Thus, the following table that lists our fitness pursuits by typical week2 since April of 2008:
Sunday3 | Monday | Tuesday3 | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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cycling/stat. bike | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | cycling/stat. bike | ||
cycling/stat. bike | modified Power 1/2 hr. | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | modified Power 1/2 hr. | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | modified Power90 | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | modified Power90 | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | alternate modified P90X | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | modified Power 1/2 hr. | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | modified Power 1/2 hr. | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | modified Power90 | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | modified Power90 | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | modified P90X | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | modified P90X | cycling/stat. bike |
cycling/stat. bike | Soloflex/calisth. | cycling/stat. bike | rest day | cycling/stat. bike | Soloflex/calisth. | cycling/stat. bike |
To be updated as our routine changes.
ADDENDUM: Thinking today about our regime I realized that, at certain parts of the year, we might be doing as little as about 2 hours per week of exercise. Of course we do try to be active during those periods in other ways, such as by sometimes walking instead of driving and taking the stairs instead of the elevator--so it's not as if we're totally sedentary the other 166 hours of the week. Then again, during a different part of the year (height of the cycling season) we might get in 14 hours or more of fitness activities during a given week. And we also do some walking and stair-climbing during this portion of the year as well.
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1 As mentioned in this entry, on-street cycling sessions (done when weather permits) range from .5 hours to 7 hours. Stationary bike sessions run 20-30 minutes--the 30-minute sessions usually being cardio workouts aiming to raise and sustain the cardio-vascular rate for the designated period, while the 20-minute sessions typically involve a recurring pattern of 30-second intense riding intervals followed by 3-minutes of liesurely spinning recovery (as described in this entry).
2 We do occassionally miss a day. In addition we've so far taken periods of anywhere from one week to one month off at certain points in the year due to religious or other obligations or vacations. This sort of intentional break might occur 3 to 4 times in total in a given year.
3 We also try to work in several minutes of abdominal/core exercises on these days.
4 It might be a bit confusing that I call this the "arm toner phase" while listing the Monday and Friday exercise routine as "modified Power 1/2 hr." in the table. To provide a simple explanation, we excerpt from the Power Half Hour program a routine called "Arm Toner," which we do on Mondays and Fridays during this phase.
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