Gym Is Open (Monday)

I got woke up this morning by one of my gym mates calling me at 4:40 am saying, "Come on, lets go get skinny."  About half way through my workout I walked up to her and asked her "Am I skinny yet?" I did 45 mins on the treadmill after doing 25 mins of intense abs and back and lower body strength training.  I have a 1.5 mile round trip walk to the post office planned for my lunch hour...then I'll have my 5 miles in for today! What did you do to move your body today? Lori

Hi Lori - I was able to go back to the water class today.  It felt good after being gone for a week and not able to work out. 

We went to the rec center when my sibling came home from work.  I changed up my routine a bit, doing 15 minutes on the treadmill (not all at once -- I did 11 minutes at the beginning, and them 4 minutes at the end of my workout) and 15 minutes on the armbike.  The rec center was quite crowded today.  I guess everyone is back from spring break.  One of the senior women who attends the cancer survivors' fitness class came up to say HI.  She was leaving as I was getting started.  We had a nice chat last week while working on the treadmills and it was nice she remembered me.  She did two miles on the treadmill today  -- I will be happy when I can do two miles on the treadmill. I don't know if I should go for time, or speed, on the treadmill.  Is it better to walk longer periods at a slower pace, or should I crank up the speed a bit and walk less?  The highest speed I currently use is 2 mph.  I don't start out at 2, I move up in increments during my walk. Kix

Hi Kix,  you will be up to 2 miles before you know it!  I don't know if you ought to go for speed or distance.  Do what is best for your body - whatever your legs can better handle right now and build up over time to more speed and/or distance.

40 minute hi/lo aerobics class (Carribean Workout DVD - these workouts are all 20 minutes, so I did two classes) followed by full body weight training (Get Ripped: Slim and Lean dvd).