I’ve had a difficult week as I started a bladder infection, which I thought was better, it came back with a vengeance and I had to go to the doctor’s last Friday. So I’m a bit late in posting. I started a new morning programme with strength exercise from SparkPeople and rather like that it [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Weight Lifting’
August 9, 2010
Claude – resuming exercise week
Well, it’s been somewhat difficult, this week, with ups and downs especially in motivation. I have been exploring the incredibly richness of SparkPeople in terms of suggestions for exercise and will try to adapt some of them to my way of life. Thank you Sara, for mentioning it to me. I have also noticed that [...]
July 12, 2010
Claude – another hot week
Except for Tuesday, all week was steaming hot. Not my favourite weather at all. I know, I’m always complaining about the weather, too hot, too cold, too rainy, too snowy… And we do have to adjust, don’t we? One of the things that comforts me is the fact that although I still don’t like heat [...]
June 21, 2010
Claude – elliptically yours
It’s been a chilly week over here, but somehow it makes exercising easier. AND last Tuesday, my brand new elliptical crosstrainer got delivered at 11h30 and mind you, at twelve, I was pedalling and moving my arms. I must say that since I’ve received it, it has been used every day, and I love it. [...]
June 14, 2010
Claude – a rather good week
Finally, I decided against going to a gym. The three I visited were either tremendously expensive or awful-looking. So last Monday, I decided that an elliptical machine would be the thing, took a loan and bought one. It’s not here yet, it will arrive tomorrow morning. Before buying, they let me use it for some [...]
June 7, 2010
Claude – a good exercise week
Pain in my feet has moved from my toes to my ankles or rather my tendons… I guess it comes from changing position when walking. So no jogging this week. I did enjoy the swimming better than last week as they had opened the swimming-pool and I swam looking up at the sky, and at [...]
May 24, 2010
Claude – from very cold to very hot
We’ve had really huge temperature variations. At the beginning of the week, it was raining and awfully cold and yesterday, I decided to get my fans out as it’s really getting hot. I am finding it more and more difficult to reach my optimal heartrate when walking briskly. It used to be difficult to keep [...]
May 17, 2010
Claude – chilly week, no rain, good exercise
I haven’t taken a photo of the thing that I am using for thigh muscle reinforcement, but Sara found the equivalent on Amazon Ta daaaaah! The ThighMaster, ladies! I’ve had quite a good week exercisewise, in spite of chilly weather. I find that chilly is better than rainy I have managed one swim and two [...]
May 10, 2010
Claude – a varied exercise week
The knee thing I have been mentioning has been found to be a thighmaster by Sara and apparently can be found on Amazon. I can’t believe that I went to the swimming-pool on my own and actually swam with my flippers 600 metres (that for me is A LOT). I was dead tired when I [...]
April 26, 2010
Claude – readjusting to exercise other than walking
When in England, except for the few minutes every morning to get my body into movement, which I baptized “stretching” a long time ago, movements that I basically do while still in bed, all I did was walk, walk, walk. I found that I like my newly-found routines. AND I have realized that they are [...]
