NRoLfW, Stage 2

[lyorn]

I started with phase 2 yesterday -- kind of carefully, which was good, because there were some balanc-y exercises, inlcuding a tricky squat/push press, where I was very grateful for the avilability of a broomstick. I felt that I looked real stupid, and then I decided that I looked like someone trying to do diffcult balance exercises and anyone who had a problem with that could knock themselves out with a dumbbell.

I also walked right up to a trainer and said, "I need a step upstairs, where are they?" which became complicated as I have speech issues and had to paraphrase "step".

I did the push-press with the broomstick a few times, and then with the 7.5 kg barbell, which felt heavy enough for now. The dumbbell one-point row where you balance on one leg was also quite hard to get going at all.

The other exercises went kind of OK. I expect seriously sore leg muscles tomorrow -- we did static lunges at Caporeia warm-ups, and I know what those do to me.

But I successfully started stage 2, I figured out how to do all the moves and found all the gear, so I am quite happy with myself at the moment.

Comments

[daedala]

One note on the one-point row -- remember it's your arms that are supposed to be working. It's five rows on each leg. (Why, yes, I did do twice as much for the first couple of workouts.... :)

Workout B was the hard one, for me. Not that A was exactly easy, but B was the one that killed me. I also tended to do my intervals at different times -- right after B was usually logistically challenging. (The past few weeks had very special weather, round here.)