Pneumatised!

November 27, 2006

Monday, I went to the gym. It has been a while since I had some good weight training so I went mostly for that. Of course, it’s best to take it easy the first time back after a while so I took it easy and tried not to do too many reps or too heavy weights.

Leg lifts
Pull-ups (aka chin-ups, military and parallel)
Dips
Leg press
Hamstring flexor (called seated leg curls)
Hip adductors
Hip abductors
Seated row
Seated chest press
Shoulder fly
Shoulder lift (this is called the shoulder press)
Weighted squats

Free weights:
Situps (on a incline bench; worked out the obliques as well by doing double punches during the situp)
Bicep curls

November 29, 2006

Wednesday, I went to the do jang and the gym after. (Tuesday I had to watch some movies and return them, so I had a day off.) The taekwondo class was good. Two weeks and I start to miss it. I still have to motivate myself to go in the afternoon and work on my own. When I left the do jang though, I asked my taekwondo Master if it was okay to come by the afternoons. He said it’s fine, anytime is good. 😀 He’s such a nice guy. Always smiling. It really is great to have a do jang where the Master treats you like family.

At the gym, I did more weight than I did last time. It occurs to me that it gets hard for me to remember exactly what I’ve done at the gym after a few days. I try to do enough exercises making sure to cover off all the muscles groups. Anyway, I think what I’ll do is list all the available exercises and then just mark done if I’ve done them. (Note: I avoid the quad extensor machine now because it aggravates the knee I had surgery on. Besides, cycling, the leg press and the weighted squats work the quads just as well.)

Complete list of weight training exercises
Machine/apparatus Exercises:
Leg lifts
Pull-ups/chin-ups – military and parallel
Dips
Leg press
Hamstring flexor/seated leg curls
Hip adductors
Hip abductors
Seated row
Seated chest press
Lateral pull-downs
Pectoral fly (sometimes done using free weights)
Shoulder fly
Shoulder lift/press
Back extensor
Tricep extensor
Bicep curls (usually done using free weights now)
Weighted squat machine

Free weights:
Two additional shoulder exercises
– lift weight in front using shoulder muscles
– bending at waist lift weight out to the side using muscles along the scapulae
– wrist strengthening

Other exercises:
Pushups
Situps
Cycling

I should note that some of the exercises listed are somewhat redundant. When feeling a little tired, those exercises can be skipped. These are the lateral pull-downs, the tricep extensor, and the bicep curls.

Wednesday, I did almost all the exercise except the lateral pull-downs, the tricep extensors, those listed under the free weights, pushups and cycling. Cycling I do occasionally like the running.

November 30, 2006

Thursday, I finally went for a run. It was over two weeks since I last ran. It turned out it was still raining when I headed out and I got a little soaked. It was hard to run in that weather – cold and wet. I ran a mile and a half. My time was 13 minutes 30 seconds, which I suppose is good considering I hadn’t run for over two weeks and I was running in cold and rain.

BB,
Cassandrah
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