exercise log

Brr, it's freezing today! Isn't this June? Anyway, in my last post, I put a brief log of my exercise last week. Inspired by Becky's summer goals meme, I decided I'd like to keep a log of my exercise all summer.

So here's a start, and I'll see if I can remember to add to this every so often.


6/1: Hiking
6/2: water aerobics and a short, after-dinner walk
6/3: Hiking
6/4: Water aerobics and hiking
6/5: Hiking
6/6: Hiking
6/7: Went out dancing!

6/8: Hiking
6/9: Water aerobics and hiking
6/10: --
6/11 Water aerobics and Tai Chi
6/12: Hiking
6/13: --
6/14: two walks (one morning and one evening)

6/15: Hiking
6/16: 2 water aerobics classes (warm water and then deep water)
6/17: --
6/18: water aerobics
6/19: walking
6/20: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
6/21: hiking

6/22: hiking
6/23: walking
6/24: water aerobics (deep)
6/25: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
6/26: hiking
6/27: water aerobics (warm)
6/28: 2 walks (morning and evening)

6/29: --
6/30: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/1: water aerobics (deep)
7/2: hiking
7/3: hiking
7/4: hiking
7/5: --

7/6: hiking
7/7: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep) and a walk
7/8: walk
7/9: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/10: hike
7/11: hike
7/12: hike

7/13: walk
7/14: hike
7/15: water aerobics (deep)
7/16: --
7/17: water aerobics (deep)
7/18: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/19: walk

7/20: hiking
7/21: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/22: water aerobics (deep)

(I lost track a bit here, being busy with moving, so the next two weeks are just to the best of my recollection!)

7/23: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/24: deep water class
7/25: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/26: Moving day! That counts as exercise, right?

7/27: -- (unless unpacking counts)
7/28: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
7/29: deep water class
7/30: --
7/31: deep water class
8/1: 2 water aerobics (warm and deep)
8/2: walk

8/3: walk
8/4: -- (liquids only today pre-surgery, no energy for exercise!)
8/5: -- (surgery)
8/6: walk
8/7: water aerobics: deep
8/8: 2 water aerobics: warm and deep
8/9: hike

8/10: hike
8/11: 2 water aerobics: warm and deep
8/12: water aerobics: deep
8/13: walk
8/14: hike
8/15: --
(pool closes for annual two-week maintenance)
8/16: --

8/17: hike
8/18: hike
8/19: hike
8/20: swim (hotel pool)
8/21: swim (hotel pool)
8/22: hike
8/23: --

8/24: hike (got lost, so longer than expected)
8/25 --
8/26: hike
8/28: hike
8/29: hike
8/30: hike
8/31: hike

Pool opens again!

9/1
9/2
9/3
9/4
9/5
9/6
9/7

9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11


I had a paragraph here saying I was done September first, but it turns out the challenge goes on until the 11th!



*Note: The difference, in my mind, between walking and hiking is terrain and time. If I walk on the street, I call it walking no matter how long it is. If I walk in the woods or the canyon for less than half an hour, I usually call that a walk, too. Longer canyon walks are called hikes, because of the rugged, steep terrain. Other people have other definitions. One of my friends calls our two-hour canyon outings "walks" because, as she says, we don't pack a lunch. Other friends only call walks hikes if they're day-long trips. I'm not so hardcore.

Another note: The warm water aerobics class is a "stretch and tone" class and not very aerobic, but really good for my muscle spasms. The deep water class is pretty intense and definitely aerobic as well as strengthening.