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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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SG is your trainer looking in on you to make sure on your knee position? Just be extra careful about that, its really easy to get out of alignment and pop something. My coach is absolutely crazy on body position, but I appreciate his concern. He's getting my kid to keep better form now as well which is cool cause she's growing again...
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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2 stone 10 (38lbs) I date that from the beginning of August though, so it's slow & steady.
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In Bums, Tums & Thighs today there was a sequence which involved stepping across the room in lunges! There and back 4 times (not all at once, 4 different occasions). I didn't even attempt a full lunge, just dropped the appropriate leg slightly. But then some of the women in that class had the bodies of athletes. I was so depressed by how unfit I was I nearly cried off Step, but the teacher talked me into it. I stayed behind to talk to her - she's lovely. She said only to do what I was comfortable with, and gave me some alternatives. Same teacher for each class but BTT is a hugely popular, about 30 people. Step is tiny, about 8. Both were value for money, although now I feel like I need to rise to the challenge of 2 back to back every Monday ![]()
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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![]() ***mutter mumble must get ass in gear :::jealous:::*** I did manage to swim 18 laps today -10 mins was all I had. ![]()
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i am myself
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: via blackberry, maybe
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would you like to purchase some tire & wheel insurance? it's very nice.
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jamamaspoke
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Depends if you blow dry your hair or not
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Went Weds, Thurs, Sat and Sun - this is more because of the CV than the exercises. Am trying to get 30 mins a day.
I misrepresented my exercise routine - damn those numbers! I'm getting used to it now but I still have to use the card as there are different reps etc for each set: Quote:
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
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![]() I think it's the lunges, although I only feel them in my thighs at the time.
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jamamaspoke
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Make sure on the lunges you are going straight down. Keep your knee over or right above your ankle, try not to let it go in front of. That can contribute to knee problems. Your goal is to get a 90 degree angle on both legs.
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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I know. I'm not being dismissive, my trainer did point this out very carefully to me when training (he was very careful when he introduced squats too) It's the only time I deliberately look in the mirror in the whole session.
I have issues with my knees anyway, I'm hoping to strengthen them with careful exercise. Not real medical issues I hasten to add - just that being obese puts stress on them - which has been getting better in the last seven weeks. I still walk downstairs slowly first thing in the morning, creaking and cracking all the way, but don't stop or support myself on the wall any more. Doing Bums, Tums & Thighs tomorrow as well as Step. See how the old knees bear up there!
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i am myself
Join Date: Nov 2007
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went extra heavy today.
chest machine 200lbs x 4 reps, 160 x 4, 120 x 4, 80 x 8 super set...no breaks between rest 160 x 4, 120 x 4, 80 x 6 and that was all i could manage lats: 230 lbs x 6, 180 x 6, 130 x 10 super set rest then 170, 120 x 8 each then i did that fucking hateful twisty abs thing, & a couple sets of 12 on the crunch machine at 125 lbs iso curls 35 lbs x 8 each arm then free curls 40 lbs each x 5 shoulder press 80 lbs 2 sets of 8 forgot to do triceps cuz jinx was rushing me then 1/2 hr on the treadmill avg heart rate 148 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Holy Cow. I thought I worked out. Nothing compared to that! met a gal pal at 5:30 this morning.
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Finally made it back to the pool and swam 3/4 mile. I could tell I'd not been for a while.
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i am myself
Join Date: Nov 2007
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went to the gym yesterday
did the same basic workout as the other day with a couple extra reps and instead of cardio on the treadmill, i swam laps and played catch with spencer and ippy in the pool. then we went to Shady Maple ![]() and pigged out.
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Come on, cat.
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area
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I didn't have LJ slowing me down, so I got a good work-out in today. No swimming though.
Treadmill 60min - 15elev, 3mph (500cal) Lat 4/10 50lb Shoulder 4/10lbs Press 4/10 20lbs Ab 5/10 35lbs 8 40lbs Rot 2/12 25lb each way Abductor 4/10 60lbs
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polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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Just in case you were interested - my gym
Old council building - built back in the days when they had baths for the working class, who usually went once a week to have an all over bath and the rest of the time washed at the kitchen sink. The alternative was a weekly bath in the large copper tub used for washing clothes, but the fuel to heat the water would have come to more than going to the "slipper baths" anyway. Anyway it's still subsidised by the local authority, hence my £19.40 (approx $40) per month off-peak rate, paid by the sainted HM. For that I get all classes/ gym/ swimming from 09.00-17.00 Mon-Fri and from 13.00 weekends. If it helps people like me get fitter it will save the public purse money on joint replacement and other treatments required for obesity, as well as helping wit depression and the associated costs. BTW am now under 15 stone! Hurray, never see 15 again! (divide by 14 to get lbs, but the landmark won't mean as much)
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