The Exercise Motivation Thread - 2025

[Norachan]

90 minutes walk and one hour of yoga.

 

[Lari]

I guess because my kids are in park district classes and I'ma resident, I was able to get a free pass to most of the facilities (except the fancy one with the indoor pool). Basically, I can use the track above the gym or the few stationary bikes they have while J is in her dance class without having to pay, so I walked the track for 31 minutes while she was in class tonight. I may try a bike next week to see if I prefer that.

My tap class starts again tomorrow night after winter break and I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Norachan]

I can use the track above the gym or the few stationary bikes they have while J is in her dance class without having to pay

Oh, that`s good! Nice to have free facilities you can use. What kind of dance does your daughter do?

I only did an hour of yoga yesterday as I was rushing around trying to get all of my errands done

 

[Lari]

Oh, that`s good! Nice to have free facilities you can use. What kind of dance does your daughter do?

I only did an hour of yoga yesterday as I was rushing around trying to get all of my errands done

It's combined ballet/tap 1. She gets to do a recital at the end of May, which should be adorable.

 

[Bri5]

Lari I was taking adult ballet a while back and they canceled it for lack of interest. So sad.

Tuesday was a rest day
Wednesday was a HIIT video
Today was 22 min on walking pad with hand weights

I saw a sign our town will start offering free Zumba classes on Wednesdays beginning next week, so I'll try that out.

 

[Norachan]

Friday I did 90 minutes yoga and a 30 minute walk. Saturday was 1 hour 15 minutes walk and 45 minutes yoga. Sunday I did 90 minutes yoga and today I did a 90 minute walk.

How`s everyone else doing this week?

 

[rubysmama]

No walks. Not freezing cold out, but too cold for me.

I'm, once again, thinking of trying yoga. Is there a time of day that's best to do it?

 

[Bri5]

Friday we were gone all day and when I went to bed at 11, I realized I missed a workout.
Saturday was 27 min on walking pad with weights.
Sunday was a 20 min HIIT workout.
Today I did 40 min on walking pad.

 

[Norachan]

I'm, once again, thinking of trying yoga. Is there a time of day that's best to do it?

Some people say you have to do it early in the morning, but I`m not really a morning person myself. I think whenever you have time to do it is best.

90 minutes yoga and a 90 minute walk yesterday, one hour of yoga today

 

[Lari]

I did about 25 minutes on the recumbent bike last night. Tap class tonight.

 

[Bri5]

Yesterday I made myself walk 30 minutes because I was too tired for anything else.
Tonight I took an hour long Zumba class.

 

[Norachan]

That sounds like fun Bri5 I`ve never tried Zumba, is it difficult?

90 minute walk and 45 minutes yoga today for me

 

[Bri5]

That sounds like fun Bri5 I`ve never tried Zumba, is it difficult?

90 minute walk and 45 minutes yoga today for me

It can be if you don't pick up choreography easily. It's a Latin and hip hop dance fusion.

 

[Norachan]

It can be if you don't pick up choreography easily. It's a Latin and hip hop dance fusion.

I used to go to a lot of Hip Hop clubs, so I could probably manage that part.

I went for a longer walk on Friday to a place called Omurayama. First part of the walk was through the newer part of the forest that`s growing over a lava flow.

There are some big volcanic caves that you can explore if you bring helmets and lights and stuff. I didn`t go in any though. I don`t do caves. This one goes back about 50 meters under the forest floor.

After that the trail comes out into a much older beech and elm forest. The whole area used to look like this before the last eruption.

2 hours walk and 30 minutes yoga on Friday. 90 minutes yoga on Saturday.