work, and trying to work out

[redbird]

It was one of those days at work: felt like I was dragging through difficult things slowly, but at the end I turned out to have accomplished a reasonable amount. I might even finish this edit by the original deadline. Or not: it's huge, we have sent a second lesson back for a rewrite, and I'm doing significant rewrites on some others (where we weren't precise enough in what we asked for in the first place).

I went to the gym after work, figuring I could do things that weren't shoulder-intensive (the shoulder was feeling a bit sore all weekend and was not entirely right earlier today either). Did two exercises, skipped one, and went to do my mat work (including crunches). Lying down on my back on the mat hurt my left shoulder, in a "don't put pressure there" way. I gave up on those, did one more exercise, showered, and came home. It's better than nothing, I think.

Cardio, 10 minutes plus one cooldown, top heart rate 145
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Calf raise, 70 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Balance squats, 15, 10

Comments

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

balance squats? doesn't sound like the ones you showed me at the con

[redbird]

What I showed you is a yoga posture called the tree.

These are basically squats, but standing on a squishy curved surface (not a hemisphere, more like slicing the planet at about 70 degrees north and standing at the north pole), and holding a long pole in front of me to help me balance. I came up with this myself, based on something one of the trainers at my gym showed me, which was standing on the same surface to do lateral raises, a kind of shoulder exercise, with light weights. Those are also part of the usual workout, but were off the menu tonight for the same reason the shoulder presses were.