefully that's all it is, but would be good to know if she's OK.

@ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson don't judge the mess but it's my spare room. It's actually quite a small footprint for the mat/bike
There's actually a MN product test for one just appeared where you can try it for 4 weeks if anyone is interested

Yes I remember that MotherForkin and I did mention that to her. Just said i wanted to check she was ok. Hopefully made it clear not stalking her or harassing her!

Endgame day 30 (cardio) today plus a blogilates abs workout. Did not like day 30 at all. And finisher was 100 burpees which was awful. Apart from the first 20, did them in sets of 10 to try and keep my form decent. It took me ages: She had finished and id only done 50!

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20 min ride done which was HARD
It looks like nothing but the heavy resistance in the saddle killed me off. Still a beginner though so pleased to have upped my personal best output

I've been away for most of the weekend so only managed snatches of exercise. I'll count what I managed over 3 days as 1! I've forgotten to count the last couple, so I think I'm at 31 about bloody time.

Another 20 min peloton ride done

I was exhausted this morning so only 3.5k run. Have promised the dog a long walk to make up for abandoning him for the weekend

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Great that you are improving on your personal best pawpaws.

Hope you enjoyed the weekend away MotherForkin

Yesterday endgame day 31 (legs) and a girvan plank challenge. Today day 32 (upper body) and a short girvan abs complex.

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Have you done Bodyshred before Professor? I managed to complete it once and while I modified A LOT in the later phases, it is still a great workout. There is no way I could ever manage the wheel pushups (holding crab position while doing upside down push ups!). They are all insanely fit.

Great news on the personal best pawpaws

Well done on passing 30 days Motherforkin

Almost at 50 days Sophie!

Drove into work yesterday as I had to swap over my computer. Girvan full body circuits done today. I have a painful right arm, like a sharp pain in the top of the arm if I move it in a certain way, which then travels through the elbow into the wrist. Not sure what i've done, but will have to take things steady.

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I am intrigued by a wheel push up Roonetta. Googled it but it just showed me push ups with a wheel!

Do you think you've trapped a nerve or something if the pain moves down the arm to the wrist? Hope it gets better soon

Today Endgame day 33 (glutes and core - lots of hip thrusts.... and I really dislike sumo deadlifts) and a 5 mins lilly sabri abs workout.

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There is a video here Sophie www.facebook.com/jillianmichaels/videos/challenge-move-monday-tribe-wheel-push-ups-remember-these-are-challenge-moves-th/10154558660647421/

Hope the link works!

Ah thank you! Now I understand. Those are hardcore. Last time I tried (was one of the Jillian DVDs) I could get into a wheel but moving up and down?! No way.

You did better than me Sophie, I can't even get into position . I think you are right about a trapped nerve. I will give the heavier weights a rest for a bit.

I did a Pilates workout today with light weights from someone on Instagram. I was surprised at how out of puff I got.

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