EXERCISE

[jbeany]

Time to move my butt!

What, are you implying you've been slacking off?  You?  I don't believe it! 

[Zach]

Time to move my butt!

What, are you implying you've been slacking off?  You?  I don't believe it! 

Not really.  In fact I'm just about to go to the gym downstairs right now.
Just wanted members to remember this thread.

[jbeany]

Ah, see, I knew you weren't slacking!

[Zach]

This is my current weight resistance workout which I do three times a week, on my non-dialysis days (nights).
I do three sets of ten reps each, with relatively light weights.  I give myself about 75 minutes to complete the workout.

  1--Leg Extensions
  2--Leg Curls
  3--Machine Butterflys
  4--Wide Grip Pulldowns
  5--Seated Cable Rows
  6--Machine Military Press
  7--Machine Incline Bench Press
  8--Hip Adductors
  9--Hip Abductors
10--Single Arm Dumbbell Rows
11--Dumbbell Concentration Curls
12--Rope Pushdowns
13--Dumbbell Lateral Raises
14--Alternate Arm Front Dumbbell Raises
15--Straight Arm Pulldowns
16--Two Arm Dumbbell Upright Rows
17--Dumbbell Shrugs

[Lucinda]

Come on Zach.....I try to follow your regime!  Good chance of doing that now.  NOT!

[Rerun]

Here is mine.  I think you can keep up.

1.  30 minutes on the tread mill
2. Go home

[monrein]

Do you do any cardio Zach? 

That's a great weights workout.   

I had a terrific workout today...my energy was good so I did a 2 mile walk in 30 minutes with an incline of 3 on the treadmill.  Then 40 minutes of weights and 10 minutes of ab work and stretches.  Huge psychological payoff. 

[kitkatz]

My usual work out
10-20 minutes on the bike
10-20 minutes on the elliptical
10-12 minutes on the treadmill
25-30 laps in the pool (25 meter laps)

a few weight machines- ten reps 3X


Work out with the trainer either in the pool or in the gym 2X a week right now. The trainer can make me sweat!

[Lucinda]

hey Kit....you are doing great!!  That's a bloody fabulous workout!  Well done girl!

[monrein]

That's a good workout KK and splitting up the cardio can really help with the boredom factor.  I love the elliptical, it's my fave, but I do the treadmill for the pounding it gives to my hip joints.  I don't run, ever but I try to walk as fast as I can.

Good for you both that you've stared doing this.  

[Zach]

Do you do any cardio Zach? 
 

Yup.  I try to do 30 minutes on the stationary bike on dialysis mornings.

I think it's great that so many of us are exercising!!!

[Rerun]

Wow Kitkatz I'm impressed.  You are doing great!  You work full-time and exercise.  I think I'd better go look for a job. 

                                               

[Zach]

With all the snow, I'm glad my apartment building has a fitness room on the second floor.
No excuses.

[Stacy Without An E]

About three months ago I decided to get rid of the fat I'd put on over the last couple years.  So I started this workout program ten weeks ago.  I've lost 15 pounds and gone down two notches no my belt.

Monday: 2 hour walk around my neighborhood (lots of hills)
Tuesday: Gym: 20 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes stairmaster, 30 minutes uphill treadmill, upper body weights, ab workout
Wednesday: 2 hour walk
Thursday: Gym: 30 minutes bicycle, 30 minutes elliptical, leg weights, calf workout
Friday: 2 hour walk
Saturday: Gym: repeat Tuesday
Sunday: Gym: repeat Thursday

I have to admit, some days its a fight.  Most days I workout after Dialysis when I have more energy.  Once I get started though, it gets easier.

When my kidney arrives, I want to be in the best shape possible. 

I also have a huge incentive whenever I see my co-workers.  Most of them weigh over 300 pounds and are throwing their health away.

[monrein]

Good for you Stacy.  I admire you for working out after dialysis.  I just can't, no way no how, so I go in the mornings and try to keep my schedule free to do that.  Sure feels good to know that you're doing your best for your body though, doesn't it.  Now for that transplant.   

[kitkatz]

I am off of dialysis in the morning at 4a.m. I go home and sleep for an hour or so, then get up and go to work. I feel lots better exercising with nocturnal dialysis. I go after work on the days I do not have dialysis. T,TH,S usually I work out.

[Zach]

I am off of dialysis in the morning at 4a.m. I go home and sleep for an hour or so, then get up and go to work. I feel lots better exercising with nocturnal dialysis. I go after work on the days I do not have dialysis. T,TH,S usually I work out.

You're an exercise babe!

[angela515]

In the middle of October I decided I was going to do 1 hour of cardio everyday, and I actually stuck to it and did it. I started getting more and more energy everyday and shockingly my ankles started to not hurt as much, and I figured they would of hurt worse due to being on them more and harder, but they actually didn't! I had more energy, was getting more stamina, and was even eating better just because I felt so good and wanted good foods and not junk. I was losing 1/2lb to 1lb per week, which from what I read is a good rate and normal rate. Then comes Thanksgiving, my brother and his 4 kids come down for the week, and so I decide to take a week off to spend all my time with them since I see them once a year.. probably was a bad idea in retrospect because I haven't worked out 1 day since then. I feel ashamed of that, and I keep telling myself I'll start again tomorrow, but I never do because I feel so tired and weak.. it's like a downward spiral and opposite of what was happening.

So, I am hoping I can talk myself into starting tomorrow because I want to start feeling more energized again and more confident again and back on the right healthy track again. You would think it would be as easy as saying OK I'm going to do this, but it really isn't..

[kitkatz]

Go angela Go!  I worked out today even though every part of me wanted no part of it!  An hour with my trainer int he gym working it out.  I felt better afterwards.

[Zach]

 You would think it would be as easy as saying OK I'm going to do this, but it really isn't..

It's never been easy for me to go back to the workout after missing just a week's worth of exercising.
Good luck angela515.  And BTW, I love your new avitar!

[kitkatz]

I missed on Saturday so today was hard for me.

[monrein]

I haven't been to the gym in a week and a half because of my cold.  Now my family comes tomorrow for ten days.  By the time I get back I'll be a slug made of jello.  Oh hell, what a drag.  But, I'll do it.

[graeme]

For those people who are not able to get to a gym of for those who might have problems doing highly physical exercises I reckon the Nintendo Wii is fantantic. If you purchase the fit program with the Wii board you can have a great workout in the comfort of your own home.

The program is quite entertaining as well and you can also play tennis, golf, baseball and plenty of other sports.

Has anyone tried it?

I'm not sure if this has been brought up in this discussion but for what its worth I think its fantastic. Particularly for anyone who is housebound.

[kitkatz]

I am off to work out with the trainer, sore arm and all. Wish me luck.

[Zach]