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Post by bbbearsmom on Sept 4, 2020 23:42:47 GMT
Today is the day those of us that exercise share what we did this week. You can also post about anything else you want.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Sept 4, 2020 23:43:48 GMT
I did eight half-hour exercise sessions over four days this week. My goal is to do one half-hour cardio DVD this week.
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Post by cathygeha on Sept 5, 2020 7:22:50 GMT
I had a week off and it may continue. I know it is an excuse but the idea of getting sweaty and not taking a shower (water rationing/cut) is not appealing. So, will wait till we have flowing water and tanks that refill in a day before tackling getting sweaty.
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Post by lani on Sept 5, 2020 15:50:12 GMT
cathygeha, sounds reasonable. I did my body weight strength and flexibility exercises every day. I did cardio (mini-tramp) once. Lifted heavy weights and ab work once. Lots of housework, up and down stairs many times.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Sept 5, 2020 16:30:17 GMT
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Post by surfgirl on Sept 5, 2020 19:54:31 GMT
I did mostly walking, and worked in two 30 minute Pilates sessions. I bought a styrofoam 'sitting box' and it arrived Monday, and it's fabulous, so now I can really approximate having a reformer because we did a lot with the box on that. Plus it helps me sit very straight if I sit on the box and do some of the upper body exercises. cathygeha, I hear you on hot climate and water rationing and I have an idea/solution for you! Do you walking early AM and maybe in evening, and instead of a full shower/bath, get a small bucket of water and do a washcloth bath. If you have two small pails or containers even better - put clean water into both and have a washcloth bath using one container of water for soapy water and the other for rinsing off water. I used to do this when I was in Indonesia and we were having water outages. |
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Post by cathygeha on Sept 6, 2020 6:47:48 GMT
cathygeha , I hear you on hot climate and water rationing and I have an idea/solution for you! Do you walking early AM and maybe in evening, and instead of a full shower/bath, get a small bucket of water and do a washcloth bath. If you have two small pails or containers even better - put clean water into both and have a washcloth bath using one container of water for soapy water and the other for rinsing off water. I used to do this when I was in Indonesia and we were having water outages. My husband said there is no water this morning BUT he said yesterday we have enough for three days if we conserve SO might walk today...will see how I feel and how it goes. If not, Monday he will call again to see what is up and get on their cases and then I will devise a plan using either minimal water from the roof tanks turning water off between wetting and soaping and saving the runoff for toilet flushing. We have carried water up six flights of stairs, taken baths with water heated on the stove also helping our children to do so by pouring it over them, we have done so many things like that...
It is also a bit cooler today (Maybe?) so it might be less of a turnoff to exercise?
Thank you 
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Post by lani on Sept 6, 2020 15:20:54 GMT
cathygeha, that is rough. I remember staying at my maternal grandmother's. She had no running water, pump in the yard. Heating water for a bath in a metal tub. But it was only for a short time on vacation and I was a child, so I thought it was fun. Not so much when it's your daily life.
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Post by cathygeha on Sept 6, 2020 18:32:04 GMT
It is not the norm BUT it has been interesting from time to time...
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Post by surfgirl on Sept 6, 2020 19:36:10 GMT
cathygeha , that is rough. I remember staying at my maternal grandmother's. She had no running water, pump in the yard. Heating water for a bath in a metal tub. But it was only for a short time on vacation and I was a child, so I thought it was fun. Not so much when it's your daily life. When I was in the Peace Corps I heated water on a little stove, and poured it into a very large washing basin which was big enough to sit/kneel in. I would add water - collected from the stand pipe in the next yard when it was flowing and when it wasn't I paid my landlord's teens to fill up water containers which I kept in my hut - and I would add the cool water to make a tepid bath. Then I would kneel on towels over the bath and flip my hair over and wash it, letting the soapy water go into the bath, which would become my 'bathwater'. When done, that water would go outside and water my plants. When it's what you have to do, you get used to it really quickly! |
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