Tuesday gym rats
Commit to be fit has turned in to "commit to be tortured" i think... but oh it hurt so good. Sigh.
Last night (tue) was strength and agility. After a 1/2 mile "sprint" on the treadmill (wasn't THAT just a tease) to warm up, we grabbed the big yoga balls and 6 lb medicine balls and headed into the group ex room for the rest of the night. Proceeded to do:
wall sits (ball behind your back, knees at 90-degrees, feet on the floor) while writing the alphabet as largely as possible with the medicine ball held in both hands... 1-minute sets of those alternated with ball crunches. 4 sets... that made 160 crunches and 4 complete alphabets for me.
Then moved along to rotating through pull ups, planks, pushups, and plank extensions (push up/plank position, then extend one arm back and up as though reaching for the ceiling while twisting your entire body with it... return and do the other arm).
Then skating jumps between cones (think speed skating, but jumping from one side to the other instead of gliding) alternating with "ball ups" (laying down with large yoga ball held between feet, crunch up and move ball to hands, return to floor, crunch up, move ball back to feet), alternating with jumping up a set of stairs, alternating with (YUCK) squat thrusts. There was also some jump roping in there somewhere.
Finished with "giddyups" in pairs.... resistance bands around the waist, partner behind you holding the bands taut, squat jumps across the room with the partner walking behind you and "holding you back" Rinse and repeat.
Half-mile "sprint" on the treadmill to finish up, then stretching and cooldown.
I hurt this morning.
K.
Last night (tue) was strength and agility. After a 1/2 mile "sprint" on the treadmill (wasn't THAT just a tease) to warm up, we grabbed the big yoga balls and 6 lb medicine balls and headed into the group ex room for the rest of the night. Proceeded to do:
wall sits (ball behind your back, knees at 90-degrees, feet on the floor) while writing the alphabet as largely as possible with the medicine ball held in both hands... 1-minute sets of those alternated with ball crunches. 4 sets... that made 160 crunches and 4 complete alphabets for me.
Then moved along to rotating through pull ups, planks, pushups, and plank extensions (push up/plank position, then extend one arm back and up as though reaching for the ceiling while twisting your entire body with it... return and do the other arm).
Then skating jumps between cones (think speed skating, but jumping from one side to the other instead of gliding) alternating with "ball ups" (laying down with large yoga ball held between feet, crunch up and move ball to hands, return to floor, crunch up, move ball back to feet), alternating with jumping up a set of stairs, alternating with (YUCK) squat thrusts. There was also some jump roping in there somewhere.
Finished with "giddyups" in pairs.... resistance bands around the waist, partner behind you holding the bands taut, squat jumps across the room with the partner walking behind you and "holding you back" Rinse and repeat.
Half-mile "sprint" on the treadmill to finish up, then stretching and cooldown.
I hurt this morning.
K.
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