Goal to mid-november for indoor tri

[musculArgirl2]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP GOING!!!!

thank you!!!! i know i need to keep going for a long time. first i need to get out of the 230's. I'm only 6 pounds away from my total weight loss last fall! the lowest i got to in january was 227.

[musculArgirl2]

workouts 3, 4 and 10 minutes of 5 level 1 for 50 minutes today. I have the fan on my treadmill full blast and i'm still full of sweat. The high inclines are really hard for me. i want to stop the whole time. Need to find my hr monitor so i can start wearing it again. - DONE



swim 1000 meters at the pool. believe that is 20 laps. Done just used a kickboard. tried a different bathing suit that i bought cheap a long time ago and i hated it. kind of a pain to swim in.
fun thing: swim with mom during adult hour. Done

[Athene]

1000m is an awesome workout! Nice work Becky!! Being awesome: DONE

[musculArgirl2]

Being awesome: DONE

Thanks!! It's more like having fun! I wish i would have gotten into swimming years ago!


still haven't come up with a training plan. I will know more in a few weeks after i do the pt sessions and if that is something i want to continue with once a month.. It will be easier to plan after i know if that is for me or not.

Right now my goal is just to be consistent with the walking on inclline each day and enjoying swimming.

[musculArgirl2]

Did a free pt session today. It went well. I usually avoid exercises with my stomach and i felt like she kept having me do stuff that i would rather avoid. which made me rather uncomfortable and a tad embarrassed. just my hangup though i don't think no one else cared. I would rather have done more machine workouts with weights. i did notice though how kind of bad posture i have too. She also had me do planks with my wrists. I know boss recommends it with the arm. I didn't say anything though.

But it felt good when done i will say that. I like how you feel once your done with a workout. i'm going to do another workout on my own this weekend.

not sure if i will continue after my free sessions are up.

pros.

i really would like to for a little while to learn more and feel more comfortable with weights
i was able to cut my expenses on one thing by 55 a month so it wouldn't be too costly if i did a session once amonth

cons.

I don't like the sales aspect. She wants me to do this cardio test to see what hr zone i'm in. People have been losing weight forever without taking the test. I'm sure it is nice but for 140.00 i'd rather not. But i feel like if i went with her i would feel obligated.

She wants me to buy a protein supplement. i just drank a chocolate milk when i got home. I remember somone saying that on here you can do that. not sure if that is adequate but again i would feel obligated if i were to go with her.

still might go to the cheaper gym and save a bundle!

other goals for today

1. walk on incline for 50 minutes

2. maybe swim. depends on the weather.

3. walk at the park 1.3 miles

[Athene]

You're being really proactive with the exercise this week. Wow! I wanted to comment on your trainer experience: the whole point of having a trainer is that they force you to work on what you don't like, so don't worry, that is normal You can do the stuff you like and are comfortable with unsupervised when you're training alone. Regarding weight machines, there's a reason Personal Trainers don't use them: they're not great for results and functionality. Machine workouts with weights aren't as beneficial as bodyweight exercises because bodyweight exercises are harder - they're multi-joint and functional, instead of using one joint in an unnatural way like most machines do. When do you do a leg press in real life? Never. When do you do a squat? Every time you sit down on the toilet. That's what I mean by not-functional versus functional.

Oh yeah and I think it was me talking about chocolate milk before - it is a great recovery drink, but it is also really high in sugar, so if you're trying to lose weight as a priority, chocolate protein powder without the sugar might be the better choice. If I was your trainer that's what I would recommend

Don't let the trainer pressure you into anything, just do what feels right to you. You paid the trainer for a service, you don't owe her any favours. You can do what you want and take her advice or not. I have a hard time saying no sometimes too, so I try to keep it as short as possible when refusing something, "I'd like to hold off on that for now." has worked well for me, and then I don't offer any other explanation and conversation kind of moves on. Advice from a people-pleaser there

[musculArgirl2]

You're being really proactive with the exercise this week. Wow! I wanted to comment on your trainer experience: the whole point of having a trainer is that they force you to work on what you don't like, so don't worry, that is normal You can do the stuff you like and are comfortable with unsupervised when you're training alone. Regarding weight machines, there's a reason Personal Trainers don't use them: they're not great for results and functionality. Machine workouts with weights aren't as beneficial as bodyweight exercises because bodyweight exercises are harder - they're multi-joint and functional, instead of using one joint in an unnatural way like most machines do. When do you do a leg press in real life? Never. When do you do a squat? Every time you sit down on the toilet. That's what I mean by not-functional versus functional.

Oh yeah and I think it was me talking about chocolate milk before - it is a great recovery drink, but it is also really high in sugar, so if you're trying to lose weight as a priority, chocolate protein powder without the sugar might be the better choice. If I was your trainer that's what I would recommend

Don't let the trainer pressure you into anything, just do what feels right to you. You paid the trainer for a service, you don't owe her any favours. You can do what you want and take her advice or not. I have a hard time saying no sometimes too, so I try to keep it as short as possible when refusing something, "I'd like to hold off on that for now." has worked well for me, and then I don't offer any other explanation and conversation kind of moves on. Advice from a people-pleaser there

Well i'm not working this week either so i have some time on my hands too. Really the workout i really count as working out is mostly the walking on incline. Swimming is fun to me not working out. And so is walking at the park. The PT session though is working out too.

Thanks for the advice on the PT. I wasn't looking at it from that viewpoint.

I'm not going to stay with the PT. I don't even think i'm going to stay with the gym. The gym is beautiful with a lot of amentities. And maybe next summer i can sign up and be fit and really take advanatage of not only the pool but other things as well. But here is the hard facts.

Expensive Gym for one year without pt but it's like a resort = 880
expensive gym for one year with a pt one time a month = about 1700

cheap gym = which really has everything i use. = 408

i'm trying to pay my debt down so i'm going to go with the cheap gym. But like i said maybe next summer i will go back to the other gym.

[Boss Man]

You could always tel the trainer that you would prefer to do planks on your forearms, because you have heard it might be safer than doing it on the wrists. You don't have to name anyone or say where you heard it, but hten if they ask, just say you don't want to cause any controversy, but for your own piece of mind you'd rather do them the way you suggested.

If the planks are side planks, then the propping of bodyweight on the wrist is a big no-no for me, but if it's normal ones, there's less of an issue, because you're using both arms to distribute the load, but I personally still do those on the forearms.

[musculArgirl2]

You could always tel the trainer that you would prefer to do planks on your forearms, because you have heard it might be safer than doing it on the wrists. You don't have to name anyone or say where you heard it, but hten if they ask, just say you don't want to cause any controversy, but for your own piece of mind you'd rather do them the way you suggested.

If the planks are side planks, then the propping of bodyweight on the wrist is a big no-no for me, but if it's normal ones, there's less of an issue, because you're using both arms to distribute the load, but I personally still do those on the forearms

I think i will tell her boss that i prefer that thanks. I have tendanitis a little bit i think in my wrists so i would prefer that anyways.

[musculArgirl2]

PT session today for an hour = DONE

other goals for today

1. walk on incline for 50 minutes

2. maybe swim. depends on the weather.

3. walk at the park 1.3 miles - DONE

walked some more shopping today. I think i'm not doing the incline and swimmign today. I"m kind of beat and my body is aching a bit from the workout with the pt this morning.

[musculArgirl2]

Goals for today:

1. Walk at the park. = DONE

2. walk on incline workouts level 1 workouts 5 and 8 for 50 minutes going to do here in a little bit. - DONE

3. swim (maybe) i have some plans this afternoon so if i get done early enough and weather permitting i will go.


i felt guilt yesterday not doing my incline workout. I really was achy feeling and i figured i did my pt session that morning but still, what i was thinking was: I wonder what bossman would say.

next week is going to be tougher for workouts. My niece is coming over and i am back to work. But i think it can still be done.

[musculArgirl2]

workouts 5 and 8 done on level 1 !! Whew!! i am really sweating when done. And they aren't even that hard probably for most people. But they are for me. Actually the 2 workouts were easier than most of the workouts. i wore the hr monitor and it said only 377 calories burned. I feel like i burned 1,000.

Definitely want to go swimming tonight.

[musculArgirl2]

I have some good news. I bought a bathing suit and i am happy enough with the coverage and how it swims in the water. Not perfect but decent. tried it out tonight. so at least good enough to train with. still not sure exactly how i will do it at the tri still though. This might be a little too much information but maybe i can wear a sport bra underneath during the tri?? That way i can just put some shorts on and go on to the bike and run and not change?? I'm thinking that maybe is what i will do.

Not sure yet if i'm going to run at all during the tri?? My feet have been feeling good. no issues whatsoever i might try a run walk or something but time will tell on that one. Right now i'm not going too though. Just walking on incline.

Also i did swim tonight. i swam about 14 laps total but a lot of them were with the kickboard which i don't think was that great of a workout.. i timed the first 5. "i think" not sure on this and i could be wrong but i think i swam the first lap about 1:18. If i could only keep that up throughout my swim!!

i didn't do well tonight with the 10 minutes.

last time i swam 10 minutes i swam about 5.75 laps
tonight it was just 5 laps in 10 minutes. i did the backstroke tonight too which is slower and also im even slower with it because i'm outside and i use the lines on the ceiling ot help me go straight indoors but i can't outdoors, so i go slower because i tend to go a little crooked. i also took breaks.

on a side note though it was a little chilly for summer. about 70ish tonight but still the water felt really good outdoors. we are swimming in the dark now at the end of the hour.

[Athene]

My 2 cents is to keep walking at this point - just to make sure you don't get any injuries right when you're picking up momentum. In October you could maybe switch to walking 2 minutes, jogging 1 minute, or something like that; but I would take it easy. Does that seem reasonable to you, or do you feel the urge to run?

For swimming, when you talk about laps, do you mean "there and back", or "there"? I know "length" to be going to the other side (25 m in most pools) and "lap" to be going there and back (50 m). Just checking so I can keep following along!

It's been chilly here too! I need to bring a hoodie or something if I go out of the house at night. I hate it! I hope the hottest part of summer isn't behind us. I'm not ready for Fall again!!

[musculArgirl2]

My 2 cents is to keep walking at this point - just to make sure you don't get any injuries right when you're picking up momentum. In October you could maybe switch to walking 2 minutes, jogging 1 minute, or something like that; but I would take it easy. Does that seem reasonable to you, or do you feel the urge to run?

For swimming, when you talk about laps, do you mean "there and back", or "there"? I know "length" to be going to the other side (25 m in most pools) and "lap" to be going there and back (50 m). Just checking so I can keep following along!

It's been chilly here too! I need to bring a hoodie or something if I go out of the house at night. I hate it! I hope the hottest part of summer isn't behind us. I'm not ready for Fall again!!

Yeah, i think i will definitely stick to walking right now. Walking on incline i get a pretty good workout and definitely don't want to risk an injury. I'm fine with that. I might not even run at the tri at all. I will just play that one by ear and see if i do lose some weight will probably be the deciding factor!

Swimming when i say a lap i mean there and back in a 25 m pool. a length i say the same thing which is one way in the pool. i was just looking and 64 lengths equals a mile in the pool. so if i swam 14 laps today that's almost half a mile! forgot how long it took.

I really need to do a training plan though. For swimming especially! My mom was telling me i need to start biking soon too. She was like. You don't do that at all!! LOL

Fall is kind of depressing the thought! This swimming outdoors has been so fun this summer i will be sad to see it go. Next week adult hour ends because it's getting darker earlier now. the pool is still open just no more adult hour. My mom's membership expires too which i will miss. I love her company makes it so much more fun!!