Session #19
Jul. 16th, 2009 11:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lynnThe first 15 minutes were hellacious. Usually he lets me take quite a break between exercises to get my breath back. Not so much yesterday. One of the first things we did was one of the hardest. Lying on my back on a bench, with my legs bent and feet on the bench with most of my upper body off of the bench so that I can't relax- have to use abs to hold my body up. Then he handed me a medicine ball and had me do crunches.
Mommy.
I'm getting stronger with my pullups though. I managed to do two full horizontal pull ups before Mr. W had to put a weight lifting belt around me and help. I haven't been able to do even one full pull-up without his help before.
What a horizontal pull-up might look like:
Another thing he had me do was with the sled. He piled on the weights and attached a long strap to the sled. I stood on the other side of the room holding on to the strap and from a crouching position, one hand over the other, I had to pull the sled across the room using just my arms and back.
Anyway, it was all very hard but being the masochist I am, I loved it all.
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In other news, DH and I bought a Wii. It's a bit a splurge, but I've been weighing the pros and cons for months now. When it finally arrived, I very carefully kept all the packaging. If it turns out to collect dust later, I will resell it.
Anyway, we played a bit of all the sports on the included disc and had a ball! Literally! Baseball, tennis, bowling, golf and boxing. Okay, Boxing doesn't have a ball. But it was a killer, the boxing! I was quite out of breath but managed to kick Dear Husband's butt. :)
So far, so fun.
Mommy.
I'm getting stronger with my pullups though. I managed to do two full horizontal pull ups before Mr. W had to put a weight lifting belt around me and help. I haven't been able to do even one full pull-up without his help before.
What a horizontal pull-up might look like:
Another thing he had me do was with the sled. He piled on the weights and attached a long strap to the sled. I stood on the other side of the room holding on to the strap and from a crouching position, one hand over the other, I had to pull the sled across the room using just my arms and back.
Anyway, it was all very hard but being the masochist I am, I loved it all.
~~~~~~~~~
In other news, DH and I bought a Wii. It's a bit a splurge, but I've been weighing the pros and cons for months now. When it finally arrived, I very carefully kept all the packaging. If it turns out to collect dust later, I will resell it.
Anyway, we played a bit of all the sports on the included disc and had a ball! Literally! Baseball, tennis, bowling, golf and boxing. Okay, Boxing doesn't have a ball. But it was a killer, the boxing! I was quite out of breath but managed to kick Dear Husband's butt. :)
So far, so fun.
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on 2009-07-16 06:06 pm (UTC)