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I went to the gym after work today, for the first time in a couple of weeks. One of the trainers who knows me commented that it had been a while, and asked how I was, so I explained that I'd been resting my back. In the course of conversation, he commended my attitude—meaning getting myself back there—whereas I'm feeling vaguely that waiting longer might have been physically healthier, but I need the workouts for mood as much as muscle.
I did less than usual, partly to spare the back some things altogether and partly because it had been a couple of weeks and I'd been tired all afternoon at work. Nonetheless, my back, which had been okay with the daypack earlier, wasn't happy having it on post-workout;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
adrian_turtle suggests I may have done the crunches slightly wrong. (Or I might have gotten the form on something else wrong, or just pushed things more than I realized at the time.) The daypack stays home tomorrow, I think, which means the library books don't get returned until Friday or Saturday.
I got there at a busy time, and wound up trying the treadmill briefly because there wasn't an exercise bike free when I was ready. After two or three minutes, the treadmill stopped for no obvious reason, so I walked away and waited for a bike. Not counting that:
Cardio, 20 minutes plus 2-minute cooldown, top heart rate 152
Chest press, 65 pounds, 12
Leg press, bending deep, 90 pounds, 15, 12, 12
Calf raise, 80 pounds, 11; 75 pounds, 11, 10
Crunches, 2 sets of 20 (with pauses and swearing during the second set; it's amazing what skipping two weeks can do, or maybe what a sore back can)
Back arches, 2 sets of 17 (these I've been doing at home and office over the last fortnight)
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
~fly, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 15 with each leg forward
Wrist curl, using dumbbells, 2.5 pounds each hand, 15 (because my left forearm has been having problems from the desk/mouse position at work being wrong, but the usual wrist curls with the bar, standing, seemed a poor idea tonight)
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, walking, 15
Stretches
I did less than usual, partly to spare the back some things altogether and partly because it had been a couple of weeks and I'd been tired all afternoon at work. Nonetheless, my back, which had been okay with the daypack earlier, wasn't happy having it on post-workout;
adrian_turtle suggests I may have done the crunches slightly wrong. (Or I might have gotten the form on something else wrong, or just pushed things more than I realized at the time.) The daypack stays home tomorrow, I think, which means the library books don't get returned until Friday or Saturday.I got there at a busy time, and wound up trying the treadmill briefly because there wasn't an exercise bike free when I was ready. After two or three minutes, the treadmill stopped for no obvious reason, so I walked away and waited for a bike. Not counting that:
Cardio, 20 minutes plus 2-minute cooldown, top heart rate 152
Chest press, 65 pounds, 12
Leg press, bending deep, 90 pounds, 15, 12, 12
Calf raise, 80 pounds, 11; 75 pounds, 11, 10
Crunches, 2 sets of 20 (with pauses and swearing during the second set; it's amazing what skipping two weeks can do, or maybe what a sore back can)
Back arches, 2 sets of 17 (these I've been doing at home and office over the last fortnight)
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
~fly, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 15 with each leg forward
Wrist curl, using dumbbells, 2.5 pounds each hand, 15 (because my left forearm has been having problems from the desk/mouse position at work being wrong, but the usual wrist curls with the bar, standing, seemed a poor idea tonight)
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, walking, 15
Stretches