Weekly Feature: What did you do?

[cereta]

You know the drill!

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[rydra_wong]

I did two consecutive pull-ups (deadhang in between)!

Embarrassingly, I did this while explaining to a dude that I could only do one, and then made my obligatory effort at another one -- and sailed right up. So it looked like I was being completely insincere ...

Also, I finally got around to visiting the council gym that actually has a squat rack with safety bars (unlike the other one). So I got to do some barbell lifts for the first time in ages, and now my legs are very stiff.

And they have dip bars, so I discovered I can now do a few proper dips.

OTOH, my push-ups still suck. I seem to be incapable of increasing the number I can do. Which is probably because I never manage to be systematic about it.

[laurashapiro]

Held a plank for 30 seconds (toes and elbows).

Step-ups w/40lbs and almost fell on my ass, but I feel mighty.

Did weight training only on Monday as my shoulder continues to hate me. Cardio twice and am enjoying the endorphins. (:

[cereta]

I can post this week, yay!

I got the clearance from the plastic surgeon to start working again, but on the advice of my physical therapist, I'm adding things back slowly, and using bodyweight stuff to avoid putting more weight on my spine, even if only for the ten minutes I'm doing curls. So, Tuesday I did chair lifts and bicep curls (before talking to my PT, but I was pleased to know that I can still use 20lbs in each hand), and today I did chairlifts and push-ups using a ledge that's about waist-high, 3 sets of 10 reps each.

But that's not what I'm excited about, though. Tuesday, I did two fifteen second elbow-and-toes planks, but didn't really feel anything the next day. So yesterday, before cardio, I tried the WiiFit's elbow planks (30 seconds - I'd unlocked the 60-second, but HA!). The first one I only got one star (30 pts, I think), but the second I got three, and nearly beat my high score. And today, I am pleasantly sore. I know core training is one of the most important things I can do, so I'm happy I can do these.

[lyorn]

Carried water. Two ten-litre cans every day, through the flat, to the balcony, lift at chest height to clear the cat fence, then pour very slowly and carefully as not to rain on the neighbors...

Yes, it's still too hot.

[umbo]

Trying to struggle back into a regular schedule during a crappy summer! Let's see, I made it to the gym and did strengthy-stuff on Sunday and today, and worked with my personal trainer at her new place on Tuesday. Unfortunately, my left shoulder is borked and limiting the upper body stuff I can do, but ball squats and bridges and assorted other things I did do....

[sophiap]

I made it back to the gym today after a 10 day break (vacation) and started Phase 5 of NRoL4W. I was starting to feel the effects of being away that long, so getting back into the routine felt quite good. Today's routine included single-arm dumbell snatch, one-legged deadlifts, barbell rows, squats with one dumbell held overhead and the other down low, incline bench press, planks (elbows and knees), and a wood chop at the cable station.

I also did bodyweight squats and lunges, but not the squat jumps or lunge jumps, because PMS and bouncy bouncy don't go well together, IMO.

[urbanoceanix]

The gym I joined finally opened so I get to post here after lurking for a while. I was supposed to go in to workout with a trainer for the first time and he was going to write me a program as it has been a decade since I last exercised and I have no idea where to start, but he cancelled on me (his wife went into labour - he really did have to leave!). I went in anyway and tried some of the machines at very low weights, and ached the next day, so obviously did something. We are rescheduling for this week when he is going to show me the free weights.

[zennish]

Crossfit workouts times TWO. I did not know it was possible for my upper body and core to hurt so much - workout #2 was 5 kipping pull-ups, 10 (tricep!!) pushups, and 15 'proper' squats, repeat until 15 minutes have passed (or you have died). I could not, for the life of me, do the freaking tricep pushups properly on my feet and ended up having to do back to knees.

but I still did 8 repeats, even though I had to use a purple band for the pull-ups, and no torn calluses!

[lys]

Um ... I joined a gym? And actually went to it?

Sadly the affordable 3-session PT deal they had going is for the BIRDS, so I'm going to have to rely on the intarwebs to come up with a plan.