Daily exercise log for everyone :)

[bakon]

Chest and back without abs. Nice

[Pippa]

Weights and cardio with my trainer

[Still winning]

Think of the arm workout your getting tho Crys :)

 

Had to rest yesterday, sicknote.

So day 5 of level 1 30 day shred

25 minutes pilates with arm weights

[scottinpa]

45 minutes of light weights... 1 hour spin class... weighed in 5 pounds lighter than I want to be...

 

everytime I gain some back it goes right into my belly!!! lol

[Beth]

Did my dog walking today. Three dogs @ 20 minutes each.

 

I'm not sure how many calories I burn doing this--not as many as I had hoped. These are rescue dogs (almost all pit bulls and rotweilers) who have not been socialized and don't actually know how to "walk" on a leash. They run ahead and pull your arm out of the socket then stop dead while they sniff something in the grass. So my response as a volunteer dog walker is supposed to be to stop walking until they come back and walk next to me. With most dogs that would be fine, but these dogs are stubborn and very excited to be out. So it's walk, stop, walk, stop, walk, stop, walk, stop... And sometimes they get confused and wrap the leash around my legs and THEN pull like mad!! (A-a-r-r-g-g-h!). Periodically we take a break I spend a few minutes teaching them "sit" and "stay". But then it's back to walk, stop, walk, stop... 

 

I'm pretty sure that if I can manage to walk the same 3 dogs 3 times a week they will start to get the hang of walking WITH me instead of pulling ahead (I get to request which dogs I want to walk). Then we will be able to build up some speed and consistency and I can start burning calories. But in the meanwhile, having a 75 pound, well-muscled pit bull pulling your arm out of the socket and wrapping the leash around your legs for an hour is exhausting. 

I am pretty sure you would be burning quite a few calories and building strength at the same time. :)

 

I love that you care so much about rescue animals and devote time, love and patience to them. :)

[beacon]

Jog/ walk,3.75 miles

[beacon]

Legs, shoulders, biceps. Cardio.

 

 

Still getting plumper

[Nicole Diver]

Legs, shoulders, biceps. Cardio.

Still getting plumper

Pish posh!!

 

I did level 3 Jillian killer abs and luckily survived. It's the advanced level, heretofore I'd been to skerred to try it.

[Still winning]

Level 1 day something, no idea any more

Pilates with weights 25 mins

[Chrysalis]

Level 1 day something, no idea any more

Well, whatever-it-is must be working!  :) Keep up the good work.

[Pippa]

Run ... read shamble... and walk treadmill - heaps ugly but only had 30. mins - did over 3 and 1/2 Kms - good for me!

[Colleen]

Wed/Thurs off, really tired have been sick.  Went to gym #1 tonight for some weights, nothing heavy duty.  

[beacon]

Chest, back, triceps, a few pathetic planks, cardio

[Colleen]

Gym # 1: Lat pull downs, Triceps Extensions, Chest press machine, Shoulder press machine and spin class 45 minutes.  Skipping TRX today, am tired.  Think I'll do some planks though.

[beacon]

Rode my bike today around the neighborhood

[Colleen]

Gym #2: Spin class, followed by Abs & Booty class, then ran for 2 miles with the class instructor outside.  It was a toughie, getting hot out there.

[Still winning]

swimming with sproglets, probs about 30 mins actually swimming, an hour of tryna convince my newly swimming 4 year old to take breaks!

[scottinpa]

45 min spin this morning.

 

still about 175 lbs...   :huh:

[Still winning]

Day 1 level 2 shred dvd. It was great, arms a tad wobly now tho :)

[Pippa]

Did an hour of cardio intervals .... Feeling it now !

[Chrysalis]

Whew! The problem isn't me!

 

As you probably know, I recently chose to walk dogs as part of my exercise routine. I've been doing it for 1 hour three times a week for about 2 weeks now. I used to walk dogs at this same rescue organization 2 years ago and I thought I knew what to do. But this time around, it seems as though every single dog I walk, while not vicious or anything, is completely unsocialized. They don't relate to humans, they don't wag their tails, they ignore commands, they pull your arm out of the socket when they walk, etc. This is not a fun experience for either me or the dog. It used to be rare to get a dog this poorly trained but now it's almost every dog. I began to wonder what I was doing wrong. 

 

I finally got a chance to talk to a long-term staff member the other day. It turns out that a year ago this shelter got the contract to administer the animal shelters (i.e. "dog catcher") operations for TWO counties! Plus continue the non-profit shelter they had all along. So their most experienced staff who used to train the shelter dogs have been transferred to the county facilities. The remaining staff at the shelter are relatively new and have very little time to train dogs-- just feed, clean, let out into the runs, load into vans for various adoption events, feed and clean again. 

 

So that explains why the dogs are out of control. The problem is not me. The dogs (or rather the dogs' environment) has changed. Nobody actually trains them any more. I feel reassured by that. And now that I understand better what is going on, I know how to deal with it. I will work intensively three times a week with only one dog and start the training from the very beginning. It may take a couple of months to work up to walking well on a leash. And that's OK with me. It won't be as much exercise for me as I had anticipated, but I'll do something else for exercise. At least I will be making one dog happier and improving his/her chances of being adopted. That's very good.

[Pippa]

Did another small group class - she wanted to concentrate on legs and butt and succeeded ... Still have jelly legs 5 hours later !!

[Still winning]

40 mins walk

day 2 level 2 of 30 day shred

20 minute dance workout

 

If I ever go to rio I'm gonna freestyle dance, that carnival workout was pony, shame cause it sounded great!

[Still winning]

Just did a 1 hour walk as I'm pretty tired today.

[sgt.barney]

Sarge leaves tomorrow - Boulder, Colorado to climb these:

 

 

 

They may just be looking like this next week, instead.

 

 

 

 

Miles and miles of hiking.

 

 

Thousands and thousands of feet of climbing.

 

 

The occasional Mountain Trail Run thrown in, too, if we're not too pooped from climbing.

 

 

 

 

Easy Peasy