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10-24-20, 08:19 PM | ||
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Location: Modify City, State of Fierce
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10-24-20, 09:11 PM | |
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I had joined the local Y so I could walk on the treadmill, but eventually realized I needed to quit the membership. (After I hadn't set foot in there for several months, it was time.)
As others have said, my routines are all off kilter and I'm just unsettled on so many levels. I'm so bored with walking in my neighborhood I just don't bother any more, and frustrated I can't safely reach other areas without hazarding major roadways (with inadequate crossings). Knowing I needed to do SOMETHING to get myself moving, I researched the heck out of water rowers and treadmills until I realized that I already have more fitness equipment than I really need (carefully acquired over years, thanks VFF!). Don't you love it when your stash helps you feel frugal all of a sudden? Just lately I've been doing KB swings and gradually increasing the amount. Haven't really felt inclined to jump on my rebounder, though. In retrospect, I do think that one of my biggest hurdles in regaining my fitness was just being totally exhausted from caring for my dad. I kept pushing myself, thinking I should do more in terms of fitness because I could tell I was losing strength and stamina, but doing that made me even more tired. I'm better rested now, pandemic-stress or not, so I hope I'm going to just keep improving. Self-care seems to be my full time job these days.
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10-24-20, 09:38 PM | ||
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in answer to the question, i gained some weight so a co-worker and i agreed on a pact. i walk outdoors if i don't get a video done for the day.
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10-24-20, 09:51 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Western North Carolina
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I have maintained my morning workout routine, but in general, I have slowed down my life quite a bit since the pandemic started. Less social life for sure. I used to ballroom dance and haven't done that since this all started. I think one of the things that has saved me is hiking. We live in the mountains and we hike most weekends. I have also started devoting more time to walking during the week as well, longer lunch hour walks, sometimes walking after work. Unfortunately right now I am struggling with some calf knots that keep coming back so I'm missing my walking right now (and some of my cardio workouts, too). My favorite workouts in the pandemic are Cathe (as always) and Kari Anderson and Travis Elliot for yoga. I was hopeful to lose a few pounds but have been unsuccessful in finding motivation for that at this time, but have maintained my weight. We haven't had a meal from a restaurant in many months, have been cooking alot. We normally would eat out once or twice week. This time in life is really stressful.
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10-24-20, 10:45 PM | ||||
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10-24-20, 11:51 PM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I was at my lightest (in a long time) right when the lock downs began. Prior to that, I got a lot of my exercise during my commute (biking to/from train station and between office campuses, walking during lunch break and to/from different buildings) and would squeeze in yoga and weight workouts during the week 4x to 5x per week, together with hiking on the weekends.
After everything shut down, I did a lot more yoga (hamstrings seriously stretched so my forward bends got a lot more bendy!) and would fit in walks around the neighborhood to get a break from work and from the kids a few times each day. As work's gotten busier and there's been more driving to keep the kids' schedules in line (after school sports camp and soon in-person school again), I've been trying to get some cardio in every morning to get some steps before I do yoga or weights... which means waking up at 6:30 AM so I can still get the kids ready for their days and still start working at a reasonable hour. I walk my younger kid to preschool most days too and if I'm short on steps, I'll duck out before sunset to get to my 10K goal for the day! With so much more working out at home, I'm really digging into my inventory of DVDs (yay, KCM premixes!) and really enjoying good ol' fashioned floor aerobics -- please suggest stuff for me to try -- I like routines with low impact modifier options and minimal knee tweaking motions. I put on 3 lbs after a 10-day summer break trip but I think I lost 1 lb this week so hoping I can shake/hop/kick/step the rest off soon |
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