When I was pg, my doc said that it ws ok to go up to 150. (Not that I worked out much at all unless you count eating Cheetos as a work out.) Check with you OB about your own specifics.
quote:Originally posted by mrsgibberish: Ok I do have a question for F.G.
I am trying to get pregnant, I am starting my workouts before I am pregnant. I am wondering if my pulse rate changes/or should I lower it during pregnancy duing the cardio workouts...I love the at home stair stepper.
Live Laugh and Love, Kristin
Kristin, I can answer this one for you When you are pregnant, you are not supposed to let your pulse rate get any higher than 140 bpm. You might want to invest in a good heart rate monitor for that purpose.
Blessings,
Lori
Re-committing myself to a healthy lifestyle that will include regular (and increasing) exercise, and following the baby steps rule on food. 6/17/08
Posts: 3148 | Location: California | Registered: March 11, 2004
I am trying to get pregnant, I am starting my workouts before I am pregnant. I am wondering if my pulse rate changes/or should I lower it during pregnancy duing the cardio workouts...I love the at home stair stepper.
Live Laugh and Love, Kristin
Posts: 17 | Location: Santa Cruz, CA | Registered: March 29, 2004
I spent the first 6 months of my weightloss journey running - 5 min warmup, 20 min run, 5 min cooldown. On most days I followed this with 20-30 minutes of strength training on the circuit equipment at the gym. I gradually increased my speed over that time period and occasionally would run for 3-5 miles instead of just the 20 minutes. I felt very accomplished.
When I returned from a vacation at the end of those 6 months, I felt very burnt out on running. Now its really hard to get myself to do it. I'm been focusing more on the crossramp, bike, stairclimber and walking on an incline. Some days I do 30-40 minutes of one item and some I mix it up, doing anywhere from 10-20 minutes of two or more items. I feel like I'm getting a good workout, but my progress has slowed. What should I do about this bias towards cardio workouts where I don't feel like my lungs are going to explode?
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Posts: 757 | Location: College Park, MD | Registered: March 17, 2004
I swim every day for 45 minutes and then walk or do a hand weights lifting video for 30 minutes later in the day. My questions are, I have made the swimming routine of warm ups of 10 minutes, laps for 25, and water walking the remainder of the time. Are there any other things I could (should) be doing to get the most out of my water exercise. With the walking, is it better to take distance or time? I have two four-legged trainers who would walk me to the end of the world. But I have two bad knees, that are in remission, and I'd like to keep it that way. thanks for your help!
It's never too late to get it right.
Posts: 3473 | Location: Central USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
I currently own a weight machine (old DP120) works on pull cords not cams, a stationary bike, and a cardiofit.
Should I work out a weekly schedule using them all plus walking. or should I chunk the cardiofit and stationary for a treadmill. (I don't like things that move under me)?
Send it again to me today if you can I APOLOGIZE for the delay. That one was MY fault. The notes go through the site and get re-routed to him and back to the site/me and then on to you but starting April 8th - it'll be direct from you to him and visa versa.
Who knew a cook like me could learn all this techie stuff! As you can see, I'm STILL learning
KD I just sent it to you at KD@chefkathleen.com....is that the right address?
Blessings,
Lori
Re-committing myself to a healthy lifestyle that will include regular (and increasing) exercise, and following the baby steps rule on food. 6/17/08
Posts: 3148 | Location: California | Registered: March 11, 2004
We chose Michael because he has his own story - he used to weigh over 300 pounds - he completely understands the journey. And although he has a huge male following, he also specializes in women's fitness needs and is very in tuned to training us in a language we can understand and respond to.
He's tough and no noneness which I appreciate. Don't try getting excuses by Michael Knight. He's heard them all and used to hide behind a few zillion of his own. He firmly believes, as I do, that if you truly want to succeed, there's nothing you can't overcome.
I see a definite theme to these questions -- we all want to know about strength training. From the fitness guy's photo, I'd bet this is his strong suit too. A guy with biceps like that probably isn't a marathoner!
So, kd, tell the truth, did you choose this trainer just because he looks like that?
----------- Jen
Posts: 2868 | Location: Ohio | Registered: March 11, 2004
This has been mentioned before, but I'd really like to get a solid idea of how many times per week I need to be doing upper body weights. I would also like maybe 5 -10 simple moves to make into a routine or a couple alternate routines. Also, I'd like to know, when lifting these weights, how hard to push myself. When do I move up to a heavier weight? Am I asking too many questions? I seem to have my aerobic component down, but still stuggle with this bit.
Send it again to me today if you can I APOLOGIZE for the delay. That one was MY fault. The notes go through the site and get re-routed to him and back to the site/me and then on to you but starting April 8th - it'll be direct from you to him and visa versa.
Who knew a cook like me could learn all this techie stuff! As you can see, I'm STILL learning
How much strength training do I really need to do? I hate it, but I do it. I worked with a personal trainer to set up something for me using my barbell and dumbell set with plates, three sets of hand weights (10-12-15 lbs), a balance ball, a bosu and resistance bands (all at home). I do two sets of 8 exercises - which each are multi-muscle moves. I do exercise 1 and 2 in a superset and repeat and then do 3 and 4 in a superset and so on. I increase my weight for each exercise when I get to the point I can lift something 15 times or more. I target my weakest muscle groups in at least 2 exercises.
The whole routine takes about 20-30 min and targets every muscle group. Should I really be doing this routine three times a week or doing more sets?
At this point, my only goals for strength training are to prevent losing muscle mass as I lose weight and to make sure I have adequate functional strength as I get closer to my 30s. I spend the bulk of my exercise time (about 3.5-5 additional hours a week) in varying intensities of cardio exercise.
