Ab crunches

[avram]

Trying to get back on the daily exercise horse. Clearly I can’t make myself commit to a morning gym session — I used August’s membership maybe four times — but a bit of exercise at home in the morning is better than nothing. So I did some ab crunches today, and I’ll try push-ups tomorrow, and swap them day by day. It’s a five-to-ten minute commitment, rather than an hour, and ought to be more compatible with getting to work on time.

20 ab crunches
20 penguin crunches
5 minutes of borderline abdominal cramping

Man, it’s been ten months since I left off regular exercising for lack of being able to afford the gym. No wonder I feel like crap.

Comments

[redbird]

Thanks for the inspiration: I almost blew off exercising again today, before reading this.

[jimhenley.livejournal.com]

I admire the way you're getting back at it. I had my own period of hibernation over the winter, and it took some doing to come out of it.

FWIW, I couldn't afford a gym myself. But dumbbells and and a bench depreciate darn slowly once you buy them.

[avram]

I’ve got some dumbbells. I’m thinking about a bench.

Hell, I can afford a gym membership now. I just can’t manage to get up early enough to use it.

[jimhenley.livejournal.com]

Benches are very cool. I use mine less now, because I'm trying to involve MORE muscles in each exercise as opposed to isolating them, but it's still great for crunches and bench presses and such. A decent adjustable bench can be had for < $100.