Mood:
chattyOK, we're done with the rant. I feel better now :-)
So yesterday was my second personal training session, and the first "proper" workout - last week was more of a general assessment to see what I could do. I told Michael that my goals were to improve my upper body strength and eventually to be able to do pull ups and full push ups. So he's done me a programme just based on that to do for about 5-6 weeks. No arm work at all, just chest, back & shoulders, which will work bi's and tri's a bit as well. And more emphasis on the back at the moment. So here's what I'm doing:
Lat pulldown
Dumbbell press on stability ball (hard!)
Bent over rows with dumbbells, standing on those wobble board things
Press ups on stability ball (reaaaaally hard)
Shoulder press
Plank
So lots of core stability stuff along with my weights. It's very different from what I've been doing before, and higher reps. Judging by how sore I am today it certainly seems to be working my muscles.
On Monday Dave & I decided to have a mini-TKD session at home. It was cool. First we practised our patterns and did a warm up. Then we unveiled Rupert the punch bag, got out our pads, and did lots of kicking and punching. It was fun. Think we might do it again this afternoon.
In other news, I had my first talk with my Focus tutor for my course. I have to do the first 3 units before we go on holiday at the end of September. So really, I should be off doing that right now instead of blogging :-) I've started reading the course notes and watched the DVD. I'm finding it a little weird as it's basically aerobics, and I haven't done "proper" aerobics for years and years. All of my cardio workouts are either in the gym or based on combat/martial arts moves. So grapevines feel a little pathetic and girlie to me right now. However, I have to keep reminding myself that it's a means to an end. I have to suck up those grapevines (there's a weird visual) to get the qualification so I can go on to teach the cool stuff.
