Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.

Push-ups, pull-ups, and dips.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.

Thoughts_Arrive said:

rgambs said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.

Push-ups, pull-ups, and dips.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.

Thanks. Got nowhere to do pull-ups here at home. What are dips?

Yeah, I use a tree because I don't have a bar.  You can buy pull-up bars that hang in doorways without installation.
Google bodyweight dips, there are several different ways to do them.  They work your triceps, shoulders, and pecs depending on how you do them.

markymark550 said:

A couple of questions for y'all:

1. Do you track your workouts?
2. If yes, do you use pen and paper or use an app?
3. What features would you find important for an app to have?

I'm tracking my workouts with pen and paper, but have been toying around with developing something. While I could tailor one to just what I want, I want to make it useful enough for others to use. Just looking for some feedback and suggestions on this idea.

1.yes, but (I used to track my strength workouts; now my trainer does that. I just note the time spent on the workout. I track my runs -- route used, duration, which shoes I wore. I track the shoes so I can toss them after 400 miles.)

2. Both. When I tracked my own strength workouts, I used a notebook and pen. App-wise, I use My Fitness Pal, which lets me keep a food diary as well (so food intake and calories burned are linked). MFP links with Runtastic, where I map and record my runs.

3. Good mapping features for run/bike/hike routes are essential as far as I am concerned. I quit using a FitBit because its inaccuracy drove me crazy (nothing like running a certified half-marathon course and having your FitBit tell you you are ALMOST at twelve miles for the day to make you question its utility). I like being able to link a food diary and a workout log. I disable the social media aspects, because I don't really need to tell all of Facebook that I lost half a pound or where I like to run each morning.

I've never used an app to record strength workouts (specific exercises, weight, reps, sets) because it felt as if logging the exercises took almost as long as the actual workout did. Now, it's entirely possible that I''m just not being smart about how I use those apps, but suffice to say that I found that approach off-putting (so I recorded my workouts using pen and paper and just enter/ed "Upper Body Weight Training, 1 hour" in the app. If it felt like less of a time sink to track specific exercises in an app, I would be more likely to use it.  

markymark550 said:

curmudgeoness said:

markymark550 said:

A couple of questions for y'all:

1. Do you track your workouts?
2. If yes, do you use pen and paper or use an app?
3. What features would you find important for an app to have?

I'm tracking my workouts with pen and paper, but have been toying around with developing something. While I could tailor one to just what I want, I want to make it useful enough for others to use. Just looking for some feedback and suggestions on this idea.

1.yes, but (I used to track my strength workouts; now my trainer does that. I just note the time spent on the workout. I track my runs -- route used, duration, which shoes I wore. I track the shoes so I can toss them after 400 miles.)

2. Both. When I tracked my own strength workouts, I used a notebook and pen. App-wise, I use My Fitness Pal, which lets me keep a food diary as well (so food intake and calories burned are linked). MFP links with Runtastic, where I map and record my runs.

3. Good mapping features for run/bike/hike routes are essential as far as I am concerned. I quit using a FitBit because its inaccuracy drove me crazy (nothing like running a certified half-marathon course and having your FitBit tell you you are ALMOST at twelve miles for the day to make you question its utility). I like being able to link a food diary and a workout log. I disable the social media aspects, because I don't really need to tell all of Facebook that I lost half a pound or where I like to run each morning.

I've never used an app to record strength workouts (specific exercises, weight, reps, sets) because it felt as if logging the exercises took almost as long as the actual workout did. Now, it's entirely possible that I''m just not being smart about how I use those apps, but suffice to say that I found that approach off-putting (so I recorded my workouts using pen and paper and just enter/ed "Upper Body Weight Training, 1 hour" in the app. If it felt like less of a time sink to track specific exercises in an app, I would be more likely to use it.  

Thanks for the feedback! I knew there were a few running apps that had good mapping features, so I wasn't really looking to reinvent the wheel there. For the strength workouts, did it feel cumbersome because of having to search the exercises or was it the actual data entry? Sounds like it was just the entire experience, but it would be beneficial to know if a certain aspect was more frustrating. 

The easiest would be a transcription app that finds the exercise from a voice cue or just puts it into a spreadsheet.
You do your set and you say into your phone:
Unilateral tricep kickbacks
20 pounds
4 sets of 20 reps.

Or bench press 
180 pounds 10 reps
200 pounds 8 reps
225 pounds 6 reps
225 pounds 4 reps.

I am at 2892 miles for the year. I am going to try to hit 3000. I've been a little under the weather, and I've had some nagging inflammation, and it's the holiday season, so there's a chance that I will have to run an impromptu marathon on NYE to hit that goal, but I am going to try.

Don't you mean "Aren't you worried that you will ruin your knees?"

In short, no.

Longer version: I have several chronic health conditions that I manage through regular exercise, including thyroid disease and pretty severe depression. Plus, I am a woman of a certain age, so I have a lot of those transition issues to deal with. Exercise kept me out of the hospital when my thyroid issues were out of control (I wore a heart monitor and was very careful to avoid damage to heart muscle). And now, it keeps me from driving my car into a tree. Bottom line, I am happier and healthier this way.

I write on a calendar and use   Runkeeper to track my runs  I try to lift three times a week and do cardio three times a week.  

The only lifting I do is carrying my own body  
I will consider turning Piyo on! I already ate pretty hefty and it's only 1130! But just try to wipe this off my face!

Merry Christmas all!

Looking forward to getting back on track......in a couple more days!

Will the OP update the thread for the new year?

I'm ready to exercise in 2018!

Great plans! Both of you! My last week I've been laying new floor throughout the house and been eating a lot of cookies. I'll bet bett for about a week and the my bday ice cream cake