April Strength Challenge-record your minutes

[Georgiana]

Re: April Strength Challenge-record your minutes

April 10: yoga, 30 min

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[liv]

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I seem to be be lagging behind with lifting but I did yoga today

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[momtomany1]

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Callanetics 10 in 10 dvd today.

[planetclaire]

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Body pump and then an hour of yoga

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[SunnySmile501]

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I'm back. I so over-trained last week, I had to stop after Wednesday. Friday and Saturday, I cooked non-stop and that really hurt. I was in so much pain yesterday, after I got home from church, I was sacked out on the couch popping pain pills.

Thank goodness for this challenge, because seeing the thread on my user CP page was all that got me going again. I really, really, really didn't want to do anything today. This is where I usually give up and stop until I don't want to start again.

Since I didn't do upper body free weights on Friday, I probably shouldn't have started mixing in 8-lb. weights today, but I did. I already had the change penciled in on my exercise journal--it seemed easier than changing the journal for every day this week. I did 30 minutes, 9 reps @ 5-lb. weights, 3 reps @ 8-lb. weights.

I cut the resistance back to 10 on the stepper and stopped at 25 minutes when my hip started to go.

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[2Moments]

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April 10 - 30 mins treadmill
April 11 - 30 mins treadmill

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[qatil.haseena]

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I will be taking this class Strength30 minWeight training & cardio workout combined into one class utilizing hand weights, barbells and steps for a whole body workout


it will be three days a week so Once I start I can tell what body parts were stressed in the workout

[liv]

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Welcome qatil Just add yourself to the list and post your minutes


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[momtomany1]

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Chynna 90/750

Callanetics for strength training today

[planetclaire]

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Did lower body weights for 20 minutes today

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[SunnySmile501]

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I have a question re: strength training. I am asking here because I know some of you go to a gym and have/had a trainer.

I do upper body strength training three days a week, every other day (M-W-F), like I’ve been told to do. I do a Joyce Vedral workout with 5 to 8 pound weights, four movements, 12 reps for each muscle group: chest, shoulders, biceps, triceps, back.

Here’s the question: I have found some core exercises that I really want to do, but they are done with weights and some are the exact same moves I do in my regular workout, just with a stability ball or a core move added.

Should I save this/these move(s) to do only as the core workout and do it on the same day I do the complete workout or is it okay to do it on alternate days?

Here are two examples (there are more):





Core Triceps Extension
Start: Roll up a small towel lengthwise and lie flat with the curve of your lower back on top of the towel. Bend your knees, feet flat, and hold a weight in each hand, palms facing in. Bend your elbows, making sure that they point directly up, not out to the sides. Extend your left leg straight in a diagonal line away from your left hip. Engage your core muscles to stabilize your hips and ribs.
Finish: Continue to hold your leg in an extended position as you push the weights up and straighten your arms. Keep your core muscles tight as you push the weights up. Then, bend your elbows and lower the weights behind your head. (Hold one weight in both hands if your elbows feel strained.) Repeat, completing half the reps with your left leg extended and half the reps with your right leg extended.
Safety tip: If your back feels strained, bend the knee and bring your thigh closer to your body, or drop your leg and bend both knees.





Ball Chest Press
Start: Sit on a stability ball with a weight in each hand. Walk your feet forward on the floor as you lie back on the ball. Keep walking your feet away from the ball until your head, neck and shoulders are resting securely on top. Squeeze your butt and raise your hips so that your body forms a straight line from head to hips to knees. Extend both arms straight up above your chest, palms facing each other.
Finish: Bend your elbows out to the sides at 90-degree angles, palms facing each other. Then push your arms straight back up and repeat.

Safety tip: Avoid letting your butt sag as you drop your arms. Tighten your abs and butt to keep your body straight.

[liv]

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That is a good question and hopefully someone else has some input - I am a bit of an amateur exerciser.

I think I would do them on the same day as you do your regular exercise and leave a complete rest of the upperbody (arm) muscles in between. I think the abs can take the everyday exercise better than biceps, triceps and chest.
Cool with the exercise ball - my core is not strong enough for that kind of balance yet but it is getting there.

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[2Moments]

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30 mins of Arm and Core Pilates...and I am still Pi**ed off cause I cant figure out how to add these awards on, I did it in Paint, copied my ticker and award, and it came out like 1 inch by 1 inch, any help, I give up


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Desihue 114/536
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Chynna 90/750

[liv]

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Where did you upload them? Do you have photobucket or something?

[Georgiana]

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I am still Pi**ed off cause I cant figure out how to add these awards on, I did it in Paint, copied my ticker and award, and it came out like 1 inch by 1 inch, any help, I give up

If you PM me, I'll give you my email, you send me the pictures of the awards (or give me the links to them) and I can make the image for you.

Should I save this/these move(s) to do only as the core workout and do it on the same day I do the complete workout or is it okay to do it on alternate days?

I asked my brother for help with this, because he is the smart one when it comes to exercising (he's a kinesitherapy student and a professional basketball player ).

He said he is not familiar with Joyce Vedral's workouts, but that if the workouts cause you sore muscles, then you should leave a rest day in between exercises that use the same muscle groups. He also said that he would probably find it okay to do it on alternate days using lighter weights for the stability ball, etc. exercises, but he wouldn't recommend this to the average exerciser.