SlothEnergy
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Hello, my Bees! 
This week I focused more on mobility and abs because I feel I’m behind with those. I mixed in some non-Darebee workouts. When it comes to abs, I’m trying to find more exercises that are diastasis recti safe. I had a bit of a DR that is now much better but not entirely gone, so I still try to be careful with crunches and straight planks.
Also, because my shoulder started acting out again, I did some of the exercises I learned in physical therapy.
So here is my past week:
This XP system that I'm using is good for letting me see what I exercise more or less. I give myself points for strength, tendon strength, cardio, mobility and what I called stability, i.e. abs, core, balance exercises. The number of points = the overall workout level (1 for light, 2 for easy etc.) X no. of sub-levels within the workout (lvl I to III), and for non-Darebee workouts I just eyeball it. So far, I got the least amount in the stability category, so I have too keep on doing those abs & core workouts.
I'm happy that I got to do a good 30-40 min. workout every day, but now I get to work later than I would like to. There is still a lot to do about making my morning routine more efficient.
Have a great Sunday and next week, Bees!
This week I focused more on mobility and abs because I feel I’m behind with those. I mixed in some non-Darebee workouts. When it comes to abs, I’m trying to find more exercises that are diastasis recti safe. I had a bit of a DR that is now much better but not entirely gone, so I still try to be careful with crunches and straight planks.
Also, because my shoulder started acting out again, I did some of the exercises I learned in physical therapy.
So here is my past week:
- Abs:
- Standing Abs, Abs & Core Desk Ed
- 2 days: this Ab Workout After Baby. I didn’t give birth, but those are diastasis recti safe exercises.
- 2 days: An abs mix that I put together, with 5 series of 5 exercises, 15-20 repetitions
- Mobility:
- 7 days of Unbound (11 to 17)
- Everyday Stretching x 3 days, Hips & Glutes Stretch, Morning Mobility
- 4 days: about 20 min. physical therapy for my shoulder
This XP system that I'm using is good for letting me see what I exercise more or less. I give myself points for strength, tendon strength, cardio, mobility and what I called stability, i.e. abs, core, balance exercises. The number of points = the overall workout level (1 for light, 2 for easy etc.) X no. of sub-levels within the workout (lvl I to III), and for non-Darebee workouts I just eyeball it. So far, I got the least amount in the stability category, so I have too keep on doing those abs & core workouts.
I'm happy that I got to do a good 30-40 min. workout every day, but now I get to work later than I would like to. There is still a lot to do about making my morning routine more efficient.
Have a great Sunday and next week, Bees!
SlothEnergy
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Hello Bees!
Another week in which I focused on abs/ core and mobility. I really enjoy the feeling after those mobility exercises! And my flexibility is clearly getting better.
Here is my week until yesterday. I put two workouts together each morning.
Abs/ Core
Another week in which I focused on abs/ core and mobility. I really enjoy the feeling after those mobility exercises! And my flexibility is clearly getting better.
Here is my week until yesterday. I put two workouts together each morning.
Abs/ Core
- 2 days of Back & core (days 29 and 30) and done!
- Strong Core
- 2 days: an ab mix with 5 sets of 5 exercises, 20 repetitions
- Sandman x 2 days, Morning Mobility
- 7 days of Unbound (days 18 to 24)
- 2 days: about 20 min. physical therapy for my shoulders
- 4 days of Arms of steel (days 15 to 18). I skipped day 14 for now because it has push-ups. My shoulder is still a bit inflamed and push-ups might make it worse.
Mianevem
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Congrats on Back & Core!
And honestly, I wasn't happy about the clock being set forward. I completely forgot about it, and didn't understand why I was so sleepy when my watch woke me up.
And honestly, I wasn't happy about the clock being set forward. I completely forgot about it, and didn't understand why I was so sleepy when my watch woke me up.
. The morning part is better in the autumn, like it is for 
SlothEnergy
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Hello Bees!
I skipped a weekly log entry again, but I did exercise every day. I finished Unbound and started Cardio GO as the program of the new month. The workouts in this one are pretty long, 35-40 minutes, so I can’t always add a second workout as I had intended. I try to do that when I work from home and in the weekend.
Last week, I kept going with abs and mobility. This week was mostly Cardio GO, but I managed to sneak in a Seated Hero, an abs workout and some short mobility pieces.
. I remember one, with 4x1 min. half-jacks. My arms were almost falling off. However, it’s fun and I can watch a movie while I work out.
I had planned to start power walking in the park this month. However, so far I avoided it. Winter has returned to town this past week
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I skipped a weekly log entry again, but I did exercise every day. I finished Unbound and started Cardio GO as the program of the new month. The workouts in this one are pretty long, 35-40 minutes, so I can’t always add a second workout as I had intended. I try to do that when I work from home and in the weekend.
Last week, I kept going with abs and mobility. This week was mostly Cardio GO, but I managed to sneak in a Seated Hero, an abs workout and some short mobility pieces.
- 4 days: an ab mix with 5 sets of 5 exercises, 20 repetitions
- 6 days: Unbound (days 25 to 30)
- One day: about 20 min. physical therapy for my shoulders
- 3 days: Seated Hero
- For mobility, besides Unbound, I did Neck Mobility and Wrist Mobility in some of the days. They are actually pretty refreshing and easy to do anywhere (almost). Also, Sandman, Seated Stretching, Standing mobility.
- I also did the Balance workout a couple of times. I like it. I should do this more often.
- 8 days: Cardio GO (days 1 to 8)
. I remember one, with 4x1 min. half-jacks. My arms were almost falling off. However, it’s fun and I can watch a movie while I work out.I had planned to start power walking in the park this month. However, so far I avoided it. Winter has returned to town this past week
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CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS. You are doing a great job! Keep it up! 
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Belated Congratulations on Unbound 
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Congrats.
SlothEnergy
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Hi Bees!
Long time no log… I keep neglecting writing here, with the excuse that I’ve been rather busy lately. However, I haven’t been too busy to exercise daily, which is the most important thing.
I continued with Cardio GO this month and I’m on day 29. It’s been tougher than I thought it would be, but I still managed to squeeze in some extras: ab mixes (5 sets X 5 exercises X 20 reps), Seated Heroes, and some mobility exercises. My favourites seem to be Standing Mobility, Sandman, Neck Mobility and Wrist Mobility.
My XP count got to 1407.
Have a great weekend, Bees, and keep going strong!
Long time no log
… I keep neglecting writing here, with the excuse that I’ve been rather busy lately. However, I haven’t been too busy to exercise daily, which is the most important thing.I continued with Cardio GO this month and I’m on day 29. It’s been tougher than I thought it would be, but I still managed to squeeze in some extras: ab mixes (5 sets X 5 exercises X 20 reps), Seated Heroes, and some mobility exercises. My favourites seem to be Standing Mobility, Sandman, Neck Mobility and Wrist Mobility.
My XP count got to 1407.
Have a great weekend, Bees, and keep going strong!
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Good morning, Bees!
I’m done with Cardio GO
. When I started Ten, I thought it would be like a nice break after ~40 minutes cardio every day. But this one is also more difficult than I had expected! Doing 6-7 circuits with no break is not as easy as it seems when you see it’s 10 minutes.
I'm thinking, if I complain like that about some level 2 programs, what will I do at level 5...
Anyway, here is what I did this week. Trying a new format
XP earned: 57. I am at a total of 1464, which means that I have one more week and I’ll level up to Banana Slug 
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When I want to do abs, I try to choose exercises that are diastasis recti friendly. I have a bit of a gap so I try to keep it small, so instead of crunches or even leg raises, I do dead bugs, table-top toe-taps (like dead bugs but without the arms), bridges, side bridges, side leg raises.
Have a great Sunday, Bees!
I’m done with Cardio GO
. When I started Ten, I thought it would be like a nice break after ~40 minutes cardio every day. But this one is also more difficult than I had expected! Doing 6-7 circuits with no break is not as easy as it seems when you see it’s 10 minutes.I'm thinking, if I complain like that about some level 2 programs, what will I do at level 5...
Anyway, here is what I did this week. Trying a new format
30 Apr | 1 May | 2 May | 3 May | 4 May | 5 May | 6 May |
Ten | Ten | Ten | Ten | Ten | Ten | |
ab mix, loosely inspired by Abs on the Beach: 5 exercises, 20 reps, 5 sets | Arms of Steel day 19 | Goblin Mode (quite nice for when I’m in goblin mode ) | 5X20X5 ab mix | |||
| Daily Kicks 4 & 5 | |||||
| | Daily Kicks 2 & 3 | | |||
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.When I want to do abs, I try to choose exercises that are diastasis recti friendly. I have a bit of a gap so I try to keep it small, so instead of crunches or even leg raises, I do dead bugs, table-top toe-taps (like dead bugs but without the arms), bridges, side bridges, side leg raises.
Have a great Sunday, Bees!
Mianevem
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Congrats on Cardio Go!
Thank you, 
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I’ve been gone for so long, dear bees! Unfortunately, I lost the habit of checking in and this is not the only habit that faded away. I went to bed later and I woke up a bit later than I would like to. Also, I had an entire list of projects for this year and I only did a few. However, I kept exercising daily which is great!
Since I last checked in, I finished a few programs – 10, Cardio Blast, Arms of Steel, Reboot, 30 Days of Yoga, 60 Days of Cardio, Totals, 30 days of LIIT. I almost finished all the level 2 programs. I’m left with 60 Days of Walking, for which I don’t seem to be able to make time. I think I’m about 10 days into it. I also have 2 more days of Zen.
(By the way, guys, when I filter the programs for level 2, Zen is placed in that list. It should be in the level 1 filter, right? Tangent over.)
Nevertheless, I graduated to level 3 programs and I started with Fit December. Yay!
On a different note, I decided to change my user name back to SlothEnergy. It’s the one I started it and it felt a bit strange to have another one. It didn’t feel like mine, which is also weird because SlothEnergy is not my name either
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I’m still keeping track of XP gained through my workouts and I am now at 2907. So I’m at Banana Slug level now
. I drew a new profile picture for it.
See you guys at the snow fight!
Since I last checked in, I finished a few programs – 10, Cardio Blast, Arms of Steel, Reboot, 30 Days of Yoga, 60 Days of Cardio, Totals, 30 days of LIIT. I almost finished all the level 2 programs. I’m left with 60 Days of Walking, for which I don’t seem to be able to make time. I think I’m about 10 days into it. I also have 2 more days of Zen.
(By the way, guys, when I filter the programs for level 2, Zen is placed in that list. It should be in the level 1 filter, right? Tangent over.)
Nevertheless, I graduated to level 3 programs and I started with Fit December. Yay!
On a different note, I decided to change my user name back to SlothEnergy. It’s the one I started it and it felt a bit strange to have another one. It didn’t feel like mine, which is also weird because SlothEnergy is not my name either
.I’m still keeping track of XP gained through my workouts and I am now at 2907. So I’m at Banana Slug level now
. I drew a new profile picture for it.See you guys at the snow fight!
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Welcome back!
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Congrats on the completions!
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Congrats on everything!
Welcome back, SlothEnergy!
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Thank you, @Mamatigerj , @Fremen , @JCU , @Mianevem , @Anek , @Laura Rainbow Dragon , @TopNotch !
I'm going to log this week in. So here it is:
I am doing Fit December - days 11 to 17 this week The Power Squats challenge - I'm on day 16 The Knee push-ups (I'm on day 12) and Wall push-ups (reached day 11) challengesJust a bit of light work as I'm busy with the end-of-year busyness
I'm going to log this week in. So here it is:
I am doing Fit December - days 11 to 17 this week The Power Squats challenge - I'm on day 16 The Knee push-ups (I'm on day 12) and Wall push-ups (reached day 11) challenges
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Welcome back. Congratulations on your achievements!!