Archive for the ‘Ten Minute Workout check-in’ Category
These posts are post that I have in place for people to check in sharing what they are doing and discovering AND for me to check in when I have done my ten minutes.
Posted by terrepruitt on June 20, 2011
Oh my! I was just about to go to bed. Yes, up late as usual. I got caught up watching Calendar Girls. I had never seen it even though it is from 2003. So cute. I realized I didn’t post a placeholder and there is no way I can turn on my computer at this hour. I would never get to bed! So I am using my iPad which does not have all the needed functionality as a computer. Not all websites – and WordPress is one of them – behave noemally on the iPad. But this is just a place holder for you that want to check in.
I will be back to let you know I did my Ten Minute Workout. I will have to wait until I get back from my Nia Class to hear how you are doing with those ten exercises. Can’t wait to hear.
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June 20, 2011 at 11:40 am
Ha! Ok, I came right home after my San Jose Nia class. And I only sat for about five minutes then I came upstairs and did my ten minute workout. I wanted to get it done before it got too hot. It is supposed to be really hot in the San Francisco Bay Area today. I am not a fan of the heat so I know that if I wanted until it was hot I wouldn’t want to do it. So I got it done, about an hour ago. But I was replying to my friend’s comment. As you can see my reply is very long . . . . it took me awhile.
Here I am, I am done and I am checking in.
So . . . . . . where are you? How are things going for you? How is your weather?
Thank you for being here and reading. Please comment. Tell me . . . . something . . . .anything . . . .
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 19, 2011
I find it odd that in some places Mother’s Day is celebrated during a different month than the United States, but Father’s Day is celebrated on the same day. At least that is what I had discovered when it was Mother’s Day and I did a little research. I don’t remember all the countries and dates and this post is about neither so I am not going to spend time looking into it. I just know at least in the United Kingdom Mother’s Day is not in May, but Father’s Day is in June.
Well, at least if I am wrong someone will comment to correct me (right?).
So today is Father’s Day and I think someone has plans to go to breakfast. But I am not sure. We will see. You know I post these in the wee hours of the morning so that they are here when you log on. So by the time I actually get up the entire thing/plan could have changed. 🙂
Have a great day. I will be back to let you know I did my Ten Minute Workout. Hope to hear from you. I wanna hear how you are doing with those ten exercises.
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June 19, 2011 at 8:57 am
Wahoo! Done! Off to continue on with my day. It’s off to a great start!
How about you?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 18, 2011
Many people have plans on Saturdays. So that is why the Ten Minute Workout is perfect. Get up, get it done. Sometimes you are just not sure about your day. I am not sure what this day will hold so . . . . I am putting in a placeholder. I will come back and check in with you.
Then later today the regularly scheduled post will be #7 of our ten, Triceps Extensions. I do have a triceps extension post, but it is with a weighted bar and it is lying down. In our ten minute workout we are using dumbbells and are kneeling. (Kneeling is just easier because we are already on the floor because we just did our sit ups.)
Have a great Saturday.
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June 18, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Ok. To answer my own question, at 1:30, after I’ve had coffee and breakfast and waited for all that to digest. I had to make some adjustments/modifications, but I did my ten minute workout. I am confident that you will see some changes if you participate in this workout daily.
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 17, 2011
I have my Los Gatos Nia class today. I have this idea (before I go to bed) that I will get up and do my Ten Minute Workout before I go to my class. We will see. Even if I do, you know that I can’t (I just can’t because I will get sucked in to the vortex of the internet) turn on my computer to do my check in.
But you can check in. That is why I do this post shortly after midnight so it can be here for the “other staters” and early morning people to check in. So, go ahead, share something. 🙂
Oh, and thank you.
Happy Friday!
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June 17, 2011 at 9:20 am
I decided to do my ten minute workout this morning. I didn’t do two sets of the lunges because the first set confirmed for me why I usually do it after my class. I have my foot in ice water as I type. I am not sure I will turn on my computer. I am putting this in the comments and will copy it into the post when I do turn on my computer. I might have to turn it on this AM for something.
Well? How is it going? Are you seeing any changes? Have you had to make any adjustments? Are you seeing any improvements?
Today and yesterday I actually did the workout from exercise 10 to 1. I started with the stability ball pass and ended with lunges. I like it that way too.
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 16, 2011
Music is a great motivator. Often times it is used to set a mood. Sometimes we even use it to memorize things. I’ve been putting on Lady Gaga’s album, The Fame or Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream album to do my Ten Minute Workout to. Such fun songs on both the albums. As you know the workout is only ten minutes so I don’t get through much of either album during the workout. Somtimes I am in a middle of a song and I just say or I’ll do some additional sit ups or whatever I am sensing I want more of. If not, like when I’m in a hurry, I carry the music about with me.
I often listen to Nia music (music that we use for Nia routines) because I am always wanting to learn it better. Or I am trying to learn a new routine (and sometimes that takes me awhile). But I don’t like to do a timed set of exercises to Nia routine music because I get distracted and start doing the Nia choreography or something else pops into my head and I move those moves to see it they fit. I do the same thing with other music — dance to it — but at least if I am doing specific moves new/other moves don’t pop into my head as with Nia routines which are always in my head so they just kind come out. 🙂
So this is MY placeholder. I will be back to report that I did my workout. What about you? How are you doing with it? What is your favorite song(s) to workout to?
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June 16, 2011 at 11:37 am
Ha! I am done. I was done awhile ago, but when I logged in to post I had a comment and I wanted to answer it. And as you can see it is longer than the original post. HA! I always do that when I comment. I do it on other people’s blog. My comment is longer than their post. Now I am doing it to myself!!!!
Well, anyway, today I did my little workout to Prince. What about you?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 15, 2011
Ok, so it is Wednesday and as you might notice, it is 1:00 am and I am not in bed yet. This means I have a few more things to do before I get to bed, which means I will not be up at 6:00 am doing my Ten Minute Workout, drinking my coffee, reviewing my Nia Routine, deciding on a Nia focus, and popping out the door in time to be at the studio 15 minutes early for my Nia class. In fact, around here, when the weather is nice traffic is worse, at least lately because our weather in the San Francisco Bay Area has been so wet and rainy, I think when it is sunny people think they have to be out. If it stays like this, then people will settle down and it won’t be so bad . . . . I hope, but on Wednesday, it is ALWAYS worse than Mondays and Fridays. Go figure. (I have my theories.) On Wednesdays I have to leave a few minutes before I do on Mondays.
Since I am not a morning person that means, I will do my Ten Ten in Ten after my class. But YOU can do it anytime. And the beauty of it is . . . . you can share . . . .
So . . . . tell me . . . . how is it going? What are you doing with it? What questions do you have? One of my readers I am lucky enough to actually see in person so I was able to answer some of her questions, what about you? What do you want to know about this workout?
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June 15, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Ok, after 3:00, but I did it. This workout is really meant to be something that easily fits in your day. If completing it is a challenge then it seems like ten minutes is a good start to a workout. If it is not challenging and you want more than you can add reps, sets, or weight. Or it could be that you are adding it to something else you are doing.
It really is something that can work for anyone if they want. If the way it is presented is not “working” for you but you want to do it, let me know. You can always send me an e-mail if you don’t want to comment.
Cheers!
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 14, 2011
I am actually going to get to bed earlier tonight than I have been getting to bed. The plan is to get up a little earlier and do my Ten Minute Workout. I want to actually have it done before noon. Since I don’t have a Nia class on Tuesday I can get my ten (or twenty) ten in ten done in the morning. Not necessarily early morning just morning as in before noon. What about you?
Also, how are you doing with the ten? Are you getting through ten repetitions of all ten exercises?
Well, I shall return to actually check-in with my “I’m done!”
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June 14, 2011 at 9:46 am
Okey-dokey. I did my Ten Minute Workout. I am averaging at least twice through, but, as I’ve said before I am convinced it is because my lunges aren’t that long, BUT . . . . . they ARE lunges. Yay! I am getting on the ball of my right foot (while my left leg is forward) AND pushing off on it when the right leg is forward. I am working on distributing the weight through the entire width of my foot (ball of foot) and all five toes, because I sense that I am still putting the majority of the weight on the actually “ball” of my foot (metatarsal head).
So are you ready to give the ten a try? Remember we all have different goals so do what YOU can, not what I am saying I am doing. Let me know how it is going for you.
Posted in Ten Minute Workout check-in | Tagged: Ball of foot, long luges, lunges, metatarsal head, Nia, Nia class, Nia exercises, Nia workout, ten exercises, ten minute workout, ten reps of ten exercises in ten minutes, your body's way | 5 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 13, 2011
Helloooooooooo. I have my Monday morning San Jose Nia Class today at 9:00 am. I am not a morning person, maybe you have figured that out from my posts. By “morning person” I mean I don’t go bed by 10:00 pm and automatically wake up a 6:00 am or 7:00 am. I CAN get up in the morning and I DO get up in the morning when I have a Nia class to teach. I like to be up in enough time so that I can drink some coffee and review my routine. I like to leave in time for me to get there fifteen minutes early. So even though my Ten Minute Workout is only ten minutes I do not get up early enough to do it and all the other things I have to do. I also don’t get up early enough to even turn on my computer. I am posting this after midnight before I go to bed. I have made it a rule that I cannot turn on my computer in the morning on Mondays and Wednesdays because then I get caught up in doing work on it and I don’t get all that I have to get done before I have to leave to teach my 9 am Nia class.
On Fridays, my Los Gatos Nia class is late enough that I could get up and do my Ten Ten in Ten before, but at this point, by Friday my foot/toe is reminding me that it is still not 100% and so I “save” up my toe/foot for my class. I want to give my Nia students 100% so I don’t do my workout before. When my toe IS at 100% I will definitely do some exercising before my class because on Fridays I tend to get home in the afternoon and I have other things to do. I end up not getting to the workout until way late.
Ha . . . all of this is really just a placeholder to allow you to check in and to tell you . . . . . . I WILL BE BACK!
Well, how is it going for you this Monday morning?
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June 13, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I did my ten minutes. I did it about an hour ago.
Any one else do their’s too?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 12, 2011
My Ten Minute Workout is done. I do believe that ten minutes is not that long and it can be done, but one does have to manage their time properly and I did not do that yesterday. I had plenty of time in which to do it, but I kept getting delayed. Also, I was sensing my hamstrings wanting a rest. I didn’t really think they NEEDED a rest, they are not injured or really sore, but I am aware of them when I get up. The Nia routine I did most of last week has a lot of bows in it. The name of the Nia routine is Passion and when the music is in fully swing it allows the passion of dance to be experienced and I have been taking my bows low. I am experiencing some soreness in my hamstrings.
But the main reason for me not doing my Ten Ten in Ten is my poor time management. Unless I am in a lot of pain and think that further movement will damage my muscle for me the best course of action is to work through it, even if I tone the volume of movement down. This workout MIGHT cause DOMS to be experienced and that is when you have to decide what it best for you.
How are you doing today?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 11, 2011
So, it is technically Saturday. It is 1:25 am and my company just left. I am posting this Ten Minute Workout place holder for those of you in different time zones and early morning exercisers. Not that early morning exercisers would be exercising THIS early, but I am sure they will be doing it before me.
Today I don’t have a Nia class to teach so I am sure I will be getting to my Ten Ten in Ten much earlier than yesterday. So I will be checking back. And I will also be posting about Tricpes Kick Backs on the BOSU. Fun stuffs. Stay tuned.
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