Welcome to Nacho Fitness Coach. Two friends discuss all things fitness to bring knowledge and some opinion to you wherever you may be in your health journey. My friend Kaylee, the beginner, almost ran a 5k once. Recently had her first protein shake and is the proud owner of one set of five pound dumbbells. And my friend Sarah, the expert, runs when she lifts, has racewalked dozens of races, including a full marathon and has 12 open protein tubs in the pantry. So
let's get started. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay. So this podcast is for entertainment only. If you have concerns about your health, consult a physician or other health care professionals. So Sarah, what? You talk about the 12, 3, 30 challenge that we started a while back. Yeah. Should we talk about that? Yeah, I think we should talk about that. Okay. Yep. Let people know how it's going. Right. I did a thing that I don't think
you're gonna be super happy with. I know what happened. We're gonna need to change the intro to the podcast. If you're okay with that. If we have time. Why did you buy heavier dumbbells? No. No, I already blew my gym home equipment. Budget for the year. So no, no, okay. Okay. Five, five pound dumbbells threw me over on my budget. Okay. Got it. So what I did do was last weekend, supposed to do the challenge. So what we're doing is we're walking on the treadmill, what is it at a 12 incline,
three miles per hour for 30 minutes. Right. And we decided we're gonna do this every day. Well, that's the challenge. Right. For 30 days. That's the 30. Right. So there was the one day that I didn't want to do it so badly. I wasn't gonna do it. So instead I went ahead and I ran my first 5k. Oh, I mean, I'm proud of you. You could be a little worse. I mean, whoo. You know, you know what I mean? I mean,
you were supposed to be, we're supposed to be doing the challenge. But I mean, like I ran a 5k, like I ran, you know, and to be honest with you, it didn't suck as bad. I'm not, I mean, that's good. It was better than walking. But no, so we've been meeting at the gym every morning. 6am. There was a snowstorm. So you didn't meet me those mornings for like a week. Why did you not meet me those mornings, Kaylee? There was snow on the ground. Because you get your car out of your garage.
I mean, probably after like, if you really wanted to, you could have. Right. I mean, there's just like a little bit of snow. So you wanted to use your treadmill home. I had my treadmill home. So then those days that you did your, the workout at your house, right? Oh, here we go. Here we go. Go ahead. Go ahead. Was it still the 12, 3, 30? I mean, it was a 10, 3, 30. So 28, 30, you know, like, wait a second. Variables on multiple. My
treadmill does not go up to 12. Sorry. It stops at 10. I even tried. I even like, maybe if I just keep pushing the button. No, no, no, it stops. It's out of 10. Okay. So you're like, negative 2%. I mean, I don't know if you want to get, if you want to get technical. I mean, but I'm pretty proud of myself. I mean, I'm proud of you too. It's better than nothing.
Right. So how are you doing? I haven't missed a day. No, you haven't. No. And we've even gone for a couple of days and I did it first thing before we left in the morning, like think at home, went out of town for like a one night thing and got back and I was at the gym at like 830 PM wrapping up about nine that next morning, rolling back in at 6am was the worst. I will tell you like there, the breaks I did do, I had like three different times where I just had to step on
the rails for about 15 seconds. So you're not like, not as okay as I'm like leading on to be. You ain't better than me. But that was one time that I was like, I was just here less than 12 hours ago. I'm just saying like if we're going to call out, you know, like what I'm doing wrong, like let's go ahead and just talk about all the ways that you're not perfect. You know what I mean? Right? Yeah. Yeah. No, that's good. So I did. I had that one rough that one that morning was
rough. Cause that was that was, I would not recommend that if you're going to take on this challenge. I'd recommend trying to have like a full 24 hours like in between the workouts because that back to back like a night and then coming back the next morning was pretty brutal. It's a rough one. It's a rough workout. I'm going to encourage that. But you know, what's funny about this is like from the very beginning, you looked at it, you're like, this is going to be easy. I
thought it was going to be so easy and it's not, it's not. And so you hit a point what probably about a week or so in that you were like, forget this. I didn't want to do it. I'm just going to run my first 5k instead. Something I had set out to do six months ago and just kind of got sidetracked with when I didn't do it. Then that was that. I'm probably never going to do it. But you know, you put something else in front of me that sucks worse. Like I guess I'm going to do it.
That's not so bad. I did. It took me like, I mean, I was on the treadmill. So I just had the speed set. Right. It wasn't a fast 5k. You made it. Did you stop? No. Okay. No, I did. I did not get off the treadmill. I did jump up on the sides one time because my ponytail was getting wild, flopping around. So you technically have not then ran a 5k. I mean, it was like 30 seconds. I mean, but that's still a break. You have sometimes when you have something
that's just like, I can't like my ponytail was falling down. I mean, I get that. But you know, now all of a sudden it's like, I mean, I stopped for a little bit. It was a 5k. That's the point. When I finished on the treadmill, it said 3.1 miles. So you're like, I did it. Yeah. Come on now. Cut me some slack. I had to fix my ponytail. I've seen you. So we've been going to the gym together. I've seen you, dilly-dally around over there. I've seen you grab the bars.
You grab the, you know, there has been a couple of times where it's been like, okay, this is getting, it does. It gets really rough. It does. But it is crazy how much it does change the intensity. If you just have to like hold on to the console for a few steps. Yeah. All of a sudden, you're like, it does. It, I just thought it was funny because you were always like, never, never hold the panel bars, never hold the panel bars, but I've seen you. I've seen you.
I've been for very long though. No, but I, you know, I don't know. That's what, I guess that's what I'm saying. It's like, if we're going to, you know, like, if you're going to call me out, I'm going to go ahead and call you out. That's totally fine. I mean, I can, you know, it's one of those things we're doing it though. I'm proud of both of us. We've been getting up, getting to the gym at 6am. In the middle of, you know, winter here right now. Yeah. So it's like,
not exactly fun to roll out and it's cold. And so you taught me to, so I started covering the time. Oh yeah. That's, that's a good trick that I learned. Cover the time. Years ago is to grab an extra towel and like drape it over the display. Right. So you're not just like staring at the numbers turning and then try to find something that's going to occupy your time a little bit. That definitely helps. It helps a lot. Not knowing where you're at.
No. And you're just kind of zoned into, you know, whatever you're listening to or watching or whatever. It definitely makes a big difference. And what's crazy is the very, of the very first time that we did the workout, I got home and like by later that day, I was like, why is my, my lower back was killing me? Well, by the second morning then I was like, okay, I'm going to pay
attention to like what was going on with that. And I realized that with the incline, instead of staying tall and like almost leaning forward at my waist, I was defaulting to the thing I feel like I do a lot, which I like hunch over. And I was creating like, I wasn't holding my abdominal wall very tight and my lower back started hurting by walking up that incline for that long. And that's what I read about when I read about that challenge. A lot of people
say that that's a thing. So it happened the first time that first night day. And then I was like, okay, pay attention. And I did, I thought my shoulders like slunching over. And I was like, almost like to walking with my arms just kind of like, yeah, being down by my sides. And I was like, okay, pay attention to stand up straight, stand up straight, hold my like belly button in. And I, it brought me back then memories of years ago when I did a lot of treadmill work where I
was like, okay, I am going to get my arms into it more. So I bent my elbows, started swinging them a little bit more, even got, you know, some like little air punches going in, just because it holds you upright a little bit more and you're paying attention. And then it started spinning me into a whole nother, you know, thought pattern around benefits of walking over running. Yeah. Because there are some, the way our bodies move, how walking can have more benefit to me.
If you love running and running is your thing, then run, then run. But there's a lot of gravity things that happen, like, you know, when you're pounding on the pavement or whatever. So it's like, okay, if it's bothering your knees or whatever else, then walking is a great option. Great thing is, is you twist your trunk a little bit more when you're walking versus running. And so you're getting some like core engagement happening, especially when you're really paying
attention, right? You know, throw up those air punches, it keeps you nice and tall, keeps your core engaged. And then now you're focusing on like a target. It's intense. It looks silly. You're getting wild with it. Well, but you're not, you're not there. It is, you know, worry about what other people are thinking about you walking on a treadmill. We're not. No, no, okay. No, you just got to throw that. You got to throw that like out the window. So I think it's
been getting easier. Yes. For both of us. Well, we hit that one day, that one day, whereas like we got off and it was like, that wasn't bad. That wasn't so hard. Yeah. So even today, after I was up late last night, we had a party. It was up late consuming alcohol. I got home and took a nap, like a three hour, well, two hour nap today. Yeah. And then I was like, well, I can't go face Sarah tonight. Right. I don't do this. So I did. I got on the treadmill. Which treadmill? Mine.
You want to home? You want to home? So you did what? 10, 3. Did you do the full 30? I did do the full 30. I can show you. I'll show you on my app. Oh, that's good. I did do the full 30. I got the full 30 in there. So, so yeah, I did it. When so other than the day that I switched it out for a 5k, I haven't missed a day. But that does count as a day. As a big red blemish technically did miss the challenge. That's fair. Do we need to start it over? No.
Absolutely. It is sucking the life out of me, Sarah. When I open my eyes in the morning, my alarm goes off at 530. And all I can think is like, that's what I have to go do now. And it's soul sucking. Yeah. But how do you feel when you're done with it? Fine. Great. Yeah. I don't know the ever leave a workout regretting going. No, absolutely not. So, you know, I mean, sometimes you just gotta get yourself there. You gotta just suck something. I'm ready to be done.
I'm ready to be done. We have a while. We have a while to go. And there's no stopping. I mean, at this point, if I weren't doing this with you, I mean, I wouldn't be doing it. It would have been on your own. And when nobody else was watching, like how many days do you think you would have gotten into it before you're like, okay, I'm done. I'm over it. You know, it really just depends on like how, I don't know, like how big a deal it was to me. Like if it was really, really, really
something I wanted to do and prove to myself, I would have stuck. I mean, I could, I would do it. But like, you know, I started, I tried to do it before we even started the challenge. And I, I was like, nope. How many minutes did you make it that 23? I think 23 or 24. And I was like, well, this is a thing I'm never doing again. And now here I am. And then we talked about it. And I was like, this is a great idea. We should do this. And then I'm never, I'm not bringing you
at least maybe you'll think twice about the thing you find on Tik Tok. You're like, how is this going to go or not? Is Sarah going to want to do this? Yeah. Well, I will tell you a hard stop for me would be if you try to bring me any burpees challenges. Yeah, I won't. Those, those aren't good for anybody to be doing. I that's a whole nother, that's a whole,
that could be a whole nother episode. I will keep that in mind. I'm so box about burpees, but don't find, don't try to find some burpee challenge on Tik Tok and try to bring that to me. Cause I just thought this was going to be easy. Like, right. Otherwise, I wouldn't probably brought it to you. How, I mean, how hard could it be just walking, right? And that pace is only a 20 minute mile pace, which is a very like casual kind of stroll. Yeah. You're not speed walking
at that point. If you're just out, you're like, um, you know, normal day pace, probably for a lot of people 20 minute a mile. And then how do you pass the time when you're doing it? I watch cake squad. Wait, not cake squad, big squad. Which one is it? No, it's a big squad. They make cakes. My kids randomly found it and it's like really kind of entertaining. Are they 30 minute episodes? They're like 36. Okay. So I don't always get through like the full episode, which is fine.
Cause the next morning I'm like, Oh, I get to wake up now and figure out which cake that they picked. So I don't finish watching it and then let's start over. I like stop. Leave it on a cliff hanger. I do. Yeah. Yeah. And that's been really super helpful. So I mean, it's just, it's light hearted. You just kind of watch it and it's something I could never do. So it's like, okay, you can't make cakes. No, you like to make cakes. Yeah. Yeah. You know, like, uh-huh. Yeah, I do.
And like me, I'm like, uh-huh. I'll buy the cake from you. I like to make it. I don't, I'm not into the baking aspect of it so much as that I like to decorate. So then what are you doing to pass the time? Tick tock. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Well, you've got your clicker. I bring my, yeah, I've been, it's been a whole thing. I don't think we've talked about this. It's like me, cause my clicker stays on my treadmill at home. It's like right there in the little cup holder.
And every morning it's like this whole like, I'm not used to getting up and going to the gym. No, right. You just roll out. So I'm like, I want to home. Water, keys, earbuds, clicker. Let's see. Yeah. It's just a whole new routine for me. And I didn't have that first workout where I was like, I need to make sure if I forget my hair, like AirPods, I'm going to freak out. Yeah. Not being able to hear something because you can't just leave a phone on like speaker phone
and hear it. Yeah. At the gym. Like you got to have your headphones in and so. And I love, it's funny because we meet there and we really don't like need to other than it's just like a checkpoint for us to be like, are you here? Are you here? Yeah. Cause we don't talk. No, we don't. There's been a couple of days when we're like, Sarah, check out this. Here's this video, the one video, the guy, the two guys on the treadmill and the one guy goes to take his hoodie off.
That never works by the way, people don't ever try. He falls into, so the one treadmill is in front of the other treadmill. Two guys, front guy takes his hoodie off, loses his step and goes flying into the guy behind him. That's funny. I mean, I'm sure those guys didn't think it's funny right in the moment. I've got it with one video. So we can all see it. But yes, that is, that was not, not probably a very smart decision. Don't try to remove something off of your head while you're
trying to walk on a treadmill. That's probably never going to end well. Never going to end well. But yeah, he did quite the collision. All right. So how do you think the rest of the challenge is going to go? I think fine. I feel like it's getting a lot easier even today. Like semi hung over and after and in the afternoon versus like first thing in the morning. Yeah. It wasn't too bad. I think it's getting easier. So then, so then we just do 30 days and then we're done like,
hurrah. I mean, gold star for us. Yeah. And then it's like, it's hard for me to do a challenge where it's like, like when I was doing the couch to 5k, it was like, started little and then you were working up to something bigger. So this one feels like, I don't know. They're literally doing the same thing every day. Yeah. And it's really for no point. Yeah. Other than what Kim Kardashian did it, right? We're going to get the Chloe. We're going to get that Kim K. But that's what we're
going to do. Not with this. She had a lot of stuff going on. The 12% in Kardashian now. She did it with the treadmill. Was it, was it Kim or was it one of the other ones? I think it was Chloe. Chloe. Okay. Well, I don't know. Which ever one or all the same they are. Yes, that they are. But you know, it's like, you're right. There's no building. There's no, other than the fact that you do kind of hit probably one day like we did and you're like, Oh, this is, yeah, that's
all good to finally be like, Oh my gosh. And I did. I went this, I went this afternoon to and it was like, okay, it's done. Like this is good. But I think that if I have, I will probably try to avoid the two sessions within 12 hours. Yeah. Yeah. If I can, that was rough. You drink your water and you wake up first thing in the morning and it's definitely getting easier a little bit. But I don't know. Then I guess we'll just have to finish this one out and then we'll have to find
something new. Oh, I'm going to put you on that assignment. I mean, yeah, as long as I can find it, challenge accepted, challenge accepted. And maybe we'll look for one that builds a little bit. Are you working out more than this? Are you doing, are you doing things on top of this? I'm lifting a little bit only because kind of trying to get a little bit more of a structured yeah, land together right now. Yeah. Trying to work off the rest of this and final baby weight.
Yeah. So once I get there, you know, but yeah, starting to kind of incorporate in some strength training, which if I was not doing this challenge with you, the strength training would be my priority. Right. I'd be making sure that I was doing that three days a week and then just throwing in the cardio whenever I felt like it. So it's definitely flip flopped this month, which it's okay. It's better than nothing. But maybe next time we should switch in because I don't know. I've never done
strength training. I'd like to, I don't really know what that means. Oh, well, then there we go. We should, we should figure out something. I wonder if there's challenges around that. It always seems like it always does seem like though a lot of these things that go viral are cardio based. Yeah, it does. And I wonder why that is. I mean, because, you know, when you look at it, cardio for the most part is not something in my opinion should be your priority.
Yeah. But I like it. If it makes you feel good, it's a stress reliever, you know, but I think it's time for me to like crossover to the other, to the dark side. I guess. I'm gonna start picking up some heavy stuff. It's got scary. I'm like, now you're, now we're talking. All right. So do we love this? Do we hate it? You know, here, I do love it from the standpoint of I do not very willingly choose to do cardio
on my own. So it has given me some structure and I am, I am somewhat like competitive. And so it's like, okay, and like check boxes. So I'm like, okay, this is 30 days. We're going to do this. Like now we got started. We can't quit. We're going to finish it out. So I actually do like it because it is giving me a reason to do cardio. But will I continue doing it after the 30 days? Not every day. No, but I will say walking on an incline on a treadmill has always been
one of my more favorite ways to get my heart rate. Yes. Oh, so I'm not, I'm not a runner. I've noticed that the longer we're doing it. Yeah. Today, my, I think my max heart rate was only like, I don't know, maybe it's an issue with my watch, but my max heart rate is going down each time. I think I hit today was like one 12. I feel like personally when I've watched my heart rate really closely, it seems like at like two
weeks, if I don't switch up what I'm doing, my heart rate doesn't max out. So like, or like max out in quite the same way. So I've went through spurts where it's like step mill, like I'll do the stair master and it'll be in the 150s for 30 to 60 minutes that I'm on there. But it seems like when I hit like around two weeks, my body will adjust and it's like it gets used to it or something. Yeah. That's what it's been like. Yeah. It'll be interesting to see them what happens because
I'm still sweating a lot. Oh yeah. We're both drenched in sweat by the time we're done. It's disgusting. It is very disgusting. Like I haven't sweat like that in a while. And so it's like dripping and all the things. So it's like, that's been good. But yeah, we'll have to watch the heart rate because that'll be interesting thing to report back is what happens kind of now on the rest of it. Yeah. If it keeps getting lower or not. So I know. Okay. So I like it. So we love it.
We love it. You love it. I think try it. I think people should try it. I think it's okay to say. Yeah. I think anyone is capable of doing anything for 30 days. Yeah. So it does help having some structure, some guidance. Sometimes it's just getting in the habit of actually showing up to do something. Yep. And so now you have something to show up and do. And so it could be the start of some really new habits. So which would be great. Yeah. All right. We love it. We love it.
Give it a try. Listen to what you think. Yep. And until next time. Bye.