Feb. 27: 30 minutes elliptical, then a couple of hours walking around San Francisco Chinatown (I'll count it as 30 min. of actual exercise-- walked about 7 miles!)-- total of 60 minutes
Feb 26: 7 minute walk with dog (at least, I think I took him instead of DH, can't remember)
Feb 27: swim intervals for 30 mins total split up as follows.
- 5 laps warmup
- 2 laps drills (single arm + breathing)
- 4x50 15s RI (nearly beat 1:00 on the first one, but not quite)
- 4 laps kicking
- 2x100 30s RI
- 1 lap cooldown
- stretching
Feb 26: 7 minute walk with dog (at least, I think I took him instead of DH, can't remember)
Jessica. You need a holiday!
And so do I! Last week's half-term holiday with the extended fam was heavy going. I am now prioritising MY health, fitness and wellbeing.
Gymn today where I did some fancy stuff with a barbell and some dumbbells.* I also lay around on a mat and pointed bits of me in different directions. I feel so good now.
* ETA This makes me sound like a majorette but today's work was quite plain by comparison. All that throwing sticks up up high and twirling about is for later. Hoping to get to that stage by the 17th.
Last edited by silverbirch; 02-28-2011 at 04:28 PM.
60 minutes arc trainer, intervals, resistance at 9
45 minutes circuit training class
Class was shortened by 15 minutes. During one of the circuits, I heard someone cry out in pain & then a thud. When I looked up, I saw a 20-year-old woman on the floor, clutching her leg & crying hysterically. At that station, we were supposed to do plies & twist at the waist, raising weights overhead & then bringing down & out laterally. When she did this move, she did something that twisted her knee sideways so violently that she injured the tendons in it. So all was confusion as the instructor went to her & then a nurse who happened to be taking the class, and at the front desk they got an ice pack. Finally the EMTs were called. They put her on a chair & carried her out of the studio. The hospital is right across the street from the gym, so they didn't have far to take her. Class resumed. Later I heard that her knee blew up hugely even as the EMTs were attending to her.
I'd never seen an injury like that happen in a class before. It was pretty sobering. The human body is a wonderful thing, so strong but so fragile.
Feb. 27: 30 minutes elliptical, then a couple of hours walking around San Francisco Chinatown (I'll count it as 30 min. of actual exercise-- walked about 7 miles!)-- total of 60 minutes
The body is not particularly fragile, but one has to pay attention to technique. The knee, like the elbow, has limited mobility. If someone manages to lock their knee while twisting, especially with a lot of weight momentum, it's almost guaranteed injury. I'm so sorry that that woman got hurt...
Jessica. 
You need a holiday! 
That's how I feel after yoga class!
