sass' exercise diary

[sassi]

as part of my positive thinking, 60 day blitz it's time to track my exercise

I'll keep a daily total of minutes & then from tomorrow i'll keep a total for the week as well - wednesdays are my weigh in day (fortnightly) & so the 'start' of my week!

8/7
30 minute PT session (3 x 500m row, various weights)
25 minute walk

total mins: 55

[Strawberry]

Great work!
tracking daily makes u not want to miss out on a exercise.

[sassi]

thanks strawberry

i'm thinking of splitting it into exercise & incidental exercise...i walk for about 45-50 minutes all up each day to & from the station but that's split into 4 parts...i spoke to my pt & he said it's awesome for my heart but not so impt to my fitness.

[Strawberry]

the walking should still help though?
what a good idea breaking it up.

[sassi]

definitely still helps - it's really good for your general health (from my limited knowledge!). but to really push your fitness, not as good. i'm trying to work on my fitness & strength so i need to do stuff that raises my heartbeat lots. hope that makes sense!

the reason i am wanting to be stronger is that i feel like i'm reasonably strong already & i'd like to build on that & see it as an area where i will be able to see improvement

thanks...i'm really happy that i do a fair bit of walking each day, but i have also found myself getting a bit lazy & using the walking as an excuse not to need to do anything extra & for what i want to achieve, that's not going to cut it!

9/7
exercise: 0
incidental exercise: 70mins

[sassi]

10/7

exercise:
20 mins yoga
30 mins ex bike
total: 50 mins

incidental exercise:
none - worked from home so no walking

[Strawberry]

definitely still helps - it's really good for your general health (from my limited knowledge!). but to really push your fitness, not as good. i'm trying to work on my fitness & strength so i need to do stuff that raises my heartbeat lots. hope that makes sense!

does make sense.
i read somewhere about burning more fat if u stay in the fat burning zone = 2 oxygen getting through 2 fat cells

the reason i am wanting to be stronger is that i feel like i'm reasonably strong already & i'd like to build on that & see it as an area where i will be able to see improvement

u will c improvements & strong bodies look great! i did 20 min of pilates today, 1 section had 2 use hand weights. I was really sore after a few secs, i was only using 1kg weights. i ordered a book: 8 weeks 2 a toned body. going 2 try it out & c how i go - i'll add it 2 my 60 day challenge.

thanks...i'm really happy that i do a fair bit of walking each day, but i have also found myself getting a bit lazy & using the walking as an excuse not to need to do anything extra & for what i want to achieve, that's not going to cut it!

i c the walking as the base & anything extra is a bonus - if u don't officially exercise u've still done so.

[sassi]

that book sounds interesting - i'm gonna go have a look for it online now!!

i asked the pt on tues if he could set me some strength sort of targets soon - i'm looking forward to it!

[sassi]

Friday 11/7

exercise:
0

incidental exercise:
55 mins walking

[sassi]

Saturday 12/7

exercise:
30 min PT session

incidental:
none

[sassi]

sunday 13/7
rest day (aka drank too much on saturday night & spent the day on the couch!)

monday 14/7

exercise:
20 mins exercise bike
50 x sit ups holding a 5kg weight

incidental exercise:
50 mins walking

[sassi]

tuesday 15 july

exercise:
30 min pt session (one of the hardest ever!!)

incidental exercise:
25 mins walking

[sassi]

wednesday 16 july

exercise:
1 hour walk

incidental exercise:
50 mins walking

[sassi]

thursday 17 july

exercise:
not sure...will go straight from work to my bf's mum's for dinner & won't get home until 10.30ish. eeek. should have got up earlier!

incidental exercise:
40 mins walking

[sassi]

friday 18 july

exercise:
30 mins exercise bike

incidental exercise:
50 mins walking