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carebearhamm
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Posted: 15 February 2010 04:47 am |
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| Try something new this week!! - I'm going to do sit ups every day!!!! What are you going to try???? Last edited on 15 February 2010 04:48 am by carebearhamm
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BJD74
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Posted: 15 February 2010 03:05 pm |
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hey carebear, that sounds like a great new goal for you! :)
i think id like to play! :)
i am going to do 40 bicycle crunches each day this week, and check in next Monday! :)
anyone else?????
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Hiker
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Posted: 17 February 2010 05:07 pm |
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| Sounds like fun, I think I will try and do 20 bench pushups every day. I've done them Tuesday and Wednesday so far so I'll shoot for a week, ending next Monday also.
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BJD74
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Posted: 17 February 2010 09:22 pm |
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most exciting to see you join us hiker dear! :) speaking of, i need to do my workout today for this challenge here! thanks for signing on since it has slipped my mind...i am soooooo distracted these days!!!
lets get to work! :)
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Nancy_in_GA
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| Location: | NE, Georgia USA |
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Posted: 17 February 2010 11:57 pm |
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Ok you guys, I'm in for 20 half pushups a day starting with 10 tonight, (it is 8pm already  ) ending Monday. By half pushups I mean starting from extended arms, going down half way, then back up.
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Hiker
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Posted: 18 February 2010 12:56 pm |
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Nancy_in_GA wrote: Ok you guys, I'm in for 20 half pushups a day starting with 10 tonight, (it is 8pm already ) ending Monday. By half pushups I mean starting from extended arms, going down half way, then back up.
Nancy, you and I are going to kick this push up thing yet. I still can't do a single one from the floor but I can do them on the bench....baby steps I guess.
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Nancy_in_GA
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| Location: | NE, Georgia USA |
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Posted: 18 February 2010 02:01 pm |
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| I got through the 10 pushups last night, but not all at once---in sets of 3,3,2,2.
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BJD74
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Posted: 18 February 2010 03:03 pm |
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whooo hooo here come my girls !!! I knew i could expect to see my ladies come over for this new fun challenge :) Welcome Nance! :)
I havent done my bicycles in two days, i have to triple mine today to make up for it....so that would be...OMG, wait..ummmmm 40 x3 is 120? WOAH. I will try. :) Without Simon to chew on my hair as i lift my head, i think i can do this! :) lol..
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tourproven
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Posted: 18 February 2010 03:10 pm |
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I am going to try to work on my abs for the entire time that I am on either the stairs or the elliptical machine this week.
I've discovered that you can keep your abs in a tightened state while you exercise on cardio equipment. You can kill 2 birds with one stone! Its very hard to do for extended periods of time. You need a break every few minutes...
Speaking of birds, I have a new friend that perches outside one of my window. He looks at his reflection and sits there. I was able to get this from only about 1 foot away....
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BJD74
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Posted: 18 February 2010 03:18 pm |
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Hes beautiful Tours! :) We have a load of blue birds, vibrant blue and yellows too, but i know not what they are for sure....we have bird baths around and they love it. I can hear them all out right now, the early birds get those worms! lol...
I love my walking with Leslie videos for the same reason as you talked about, its that all over body workout that tones and takes the fat away, i love to do the 4 steps because its always keeping my muscles tight, in my abs, my tush, my legs, arms etc...i am always using all the areas of my body. I am amazed how much my middle has disappeared in this journey and i truly believe its got a lot to do with how she integrates the strength into the walking routines :)
Welcome to our little new club! :)
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Hiker
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Posted: 18 February 2010 04:29 pm |
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tourproven wrote:
Speaking of birds, I have a new friend that perches outside one of my window. He looks at his reflection and sits there. I was able to get this from only about 1 foot away....
Tours, what a beautiful photo, thanks for posting it. Glad you decided to join the new challenge.
So far I have done my 20 push ups a day....from the bench so they are really only like 1/2 push ups. 
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tourproven
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Posted: 18 February 2010 04:31 pm |
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| He sure does chirp a lot. I think I'll name him 'Wyatt Chirp'.
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Hiker
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Posted: 18 February 2010 11:15 pm |
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| Oh boy, met w/ the trainer today and I am doing my pushups incorrectly. Maybe I won't be able to do 20--correctly, we'll see.
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BJD74
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Posted: 20 February 2010 10:36 pm |
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ok, so i was slacking this week, really just spaced that i was assigned by myself to do 40 bicycle crunches per day thru this coming monday. I finally got caught up today when i did my 3 mile walk, I did standing ones this time, and I counted one per leg and did well over the 120 that i had gotten behind on. I will feel it since i havent done a workout like that in weeks. :)
That gets me to Sunday and Monday, 80 more by monday. No problem, i just have to remember! :)
How is the rest of the world doing???
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Nancy_in_GA
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| Location: | NE, Georgia USA |
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Posted: 24 February 2010 03:24 am |
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I failed miserably at this challenge (20 half pushups) this week. Not because I couldn't do them, but because I wouldn't do them. I'm convinced now it is a psychological hangup about pushups. 
I'm resetting my goal to 10 half pushups this week. More realistic.
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BJD74
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Posted: 24 February 2010 01:26 pm |
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hey nance, trying is the only way we can learn and become more comfortable with them! i cant do a pullup to save my life, literally, if i were hanging out of a window from a 10 story building, i couldnt pull my arse up! lol....i havent ever been able to do one. Next to a pushup I take the pushup! :O
as for me, i failed and then slammed out the days i missed on Friday I think it was, saturday i got my 40, sunday i got my 40, monday i got my 40. Tuesday, yesterday I managed to get in 30 because i was dogpiled by the 4 dogs and a kid, so that turned into puppy pushes over my head, and kid presses with my legs, and then some wrestlinng with all of them! lol....counts in some way i suppose! :)
this week, i am still on that track of the 40 bicycle crunches. I am not sure why the dogs want to eat my head when i attempt them, but honestly they jump on me like its play time. (i know, think smarter than them and put them outside! lol)
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Hiker
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Posted: 24 February 2010 06:14 pm |
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Nancy_in_GA wrote: I failed miserably at this challenge (20 half pushups) this week. Not because I couldn't do them, but because I wouldn't do them. I'm convinced now it is a psychological hangup about pushups.
I'm resetting my goal to 10 half pushups this week. More realistic.
I think you are right, when I try to do them I kind of say this sucks, I'm not doing this. Well guess what...with my attitude I still can't do one and I think I may never be able to. I guess I don't see the benefit...squats aren't fun but they give me a better butt, bicep curls and triceps lifts can hurt but I want sexy arms. I just can't find that thing that will convince me I am going to benefit. Yes, I know it is an excellent overall exercise but I want specific motivation   . Anyway, I haven't given up but I am still doing them on the bench.
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BJD74
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Posted: 25 February 2010 08:30 pm |
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| 40 bicycles and 20 girlie pushups today, plus my new 2 mile brisk leslie walk with my hand weights. :) good girl today! still eating though! lol
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BJD74
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Posted: 27 February 2010 01:43 am |
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DID OVER MY 40 BICYCLES TODAY IN DOING 1MUSCLE MILE IN THE MORNING, THEN IN THE AFTERNOON I GOT IN MY 2 MILE STRENGTH USING MY 2 AND 10LB HAND WEIGHTS, ANOTHER GOOD WORKOUT DAY FOR ME :)
HOW IS EVERYONE ELSE DOING???????
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