Mrs Daverangers and the two junior R's watched 'Joe Wicks Exercise' on youtube yesterday. It looked exhausting. I was on the couch with a cup of tea but I am going a bit crazy in the apartment having no exercise so I think I'll try and do something this afternoon. Thanks for the tips above.
Me and the Mrs are doing full 26 position bikram hot yoga on the roof terrace since the local studio had to close, but it is very hot up there, especially in the sun. But if it's not hot where you are an especially hot room, like maybe your bathroom, should help avoid over-straining muscles
Tried the crunches today. That was a surprise, it’s decades since I have tried old fashioned sit ups, and I thought That the crunches looked both easier and intuitively better for the abdomen. Ouch. Now I know better, though I am certain they are much better than sit ups. Just heard that the treadmill is indeed available, in the warehouse and should be delivered in the next week. Oo er missus.
Don’t say I didn’t try to tell you......Sit ups will **** up your back.....crunches will target your abdominal muscles far more efficiently. Get yourself an ‘ab crunch bar’.....will help even more and help you keep your form correct.
Well done mate. Key thing with any resistance exercise is to consider the muscle or group of muscles you are targeting, consider which movement it/they produce, solidify you stomach and lower back, slightly bend your knees and focus on only using the targeted muscle. Eliminating momentum is important. You may, as a result, manage less repetitions/tire quicker than you expected or did last week, but you will benefit more greatly. With crunches, might be an idea to sit on a cushion to avoid your sacrum grinding into the ground. Hands on thighs up to knees is a good measure of range of movement. Keep on it.
Good point about momentum. The weights I have improvised are lighter than the dumbbells I use at the gym, but I am deliberately lifting them slower and in a more controlled way, and I can feel the difference. Reckon I was swinging the dumbbells around a bit.
One scientific element I remember is concentric and eccentric movement. Concentric being the shortening of the muscle ie, bending your arm for a bicep curl and eccentric being the subsequent lengthening. Concentric should be reasonably explosive, eccentric should be under total control and slower. I believe more strength is gained during eccentric.
I must have the best neighbours in the world. I went out for a 5km run earlier this evening and as I got to the last 5 minutes or so, all my neighbours were outside their homes clapping and cheering me on. It was so inspiring that I ended up running my best ever time.
It’s weird you say that, I got home about 8 tonight, parked up, walked 30m or so to the house, and had a similar experience to yours. I’m just a normal guy, doing a normal day’ work. Nice, nonetheless.
Apparently this ****ing treadmill is now ready for shipping, ordered on 21 March. I won’t hold my breath. Although apparently this is a good exercise to keep your lungs in shape.....
l practiced lifting new gin bottles from the ground up to the bar bench and dispensing the empty bottles in the reverse fashion. There is multiple reward for both body and tastebuds. This is a sustainable process that l have fine tuned over many years of hard labour, which has kept this fine specimen of a 58 year old in peak health. l must go now otherwise l will be late for the Pathological Liars Convention here on the Gold Coast, for which l am guest speaker.