Exercise Anyone?????????????

[artwebb]

Evertone else take the night off? Not me, I did my walking/ bodyweight routine in boots and a rain poncho (rain) in addition to more mainstream workout wear, of course.

[swissarmygirl]

Evertone else take the night off? Not me, I did my walking/ bodyweight routine in boots and a rain poncho (rain) in addition to more mainstream workout wear, of course.

Nope. I did my usual Wednesday workout.

[Fenlason]

We snowshoed for about an hour and a half tonight.

I also spent the afternoon draging a bunch of trusses uphill from the stack to the boom truck. I got done just in time to change for our hike...

[artwebb]

Did my walk, I'm wanting to go further but knowing my penchant for too much, too soon, and failure, I'm keeping the workout easy for now.
Hadda goad you guys when I didn't see posts, so you'll pick on me back when I don't. No one around here is interested in walking late at night, and I don't do mornings

[Fenlason]

Did my walk, I'm wanting to go further but knowing my penchant for too much, too soon, and failure, I'm keeping the workout easy for now.
Hadda goad you guys when I didn't see posts, so you'll pick on me back when I don't. No one around here is interested in walking late at night, and I don't do mornings

goading is good.. that is some of our purpose here..

Patience as you are starting out.. is a good thing.. that can be hard to do when the enthusiasm is there.

[Fenlason]

I am not feeling that great today.. but I got about 50 min. of weight training in.

starting with a nonstop 10 min. turkish getups. which is both a good weight work out as well as being an aerobic also.

I normally do this with a Kettlebell but I am in need of a heavier one.... which I should have next week..

Most of the exercises [not the TGU] were done wearing roller blades, to work on my balance and stabilizing muscles..

[swissarmygirl]

Today's workout was a little brutal. I increased my weight for step ups to 60 lbs for one of 3 sets. Sometime after that I noticed some fatigue in my left hand and forearm, which I have never had before, but I pushed through. I also increased the weight in a couple of other exercises. Glad I will have 2 days off from weights.....hoping my hand isn't going to be a problem.

[Fenlason]

Today's workout was a little brutal. I increased my weight for step ups to 60 lbs for one of 3 sets. Sometime after that I noticed some fatigue in my left hand and forearm, which I have never had before, but I pushed through. I also increased the weight in a couple of other exercises. Glad I will have 2 days off from weights.....hoping my hand isn't going to be a problem.

what were you using for a weight in the step up previously? Have you had specific forearm / grip strengthening exercises in your program?

[swissarmygirl]

Today's workout was a little brutal. I increased my weight for step ups to 60 lbs for one of 3 sets. Sometime after that I noticed some fatigue in my left hand and forearm, which I have never had before, but I pushed through. I also increased the weight in a couple of other exercises. Glad I will have 2 days off from weights.....hoping my hand isn't going to be a problem.

what were you using for a weight in the step up previously? Have you had specific forearm / grip strengthening exercises in your program?

I was using 2 25's and I moved up to 2 30's. Haven't had anything specific for forearm/grip. Most of the exercises are for multiple muscle groups. It doesn't feel too terrible at the moment, I do feel some stiffness through the little finger on my left hand. We'll see how it feels tomorrow.

[artwebb]

When I used to lift heavy, I used to have to use lifting hooks. Not becuase of grip strength, becuase I was 'lifting with my forearms' in lifts like the bent row. Eventualy I learned not to grip the 'bells so tight by forming my hands into hooks instead of gripping the weight. You may possibly be 'fisting' the weight like I used to.
10 minutes of nonstop turkish getups makes me tired just thinking about it. I LOVE the idea of training on 'blades for balance. Should also build hell for stout ankle strength.
I compleated my usual walk and strength training. Had a bonus workout at work. A fellow wanted two sacks of deer corn. Usualy these folks park by the door. I got one sack on each shoulder, and asked where his vehicle was. About 30 yards acrossthe parking lot. Not about to wimp out, I gamely packed his 2 bags of corn across half the lot, not letting on that I was sorta pushing it packing 100lbs like that

[Fenlason]

Today's workout was a little brutal. I increased my weight for step ups to 60 lbs for one of 3 sets. Sometime after that I noticed some fatigue in my left hand and forearm, which I have never had before, but I pushed through. I also increased the weight in a couple of other exercises. Glad I will have 2 days off from weights.....hoping my hand isn't going to be a problem.

what were you using for a weight in the step up previously? Have you had specific forearm / grip strengthening exercises in your program?

I was using 2 25's and I moved up to 2 30's. Haven't had anything specific for forearm/grip. Most of the exercises are for multiple muscle groups. It doesn't feel too terrible at the moment, I do feel some stiffness through the little finger on my left hand. We'll see how it feels tomorrow.

your forearms might not be able to keep up with the rest of your body.

I do a LOT of forearm stuff. I use my hands and arms a lot wrenching on bikes. [It is faster work than like care wrenching or can be] It also helps to have strong hands and arms for mountain biking..

Perhaps you could just be getting to a point where you are using enough weight to tax them.

[Fenlason]

When I used to lift heavy, I used to have to use lifting hooks. Not becuase of grip strength, becuase I was 'lifting with my forearms' in lifts like the bent row. Eventualy I learned not to grip the 'bells so tight by forming my hands into hooks instead of gripping the weight. You may possibly be 'fisting' the weight like I used to.
10 minutes of nonstop turkish getups makes me tired just thinking about it. I LOVE the idea of training on 'blades for balance. Should also build hell for stout ankle strength.
I compleated my usual walk and strength training. Had a bonus workout at work. A fellow wanted two sacks of deer corn. Usualy these folks park by the door. I got one sack on each shoulder, and asked where his vehicle was. About 30 yards acrossthe parking lot. Not about to wimp out, I gamely packed his 2 bags of corn across half the lot, not letting on that I was sorta pushing it packing 100lbs like that

yeah once you have them on your shoulders.. and heading towards the vehicle.. [pride wise... it would be hard to change one's mind then] I would think getting a sack onto each should would have been tough also. I think I would have rather down one 100 pound bag vs 2 50's.

[Fenlason]

I love the turkish get up, it is a fairly new exercise to me.

I had already been doing a lot for my ankles. I have had a few head injuries. One really affected my balance. The last year or two, I have been really working on that. Working on my sense of balance, and working on the muscles that stabilize you. I would say.. I am in at least some ways better than before.

One thing I don't do is skate. I love the idea of it, but it feels so foreign to me. I tried it out again just before Christmas. I tried out someone else's touring skates.. they were great. After some time, despite all my work, it still hurt my feet and ankles some.

I had bought some roller blades some time ago. So I thought I would just stand in those from time to time. Well I thought instead of just standing there.. why not work out.

I do this on a rug, on a carpet, so there is some resistance to rolling forward and back, but it works my feet and ankles in a way all my other exercises were not.

I have even tried "skating" in my living room. I don't go anywhere.. I tried just standing on one skate at a time... which was so -so.. then I did a back and forth from one skate to the other. That worked good.

[swissarmygirl]

I love the turkish get up, it is a fairly new exercise to me.

I had already been doing a lot for my ankles. I have had a few head injuries. One really affected my balance. The last year or two, I have been really working on that. Working on my sense of balance, and working on the muscles that stabilize you. I would say.. I am in at least some ways better than before.

One thing I don't do is skate. I love the idea of it, but it feels so foreign to me. I tried it out again just before Christmas. I tried out someone else's touring skates.. they were great. After some time, despite all my work, it still hurt my feet and ankles some.

I had bought some roller blades some time ago. So I thought I would just stand in those from time to time. Well I thought instead of just standing there.. why not work out.

I do this on a rug, on a carpet, so there is some resistance to rolling forward and back, but it works my feet and ankles in a way all my other exercises were not.

I have even tried "skating" in my living room. I don't go anywhere.. I tried just standing on one skate at a time... which was so -so.. then I did a back and forth from one skate to the other. That worked good.

You don't say...
Best thing for skating, is just go skate. I stopped for a while because it started to bother my lower back a lot. I think I will probably not have that problem this year because my back is a lot stronger. We ice skated a couple weeks ago and I was fine.

[Fenlason]

I love the turkish get up, it is a fairly new exercise to me.

I had already been doing a lot for my ankles. I have had a few head injuries. One really affected my balance. The last year or two, I have been really working on that. Working on my sense of balance, and working on the muscles that stabilize you. I would say.. I am in at least some ways better than before.

One thing I don't do is skate. I love the idea of it, but it feels so foreign to me. I tried it out again just before Christmas. I tried out someone else's touring skates.. they were great. After some time, despite all my work, it still hurt my feet and ankles some.

I had bought some roller blades some time ago. So I thought I would just stand in those from time to time. Well I thought instead of just standing there.. why not work out.

I do this on a rug, on a carpet, so there is some resistance to rolling forward and back, but it works my feet and ankles in a way all my other exercises were not.

I have even tried "skating" in my living room. I don't go anywhere.. I tried just standing on one skate at a time... which was so -so.. then I did a back and forth from one skate to the other. That worked good.

You don't say...
Best thing for skating, is just go skate. I stopped for a while because it started to bother my lower back a lot. I think I will probably not have that problem this year because my back is a lot stronger. We ice skated a couple weeks ago and I was fine.

A while ago I was counting.. just off the top of my head [so to speak]

I came up with 13 concussions. One very serious.

I aggree completely with the if you want to skate.. skate.

I don't have easy access all the time. I don't really want to get on a little rink with crowds. I am not sure what we have for roller rinks anymore... we do have the ice rink we bike on.

having the muscles more prepped for it, makes sense to me. If I strengthen before I go.. then I am less apt to get hurt... and can spend more time on technique.

I want to be able to ice skate distance on lakes.. and it is not that often we have good ice. It would be good to have some skate fitness, when one can't always skate.

Come summer I might take the inline skates and try some of the school running tracks. Although it would be hard to take the time away from biking..