Anyone else take Les Mills classes?

My weekly schedule:
Sunday: step aerobics, strength training, sometimes a yoga/pilates/tai chi combo class
Monday: spinning
Tuesday: strength/cardio circuit training
Wednesday: step (or day off)
Thursday: spinning (or day off)
Friday: Spinning or Step and Strength Training or yoga/pilates/tai chi combo

Now that I don't live in NY, there's no nightlife, so this has replaced shows and eating out. It's the only fun thing here to do!

Sunday: Bike riding and exercise routine
Monday: Weights and exercise routine
Tuesday: Eliptical and exercise routine
Wedsday: Jogging and weights
Thursday: Eliptical and exercise routine
Friday: Nothing
Shabbos: Nothing

(Someone told me to only do weights twice a week)

Sunday: Get from the bedroom to the kitchen...and back
Monday through Friday: walk an average of 3-4 miles over the course of the day at work
Shabbos: Walk to shul and back. Walk to kiddush club and stagger back.

Phew, reading the above, and I'm getting tired already!

I run the triathlon between the couch the fridge and the bathroom.
When I get worn out from that I go to bed....

3 times is preferable. At least for men.

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Everyday walk or bike ride at least an hour.
Three times a week hit the healthclub for weight training and cardio machines.

winter:
sunday - bike and weighlifting
monday - bike and weightlifting
tuesday - bike and weightlifting
wednesday - bike and weightlifting
thursday - bike and weightlifting
friday - bike and weightlifting
saturday - bike and weightlifting

summer:
sunday - swimming and weighlifting
monday - swimming and weightlifting
tuesday - swimming and weightlifting
wednesday - swimming and weightlifting
thursday - swimming and weightlifting
friday - swimming and weightlifting
saturday - swimming and weightlifting

You don't do indoor pools?

My weekly schedule:
Sunday: nothing
Monday: zip
Tuesday: zilch
Wednesday: nada
Thursday: zero
Friday: n/a
Shabbos: day off

not if it means going back out with wet hair in below-0 windchills.

Sun - long exercise dvd with weights

Mon - Urban Rebounder

Tues - 30 minutes on recumbant bike

Wed - regular exercise dvd with weights

Thurs - 30 minutes on recumbant bike

Fri - Urban Rebounder


I used to go on the bike twice a day but my knees starting aching ....

Monday- Strength class
Tuesday- Jazz Basics
Wednesday- Strength in the am and sometimes Groove in the pm
Thursday- Pilates
(sometimes Friday- Groove)

Hairdryer?

i guess. to be honest, i haven't even looked at my gym's pool to see if it's worth the effort :shrug:

Sunday: Gail my trainer comes and we do an hour on the treadmill, walking, jogging (a bit, I have arthritic knees and can't do too much) and uphill walking. Once I have recovered from that, I go walking outside if it's nice, do my shopping on foot etc. Do more treadmill later in the day by myself.

Monday: Gail my trainer comes and we do 15 mns or so treadmill then the rest of the hour weights and resistance work. I have 2 Russian Kettlebells, one 20kg and one 12kg and we work out with those. Gail brings one of 4 kgs, and resistance bands and occasionally bar weights.

Tuesday and Wednesday: I walk outside and on the treadmill by myself.

Thursday Gail comes and we do a similar workout to Monday.

Friday I walk outside by myself doing Shabbos shopping. If Ihave time I go on the treadmill.

Shabbos: I walk with hubby after each meal, at least half an hour unless Mincha is really early on shabbos day.
Motzai Shabbos: i walk on the treadmill.

NB Occasionally I get together with a friend and we'll go on a long walk, more than an hour and a half.

Why do you need Gail?

I would NEVER do as much by myself, especially the weights. She really pushes me.

So basically you're paying someone to drag you out of bed, so to speak?

For some people (like me) that is their main struggle with their Yetzer Hora. If I actually manage to get up in the morning for the most part the rest of my day is on track. But if I don't, forget about it...

Not really. I am always up. I am paying her to devise an exercise routine I would never do alone, (I never do weights unless she is there) varied and challenging, and to make me spend longer and harder on the treadmill than I would do by myself.

Is one allowed to weight lift on Shabbos? (As an exercise).

What about things like ab crunches?

It's good to work with a trainer, because then you have someone to push you and make sure you work as hard as you're capable of. It's also important to utilize good technique and put together a good routine, which many people aren't capable of doing themselves.

No.

Thanks BF. Also a good trainer will be aware of one's physical problems (in my case my arthritic knees) and tailor the workout accordingly, making sure it doesn't exacerbate the problem.

I used to have a trainer before Gail called Cruella (no, really! it was her name!!) who had me leaping on a garden trampoline. We got up to 1200 jumps before my knees totally gave up the ghost and I had to have surgery on them. 3 weeks after surgery she had me back on the trampoline again, undoing all the good the surgery did. She was a dangerous mixture of ignorance and arrogance ("I know better than the doctors"). Gail is very good and knows her stuff. A trainer like that (plus she's a lovely person and we have become good friends) is worth her weight in gold.

I have a trampolene and do workouts on it, but they're not all jumping.

Depends what sort of trampoline; a small indoor one or a huge (8ft x 12 ft) garden one, on which there is little else to do (with your clothes on) but jump.

i have 6 different dvds with trampolene workouts on them; basically it's a soft place to do aerobics - kicking, etc.

Ah. Another thing to blame Cruella for. Lack of imagination. Oh well. I gave the trampoline to my daughter many years ago, the kids jump on it.

mine isn't a toy.

I don't think mine was either although it could be used as a garden toy. Is yours a big garden trampoline?

When I work out on my own I mainly use a BOSU, ball, free-weights, and resistance band. There's a wealth of fun things you can do with little or no equipment.

You can also use your body's own resistance. Hard to do, but effective.

Mine is an Urban Rebounder. It's 40 inches.

That's basically an indoor one.

Today my trainer nearly killed me with a new exercise on the treadmill. With it switched off completely, she made me walk on it ie I was using my body strength alone to push the band along at a fair speed. The effort and resistance were both enormous and it was so exhausting!!

Wow, who would have thought H.commers workout so much? I thought I did but these guys put me to shame.

My imaginary routine (not that i don't do it, it's just that the days are not really in any particular order and I'm always changing it up):

Sunday: 30 min of interval training on the treadmill, weights (arms + shoulders)
Monday: 5K treadmill and weights (abs, chest, legs)
Tuesday: 20 min cardio (stepper or bike or rower) and weights (back + arms)
Wed: 5K treadmill in 30-35 min (abs, glutes, legs)
Thurs: 40 min cardio and weights (chest)
Fri: repeat as necessary (or make up what was missed)

You do LOADS. No need to feel shamed by your routine. What do you mean "imaginary?"

I think he meant that this is an example of his routine, because it changes from week to week. Kind of like a sample weekly menu.

I feel bad for guys because they're afraid/embarrassed of taking group classes.

Imaginary in the sense that it's not really a set routine. Sometimes I'll concentrate on my chest and make up the leg work another day. Sometimes I'll do intervals on the treadmill instead of a run, once in a while I'll skip the weights and run for distance, but you get the idea.

I wouldn't say I'm afraid of group classes, unless by afraid you mean afraid of the added price tag or afraid to tie myself down to someone else's schedule or afraid the class won't be tailored enough to my own goals.

Not specifically you, but I've noticed that most men aren't very interested in group classes. For instance, at Bally's, group classes are free, and most of the classes consist mainly of women. Any man that's actually taken a class will admit that it's a good workout, but many men aren't interested. I think they're afraid of looking stupid.

I don't think that's it. I think it's because guys have different workout goals than women. Meaning many guys will want to use weights/ stregnthening while a lot of women just do cardio stuff.

Lyric, for that, you can use a manual treadmill. More exercie in less time - but it's hard on the knees.

Yea I know. But I only have a motorised treadmill. and my knees aren't my healthiest feature