*November Squat Challenge*

[Goomama]

Might as well even this out, so I'm not just sore on top.

Aways2Go - 1100
Barrnone - 1500
beginanew - 500
charks1 - 0/700
imagood1 - 500
Goomama - 500
Kntrylady - 1000
Soon2bSlim - 700
Taters Momma - 0/600

[charks1]

Glad you could join us this month Goomoma.
Welcome to the taters momma...and good luck with the not smoking, I quit 9 years ago July 8th after way to many years maybe 25 or more smoking.....one day at a time!!!

[Taters Momma]

Thanks charks1.

It really is one day at a time.
But the funny thing is, as each day passes, it gets easier.
I have traded the hand to mouth habit for a straw in my water.
It really helps when I want to put a cigarette in my mouth.

[trimedu]

Count me in. I want to burn this fat and build some muscle.




Aways2Go - 1100
Barrnone - 1500
beginanew - 500
charks1 - 0/700
imagood1 - 500
Goomama - 500
Kntrylady - 1000
Soon2bSlim - 700
Taters Momma - 0/600
trimedu - 0/700

[Aways2Go]

Might as well even this out, so I'm not just sore on top.


Lol, Goomama, that was my theory last month when I first signed up for squats and pushups. You know, I'm glad I did though, and ended up reaching goal on both. I had no idea how many to put down for a goal, but actually made a pretty good wild guess on both counts - it was challenging but still reasonable, and I'm only upping by a little this month.

I am considering adding an ab challenge this month, and did some crunches the other night to try to figure out what a reasonable goal would be, but then got back pain twinges from it the next day, so don't know if I will sign up for that or not - if so, probably a fairly small goal.

[Goomama]

I have the hardest time with crunches. I had several lower back injuries as a child, and even 24 years later, I have to be careful, or I end up having to go to the chiropractor. So, if my lower back even remotely hurts doing them, I wimp out.

I can do a lot of the lower ab type where I put weights on my ankles and then lift my legs up in a plank position while I lay prone on the floor, but lifting my torso is killer! I can do a lot of weight on a weight machine, but this is one of my least favorite positions on the bowflex (straps cut into my arms). I saw one version where you put the weight cable up at the top of the machine and then sit on your knees on the floor and pull down. I liked that one.

I read that abs are something that should be done every day, and I've been meaning to do it, but as you can see from the above, I'm full of excuses!

[charks1]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with back issues...
I've been on the site for almost 2 years and have been the sqaut leader for over a year...and I have to say some months I don't want to do a damn thing!!!! But you know what happens then....any slight chance that your firming up anything on your body goes right down the drain in as little as a week!!!! So I started doing my crunches again since Monday..120 Tues. 125,Wed 125 and 150 tonigt...don't ask how I'm getting up after that .lol..I'm sure it'll kill me but i'm determined to get rid of this waistline... o.k. so a quater of and inch I'd be happy with

[Aways2Go]

Yeah, I hear ya - I had a pretty serious back injury when I was younger and knocked it all crazy and had hairline fractures, etc. Weight gain over the years (plus age and wear and tear) made it a lot worse, but it has improved A LOT with my current amount of weight loss and I can only hope it will continue to improve.

I know that building up my core (back and abs) would help stabilize it and improve it further, it's just a matter of figuring out how to do that carefully without re-aggravating it in the process. I have been SO happy to be mostly relieved from back pain for the last several months that I am really somewhat apprehensive about doing anything to upset that status. The worst part for me is that it basically never hurts me AT THE TIME I am doing something that is going to bother it... I find out several hours later, or the next morning, when I can't stand up straight or walk normally and get pinched nerves, etc. I tend to be fairly strong even without much effort or exercise, so it makes it really easy sometimes to hoist up something really heavy or move something big that I know might screw me up later... but it is just so CONVENIENT at the time not to have to wait on someone else to help me, especially since it doesn't hurt RIGHT then to give me a warning, and sometimes it doesn't hurt me later at all. Makes it a tough call. But boy when it does, I am sure regretting whatever it was I did. Sometimes sets it off for weeks or a whole month. Totally not worth it.

That said, I do think I will sign up for the ab challenge, but just set a goal that I can achieve with maybe 2 days a week of crunches, lots of rest in between and not too many per session at that. Start small and maybe not injure myself.

Looking forward to re-starting challenges on Sunday the 1st!

[jimmie 48]

i'll give this another go. thanks for hosting the challenge, char!

Aways2Go - 1100
Barrnone - 1500
beginanew - 500
charks1 - 0/700
imagood1 - 500
jimmie 48 - 500
Goomama - 500
Kntrylady - 1000
Soon2bSlim - 700
Taters Momma - 0/600
trimedu - 0/700

[Aways2Go]

Up late, starting off early a few hours into the month...

Aways2Go - 90/1100
Barrnone - 1500
beginanew - 500
charks1 - 0/700
imagood1 - 500
jimmie 48 - 500
Goomama - 500
Kntrylady - 1000
Soon2bSlim - 700
Taters Momma - 0/600
trimedu - 0/700