<p>It looks like you already have some pretty comprehensive routines. I’m not the best person to look for variety as I’ve mostly been running. Second is tennis and third, the other stuff. I’m pretty busy for the next four months so it’s going to be hard getting a lot of stuff done for me.</p>
<p>3.5 mile run/walk, total of 2.75 running.</p>
<p>^^ Okay, wondered 'cause of the hitch in semantics. </p>
<p>NMinn, I just thought I’d go ahead and add in some ideas, too, in case you’re more of a go at your own pace person or, like me, have the computer in a different room than where you usually workout.</p>
<p>I usually use a tablet for working out which gives me a lot of flexibility. I’ve used my phone before too if I had the routine down.</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>The neighbors must be dazzled by your fashion model fitness outfits. LuLu head to toe one day, Marmot tights the next! That Polar Buff looks pretty cool. I’ve got a collection of Power Stretch beanies – I’ve found that it’s best to have a “sweaty one” and a “clean one” in rotation! And, took advantage of the EMS sale to grab a [Power</a> Stretch balaclava](<a href=“http://www.ems.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3651753]Power”>http://www.ems.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3651753) that is very nice. Can be worn under the chin, over the chin, or over everything but the eyes. Snug, but not tight. It’ll probably get some use this week just taking the trash out with temps below zero. The highlight of my battery ordeal last night was the young lady at the auto parts counter saying, “I like your Marmot jacket”. At my age, gratuitous clothing compliments from strangers are few and far between! :)</p>
<p>sabaray:</p>
<p>Yay! Two pounds sounds like a nice reward for tracking your calories! It’s just crazy how easy it is to slide into bad habits. I know I’m in trouble when I take the bag of almonds with me to snack on, instead of doling out a handful.</p>
<p>san-dee:</p>
<p>That Fitness Buider looks very cool. I think I might have signed up for their one-month free trial a while back. I don’t have a smartphone or iPad, so I was playing with it on the computer. </p>
<p>Thanks for the tip on the documentary. Lorain Cordaine is the professor who is the godfather of the “Paleo diet”.</p>
<p>BC:</p>
<p>It seems the lastest trend it fitness training is away from static stretching and more towards dynamic movement to increase range of motion. I think they’ve found that the static stretches don’t really do much. So you see a lot of bodyweight squats, lunges, and so forth being done for warmup. It’s a bit of semantics because all of these exercises stretch something. Just more of a focus on the movement rather than pushing to the end point and holding.</p>
<p>Day 2 of C25K; Out for 41 minutes, 2.7 miles, 186 calories, average speed 3.9 mph with running segments up to 5.2 mph. Fairly easy, as before, and not as far as I’d usually walk, so I’ll definitely put another two miles of walking in this afternoon. Did the suggested pushups (25) :-/</p>
<p>Good job, Sabaray! Argh to the garage door, NM. Stay warm. I thought of you all last night as I added broccoli to the cart. Now, to actually eat it. I have such a mental picture of you fashionable people out in your gorgeous, functional attire. Very inspiring, and it may prompt a visit to Sports Authority.</p>
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<p>You’ll notice I haven’t described my attire. Let’s just say I still belong to the gray sweatpants school of athletic attire. (Okay, maybe not that bad.)</p>
<p>NM, bummer on the garage door. I wouldn’t be outside walking either. PlantMom, eat your broccoli!</p>
<p>The Lulu day was in daylight (yesterday noon) but I don’t think anyone near work saw me except for some construction workers. Usually I’m in the dark during the week, so my fashion is wasted! Today I managed to wear one of the Nuu Muus to work! I have a nice sweater and scarf over it and boots/tights, so it is very work appropriate. It’s a tiny bit short, but with the tights and boots I can get away with it. It’s really cute and nice to get extra use out of my running stuff.</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>I got a pair of the EMS power stretch tights (on sale for $39.95 – neither Amazon nor BackCountry had the deal on the Marmots in my size).</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they are made in the same factory as the Marmot. Same material. The cut and piecing on the Marmot is a little more elaborate and the Marmots are tighter, more form fitting, and a little shorter – probably better for layering under something. They use a separate piece of material, sewn on, to make a wider waistband, where the EMS folds the material over to form a waistband. The EMS are just a bit bigger, fit a little looser. That’s actually fine, because I wanted a pair for lounging around the house, TV watching at night, etc. Probably six in one half dozen in the other for running tights. I don’t think I’d wear either of them to the grocery store. I would walk/jog in them. I’d hike in them except that’s not really my “look”… Definitly wear them under [Marmot</a> PreCip pants](<a href=“Marmot: Outdoor Clothing & Gear Made for Adventure”>Marmot: Outdoor Clothing & Gear Made for Adventure) for serious winter snow pants.</p>
<p>That’s a good price. The Marmot tights are shorter than my old REI ones, but the REI ones are a Medium. Women’s sizing is so strange- I can be anywhere from an XS to a Medium. That power fleece stuff is good, and it air dries REALLY quickly, especially if you have a front loader washing machine which practically gets things dry anyway.</p>
<p>Here’s one for the ladies:</p>
<p>Six minutes of excerpts of a Rachel Cosgrove seminar on diet/fitness to a group of women.</p>
<p>[Rachel</a> Cosgrove at Fitness Quest 10 - YouTube](<a href=“Rachel Cosgrove at Fitness Quest 10 - YouTube”>Rachel Cosgrove at Fitness Quest 10 - YouTube)</p>
<p>It actually applies to men, too, I think.</p>
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<p>I finished Lustig’s book and am diving into New Rules of Lifting Supercharged, with a specific look at doing those workout. Turns out that the first 3 (of 10) month-long workout programs are basically the three workout programs I’m just finishing up from New Rules of Lifting for Life. So, I can ease right into the 4th program. But, I feel like I need a kick in the abs, so I want to do iPod nazi’s 12 week core training program, which works as a somewhat longer substitution for the core exercises in New Rules. They both use the same exercises, by and large, just more of them in iPod nazi’s program.</p>
<p>40 min run</p>
<p>Intervals on indoor track - 6 x 266 meters. Mile warmup/warm down.</p>
<p>Geez I’m panting! The fake TRX arrived today, so I did Workout B. Though after one set of pushups I decide my Hopscouts challenge would count. I find those split squats are no warm up exercise. I never liked doing them on the stair, this seems to work much better for me. Ditto the single legs ones with the straps. I forget what the ipod Nazi had for core exercises. I don’t think I do enough.</p>
<p>Nice work, PlantMom. Pardon me if I missed where you said this, but when is the 5K?
Deborah-- 40 minutes? Is someone thinking about doing a longer race? 
mathmom- going solo on TRX is impressive. I have to have some one else stand there and make me do it.
ohio- so jealous of your speed/level of running.
MOWC- I have worn my NuuMuu as a bathing suit coverup, as well as a regular dress with a cardi thrown over it. Love the versatility.</p>
<p>Today’s Workout with the personal trainer:
Pilates-type ab and core stuff
squats and deadlifts. idad, I can feel your disapproval through the screen, but with the trainer watching my every move, I really feel like my form is quite good, and no injuries yet, touch wood…
Undulating rope Tabata at the end-- killer!</p>
<p>I am once again crazy low on my calories. I honestly don’t know what is going on. Certain it won’t last. Possibly I am actually burning fat and that is given me a sated feeling? </p>
<p>Cals:879
Fat: 49 g<br>
Carbs :31 g
Fiber :8 g
Protein :78 g
Sugars :7 g</p>
<p>Dad II…I’m a great bargain shopper, but I gotta ask…where did you get three shirts for under $8?</p>
<p>mathmom:</p>
<p>Fantastic. Those are really demanding workouts. </p>
<p>Here’s a quick link to the workouts so people can see what they are:</p>
<p><a href=“http://experiencelife.com/article/one-month-to-muscles/[/url]”>http://experiencelife.com/article/one-month-to-muscles/</a></p>
<p>I remember the first Rachel Cogrove workout I did (Spartacus Workout). I would finish the first 15 minute round, drenched in sweat, panting, and on the verge of collapse. It really helped me when I saw a YouTube of a class at Cosgrove’s gym doing the same workout and I realized that some of the women were doing better than me, but others weren’t as good. I realized that I didn’t have to do every exercise perfectly. </p>
<p>Some of these, I’ve been working on for two years. For example, MichaelNKat does the TRX pushups no sweat. I think it’s one of the hardest exercises I’ve done. First time, I think I did three reps and my arms were literally shaking. Not only was I marginal on the strength to do the pushups, but there is so much core/shoulder demand to keep the handles stable. Walk forward to make it easier. It’s OK to almost be standing up. Or do the opposite exercise: feet in the handles a foot off the ground, hands on the floor. Mike Boyle prefers that one because so many people struggle with the hands in the TRX. One of the things I like about these workouts is that, once you ID each exercise as “the push” or “the pull” or the “the squat” you can always plug in an easier version.</p>
<p>There is nothing easy about single leg squats, whether you are hanging on to a TRX or not. Same with split squats and lunges. These things all require joint mobility that most of us have lost, balance, and strength. My attitude has been to do the best. Six months later, it’s a different exercise for me. A year down the road, it will be different once again.</p>
<p>3 miles. Busy and long day. Turning in early.</p>
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<p>Who am I to talk? I did barbell front squats in my workout today.</p>
<p>Back to the basement. DB snatches. Front squats. 3-pt rows. Single leg squats. TRX pushups . And, two sets of 12 of now-dreaded HOPS challenge.</p>
<p>I tried to up the tempo a little bit today. Shorter rest between sets. Good solid workout.</p>
<p>idad- that link is great! You almost wouldn’t need the book at all initially. I think some of the pictures are actually better than what’s in the book.
If anyone was thinking about taking The New Rules for a spin that link would be a terrific, low investment start.</p>
<p>Also reminds me that I am doing a lot of those exercises in my workouts.</p>