Exercise with Me 8/3-8/7 Week 2

Wednesday - I did 24 miles on the peloton this morning and walked my dogs for about an hour.

Wow, you are rocking it!!!

Today, Thursday I have plans to walk with a friend in Newburyport, MA. It's such a pretty coastal town. We walk along their rail trail, which has a whole bunch of outdoor sculptures and other art installations along it. Then we go along the river walk, and into town for a cup of coffee. It will probably be about an hour of walking. I'll check the number of steps -- I'm curious.

I think I like writing down what I'm planning to do, then editing my post with what I actually did later. It gives me an extra bit of accountability. I really want to make this movement part of my daily schedule and don't want it to fade away.

The walk was great -- so beautiful today. It goes by so happily and quickly when I'm chatting with a friend. It was 7500 steps, which is roughly 3.5 miles for me.

I started couch to 5k a few weeks back. I haven’t run in quite a few months because I had a hip injury. Fingers crossed it stays healed. It took forever for the pain to go away.

Tonight I’ll walk 3ish miles too. Tomorrow is spinning & yoga. I really need to add weights back in. It’s amazing how fast you lose tone.

I have started riding my bike to work, and it is... Hard.

To be fair, going from never riding a bike to 40km a day is a big leap for me. I will get better.

The ride there is lovely, but it is uphill all the way home. The burn!

that walk sounds like heaven - enjoy! Would love to see a photo of the area

I had to calculate how many miles that is (24+ miles), WOW.  And to do it back home uphill after a day at work?   Getting exercise and not burning fossil fuel?  Win-win.  Good on you.

Ha! We are going to see how long it lasts. The last few weeks have literally kicked my ass Like, ow.

Thursday -21 miles on the peloton:) I rode about 470 miles last month so I’m aiming for 500 this month:)

I am not going to focus on distance since I am getting creamed by the rest of you! But today I did a full 30 minutes of pedaling (the first two days I did about 20) and I was able to keep my cadence in line with what the instructor was doing most of the time. I feel really good after riding, so that is exciting to me that maybe I will be able to maintain exercising.  I plan on riding in the morning, but I might try a short ride in the evening as well.

When do you all exercise? I am unemployed right now due to school, so I have the luxury of riding when I want, I will need to see how this goes for the next month and then figure out the best time to work out when I am working.

I didn't really set any big goals other than to exercise 4 days this week. I don't know why but I've felt so blah this week. Probably because of the heat, but I just have been running low on energy. I did a strength class on Monday, a peloton cycling and arms class on Wednesday, and then I just finished a 45 minute Peloton bike class just now. We plan on going mountain biking tomorrow morning before it gets too crazy hot. It's "only" supposed to be 92 tomorrow.

Yesterday I did a 7 mile hike in evening.
Today I did a 3 mile run in morning.
My favorite time to exercise is early morning, around 7:30am but if I can’t get out then I usually go for walk in the evening.

I still need to do arms and I still can’t lose my 3lbs frustrating.

Way to go, everyone!

I don't think I checked in yesterday. I did 30 min elliptical, 20 min lower body, 10 min upper body and 10 min core. I was sore today so just did 30 min elliptical.

Joining in - I need to keep my motivation going.

This week and last, I walked 4x before work. I am for 40-50 minutes each time. Feeling a little discouraged the scale isn't moving but I know it's part of the process.

I'm so jealous of Peleton owners! I wish we had space for a piece of cardio equipment. I used to have an elliptical but had to give it up when we converted our loft into my home office.