Keep On Exercising 2

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Today's exercise, I'm afraid, was just cutting a bit more of my boundary hedge (above head height, so working on grip strength and overhead presses, I'm telling myself) and a fast twenty minute walk.

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@MummyInTheNecropolis I’d ask ChatGPT it is pretty good as a jumping off point.

I managed a few minutes on my mini stepper, haven’t don’t that it a long time. Hip surgery in November and I’m still in the recovery phase.

Hello. I feel like such a weakling compared to you beefy lot! 5kg is plenty for me dumbbell wise.

I have hyper mobile hips which means my dystonic leg has wreaked havoc virtually unchecked. It’s also why Pilates helps me so much because the careful core work stabilises my pelvis.

I have lower body
pilates
upper body and physio
8 mile (slow) walk to add.

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60x25m swim this morning. Felt pretty good!

I have to have an annual medical for my job and I got the full results back today and I was super pleased with the improvements that I’ve made. Healthy body fat percentage (first time for years), all cholesterol measures improved and now within healthy levels, OK still a bit overweight but better than last year and massive improvement in my health measures! Hooray! Maybe this exercise lark does make a difference 😀 (402 days on the bounce!)

Had things to do this morning, so couldn't do a full workout.

Pilates - 45 minutes: lots of work on glutes.

Chest press and chest fly. Only a few reps. 26 for the chest press and 19 for the fly - first time I've used it. Had to adjust the setting - realised it was too wide for me. I'm tall, but my wing span isn't the same as a man's.

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@Comtesse that’s brilliant! One of my class instructors is about 20 and no taller than 5’7. She told us the other day that she does not weigh herself. She is a fairly small frame and she said she was 11.5 stone. She has slimmed down a lot through training (her family own the gym). There’s hardly any fat on her and she is now 13 stone! It’s actually unbelievable but I do believe her. Weird isn’t it?

Three minutes on the mini stepper! That’s a lot for me, I’m going to try four minutes tomorrow.

3 days of doing nil 🫣
Yesterday - 44 x25m swim
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Today - 7.6 mile walk, 20 mins rest then straight to 55 mins pilates class. We used pilates ring and felt like we'd been through the wringer by the end. A good feeling! Pleased with today.
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@Alittlefrustrated impressive! I really want to start Pilates but I can’t yet. I need to start a post work walk, especially now the weather is better.

I have a Pilates ring (they’re really cheap). It’s incredibly difficult. One of my Pilates teachers is very strict about keeping your feet the same distance apart and when you try a ring you can see why!

Eight minutes on the mini stepper today, in two batches of four. I’m hoping it’ll help with rebuilding some muscle.

45 minute Musical Theatre Fitness class
30 minute Stretch class

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55 mins pilates class
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I really need to sort myself out - caught sight of myself in the mirror in M&S tonight, and I'm looking much heavier than before Christmas.

45 minute Senior Flex class. Some cardio, some leg band work, overhead press with two 3.7kg weights, biceps curls with 7.5 kg weights.

Active for Life, 1hr. Bike, 10 minutes, treadmill 2 minutes. 7 kg side raises, only 3 sets of 4. Shrugs with 17.5kg weights: 20, 20, 16. Big ball sliding down wall, 3 sets of 10.

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I have the Tuesday triple: hard core core, hard Pilates, and then 90 minutes yoga.
Wednesday was 60 x 25m swim
Today 40 x 25m swim and now we are on the train London Bound for portrait artist of the year filming. So excited!!

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5.2 mile walk
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45 minute Musical Theatre Fitness Class

Gym session - abduction, adduction, lat pull, triceps pull, biceps curl.

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Hydrotherapy. I was exhausted but still did 45 minutes.

Keep forgetting to post on here, but still exercising!
Today:
Yoga 15 mins
5.5km brisk walk
4k run
Caroline Girvan dumbbell workout 30 mins

23m yoga video yesterday, focused on neck and shoulders - that was nice.

Ooh neck and shoulder yoga, I’m going to look that up!

At the filming yesterday (which was superb but a long day of standing) it was interesting to see the crew breaking out into exercise quite regularly- often just some neck and shoulders stuff but sometimes full on squat sets in one corner. I really feel employers should do more to help people fit this kind of thing in to the work day. I used to teach yoga at lunch times in the office and thought of doing 15 minute movement meet ups online for people. But I’m in a grump at the moment with work!

45 minute Senior Flex

A lot of seated cardio and dexterity movement, a lot of upper body work with two 3.5kg weights.

Cut another section of hedge when I got home.

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Lower body today. I need to up my weights.

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