Weekly Post: What did you do?

[cereta]

Only one day late!

Comments

[rydra_wong]

I made it to the gym to lift barbells, and didn't sulk too much about the fact that having stomach flu earlier in the week has knocked my strength down a bit. I'm starting to learn front squats, too.

And I'm still learning clubbell stuff -- I can almost do a decent clubbell mill now!

[supermouse]

Cool! What's one of those, then?

[rydra_wong]

It's one of these! *g*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsG9VMCYJN0

[supermouse]

Ooh, very well done on not hitting yourself in the face.

I have a cough and chest pains, so NO HEAVY LIFTING for me until I am better. The bed will just have to collapse.

[supermouse]

I wrestled the big, heavy mattress again. I will probably end up doing it this coming week, too. Once again, I did not do any significant number of reps with it.

I am feeling a little, tiny bit better and I've been pushing off from the wall, trying to get some stamina back. No stretchy-rubbery-thing exercises, because my dexterity has plummeted to the point where I am too likely to suddenly let go and randomly hit myself in the face. It's hard to mishandle an entire wall, though, so I have been using that, and my own muscle tension, to work against.

This weekly post was in my mind, actually, while I was checking under the bed for something, and has made me more mindful and more likely to put time in to working my muscles. I might be at the bottom end of the achievement scale, but anything really is better than nothing, at least for self-esteem-raising purposes.

[rydra_wong]

Once again, I did not do any significant number of reps with it.

Then you call it your one-rep max. *g*

[supermouse]

I swear, I feel as though I have added the damn thing to my weekly routine... So I might as well. :0)

[lyorn]

Went to the gym first time after getting a cold two weeks ago. Have started a gym diary to write down what I'm doing.

[lydiabell]

I finally got an orientation in how to use the free weights properly, and discovered that a) I had been doing squats wrong; and b) that's probably why I have tendonitis in my right foot. Having stopped doing them that way, I already feel better. :)

[red_eft]

I lifted a ridiculous amount of boxes while helping my parents move. I've done this all day every day since Monday, and I'm counting it, damnit. :P

[sophiap]

I only hit the weights room twice this week, thanks to a slightly rough final self-defense lesson that left me with a bruised sternum and dodgy shoulder.

Squats are improving vastly, both in depth and weight, and I can now get to nearly full depth with 75 lbs.

[zennish]

More Crossfit.