Weekly post: What did you do?

[cereta]

It's that time again! Tell us what you did this week.

Comments

[lyorn]

I really like this weekly feature, because it helps me to keep track. So I'll be wordy again.

I had to work on Saturday, which provided me with a handy excuse to skip the yoga/pilates class. (That totally falls under "strength training" for me, because I *so* lack the strength to do it well.)

Went the gym for the standard round on Sunday and Thursday. I'm trying to find out how the stuff I'm doing there is called in English, so to start with the first part of the back exercises: It's 3 sets of 15 hyperextensions with a 6 kg weight. I would try 8 kilos but they don't have it. (Glares at gym.)

I added some stretching between back exercises and the machines. Ouch.

Added weight to the dip machine for a total of 32/35 kilos, and to the ab cruncher for a total of 25/30.

Still following up the strength training in the gym with cardio: Intervall running/walking. Highest speed I can do on the treadmill without fear of falling: 13 km/h. That needs work...

I have also started on a home workout: Kitchen-counter push-ups (which will, I hope, become chest-in-the-hall push-ups soon), dips with my arms behind me on a chair and my feet on another chair (they have been mentioned here, how did you call them?), dinner-table pull-ups (yeah, sturdy dinner table), and planks (on my elbows, because my left wrist needs to catch up with the weights.) I don't have sets or reps defined yet because I'm still working on form, and on what the furniture will take.

Am considering switching gyms, but the only one I found that advertises that they have free weights (and some other nifty things) is in the next city, 30 min by public transport, 70 min by bicycle. That won't work. I'll have to query those which are closer. Or get some dumbbells. (Eyes hardwood floor.)

[rydra_wong]

planks (on my elbows, because my left wrist needs to catch up with the weights.)

Elbow planks are the toughest on your core muscles! Go you!

[aquaeri]

Elbow planks are my preferred. Boggle.

[gchick]

dips with my arms behind me on a chair and my feet on another chair (they have been mentioned here, how did you call them?)

I've always just called those "chair dips" -- I'm not sure if they have a different/more official name, but anyway they're good stuff.

(And for any other exercises where you're having translation trouble, go ahead and either post a description or post the German names -- someone can probably help out.)