You can also press DB’s or barbell from a seated position on a chair or the ground. It’s called a Z-press if done from the ground. Great for the core too!
Since I took Friday off after a very slow run on Thursday, I took my barbell, plates and DB to the local track again yesterday (Sunday). After warming up, I did a clean & jerk complex (10 reps increasing weight each round) combined with 800m runs. I finished up with 3 sets of OH lunges, good mornings and glute bridges. The accumulated tally on the run was 3 miles.
This is week is a de-load week. Yay! I could use one.
I am going to back off and be careful of my knee/tibia since I overdid it (shocking to all of you, I know) last week. Even though it was decent weather this morning, I stayed on my treadmill so I could control terrain and pace better. Walked 1/2 mile then tried some very slow jogging and went another 2 miles with that. Knee feels much better than after the weekend runs.
I also am getting up and going outside to walk up and down the street at least every hour. I decided my counter height stool at my work at home station (aka Corona-central) is good for my back and posture (it has a back) but my leg dangles which irritates it by the end of the day. I’m taking some measures- high tech things like putting it up on the trashcan.
I was just thinking. I’m going to pass along a tip to everyone. After the shelter-in-place is over, think of all the used exercise equipment that will come to the market. No one will want it in their house anymore and I’ll bet there’s going to such a huge supply dumped on the market in 1- 3-6-or whatever months. Cha-ching!
I didn’t feel like exercising at all today. I’m on the west coast and waking up to all the posts I decided I needed to just get my exercise clothes on and do something. Like always starting is the hardest part. I did some hand weight exercises, squats, some Pilates exercises. Did a short Zumba tutorial as I would like to learn a few dance steps in order to fully do a Zumba class. Went for my first walk in the neighborhood in almost a year. I had been doing all my walking and running on the track at my gym. Since seeing “safer at home” I’ve been getting some steps in walking around my yard and jogging up my stadium steps. My knee and hip are bothering me so I decided no steps today just a good walk. I’m missing my PT but he is only seeing post surgery patients for now. Hip hurt but I feel like I got a good sweat and heart rate out of the walk. Saw just a few people out. My dog is on leash rest so we have been taking him on what we call a walk about several times a day on our 2 1/2 acre lot. Saturday afternoon he decided we were nuts and he wasn’t going to do that loop again.
I’m probably the lightest of lightweights on this thread because I still have trouble walking due to my accident…BUT… since joining WW and trying to walk every day I have lost 9 pounds in the last 3 and a half weeks. I am really happy! Going to attempt to do some yoga tomorrow. Probably won’t be pretty, but I am going to try.
That’s terrific weight loss @LTmomof2 ! Congratulations. Yoga doesn’t have to be pretty. When I was doing more yoga about 10 years ago I fell out of pigeon pose, completely rolled off of my mat and onto someone else’s mat. The worst part was that I was laughing really hard- which is a no-no and very un-zen.
Thank you @MomofWildChild
I appreciate all of you on this thread. Y’all inspire me with how hard you work out. I used to be that way too. I am determined to get back there again! Hoping to turn the corner after my next surgery in July!
@LTmomof2 After my surgery- which was a baby one really - I didn’t even attempt to run for over 6 weeks. Walking 1 mile was a lot in the beginning. And when I started running, it was in 30 second intervals. And it took me well over a year to be able to get into child’s pose. And pigeon??? I’m only now, 2.5 years post surgery getting close to something that resembles a pigeon using pillows and blocks on that side. But 6 months out, I couldn’t even do a reclining pigeon without my knee hurting because my muscles were so whacked and tight and kept pulling everything the wrong way. It takes time. Just be persistent.
I laughed really hard last night! Baby kid sent us a video of herself and her BF exercising in her condo. OMG! That needs to go on YouTube!! The BF used a 42-lb box of cat litter to do some squats etc., and she had a 25-lb one. The cats were perched on the sofa in the back and looked puzzled.
We really lucked out last night. The gloomy clouds parted just long enough for us to go on our evening walk. Made it back to the house before it began to really pour! Score.
I REALLY appreciate this thread. It’s an escape! It was raining this morning and will be for most of the day so downstairs to the treadmill for me! 3.5 miles of slow running. Knee still not really ok, but gets better as I go along and is OK afterwards until late in the day. I think it’s the arthritis and not the stress fracture. So- got that done and before I could even take off my sweaty stuff I got an important work call. Life at the kitchen island goes on!
the first two times I’ve posted, it hasn’t stuck. Maybe the 3rd time is the charm?
Thanks to the Governor, I’ve had to buy another month’s membership to the C-gym. It will be an 85 day membership now unless the order is amended/rescinded. I’m oddly OK with this. I would rather just a firm far out date be put out there vs the wait and see and extend mess. I’m grateful to be able to walk/run outside. I’m also grateful because it’s payday for both H and I, and I know many others do not have this luxury.
Day 13 C-gym/Day 6 WFH – today was my best day yet. Not that it was fantastic, super speedy or strong. But, I felt more like myself, less achy and just more normal. I had a decent run – no bathroom issues, always a plus. I did the 2 state run again and traffic was definitely lighter than usual. Then I did the Cardio Flow video and was stronger than last week. And I finished up with Ab Ripper X. And few pull-ups scattered in, just because I can. One benefit of WFH is that I can do real stretches/rolling every hour. Not just ones that I can sneak in the bathroom and in my chair that don’t make people go WTHeck?
@milee30 RIP oh sweet tire. I hope you found a good second (third, fourth?) home and are as well loved as before
I have been struggling with the press (standing overhead) — feeling like I’m stuck at 65-68# for weeks.
Today, I decided to warm up & then see if I could do a single at 70#
I knew something was wrong the second I took it out of the rack. It felt lighter than I expected. I pressed it up for 2 reps, thought I had a 3rd in me, but I racked it.
I was certain I had mis-loaded the bar. I opened up the calculator on my phone & double checked the weight.
Huh. How about that. 70#!
I did 4 more doubles then a couple back-off sets. Felt great.
Followed that up with volume bench then did LTEs for the first time.
I started out with a cambered barbell. I’ll try dumbbells next week & see which one I like best for LTEs.
@Midwest67 Outstanding! Our bodies surprise us sometimes. I was never expecting a PR on my back squat last week. Congrats!
@BunsenBurner Cat litter boxes, suitcases, backpacks, you gotta use what you have. If I didn’t have my home equipment, then I’d be turning to any heavy odd objects. In fact, there’s a whole “genre” around odd object training in CF.
I’m losing track of days. Let’s see.
Yesterday, was bench press and back squats for strength. It’s supposed to be a deload week, so I lifted to near PR levels and then moved on. As a superset, I also walked around the house with DB’s in the front rack position and did toes-to-bar. The HIIT was a combo of sit-ups, thrusters, DB swings and jumping rope.
Today, I deadlifted to near PR level and then the HIIT was a combo of lighter deadlifts, burpees and presses. I finished off with 3 sets of glute ham raises. The dog was driving me nuts by that point, but I was thankfully done.
OK, today was the first day I really meshed with my little rower. It’s not the Concept 2 but it has its own little charms, and I was able to row for 16 minutes, around 2000 meters. The home machine doesn’t report meters – just time and stroke numbers – but I did a little bit of math and I’m going to assume 5 meters per stroke. So 400 strokes = 2000 meters. The gym machine doesn’t really go anywhere either – it is just using a slightly more sophisticated algorithm to give a distance estimate – but thinking about distance is more motivating for me. Now I can row dead center in my living room, but the machine is light enough that it easy to move back & forth. So I did two separate rowing sessions during the day, rather than one longer one like I would do at the gym. Then I also spent about 20 minutes with an exercise video.
I’m definitely feeling a lot better with some exercise back in my day. I’m missing my gym weight machines but trying out various stuff with resistance bands – haven’t yet hit my groove with that.
But this stay-at-home thing is going to continue through all of April-- so I figure as long as I try SOMETHING every day, I should eventually hit my stride.
