September Fitness Group- CLOSED

Anyone else need a little structure with their fitness commitments? How about a group that logs in their workouts and share concerns, questions, & thoughts with others?  I thought we can log in here each week about our routines and goals. 

This will go Throughout September in hopes that a whole month is enough to start a new, healthy habit of working out regularly.

Week 1 Commitment: Looks like most people reached their goals, some still have yet to report their weeks...don't shy away if you didn't make it. We've got the whole month to do this! :)

Week 2 Commitment: Well, at least everyone did well! Good job everyone, you put me to shame this week!!! 

Week 3 Commitment: We had some kick butt workouts and a couple slips here and their, but overall I think everyone is starting to make workouts a part of their lives! If we miss a few days, we feel bad about it, instead of previous years of not thinking twice about working out (at least that's how I was!).

Week 4 Commitment: I think everyone is starting to see the benefits of regular workouts and some (like myself) are seeing the negative feelings of MISSING a workout. Looks like healthy habits are forming!

Final Week Goals for the month:

Tina: Workout 4 days + cardio

Tomata: Weights, tabata, kick-butt routine

Karmin: shaking her booty for 20min each day

Butter: 25miles

Mandi: 3xeliptical, 3xtreadmill, 3Pilate's

Krrpt08: Exercise 5 times this week

Shane: 3-4 hours of exercise a day (Holy Shnikes!!)

MJ: 3 days of NROLFW and being active every day + Homemade 5K against the SO this Saturday!

How about on Thursday Sept 30th (or when you can) we post of our accomplishments for the month and our goals for the next one?

MJ-
I love 5X5 also. But it's so basic, I wanted to add my own stuff to hit my problem areas or areas I want to emphasize. I've read up on lifting so I know to balance push/pull muscles, so I decided to have an "isolation" day ( I bet that gets on some naysayer's nerves :) ). I soooooo want to get NROLFW but I'm too cheap to buy it and my library doesn't have it, so I've put in a request. Why shouldn't my town have access to it? :)

Anyhoo, I literally just finished doing my plan for the first time and it was pretty kick-****. Didn't take too long either. I sprinted on my elliptical in-between, as you'll see:

Stretch

60sec warm-up

bicep curls 3X8

hammer curls 3X8

Shrugs 3X12

(20sec sprint)

Lateral raises 3X12

Side lateral raises 3X12

Chair dips 3X12

(20sec sprint)

Lunges 3X12

Side Lunges 3X12

Calf Raises 3X12

(20sec sprint)

Heel touches 3X20

Bicycles 3X20

Plank twists 3X20

(20sec sprint)

3 min cool down

stretch

Also, welcome all noobs! It's so cool to get some support and feed back.

Thanks Tina! Truly how do you have the stamina to workout for so long as such an intensity. I hope to get there eventually. Losing weight is good, but there is nothing that compares to the freedom of movement that being fit and having stamina can afford you.

Same to you tomatotomata. Oh wow! OK, I am not that well read in weights-lifting and such...yet, so I got to ask, what weights do you use?

I did all the exercises on my personal plan that needed them with 15lb dumbbells. Stronglifts is heavier, but not crazy-heavy, since I'm easing myslef back into it and working on form: 60lb bench-press (no spotter), 90lb squats and deadlift. But, I'll be adding more this week.

BTW, I'm 40, 5-0, 124 lbs. I want to get to 120 and have my body fat% in the 18-20 range. I started at 158 in Jan 2009.

Thanks for the info tomata! I am still waiting to hit the gym for the heavier weights to up my workouts of NROLFW, but my SO and I can never seem to go there at same time, so I'm stuck at home with my 30# weights (15 each).

How do you check your body fat? I asked my doctor about that and she didn't seem to understand what I was asking. I thought I'd need a physical or something to determine the %. Any thoughts?

Yesterday was very busy: did some light weights in the morning, swam at lunch, and power walked the dogs before vball, and then played vball off and on from 630-930, but I ate horribly when I got home.

I bought accu-measure calipers off of amazon. They're good, simple to use, and cheap. However, their chart is a throw-away. You're better off to measure several sites and calculate it several ways, then take an avg. I can give you a link when you're ready to try it. My body fat as of about a month ago is 20.4%. To prove it true, I was instructed by oldguysrule to get in a pool, get submerged , and let out all my air. If you sit on the bottom, and you're a woman :), you're at 20% or below. It worked! And I also floated above the bottom when my weight (fat) was up. Since you swim, you could maybe get a rough estimate this way.

Physically, I'm in pretty good shape. Close to my goals. My concerns are more about backsliding (which I've done once since my initial weight loss-roughly 10 lbs) and my saggy momma belly  (4 kids). But, I'm seeing improvement and at some point you just have to be satisfied.

interesting....I am quite buoyant. Does that mean that I'm mostly fat?? lol I hope not at a healthy 22 BMI. I'll have to try that when not attempting to float/backstroke. 

LOL. Well, submerge first, silly....

Actually, I'm so jealous you get to swim often. It's my most favorite thing to do. It makes me euphoric, strangely.

hehe, good idea...

Well, I was able to sneak in another workout during lunch! 2.4 mile jog with the dogs! I'm a slow runner and it took about 30min so that's one more workout to check off for the week:)

Do you have a pool nearby you? The rec center I go to has one and it's on my way home from work. Have you checked out what's local?

i wanted and planned to start my walking/running yesterday, but my sister-in-law stuck me with her kid in which i felt obligated to keep for a while because she picks mine up every mon/tue from school.  we didn't sit down to eat dinner until after 8:00, and i fell out at 9:00.  i got up this morning at 6:00, but that was just enough time to make breakfast, feed the kid, get dressed, get her dressed, and out the door to be at school on time.

trying for a better outcome tonight!

I done did my Tabata....

OK, today was the 11th day of my 30 Day Shred and I moved to level 2. About four hours have passed and now I am really feeling it. When I did it, and right afterwards, it felt so easy! BUT, although I consider my workouts (especially high intensity ones) a time spent in hell, I love that after 10 days I get to do a whole new routine!!! I get so bored otherwise and then give up. I am so glad I decided to do this.

Hi :)

Mind if I join?  I'm not sure how much I weigh but haven't gotten on the scale in a few weeks, so I'm sure it isn't pretty, lol.  Last time I checked I was 144 and on a 5'8" female frame, not bad.  I wouldn't mind being between 135-140, but it's nbd.

My goal is to workout every morning for 30 minutes.  I'm more aiming for health than weight loss.

I can't post much because I'm at work, but if I get up and work out as planned, I'll have time to post in the mornings before work!  Here's hoping!

I'm planning on starting my plan hopefully tomorrow, so we'll see!

Week 1 Commitment - Elliptical every day

HI Krrpt08 :)

You're goals/stats are very similar to mine (pretty exact actually)! One piece of advice: don't "Hope" to start tomorrow...Commit :)

Good luck!

Karmin26- I have been working out regularly since the beginning of Jan so I hope my fitness has improved, LOL  Sometimes I really don't want to do it and my legs get tired but I just do it anyway :)  You guys are doing great at keeping up with your workouts every day!

krrpt08- welcome and jump right in :)

Am working today and have to take call for my job so will be staying at my mom's tonight.  My exercise will probably consist of 45 min of push mowing her lawn, LOL  I just don't have time for anyting else.  I have 4 kids that will need fed and taken care of after work and mowing.  I do have 4 days off this weekend so plan to get in some good workouts then!

Tomatotomata- I hear you on the stomach thing.  I have 4 kids too and it ain't too pretty, probably the area that bugs me the most, LOL

YAY.  i did it!  last night, i drug my 5 year old out of the house after dinner, and we walked and ran for a good 30 minutes.  it was nice and enjoyable, and my legs are a teeny weeny bit sore from the hills we climbed.  round two tonight!

Good for you CD! Keep it up!!

Edit to add: Going to take the dogs for a 30min jog again today and lift after work...need to step up my routine. Half an hour a day of sweating is not cutting it for me anymore..need push myself harder for longer.

Hey Guys,

First weeks goals are almost done! How are you doing?

So far I've:

Swam, jogged 1 of my 2-30min sessions, and lifted twice.  I only need one for jog to finish my goal! I think I'm going to fit in another swim because I was on a time crunch that day I did it.

Check in if you need some encourgment to finish your week's commitment!

Hey all,

Did my 20 minutes of shredded hell and really pushed myself. I feel sore, but overall, I feel great. All I keep telling myself is that "look, it is only twenty minutes where you give it your all". So simple...and so excruciating lol!

We are so doing this ; )(

Weekly Commitment: 5x5: 5 Days x 5 Miles

Week One: Start 8/30
End 9/5 Goal: 25 miles

Week Two: Start 9/6
End 9/12 Goal: 25 Miles

Week Three: Start 9/13
End 9/19 Goal: 25 Miles

Week Four: Start 9/20
End 9/26 Goal: 25 Miles

Week Five: Start 9/27
End 10/3 Goal: 25 Miles

Total Goal: 125 Miles

Actual Miles: First Check 9/5

So far so good, actually.

g'morning :) You guys are so motivating!  This group is just what I need!  You are all doing great with your exercises!

Unfortunately I did not get up and work out today :(  I'll be getting some pretty decent exercise all weekend and my ultimate plan is to start my workout routine on Tuesday.  I have got to stop putting this off!  I've been on a four-month hiatus from working out... ugh.  I hate the fact that I'm so tired when I wake up, but I'm realizing that whether I wake up at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. I'm going to feel just as tired either way, but if I workout, I won't have a 2 p.m. slump! 

September I'm going to work on just getting back in the routine of getting up and jump on the elliptical since it is pretty mindless, and then in October once I get back in the habit up waking up at 5 a.m., I'll add my weights.

This weekend we're going on a canoe trip :)  My hubby and seven other guys are leaving tonight and starting tomorrow and then another guy and myself are leaving Saturday morning (early) to meet up with them on the river at 10 a.m.  Then we are going to canoe 30 miles down the river and camp on islands.

tomtom - can you find NROLFW used somewhere online?