Workout

[redbird]

My knees were bad much of yesterday. They were quite a bit better today, but not perfect; as I left work, I concluded that they would probably hurt a little no matter what I did, so I might as well go to the gym. (If I'd thought they would hurt only if I exercised, I probably would have waited until tomorrow.) I was careful, and the stairs down and up don't seem to have caused trouble. (This was at the gym near my office, but the elevator was broken.)


Squats leaning on (smallish) ball, 2 sets of 15
Calf raises leaning on ball, 12
Balancing lying on the foam roller, some: three limbs in the air (mostly two arms and a leg, but also both legs and right arm, leaving left down for balance), and a brief moment or two with all the limbs up, but no attempt to maintain that.
Hamstring bridge, the new harder one Emilie showed me last time, 6, 6, 5

Standing (barefoot) on foam roller, with only occasional touching a support with one hand; a few shallow squats on said roller; one-legged, standing on right leg (didn't try on left this time)
Biceps curls, sitting on ball, 10 pounds each hand, 9 (and then something hurt, so I stopped, and almost immediately forgot what it had been)
Crunches lying on the ball, 10 (all ab work will hurt if I have even slight menstrual cramps; if they're serious I don't bother)

Row sitting on ball, 40 pounds, 15, 15, 12
Chest press, 50 pounds, 11
Hip adduction, 90 pounds, 13, 12
Triceps curl machine, 20 pounds, 12, 9, with a few of the 9 done using only the left arm, since that's built so it's possible and I wanted not to overstrain the right shoulder.

Comments

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

So how'd your knees feel after? I take it your diagnosis was correct?

[redbird]

More or less. A little sore, but not bad.