My trainer is back from Hawaii, and I had a session with her this evening. At the beginning, after noting the low-level shortness of breath but that it hadn't interfered with either a weight session on Tuesday or some cardio a few minutes earlier, I told her I'd been doing more balance stuff on the foam roller. Specifically, both arms and one leg in the air with my eyes closed (one foot flat on the floor); or both legs and one arm up (with the other arm at my side).
She asked to see it, and I happily showed off. Emilie was impressed, and very pleased: mostly with/for me, and maybe a bit with herself for teaching and encouragement. She reminded me that when she first showed me this stuff, back in the Spring, it scared me; I spent some time in the middle reminding myself that I can't fall off the floor.
Then she told me that the next step would be for me to be standing on the foam roller. I said "maybe next week" and she agreed, adding that she wasn't planning to introduce anything new this week. But she showed me what she meant: bare feet, and standing near a machine with a horizontal support bar, grasping the bar for support. It hadn't occurred to me that this would be done barefoot; bare feet grip a curved surface better than sneakers, of course.
So I took my shoes off and tried it. Not hard at all, not with both hands holding on. Emilie then suggested that I relax my thumbs, and just rest my hands on the bar. Pretty soon, I was doing things like rolling the foam roller a short distance forward and backward, or resting just a couple of fingers on the support bar. The next question is, can I find a way to practice this at home, possibly either hands on a counter, or with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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We also did a bunch of familiar stuff
By myself at the beginning: Cardio, 14 minutes, top heart rate 132 (the cardio bike was in a very warm room)
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each foot forward, 10 each
Row sitting on exercise ball, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Balance stuff on foam roller (detailed above)
Some new ab stuff, in which I lie on my back with my knees folded toward my chest, then slowly lower one foot to the ground, bring it back up, switch feet, and then after a few of those do both feet at once. Trying to keep the movement slow, and close to a straight line.
A bunch of crunches, with a towel behind my head and grasped in my hands. (I've done those before; the towel seems to be easier on my right shoulder than propping a block behind my head.)
Squats leaning on ball (for quads), 2 sets of 15
Calf raises leaning on ball, 2 sets of 15. These turn out to be significantly easier barefoot, because the back of the sneaker isn't rubbing against my foot as I lift partway out of it with each rep.
Hamstring bridge, several (ouch)
A weightlifting thing using a resistance machine, pulling handles down and toward me (starting with them at waist level), 10 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Some stretches (I also did a few stretches before starting with Emilie this evening.)
She asked to see it, and I happily showed off. Emilie was impressed, and very pleased: mostly with/for me, and maybe a bit with herself for teaching and encouragement. She reminded me that when she first showed me this stuff, back in the Spring, it scared me; I spent some time in the middle reminding myself that I can't fall off the floor.
Then she told me that the next step would be for me to be standing on the foam roller. I said "maybe next week" and she agreed, adding that she wasn't planning to introduce anything new this week. But she showed me what she meant: bare feet, and standing near a machine with a horizontal support bar, grasping the bar for support. It hadn't occurred to me that this would be done barefoot; bare feet grip a curved surface better than sneakers, of course.
So I took my shoes off and tried it. Not hard at all, not with both hands holding on. Emilie then suggested that I relax my thumbs, and just rest my hands on the bar. Pretty soon, I was doing things like rolling the foam roller a short distance forward and backward, or resting just a couple of fingers on the support bar. The next question is, can I find a way to practice this at home, possibly either hands on a counter, or with
cattitude spotting me?We also did a bunch of familiar stuff
By myself at the beginning: Cardio, 14 minutes, top heart rate 132 (the cardio bike was in a very warm room)
Balance ~fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each foot forward, 10 each
Row sitting on exercise ball, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Balance stuff on foam roller (detailed above)
Some new ab stuff, in which I lie on my back with my knees folded toward my chest, then slowly lower one foot to the ground, bring it back up, switch feet, and then after a few of those do both feet at once. Trying to keep the movement slow, and close to a straight line.
A bunch of crunches, with a towel behind my head and grasped in my hands. (I've done those before; the towel seems to be easier on my right shoulder than propping a block behind my head.)
Squats leaning on ball (for quads), 2 sets of 15
Calf raises leaning on ball, 2 sets of 15. These turn out to be significantly easier barefoot, because the back of the sneaker isn't rubbing against my foot as I lift partway out of it with each rep.
Hamstring bridge, several (ouch)
A weightlifting thing using a resistance machine, pulling handles down and toward me (starting with them at waist level), 10 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Some stretches (I also did a few stretches before starting with Emilie this evening.)
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