Fitness Check-In 5/9

[leenziepops]

Hello lovely ladies! Sorry I completely forgot to start this thread last week. Let's try something new this week. Whenever you do a workout or something active, AW here in this thread. I'm hoping to keep the thread alive for the entire week until the next check in so that we can help each other to stay motivated as we get bigger/heavier/tired-er/lazier etc. I'm struggling to stay motivated. i skipped many sessions last week, I feel so guilty. 

Also share the details of your workout if you feel like it! 

[tatersalad]

I'm glad you posted. I was ready to AW and report that weather is slowly improving here and I've walked the dog (30 min walks) 3 days in a row on top of spin classes. Feels so good to be walking outside again. And I brought my ball up from the basement to motivate myself more on ab workouts. DS thinks it's hilarious to watch me do crunches on it and keeps saying "try again!". I got a double round in today for his amusement. Rock it out ladies, we are in the home stretch!

[leenziepops]

Mar 9, 2015 20:46:52 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

I'm glad you posted. I was ready to AW and report that weather is slowly improving here and I've walked the dog (30 min walks) 3 days in a row on top of spin classes. Feels so good to be walking outside again. And I brought my ball up from the basement to motivate myself more on ab workouts. DS thinks it's hilarious to watch me do crunches on it and keeps saying "try again!". I got a double round in today for his amusement. Rock it out ladies, we are in the home stretch!

One of my gym ladies told me that she did ab workouts through her pregnancies and regretted it. Said it made her too tight? And advised me to avoid ab routines. Care to shed any light on what you have been told or how you feel about it? 
So far i've done some gentle core workouts, and some side planks but only on my knees, not toes. Pulsing upwards gently alternating on each side. I've done some crunches on an incline of cushions. 

[lunalovegood]

I'd love to jump in on this. I've been a total slacker for most of this pregnancy. Giving myself too many excuses - too sick, too tired, some bleeding from SCH, the list goes on and on of my excuses. In the past two weeks I have really tried to be better.
I started using the wii Fit after the little guy on there kept asking the kids where I was and that he hadn't seen me in a while. So I had to get on and shut him up. Since it has been so cold here I was doing the "runs" on there but walking around the living room instead.
Today it was finally nice out so we went for a 45 minute walk and it felt awesome! Also been staying on top of stretching because it is supposed to help with middle of the night leg cramps.

[bruunk]

I have fallen down on the working out... Picking back up this week! Last week was exhausting and I allowed it to take over. Not this week!!

[leenziepops]

Mar 9, 2015 22:02:24 GMT -5 bruunk said:

I have fallen down on the working out... Picking back up this week! Last week was exhausting and I allowed it to take over. Not this week!!

Last week was a big fail for me to. I used RLP as my excuse but I could've gone for a walk around the block still. Tsk tsk.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Yesterday and today I made it to the gym for walking, I ticked up the speed to.... wait for it... 4 mph for a whopping 5 minutes both days. It wasn't so bad, totaled out at 40 minutes on the treadmill and got >!0,000 steps, really just trying to keep up the steps!

[billyhorrible]

I have a major fitness AW. So what I love about my running group is that the women range in paces. I've run with the speedies once, and never again! I have my usual group of women I run with who are about the same pace and I adore them, but they've been training for a marathon that was 2 weeks ago so I haven't run with them in a while.

On Saturday I went out with a different group with a slower pace - 11:30-12, which is what I've been doing lately. They were doing a local lake loop. The loop is 5 miles, they were doing 8 miles, so I told them I'd join them for one loop. I stuck with them for 3 miles, then told them I was going to hang back a little so I didn't overdo it. One of them texted me after they finished to let me know our pace. We did the first 3 miles at a little under 11 minutes/mile!

[mrskblack11]

I put together the stroller tonight which involved lots of sitting and standing. Sort of a workout.

Weather is finally supposed to be nice this week so I plan on walking one of the dogs during my lunch break.

[hb4]

Mar 9, 2015 20:50:16 GMT -5 leenziepops said:

Mar 9, 2015 20:46:52 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

I'm glad you posted. I was ready to AW and report that weather is slowly improving here and I've walked the dog (30 min walks) 3 days in a row on top of spin classes. Feels so good to be walking outside again. And I brought my ball up from the basement to motivate myself more on ab workouts. DS thinks it's hilarious to watch me do crunches on it and keeps saying "try again!". I got a double round in today for his amusement. Rock it out ladies, we are in the home stretch!

One of my gym ladies told me that she did ab workouts through her pregnancies and regretted it. Said it made her too tight? And advised me to avoid ab routines. Care to shed any light on what you have been told or how you feel about it? 
So far i've done some gentle core workouts, and some side planks but only on my knees, not toes. Pulsing upwards gently alternating on each side. I've done some crunches on an incline of cushions. 

I'm glad you asked this question as I am interested to hear what others think (there seems to be some contradicting advice).  I am still working on keeping my core strong. I am most worried about my abs splitting and have heard that isolated exercise is not recommended (eg crunches). My PT and yoga teach say full planks are ok if your body is used to them. 

My goal post holiday was to continue doing yoga everyday and I am pleased to say I am keeping it up.  I have been having horrible back pain so apart from this I have just been walking and taking it easy. 

[tulips114]

Got a 5 mile run in this morning! Woot!

Last 3 weeks have been hard because of weather, either ice, snow or rain. But I've managed to get at least 3 runs in each week. Hoping for 3 this week, already missed yesterday because of rain.

Distance I play by ear because some days I've been getting bad cramps in my tummy, so I just stop and walk home. Other days I feel great and can do my 5 mile route.

But, my running days are numbered. I've been getting a lot of BH, and with the crampiness I sometimes have I know the end is near. I still plan to get out and walk though!

[hb4]

I am so impressed with you ladies still running. My baby seems to be lying really low and I find running really really painful!!

[leenziepops]

Mar 10, 2015 6:32:01 GMT -5 hb4 said:

I am so impressed with you ladies still running. My baby seems to be lying really low and I find running really really painful!!

Just jogging makes me want to pee every time!

[curlyrunner]

Running and even walking fast seem to bring on the BH- guess I will stick with swimming, spin, and yoga. 2 spin classes this weekend. Hope for at least one workout during the week.

[tatersalad]

Mar 9, 2015 20:50:16 GMT -5 leenziepops said:

Mar 9, 2015 20:46:52 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

I'm glad you posted. I was ready to AW and report that weather is slowly improving here and I've walked the dog (30 min walks) 3 days in a row on top of spin classes. Feels so good to be walking outside again. And I brought my ball up from the basement to motivate myself more on ab workouts. DS thinks it's hilarious to watch me do crunches on it and keeps saying "try again!". I got a double round in today for his amusement. Rock it out ladies, we are in the home stretch!

One of my gym ladies told me that she did ab workouts through her pregnancies and regretted it. Said it made her too tight? And advised me to avoid ab routines. Care to shed any light on what you have been told or how you feel about it? 
So far i've done some gentle core workouts, and some side planks but only on my knees, not toes. Pulsing upwards gently alternating on each side. I've done some crunches on an incline of cushions. 

I've heard conflicting advice via the Internet on this one. My doctor says ab work and crunches are fine so long as I'm not laying flat on my back after 20 weeks. I continued throughout my first pregnancy, no problem, and plan to do so this pregnancy. I felt like a stronger core made pushing during delivery a breeze.
On a side note, one of my besties has that supermodel pregnancy build and never exercises at all. Her abs have split with both of her pregnancies and she has developed a hernia with her current one.

[Ana0927]

We had a four day weekend last week due to snow so I wasn't able to get to the gym. I felt so guilty not doing something active for 4 days but it felt so great getting back into the gym yesterday. Missed my boot camp class yesterday so took a strength training class and it was great. I have spin lined up for today, body pump and HIIT the rest of the week.   

[beersandweirs]

I have been going to the gym 3 times a week pretty consistently for the past few weeks. I think I have a cold now, but I still went this morning. But that was mostly because it was bagel day (yes, I go to planet fitness, it is walking distance to my house, and cheap!) but then they didn't have bagels sad day!

[theBeeMama]

I have worked out somewhat consistently this week!!! *cheering for myself* Prenatal yoga and Pilates had me like whoa for a couple days but I've stayed on top of it and consumed more water than I thought was humanly possible so I'm not so sore anymore!

[sugarkissed]

Yesterday I made it to the gym and then realized that I'd left my shoes at home, so I grabbed a coffee and did a few laps walking around the track in my socks. Oops.

Back on track today, just got back from boot camp and it was a great workout. I'm also starting to get a bit crampy when running. I'm sad that I might have to start switching to walking, but proud of making it this far.

[veggiemo]

You ladies are super impressive, honestly. All of you deserve major props!

I took DS to the park on Sunday and I went down the curly slide 6 times. I count that.

[mcp6286]

I have to echo veggiemo's sentiments. I'm giving major props to anyone who consistently does a real workout. I'm hoping my motivation to do so myself will improve now that the weather is getting better. I've just been taking the kids to the mall and making them walk laps with me a couple times a week. And I try to make it to at least 5,000 steps per day using my app. If I do those things, I call it a winter workout win. I never worked out pre-pregnancy, which I now realize was a bad idea because it's much more difficult to get motivated to start while growing another human. Keep it up ladies...I aspire to be as awesome as you one day soon!

[sapphyre0702]

I did great last week and met all my goals. I had a stomach virus this weekend so I'll be taking it easy at least at the beginning of this week to let my body recover a bit since it took a lot out of me.

[billyhorrible]

Every day when I pick my son up from preschool he asks if we can go running. It's always dark or getting dark so I say no. I told him we'd go running again after the clocks changed. So today I kept my word. There was an accident on the way home so I picked him up late so we only had time for a quick jog around the block.

Oh.My.Lord. it was probably less than a mile and I sweat more than my usual 3 milers. Even with walking on the hills!

[leenziepops]

Yay I finally made it to the gym today. Did the circuit class with the rest of the group but modified all the weights to suit me and did the cardio at low impact. It is getting almost impossible to jog. The pressure feels so uncomfortable with the bounce. I got tired really quickly but proud that I went. High five!