Don't have a good excuse

Excercises have lapsed although walking a lot and being more active.

Good and Bad

Good - gardening and exercise in the morning
Very long fast walk

bad - cider, doner kebab and chips. Still it's been months since I last had that sort of food.

Happy Easter

Started doing stair running etc in the morning. Short walk. Excs in the evening.

Need to get the metabolism revved up in the mornings from now on.

Out of routine

Because of a change of routine and I didn't have the downstairs to myself tonight, I completely forgot the excercises.

Very short walk. Hope I can get back into it next week.

Sloth

A can't be bothered day. No walk.

Feel unmotivated and very lazy. Hope it will pass.

On the lookout

Everywhere I'm going nowadays I'm looking out for things to jump over.

Very long walk today.

Still motivated

Walks, yoga and sit ups is now my thing. I'm changing the excercises to stave off boredom.

Added more

Leg raises together and seperate have been added to the routine. Still going well. Looking forward to the yoga each day. Did less today to save overdoing it.

Today

Heachache still in force bad enough to have to lie down.

However got motivated in the afternoon.

Long walk
yoga
sit ups
stair running
press ups
weights
running on the spot
star jumps
stretches

Time for a change

Wasn't as active as I planned today due to a severe headache.

Limited stair running.

Sit ups, yoga, long walk, stretching

Usual Excercise

Normally I go on long daily walks, excercise to music - put on the tv and dance or do specific excercises on and off throughout the day.

For many years I used the powerstretcher - the elastic thingy with handles that is advertised as 'just 7 mins a day'. I've stopped that as I think that it aggravated my shoulders.

I'm also a fan of a routine of fast excercises mentioned in my second post (ezine articles). It's a combination of stair running, star jumps, running on the spot, weights and press ups. Each done for a very short time each and alternated.

I'm not really up to press ups on the ground so instead I do them against the stairs. I think that I must have got fitter recently as I can run up the stairs more times than before in the set time.

Onwards and upwards!

I've just re-read that article and realised that I've been missing out the sit-ups. Never mind.

Couch Potato no More

My weekly weigh-in reminded me that I'm spending too much time sitting down. For some years now my normal routines have been changing with the outcome of too much inactivity.

Although I didn't put on any weight, I've been the same for over a month even with all the excercise that I do.

I mentioned this to the doctor and they're giving me tests for thyroid. But I reckon it's down to the couch!

So it's time to change my routine and get active.

SO, WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Take a look and see for yourself.

My favourite video - Extreme game of tag through Edinburgh UK
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6qhgIdP3l3I

TRAINING
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UUgYPgsZ120
Training at home

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X15VRzQHq2U
Strength training to do in town! Not for beginners.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Loose-Ten-Pounds-In-Ten-Days&id=833027
This is what I sometimes do (when I remember). You need access to stairs.

I am captivated by freerunning and Parkour.

So, I'm not in my first flush of youth (by any stretch of the imagination) a bit overweight, unfit. Female! So what?


Plus side -

1. I've been excercising/walking for years
2. The sheer energy I see in the videos is a huge motivator
3. I don't give up


Minus -

1. Marial arts training - Tang Soo Doo/ballet/tai chi caused severe knee problems
2. A recent run reminded me of the reasons I gave up the above hobbies.

Ok, so I can walk fast instead. No need to give up at the first hurdle.