Intro, update and questions!
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exercise_every_dayHi! I'm new around here, and I was going to just check in on the check-in post with a comment, but then started rambling, so I'm moving it to a post of its own.
I'm quite new to exercising on a regular basis, given that I haven't done much physically since I was fifteen/sixteen and doing ballet and karate (so, for five/six years). So I set myself the goal of doing things again this summer, and have so far completed the two hundred situps program and two hundred squats. At the moment, I'm doing the pushups program on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, and Couch to 5k on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Mostly, I rest on Sundays, though I try to fit in some situps or something.
Today being Wednesday, I did some pushups. Not many yet, though. It's so much effort for me to do a good form pushup; I'm glad I'm on the lowest number for now because it'll let me get used to doing them.
Two questions I wanted to ask!
1) I've been running on our elliptical for Couch to 5k, and after trying a gentle run outdoors, found that my lungs were just not up to that. Any suggestions for a smooth transition from running thirty minutes on an elliptical to running outside (for a similar length of time, eventually)?
2) I've never done any yoga, and I'm kiiind of interested, but I can't sign up for a class for a while. Any recommendations of good starter DVDs, books, websites...?
I'm quite new to exercising on a regular basis, given that I haven't done much physically since I was fifteen/sixteen and doing ballet and karate (so, for five/six years). So I set myself the goal of doing things again this summer, and have so far completed the two hundred situps program and two hundred squats. At the moment, I'm doing the pushups program on Monday/Wednesday/Friday, and Couch to 5k on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Mostly, I rest on Sundays, though I try to fit in some situps or something.
Today being Wednesday, I did some pushups. Not many yet, though. It's so much effort for me to do a good form pushup; I'm glad I'm on the lowest number for now because it'll let me get used to doing them.
Two questions I wanted to ask!
1) I've been running on our elliptical for Couch to 5k, and after trying a gentle run outdoors, found that my lungs were just not up to that. Any suggestions for a smooth transition from running thirty minutes on an elliptical to running outside (for a similar length of time, eventually)?
2) I've never done any yoga, and I'm kiiind of interested, but I can't sign up for a class for a while. Any recommendations of good starter DVDs, books, websites...?
