Weekly post: What did you do?

[cereta]

For those of you who weren't here last week, this would be our weekly chance to talk about what we did this week. You can go into detail, you can talk about something new you did or an increase of some kind, or you can just report time or days or whatever makes you happy.

Comment away!

Comments

[lydiabell]

I discovered in the last few weeks of half-marathon training that neglecting my core strength not only leaves me vulnerable to the lower-back strains I'm prone to, but also hampers my running performance. So I bought a stability ball and started doing some core exercises with that. Because of the aforementioned weak back, I think I want to work on that for a couple of weeks before trying actual lifting of heavy things.

One thing that's distressed me about trying to find a lifting site I like is that there seems to be this "us vs. them" mentality between lifting and cardiovascular exercise. One of the commenters on (I think) Stumptuous said that whenever she sees a middle-aged woman running down the road, she could just cry because it's such a waste of time and effort. As, y'know, a 37-year-old woman running down the road, that really made me not want to go back there. If anybody knows of sites or books that are actively supportive of both lifting and CV exercise, I'd love to hear about them.

[rydra_wong]

In the comments above, I posted some info about using a stability ball to do back hyperextensions -- I found those really helpful for improving my lower back issues.

[lydiabell]

I saw, thanks!

[sophinisba]

I had that same reaction to some of the comments about running at both stumptuous and gubernatrix. :/

[yvi]

One thing that's distressed me about trying to find a lifting site I like is that there seems to be this "us vs. them" mentality between lifting and cardiovascular exercise. One of the commenters on (I think) Stumptuous said that whenever she sees a middle-aged woman running down the road, she could just cry because it's such a waste of time and effort.

Gosh, I saw that same comment and was really annoyed. a) its not a waste of time; b) how the heck does that commentor know that woman doesn't do weights and cardio?

[aquaeri]

One thing that's distressed me about trying to find a lifting site I like is that there seems to be this "us vs. them" mentality between lifting and cardiovascular exercise.

Ah. Thanks for the warning, before I get too deep into Stumptuous.