Session #7
Jun. 4th, 2009 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lynnI might have made a mistake opening my big, fat mouth when Mr. W. reached for the jump rope.
"I've been practising with the jump rope mornings after I run- I can often go nearly a minute before tripping over it."
"In that case," he responded and reached for something that looked like a mountain bike inner tube and handed it to me. It was heavy and the length of a jump rope...
"You're kidding me!"
He warned me that I'd have to jump higher because there's more rope to clear and to make sure I was careful when swinging it- if it hit me on the back of the head, I'd definitely feel it.
I did 20 jumps with no problems then he handed me the normal jump rope for a minute- it was so light in comparison, it made it harder to get used to. Then back to the heavyrope for 30 seconds. Twice I hit myself in the back of the head *BOOM* it didn't hurt but it nearly knocked me off my feet. Then back to the normal jump rope. I actually liked the heavyrope and looked into buying one, but they're all around $50.
Some other things that we did that were different was to throw a medicine ball to Mr. W. while I lay flat on the floor and he stood over me on a stand. First time with him directly over my head (yes, I was sure my face might get smashed), and that worked my arms. Later he stood on the stand over my feet. He'd toss me the ball to catch over my head and I'd use my abs to kind of crunch up and throw the ball back up at him.
Shoulder presses, bicep curls, tricep curls, and other things I don't know the names of all conspired to give me very sore abs and arms today. Looking forward to tomorrow's session. And going to bed early tonight. I've been really sleepy this week- don't know why.
"I've been practising with the jump rope mornings after I run- I can often go nearly a minute before tripping over it."
"In that case," he responded and reached for something that looked like a mountain bike inner tube and handed it to me. It was heavy and the length of a jump rope...
"You're kidding me!"
He warned me that I'd have to jump higher because there's more rope to clear and to make sure I was careful when swinging it- if it hit me on the back of the head, I'd definitely feel it.
I did 20 jumps with no problems then he handed me the normal jump rope for a minute- it was so light in comparison, it made it harder to get used to. Then back to the heavyrope for 30 seconds. Twice I hit myself in the back of the head *BOOM* it didn't hurt but it nearly knocked me off my feet. Then back to the normal jump rope. I actually liked the heavyrope and looked into buying one, but they're all around $50.
Some other things that we did that were different was to throw a medicine ball to Mr. W. while I lay flat on the floor and he stood over me on a stand. First time with him directly over my head (yes, I was sure my face might get smashed), and that worked my arms. Later he stood on the stand over my feet. He'd toss me the ball to catch over my head and I'd use my abs to kind of crunch up and throw the ball back up at him.
Shoulder presses, bicep curls, tricep curls, and other things I don't know the names of all conspired to give me very sore abs and arms today. Looking forward to tomorrow's session. And going to bed early tonight. I've been really sleepy this week- don't know why.
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on 2009-06-05 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-06-05 02:07 pm (UTC)Thanks so much!