Day of the Walking Lunges

[avram]

Heft, heft. Stretch, stretch. Ache, ache. Day 11 of Hot Point weightlifting. Day 12 (coming up on Thursday) marks the end of Phase 1. I don’t think I’ll be moving on to Phase 2; that requires four days of weightlifting. (Phase 3, for professional athletes, requires five.) I do think I’ll be adding in at least two days a week of aerobic exercise on my Phase 1 off days; that’s less than an hour a day, and I can read while doing it.

I found myself able to do two exercises (beginning push-ups and walking lunges) that I’d been unable to do on previous attempts. Part of this was physical improvement, and part paying closer attention to the descriptions of the exercises in the book.

I also discovered that I hadn’t actually registered the domain yesterday — a transaction I thought PayPal would handle automatically required action on my part. So I’ve done it today.

Comments

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

Walking lunges... Oh god, walking lunges.

I have accepted many things into my life. I can press, extend, pull down, and crunch with the best of them. But I hate those lunges. I'd say it's a deep hatred, but "deep" goes too well with lunges. I have *not* accepted lunges into my life.

On the other hand, they've GOT to be good for me. If they're not, I think I can sue my trainer for cruelty. The only thing that actually hurts worse is (are?) the leg extensions, and that's only because I abnormally lost muscle mass on my quads when my back went out. Medical condition and all that, dontcha know.

[avram]

I actually managed to do a full set of 20 walking lunges, and then most (15) of a second set. I was surprised. It helped a lot at first to brace myself against something -- not to take my weight, but to cut down on having to spend effort on balancing. After doing that for a while, I had the hang of it, and didn't need to brace.

The one that really kills me is the standing calf raises. I haven't yet managed to get past 15 of those in a row. I'm just too heavy.