- Push up: maybe 2.5 min? I know I can do this for 5 minutes, but I was really trying to focus on keeping my elbows out, which for some reason makes it harder. Maybe that's because I'm doing it right?
- Curl: 8-lb dumbbells, all 5 minutes. If I can do 7 with 5 lb, I can do 5 with 8 lb. The focus on this one was "pull with the lats." I think I'm finally starting to get that concept.
- Dip: 1 min, 5 times. I did the whole 5 minutes, but I only lasted a minute at the most before falling too far down and having to restart. This one is especially hard after doing the push up, because it's the same muscle set, but then it should be twice as effective, right?
- Lunge: 2.5 min each leg, but I was still trying to get my back knee off the ground the whole time. I always feel this one much more in my hip flexor than my hamstring, but I try to focus on both.
- One-leg squat: I wish I could have Will watch me do this one again. I don't think I was doing it right, because I didn't really feel like I was working the same muscles that I just had while lunging, and the one-leg squat is supposed to be the lunge with the back half cut off. But I did the whole 5, each leg, and tried to walk like an athlete after I was done.
- Hamstring: 5 min. I like this one because I have to work hard to pull through my hamstrings the whole time. It feels like it's the most effective one.
- Wall squat: 3+ min. I really wanted to go 4, because I know I can, but I just could not. I still only went up and down maybe 3 times, and every time I had to go back down, I tried to pull down fast to really turn on my muscles. Then I actually managed to walk down the stairs like a normal person!
I'm trying to excel by using the talents that God has given me and trying to record what I'm learning from His Word and from training.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Training Log; 5-min isos
I'm writing this on Saturday and ante-dating it, which means there is less information than usual. But I still want to log it so I can look back at my times and hopefully improve them. Even though I didn't check times from the last time I did these, I know I improved and definitely felt stronger. Plus, I'd done most of these for 7 minutes, so 5 minutes almost felt easy (except that I had to make myself work harder!)
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