<p>No workout yesterday again. Left at 7:30 AM, got home at 10:30 PM - I had some things that I had to get done before Saturday and really wanted to get them done by yesterday. Planning on tennis today which should make up for the deficit.</p>
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<p>Sometimes they have a lot of stuff for men and sometimes for women. A few months ago they had a ton of stuff for women (they put it in the front of the store) and not very much for men. I don’t know what things are like right now - I won’t get a chance to check on Sunday because I might have tennis which will mean grocery shopping will be before Marshalls opens. I have more than enough Dri-Fit Tees and Pro Combat shirts to get me through the week wearing them for just about everything. I just like the fitted but not skin-tight shirts. I may pick up a few more in different colors if they have them.</p>
<p>I stopped by Dicks yesterday at the mall (picked up a new iPod Touch for making phone calls) and they have a lot of new stuff for running and training in the men’s section. A lot of that stuff is louder than I like but that’s what they put in the more highly visible parts of the store. The more conservative stuff is further back and I didn’t have time to take a look. I didn’t look at prices but I imagine that they are in the stratosphere. Lots of manufacturers have concerns about raw material and labor inflation and how much of that they can pass onto the consumer.</p>
<p>Actually, in my case, clothes shopping had become increasingly painful over the years as the sizes went up and up and up and the options became fewer and fewer, limited mostly to baggier and baggier. It is so much fun, now, to shop at the other end of the racks, know what will fit, and so forth.</p>
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<p>MOWC and SOWC are going have a piece of cake race tomorrow. It’ll be like a 26 mile stroll in the park!</p>
Actually, I completely understand. Though I was never heavy, before I was in the shape I’m in and the weight I’m at, shopping for clothes – especially pants – was all about, “Do they fit adequately?” rather than, “Do I look good in them?” Now that many more things fit, I can afford to be choosier about what I buy. It has to make me look good before I’ll plunk down the money.
<p>Good morning! I have been offically released from the physical therapist!!! Yay! Continuing with the walking. Actually feels good to get moving. Made an excellent warm chicken salad with sweet peppers, pears and toasted pinenuts with a lemon,rosemary and shallot vinaigrette last night. Back to healthy eating, too. Today is another beautiful day and I am planning on hitting a local trail. Oh…a nice benefit from different exercise/PT is that my knee feels great! </p>
<p>idad…I am still not allowed to do regular planks. Have to do some modified ones with the stability ball. I think of you everytime I do them. ;)</p>
<p>Vball pasta dinner tonight, Tournament Tomorrow, Prom Tomorrow night,
Long Run 5:30 am Sunday, Youth Symphony Sunday afternoon… dontcha love May?!!</p>
<p>MOWC - I will be thinking of you Sunday am - will do my “cold front” dance :)</p>
<p>Have a great weekend of exercise and fun everybody!</p>
Well, only 3 lbs left from 8 gianed during the last all inclusive vacation , did not do anything special at all, just went back to my normal eating, which includes certain amount of junk food to keep me happy. After these 3, the goal is to get rid of the 5 that I got from 2 previous trips. That will require some major adjustment…but swimming season is close, it means much less time exercising with much greater results in terms of weight and overall feeling of well being, only 3 weeks to say hello to the pool. BTW, 5 lbs drop meant 15 points drop in BP, I love this part the best.
Have a great weekend everybody, do not kill yourself over-exercising and under-eating, do not forget to indulge, it is a weekend after all.
<p>Where are you all going for the weekend? You sound like you’re all going on an exciting trip, while I have to stay behind and man the fort. :(</p>
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<p>A weekend, to me, doesn’t mean indulging. It simply means continuing my current habits, which include an occasional indulgence but generally healthy eating and exercising. :)</p>
<p>^No sweets or ice cream on the weekend? Well, I cannot do that, not to say that I am skipping my chocolate on a daily basis, it is absolute must, psychological well being is priority #1. Well, we go a bit beyond few peices of chocolate on a weekend. In regard to exercise, weekend or not, vacation or at home, we do it for couple hours most of the time, less in a summer because of swimming.
No matter what is your weekend resolution, enjoy!</p>
<p>Today’s run: 1.5 miles, walk 1 min, sprint (relatively speaking) .25, walk 1 min, sprint .25, so total of about 2 miles. Then some core & stretching. I kind of want to get a stability ball for at home, but they are so big and my house is so small.</p>
<p>I’m glad you’re back NMinn, and great that your knee is better too.</p>
<p>2+ hours of tennis. I was dripping with sweat from time to time but stayed strong throughout. I tried a few things that I learned from YouTube videos this week. One of them worked out quite well. The other would take some practice to get used to.</p>
Great series of articles on Title IX in sports illustrated this week. My daughter’s XC team is featured in a photo spread. I can only shake my head when I think of girls sports at the hs level in the 70s. My own daughter was incredulous when she learned that ohio didn’t have a state XC meet until the 90s.
NM: Glad you’re back!! Good luck going forward.
MOWC: Hope it’s a good marathon experience for you and your D. Are you going to try some of that weird Cincinnati chili?
IDad: Reading NROLfLife and setting up a plan for myself. It’s interesting because in some of his exercise categories, I can’t even do the Level 1 exercise, e.g., box jump or any of those jumps (could be that my ankle is limiting me–but I’m going to work on it). I can, however, do Level 3 the dumbbell push press and the kettle bell swing. As I’ve been reading the book, I realized I need to be more committed in my weight training to get more benefits. I usually do 1-2 days of training, but I should really be doing 2-3 most weeks.
CJane: Where are you? Haven’t heard from you lately.
<p>Good to see you, Bromfield.
My best wishes to MOWC and SisOWC for the marathon.</p>
<p>I am back from my vacation, with a 2 lb. weight gain, but not suprised given the fruity sundowner cocktail that was a daily event – hit the gym yesterday, where I snagged the last spot in the class with my favorite instructor. After the last weeks off, I am very sore today.</p>
<p>Did a cardio dance class this morning, then a long walk, telling myself that movement will help “clear” the soreness – not really working.</p>
<p>Wimpy little Airdyne intervals for me this afternoon. I think my Garmin fritzed out on me and let me off the hook early on one of the intervals. Oh well. I’m trying to shorten up these sessions and make them a little less cataclysmic!</p>
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<p>Fantastic about being cleared and your knee improving and being back in the saddle. Tell us more about the modified planks on the stability ball? The ones I do on the ball are harder than regular planks. Walking sounds like a very good plan. That is so under-rated for exercise. As long as your back allows, you should continue with a major commitment to core training. That is the way to protect your back long-term.</p>
<p>BROMFIELD:</p>
<p>I’m the same way, plotting my exercises for New Rules of Lifting for Life. There are some cases where I think the “advanced” option is easier/better/safer than the “beginner” option. No big deal. All of the exercises are good and all of them can be made as easy or as hard as you like. It’s a very flexible workout program, but it seems to be pretty easy to grasp.</p>
<p>The only change I’ll make is that I’ll do the “metabolic conditioning” finishers on my alternate rest days. I just don’t have the gas in the tank to do a full workout and then finish with intervals. I’d rather go hard on the core and strength training on one day and then go hard for a few minutes of intervals the next day.</p>
Before I moved everything to the basement, I kept the stabilty ball under the dining room table. It just wedged under a piece of wood and kept it from rolling around. Now, I have an old milk crate. Medicine ball goes in the crate, stability ball goes on top of the crate. Both of them stay put.
I was worried about the cats, but they never warmed up to the stabilty ball (thank goodness!)
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I’m looking at a townhouse condo tomorrow morning with a finished carpeted basement. So “the world’s best gym” may get an upgrade!
