Gym Report - cardio

[susandennis]

I did 30 minutes of treadmill with one prolongated sprint... it was good. 

While treadmilling, I was watching a guy in the classroom.  Last Saturday, Rosie gave me a new exercise which is impossible to do.  It involves lifting up into position and then holding there.  I could barely lift up on Saturday.  On Tuesday, I got up and held for possibly 2 seconds - probably 1.  This morning there was a guy in the classroom doing the exact same exercise only he got up perfectly and held it for more than a minute!  Plus he looked like he could have stayed there all day.  Cripe.

Maybe tomorrow I'll try for 2.5 seconds.

I was late getting to the gym so there were really very few people in there - pretty much just me and plank boy - it was strange.

I go back this afternoon to talk to the physical therapist and see what things I need to do and not do to prevent my back from another episode...

But, now... it's shower time.

Comments

[iejw.livejournal.com]

I’m guessing the exercise is the Plank? Where you hold yourself up straight on your elbows and toes?

In my old gym there was a rugby player who’d do it for a good couple of minutes. With a medicine ball on his back. And then do it on either side too…

It’s great for your core strength though!

[susandennis]

Bingo! Rosie is very big on my 'core'. And what she has me doing is exactly as you descibe. I doubt I'll need a medicine ball - my ass is the size of about 4 of them - just getting it up off the floor is a trick in itself!

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

The Plank? That's brutal. I managed 65 seconds once, and was still sore my next training session. I forget whether it was from a Monday until a Friday or vice-versa.