Workout: What did you do today?

[Hope]

Just wanted to say I love this whole thread.

[DJChameleon]

This week has been crazy for me. I signed up for a few fitness classes at the gym but the classes happened around mid-day. Noonish to be exact. I don't know how people work out in the middle of the day or even after work. Crowded as hell AND don't you feel super tired after being at work all day long?

What time of day do you guys and gals work out?

Since I'm used to the early morning crew I have been double dipping and just going to the gym two times a day this week. I wake up my normal time at 2am and just head to the gym. The other night I couldn't sleep around 1am so I went early to do cardio and tire myself out so that I could come back home and rest properly for the core class. I knew it was gonna kick my butt and it did. Core is what I did yesterday. Today I did the 30 minute circuit on my own and went to a stretch class but I was the only person signed up so the instructor just said stretch at home and check out some youtube videos on it lol. I was grateful even though this specific class was at 730am. Not as late in the day as the other classes.

[jimmy jazz]

Just wanted to say I love this whole thread.

Are you doing anything to exercise or wanting to start? It would be good to have you in here.

[Hope]

Depression has it's claws in me. I wrote up a new weekly schedule today that includes exercise 4 days a week. The best option is going outside for a walk, fresh air, that kind of shit. I also have some indoor options since it rains a lot here. I'm not allergic to rain, but it is so dismal this year my fighting spirit is elsewhere. 

[grindy]

This week has been crazy for me. I signed up for a few fitness classes at the gym but the classes happened around mid-day. Noonish to be exact. I don't know how people work out in the middle of the day or even after work. Crowded as hell AND don't you feel super tired after being at work all day long?

What time of day do you guys and gals work out?

Since I'm used to the early morning crew I have been double dipping and just going to the gym two times a day this week. I wake up my normal time at 2am and just head to the gym. The other night I couldn't sleep around 1am so I went early to do cardio and tire myself out so that I could come back home and rest properly for the core class. I knew it was gonna kick my butt and it did. Core is what I did yesterday. Today I did the 30 minute circuit on my own and went to a stretch class but I was the only person signed up so the instructor just said stretch at home and check out some youtube videos on it lol. I was grateful even though this specific class was at 730am. Not as late in the day as the other classes.

If I'm in the office, I work out immediately when I come home. I actually love it, really helps me clear my head. If I'm working from home, I work out whenever I have some time between meetings or also immediately after I'm done.

[Hope]

What time of day do you guys and gals work out?

I love mornings. I have my coffee and then head out. I prefer the early birds on my routine route. Whole different sort of people out after midday. More family oriented, and larger groups to navigate on a small sidewalk.

But, Dammit! We have great bike lanes over here! 

[Guybrush]

@DJChameleon I work out either immediately after work or usually just before bed. In between, there's house chores and dinner and homework and changing diapers, tidying, etc. so..

[jimmy jazz]

Leg drive video for my fellow roiders.

[Hope]

I walked a 5k outside this morning. It was nice to get out and breath some fresh air for a change. I'm going to do 5k 3 times a week for now. I need to take it easy to start. I always start with too much every day and burn out into doing nothing in a few weeks. I never seem to learn from this behavior either. They say doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is the definition of insanity. 

I was big into walking for the 3 years before the pandemic and I was in pretty good shape. I had finally graduated to long hikes with my husband (which made him very happy). I was in peak shape that Jan 2020 and was ready to start doing serious hikes with him and The Alpine Club.

The pandemic came and ruined 2 and a half years+ of my life. I have health anxiety so I didn't deal well with it at all. I'm still trying to get back into walking all the time, then into hikes, and maybe someday I'll be back at Alpine Club level.

I keep having stops and starts, my heart just isn't in it like it used to be.

I need to pull my head out of my ass though. Micha and I are going to Germany and Austria in June for some real Alpine hiking. If I don't work on my conditioning I'm going to have a miserable time.

[Guybrush]

I was worried I wouldn't keep up exercising, but now I'm surprised at how much it bothers me if I don't do it for a couple of days 😅

My workouts, like grindys, are fairly short, though.

Yesterday I did push ups, bench press, deadlifts and dumbbell curls.

Today I think dumbbell flys, this hip drop stomach thing and dumbbell Rows. Tomorrow squats and standing Calf raise.

I wonder, though, if exercising every day is what keeps me from getting well. Like I've been a little sick for 2-3 months straight 🤔

[grindy]

I was worried I wouldn't keep up exercising, but now I'm surprised at how much it bothers me if I don't do it for a couple of days 😅

My workouts, like grindys, are fairly short, though.

Yesterday I did push ups, bench press, deadlifts and dumbbell curls.

Today I think dumbbell flys, this hip drop stomach thing and dumbbell Rows. Tomorrow squats and standing Calf raise.

I wonder, though, if exercising every day is what keeps me from getting well. Like I've been a little sick for 2-3 months straight 🤔

Do you have a program or do you wing it every time?

[Guybrush]

Do you have a program or do you wing it every time?

Somewhere in between, I think. I have my bread and butter exercises that I try to get through every 3-4 days or so, most of them mentioned above. So wednesday I'll be ready for yesterday's exercises again.

Instead of my workouts being planned ahead, what I end up doing is more dictated by my log - what I didn't do last time essentially - and opportunity.

So tomorrow is leg day because I'm working where the Smith machine is, so will take the opportunity to get my squats in.

I've basically settled in this way of doing it because a little more flexibility suits me.

[Hope]

Today's walk was very windy and somehow harder than yesterday, but I improved my time a little.

[DJChameleon]

I had some silly drama happen with my friend yesterday that works the front desk so I was in and out today. I went and did my 20 min cardio session got a back massage on the bed and left immediately. I didn't hang out like I normally do.

[FETCHER.]

I'm on week 4 of couch to 5km. I have had so many stop/starts due to being on holiday and yet another chest infection but I'm keeping at it and I'll hopefully be running a 10km in summer 🙏