Hey jkason!!!
And anyone else who works out but isn't a gym rat ...
Guess what???
On the hanging-foot thing? Two sets of ten!!! On Satan (aka the ab cruncher machine)? TWO SETS OF FIFTEEN!!!!
A bit of back story: when I started at the gym, I could do three on the foot-hanging thing (that must have a name, but like I know). Not three sets, just three. And the ab machine? Two sets of four. Right before I found out I was pregnant, I could do ... maybe ten? ... on the foot-hanger, broken into two sets of five; I could do seven (a set of four, then a set of three) on the ab cruncher.
While I was pregnant, I was told not to exercise. No, it wasn't the easiest pregnancy ever. Could have been worse, but hey--you do what the OB tells you.
I started back again in October, then didn't work out for a month, got two weeks in in December, and have been regularly going since the beginning of January. I don't know about how a real athlete would feel, but I am impressed with myself. Though I still don't have any weight on the ab machine yet (aside from whatever the default weight is)--in a couple of weeks, when I don't feel vaguely ill when I finish my sets, I'll add weight.
On all the other machines, I added weight tonight (I still don't know what the increments are--I either added 5 or 10 pounds on each machine). I got a little disgusted with the whole *pound* I lost last month, so I'm trying to kick it up a little. I also walk a little over a mile on the treadmill, and I need to up my speed on that next time.
I hate all but one of the arm machines, so I'm doing free weights for that. I need to figure out a good hamstring exercise, because the machine they have for it is just uncomfortable--I'm not sure if I'm too short or if it's my "bad" knee or what, but I can't stand that thing at all.
I'm seriously wondering if my kick-assitude has anything to do with having hauled Babysaurus Rex around for the pregnancy, and then hefting Mr. 22-pound-ball-of-chaos on a daily basis (did I mention he recently decided that his feet should not touch the ground in the afternoons?). I would assume it would help the arms, but the abs?
Anyway, I'm quite pleased. 'Cause I have always sucked at working out, unless I was riding my bike. Which needs a baby seat of some kind.
Guess what???
On the hanging-foot thing? Two sets of ten!!! On Satan (aka the ab cruncher machine)? TWO SETS OF FIFTEEN!!!!
A bit of back story: when I started at the gym, I could do three on the foot-hanging thing (that must have a name, but like I know). Not three sets, just three. And the ab machine? Two sets of four. Right before I found out I was pregnant, I could do ... maybe ten? ... on the foot-hanger, broken into two sets of five; I could do seven (a set of four, then a set of three) on the ab cruncher.
While I was pregnant, I was told not to exercise. No, it wasn't the easiest pregnancy ever. Could have been worse, but hey--you do what the OB tells you.
I started back again in October, then didn't work out for a month, got two weeks in in December, and have been regularly going since the beginning of January. I don't know about how a real athlete would feel, but I am impressed with myself. Though I still don't have any weight on the ab machine yet (aside from whatever the default weight is)--in a couple of weeks, when I don't feel vaguely ill when I finish my sets, I'll add weight.
On all the other machines, I added weight tonight (I still don't know what the increments are--I either added 5 or 10 pounds on each machine). I got a little disgusted with the whole *pound* I lost last month, so I'm trying to kick it up a little. I also walk a little over a mile on the treadmill, and I need to up my speed on that next time.
I hate all but one of the arm machines, so I'm doing free weights for that. I need to figure out a good hamstring exercise, because the machine they have for it is just uncomfortable--I'm not sure if I'm too short or if it's my "bad" knee or what, but I can't stand that thing at all.
I'm seriously wondering if my kick-assitude has anything to do with having hauled Babysaurus Rex around for the pregnancy, and then hefting Mr. 22-pound-ball-of-chaos on a daily basis (did I mention he recently decided that his feet should not touch the ground in the afternoons?). I would assume it would help the arms, but the abs?
Anyway, I'm quite pleased. 'Cause I have always sucked at working out, unless I was riding my bike. Which needs a baby seat of some kind.