Five Weeks to 10K

September 6 - October 11
Training for a 10K: the perfect way to get (or stay) in shape while learning to push yourself just a little harder. You'll transition from casual jogger to real-deal runner, while building strength and cardio endurance.

Salute the Sun

August 16 - September 13
Keep the spirit of summer alive with 1,000 Sun Salutations. Catch the rays in your hands, illuminate your sun-kissed soul and unravel the light within...

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    Oliver R. OH MY GOODNESS! We've flipped the home page. Welcome to the newest version of Social Workout! Loyal readers please don't panic. The blog is still alive and well, and you can see our top stories on the right of this page, OR you can simply go to http://blog.socialworkout.com/ to get to the good old blog home page. Meanwhile, new friends and old, please feel free to poke around and check out all the HOT NEW functionality going on around here.
    14 hours ago
    butwhatifido A. I'm dumb. on the right where are the blog entries... 13 hours ago
    Sassletic W. You all look so fancy. Fabulous! Go ! Fight! 2.0! 13 hours ago
    vonHottie v. YES! So awesome! Here we gooooo! 12 hours ago
    kornflowers . this is all looking faaabulous! I think there should be a link on THIS main page to go to the blogs. cause once you leave the blog page you can't get back. I wanna be able to go back and forth with eaze. btw I'm kvelling at how great this is all coming together! 12 hours ago
    Joesgirl M. I am positively GIDDY with excitement. I logged in and the hubster looked at me like I was insane when I literally burst out laughing with joy. Go SW 2.0. I love y'all. 5 hours ago
    sandyliz R. it doesn't look like that once i log in. is that going to change? 5 hours ago
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    Adriana G. Crushed another PR. 2 rep max back squat - 200 lbs!
    10 hours ago
  • kmcm s. has posted some new activity!
    16 hours ago
  • meret a. Last night I finally signed up with McFit. Don’t be fooled though…that doesn’t mean I worked out. Instead, I went food shopping, made myself a steak salad, poured a glass of Malbec, and indulged in a piece of 90% cacao dark chocolate. I figured that signing up alone was a good step in the right direction. Oh, and the cherry on top of my day? Making plans to grab a beer with bad-ass Ariane’s niece who lives in Berlin! Yes, that’s right! I think that means I’m now officially starting to meet people and build an actual life here! Yay! Maybe it was that boost of positive energy that allowed me to get up by 6 this morning and head to the gym? Yup. I did a workout. A real one! Perhaps not the best ever, but it left my arms and legs spent and shaking, so I’d consider it a success. I ran 3.2 km (about 2 miles) and then did a 20 minute circuit with 4 kg dumb bells (8.8 lbs). I did the sequence below 3 times without breaks between rounds. Then I stretched for 10 minutes. (The workout included: 10 bicep curls, 10 hammer curls, 10 upright rows, 30 alternating lunges, 15 chest presses, 20 squats, 12 tricep dips.) You might have noticed that I did 12 dips per set instead of 20 that I normally do. Uhm…yea…it looks like my tri’s, long considered Trainer Mikes arch nemesis, have already forgotten what they’re able to do. Two weeks. That’s all it took. Damn, I thought we had something going on here…guess I need to invest some quality time again. Oh, by the way, I also started the 100 push-up plan yesterday. I decided to starting in week 2, so I did sets of 14, 14, 10, 10 & max reps (which ended up being 20).
    Energy Level: 4
    Mood: Awesome
    Sleep Hours: 6
    Workout today?: Did it today
    3 days ago
    Oliver R. Yay! That girl is ready for her very own challenge. 2 days ago
    meret a. haha yea this does somehow include all those aspects...LOL 2 days ago
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    Adriana G. Stretching with my Stickball stick. People at work are scared of it, but really handy for shoulder and arm stretches.
    3 days ago
  • Oliver R. To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. ~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James">William James</a>
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    Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fazen/12142391">Fazen</a>;
    3 days ago
  • vonHottie v. my arms are so sore it hurts to hook my bra
    Set Intention: stretch
    Sleep Hours: 10
    5 days ago
    Oliver R. get help. 4 days ago
    sandyliz R. Oliver, did you just offer to help vonHottie with her bra? ;) VH, so proud of you & your silks. Just want to say that a lot. 3 days ago
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    Shayne T. Seven mile run this morning, finishing up at the Brooklyn Flea. Ate a People's Pop and was happy. Got some peaches at the farmers market on the way home. I love Saturdays.
    Cups of Coffee: 3
    Glasses of Water: 4
    Minutes Run: 65
    5 days ago
  • Adriana G. said to Adriana G. Hello world.
    6 days ago
    Adriana G. hi. 6 days ago
    Oliver R. Hi Adriana! Welcome, and thanks for persevering though bugs, and sending feedback. Answers and fixes forthcoming. 4 days ago
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    Maggie H. If you workout at a hotel gym and do an insanely intense workout, I suppose it makes sense that the three people in there give me the death stare, sort of in the "YOU do know this is a hotel gym, right?"
    Tonight I did both the upper body and cardio routines Ariane gave me to whip me into shape. That treadmill thing is no joke! I made it a little longer and it really was puddle of sweat inducing. Run, lunge, crossover walk, side shuffle, run, sprint, run, sprint, run, sprint, run, lunge and repeat for 35 minutes. Then I did the upper body routine. The funny part was that the evil plant back row wasn't the one that killed me, today it was the chest flys - probably because I am still sore from Monday! Afterwords I ran another mile to make it a solid 45 minutes of cardio....
    All in all it was so much harder then I thought it would be but I also loved pushing myself that hard. I think it must be in my head but I swear I can already see a difference....
    Cardio Minutes: 45
    Cups of Coffee: 4
    Fresh Juices : 1
    Goal Visualization?: Did it today!
    Healthy Dinner?: Did it today
    Lifting Weights: 360
    Miles Run: 4
    Minutes of Exercise: 90
    6 hours ago
    vonHottie v. Hahahahah I too would have stared at you for working that hard in a hotel gym. hahahahahahaha. Yay you're a beast! 5 hours ago
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    AJ J. Tired! Didn't get enough sleep. Oy.
    Healthy Meals: 3
    Minutes Walked: 10
    Minutes of Exercise: 60
    Sleep Hours: 5
    15 hours ago
  • Oliver R. The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. ~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal">Blaise Pascal</a>
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    Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23662057@N03/4871350433/">Eric the Fish</a>
    17 hours ago
  • Fraidy L. For all you working people who want to take a class with Jess (yummy), hr informed me that for the fall schedule he moved his Monday buff yoga to 6pm.
    19 hours ago
    meret a. OMG!!!!!! and i'm not even in NYC!!!!!!!!! 18 hours ago
    Fraidy L. I know. I was thinking if you when he told me that. But hopefully he'll keep it that way for winter when you get back. 18 hours ago
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    CJ L. whoaaaa. is there a big difference between buff yoga and regular yoga? 17 hours ago
    Fraidy L. Buff yoga is vinyasa with weights 13 hours ago
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    Jen M. I thought I'd have to take today off due to a root canal, but I decided to kick ass instead.
    1 day ago
  • Joesgirl M. Somehow, I know that SW will enjoy this, and so I relay the following story: this morning, I decided to work from home before a meeting in midtown. After Mr. Joesgirl left for the day, I took my time getting dressed, walked the dogs and ran into a neighbor, passed by the super of the building no less than four times, and finally walked a few long blocks and onto the subway platform. While going down the steps to the platform, I thought to myself, hmmmm, something feels funny about this skirt I'm wearing. I wonder why. Then I walked on to the Q train, and stood there hanging on to a pole on a somewhat crowded car. I thought to myself again, gosh something feels REALLY funny about this skirt. And so, just as the train was peaking at the top of the Manhattan bridge, I swiped my hand along the back of my skirt to see if I felt anything funny on the fabric.

    What I felt instead was, well, MY ASS.

    It turned out the skirt I was wearing had a hole the size of a bowling ball where the seam used to be.

    Accordingly, I would like to report that I unintentionally mooned thousands of New Yorkers all over Manhattan and Brooklyn today.

    I am taking the fact that no one bothered to tell me as an indication that no one had a complaint about the view. :)

    One four-block-sprint-through-Soho-with-tote-bag-held-over-ass-with-both-hands, the fine folks at Club Monaco rescued me by finding me a replacement skirt in under five minutes, and I was only one minute late to my meeting. Three hours later, I am finally a little less mortified. But only a little.
    Cups of Coffee: 1
    Energy Level: 5
    Glasses of Water: 2
    Healthy Breakfasts: 1
    Healthy Lunches: 1
    Minutes Run: 10
    Minutes Walked: 20
    Mood: Somewhere between fiery red and hot pink with embarassment
    Set Intention: New York, now that you've seen my ass, you might as well kiss it.
    Situps: 5
    1 day ago
    sandyliz R. That has SO happened to me, only in my version, my bag pulls my dress up to my waist, and i walk many many blocks mooning. I also take the "enjoy the view" approach. 1 day ago
    vonHottie v. you know you're a real SW'er when you invite an ass smack. 1 day ago
    meret a. vonhottie said it. it's a kind of inauguration into the 'core' of SW ;-) 22 hours ago
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    Oliver R. Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets. ~ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a>
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    Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cedwardmoran/4946614629">tsuaccntnt</a>;
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    Oliver R. PS: To see the full image on SW2.0, you must click on the thumbnail..... Wouldn't want you to miss Lassie. 1 day ago
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    Bethany M. Your bodies may be saying that they have done all the saluting they can do. Your mind may be getting weary, your salutations, sloppy. 14 more days, 14 more days to go. So much to be thankful for, the Sun, the Moon, Nature, family, friends, love, LIFE. The breath will guide you to your goal. Follow it. It leads the way.

    Before you get saluting today, or after, try this meditation to ease your mind and restore your body. Works like a charm in all of my classes, leaving students and myself feeling alive and rejuvenated.

    Energy Healing Meditation

    Lay flat on your back in savasana. Close your eyes and take 3 cleansing breaths. In through the nose. Out through the mouth. Deep breaths. Full breaths. LET GO.

    Return to your normal pattern of breathing.

    Begin to turn the attention to your body.

    Beginning at the tips of your toes, envision a pure, crystal-like purple wave of light entering through your feet. Feel all the sensations at your toes, feel the coolness of the purple, the healing of the purple. Allow the purple light to travel through your ankles and legs, hips, belly, chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck, head. Feel each body part as the light travels and waves its way through your body, filling up the spaces of all and in between. Notice how each body part feels. Each subtle sensation. End with the light filling up the space of your mind, between your ears, and see the cleansing light as it radiates from your whole body.

    Relax. Let go. You are alive.

    Life is beautiful.
    1 day ago
  • Fraidy L. said to Oliver R. spotted you in crunch's bday video on facebook :)
    3 days ago
    Oliver R. Oh lordy! 2 days ago
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    Heidi K. "I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you." -Harrison Ford
    Cardio Minutes: 45
    Glasses of Water: 32
    Healthy Lunch?: Did it today
    Healthy Meals: 3
    No Alcohol?: None today
    Workout today?: Did it today
    Yoga Minutes: 90
    Yoga Today?: Did it today
    3 days ago
  • Adriana G. has posted some new activity!
    4 days ago

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