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Feb. 16th, 2007 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwildeThis morning I did not want to get up and go to the gym but I did. I puttered around getting ready to go and was just kind of dazed. I think I need to take a break tomorrow or something. Or just sleep in.
So on to the workout...
Given how tired I was feeling, coupled with the threat of shin splints I read about last night, I took it "easy" this morning. I did basic core exercises. No treadmill, no weights, just me, the floor and an exercise ball.
What I did: Oblique Curl (One Set), Plank (2 sets), Side Plank (2 sets), crunchs, wimpy push-ups (where you rest on your knees and not your toes) and that thing where you lay on your back and hold you feet in there air about 6 inches off the ground. Plus stretching before, during and after. I think I may start gettng limber, I am almost able to get my knees on the ground when doing a butterfly stretch.
My favorite name for an exercise move: "Skull Crusher"
Todays playlist theme was really long songs:
This Vicious Cabaret - David J (Not really long but I really like the song)
You and Me and Rainbows - The Tear Garden
The Ballad of Tam Lin - The Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club.
I think I am going to start following this work out schedule:
Mon - Stretching/Treadmill running
Tues - Stretching/Weights
Wed - Stretching/Exercise Bike
Thurs - Core training with calisthenics
Fri - Stretching/Treadmill walking
Weekend - Bike ride, whether Sat or Sun, rest on the other day.
And finally some useful links for myself:
I like this one cause it shows, with pictures and roll overs, which exercises to do for which muscle group you want to work. Primarily used the exercise ball though.
Slide show Core exercises; from the Mayo Clinic. Straight up calisthenics (is that word even used in work-out lingo any more?) that don't use the pilates ball.
And not to forget WebMD...I haven't looked this over yet.
So on to the workout...
Given how tired I was feeling, coupled with the threat of shin splints I read about last night, I took it "easy" this morning. I did basic core exercises. No treadmill, no weights, just me, the floor and an exercise ball.
What I did: Oblique Curl (One Set), Plank (2 sets), Side Plank (2 sets), crunchs, wimpy push-ups (where you rest on your knees and not your toes) and that thing where you lay on your back and hold you feet in there air about 6 inches off the ground. Plus stretching before, during and after. I think I may start gettng limber, I am almost able to get my knees on the ground when doing a butterfly stretch.
My favorite name for an exercise move: "Skull Crusher"
Todays playlist theme was really long songs:
This Vicious Cabaret - David J (Not really long but I really like the song)
You and Me and Rainbows - The Tear Garden
The Ballad of Tam Lin - The Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club.
I think I am going to start following this work out schedule:
Mon - Stretching/Treadmill running
Tues - Stretching/Weights
Wed - Stretching/Exercise Bike
Thurs - Core training with calisthenics
Fri - Stretching/Treadmill walking
Weekend - Bike ride, whether Sat or Sun, rest on the other day.
And finally some useful links for myself:
I like this one cause it shows, with pictures and roll overs, which exercises to do for which muscle group you want to work. Primarily used the exercise ball though.
Slide show Core exercises; from the Mayo Clinic. Straight up calisthenics (is that word even used in work-out lingo any more?) that don't use the pilates ball.
And not to forget WebMD...I haven't looked this over yet.
