Archive for the 'Exercise' Category

Yourself! Fitness Workout #122, 30 minute cardio / upper body, 136 calories
I moved back up to 3-pound weights and it felt great, although Maya started with chest flys WITHOUT weights.  It was a great workout; we got to all the muscles of the arms.  I wish Maya would automatically put arm stretches in the end [...]

Yourself! Fitness Workout #121, 30 minute cardio / cardio, 201 calories
I did a double dose of cardio today, and it felt pretty good.  I probably burned more than 201 calories since Dot smacked into my legs from behind and got upset, so I carried her during ten minutes of the cardio exercise!  I got those [...]

Yourself! Fitness Workout #120, 30 minute cardio / flex, 118 calories
Last night I could feel the soreness from the core workout on Wednesday, and this morning I could feel the lower body workout from yesterday! I loosened up fairly quickly, though. A little too many eagle poses, especially since I need to watch [...]

Yourself! Fitness Workout #117, 30 minutes cardio / upper body, 158 calories
The workout was fun even though I didn’t feel like doing it.  Dot helped by climbing all over me during my bench presses, and she completely defeated my one-leg planks.  I skipped over the physical challenge for tomorrow so I am ready for another [...]

Yourself! Fitness Workout #115, 30 minute cardo/flex, 108 calories
I was starting to wonder if Dot was going to start exercising with me again instead of just critiquing my technique like she has done all week.  When I got to the core portion, she decided she was going to help.  It is hard doing plank twists [...]