Training this week has seen Dave (Jeremy) doing multiple sets of body weighted exercises eg.. Squats, pushups, chin-ups, dips, situps 5 sets of each with the amount of reps increasing. For myself I'm using mostly machines eg.. Leg press, chest press, shoulder press, lat pulldown mixed with a range of core (fitball tuck/twists, situps, leg raises, russian twists...) and cardio exercises (treadmill, rower, stepper, jogging, skipping...).
Today I focused on balance however, which was a lot of fun. If you think you're well balanced try grabbing a fitball and keeping your feet of the ground whilst somebody throws a ball at you to catch in different directions :) I also played around with doing pushups with two smaller balls of differing sized under each hand.
Interest in the sport is growing at the local YMCA, which is where we do most of our training. Mostly it's tinted with humor - especially from other patrons wondering what the heck is happening in the group fitness room to this poor girl dangling over some brut's shoulder while he runs about - but they're very supportive.
Tomorrow it's mostly cardio for both of us. I run a circuit class on Sundays which gives the body a chance to recoup or at least feel 'ouchy' in a fresh kind of way...
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Hi Jem and Karen - thought I could have provided some extra "training" for Jem today as I lugged the green waste to the front for collection. So much that I think the garbos may reject it! Would pushing full wheelbarrows of garden waste fit into your scientific mode of training I wonder? Look forward to seeing you pounding the pavements of Boronia/Knoxfield soon! Love, M/J
As long as you weren't comparing carrying me to lugging green waste for collection *lol* For now we'll settle for pounding the carpet or water (softer on the bottom should dropping occur:)
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