<p>So true. Neghar is very candid about the fitness industry and her own diet/exercise regimen. She has openly discussed the short term extreme dieting and workouts she does before any fitness shoots. She also talks about the editing process, where all the moves look fluid and perfect and has shown some pretty funny out takes where she has face planted. Add lighting and make up, and even SHE doesn’t really look the way she appears.
That said, those workouts look great, idad. Plus, 2 dress sizes ;)</p>
<p>I can’t believe that snow! I would be truly going nuts. Our plan was to retire to Colorado and we even have land there, but we’ve changed that plan! We’ll go there in the summers, but won’t be there in spring or fall!</p>
<p>Went to go for a run this morning, got to the locker room and no shirt. I hate it when that happens.</p>
<p>I went out to the new TJ Maxx and was very pleased to find Nike Runner shirts, about 50% off from the Nike Outlet Store which are usually about 30% off retail. I had the choice between bright orange and white with fluorescent accents. I really can’t wear either of these in the office but I chose the white.</p>
<p>I also found a Roger Federer Tennis Polo for $30. These are $65 at Macy’s right now and list price is $85. I enjoy watching Roger play but I’m happy with my Adidas shirts for tennis.</p>
<p>They had many Nike Golf shirts too. I may look for some more of those this weekend for my son (he likes to wear those shirts to the office). So my morning run turns into my afternoon run.</p>
<p>I considered buying the orange running shirt too.</p>
<p>I have a lot of Dri-Fit Tees that I’m not really using these days because I have more specialized stuff now. I’m going to move about four of them to the office as emergency shirts in case I forget.</p>
<p>They are saying our snow should melt this week as temps climb to upper 60s and we may even hit 70 on Sunday! The bad news will be the flooding caused by that rapid melt.</p>
<p>My office is in the basement of a building on our campus. Not a dark and dingy basement of course, but no windows. Ugh. Especially bothersome this time of year when you can’t see the beauty outside. (glass half full attitude would be, “if there are no windows at least you don’t know what good weather you are missing!”) So, brought my walking shoes to work with me and went out for a beautiful 68 degree 1.5 mile walk a bit ago. I can make it through the rest of the day now. Thinking I need to do this more often - an extra mile walking even in my day would burn off a few more calories if don’t frequently.</p>
<p>I’m of the belief many a problem is solved by getting a breath of fresh air, too. For both peace of mind and productivity I’m in favor of leaving the office for lunch break.</p>
<p>Probably the high pulls, the one pulling the kettlebell up from the knees to the chin. In the DVD workout, I was doing that with two 20 lb DBs and trying to get after it with a lot of gusto. The DBs were coming perilously close to my chin.</p>
<p>I was a mess on some kind of high knees thing during the warmup. I’ve got to go back and take a look at the video and see what that is supposed to look like and maybe do few warmup reps. I’ve learned from the New Rules of Lifting workouts that the Cosgrove warmup moves often start out like some kind of comedy act and get better as you do them. Like my first shot at carioca!</p>
<p>The one I’ve got to think about is the exercise where you start off in the pushup plank position and then twist until one arm is pointed to the ceiling and then back down. In the video, they did it with no weight. I tried to do it with 10 lb DBs. Doing ten reps per side, in the context of a fast moving workout kicked my butt. As I expected, I’m sore-ish all over today.</p>
<p>Got the Kindle book last night. It’s fantastic. The whole intro section on throwing out the scale and why these workouts are effective is excellent. It’s targeted to women, obviously, but the same principles apply to men – although I think the problem of repeated dieting away of lean muscle is probably a more common issue for women. Men will loose weight and fat on this 12 week program, where women are replacing fat with muscle - and dropping two dress sizes in the process.</p>
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<p>The nutrition stuff in the book is very basic and very non-denominational. There are sample menus for every day during the 12 weeks. Lots of protein and veggies. Ezekiel bread, etc.</p>
<p>The book is divided into three month long phases. A calendar shows exactly what workout to do each day of the month. Full workouts on Mon/Wed/Fri (there are two for each month, and you alternate them, so you will have done each one six times by the end of the month. Do the short high intensity “metabolic circuit” workouts on Saturday – there are two for each month. And, then optional 20 minute intervals on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sundays are recovery days.</p>
<p>The Kindle version is nice because it lists all the exercises in a workout on one page, with hot links to the page showing how to do that exercise. So you could do the workout with the Kindle showing the list, click to exercise before doing it, and then back-arrow to the workout list.</p>
<p>For all intents and purposes, the DVDs and the book are the home-workout version of the New Rules of Lifting for Abs and for Life workouts. It’s all dumbbell or kettlebell. Probably need some resistance bands (or a cable pully) and a TRX or Jungle Gym (although the book gives non-TRX alternatives). Need some kind of step. I think the DVD versions of the workouts have even less equipment. For example, they didn’t even use a wall for the wall slides in the warmup – did them lying on the floor.</p>
<p>Im having a total replacement. :eek: H had to take all his vacation last year when we were painting the house, so we had to wait for his anniv date to schedule, unfortunately now the Dr that I was referred to by Dmd77 isnt taking any new patients so I am going with his younger colleague. But even though he is less experienced, I feel comfortable with him. They try and keep as much of the ligaments & muscle intact now as they can so that should make recovery more successful. Im still quite nervous though.</p>
<p>I admit I was pretty irritated with the surgeon who had been treating me but insisted I was too young for a replacement. I have been talking with the women in my water aerobics class & several of them had joint replacement while they were only taking over the counter meds for pain. They have nothing but good things to say about it.</p>
<p>Speaking of biking what is the lowest profile indoor bike? I am looking for something that I can keep in the living room for a while so it cant be very big.</p>
<p>EK, as I recall, MichaelNKat was pretty knowledgeable about indoor bike setups, but I haven’t seen him post in a while. Maybe MOWC or Swdad1?</p>
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<p>Thanks for the inspiration, I cant wait to post pics of the hikes I am going to do!
The Olympics are gorgeous today!</p>
<p>( unfortunately, that will be a little down the road, but I am stubborn, I may even hire my younger D for a while to work with me- she would be a great fitness coach)
Im ordering a waterproof ipod shuffle so as soon as I can get back in the water, I dont have to wait for a class.
( I’m also hoping that the Dr might let me bring it into surgery)</p>
Best of luck to you with the knee replacement, EK!
NMinn, Snow, oh say it isn’t so! Warmer and drier weather must be on its way.
Did a run/walk for 4.75 miles this AM and a very easy 3 mile bike ride this afternoon. With the exception of sunscreen dripping into my eyes at the end of the running, it went fairly well. Earlier this morning I was stuck downtown in a traffic jam caused by a race. I watched people run and walk by. I have no idea what the race distance was, but there were people walking, yes walking, and people running slowly! Of course, I think I caught the end of the race, but still, people were moving at my pace. It gives me hope that one day I can make a public appearance
<p>Best of luck, EK. I think a spin bike takes up the least room- similar principle of iDad’s Airdyne but no arms and you can set the resistance. They aren’t cheap, though, but sometimes you can get some sell-offs from local health clubs.</p>
<p>My eating has been bad. A lot of stress eating (a couple recent deaths in my family plus work demands, etc) and justification about how I can eat a lot since I run a lot. I really would like to not go into my next race with the few extra pounds- not to mention the upcoming trip to St. John (USVI) and bathing suits, etc.</p>
Thinking I need to do this more often - an extra mile walking even in my day would burn off a few more calories if don’t frequently.</p>
