Thursday night and I am reporting after another tough workout.
This one was extra tough as my legs are still killing me from Tuesday. I thought I was over the DOMS, but no, they are back with a vengeance. This time it is in a new muscle area so the balance work is causing new muscle tears. Oh well, it will only toughen me up.
Tonight was all about the shoulders and core. Again, it was only 2 supersets, but they are enough to make one tough workout.
The first superset consisted of 4 exercises and we did 3 sets. The exercises were 1) table top on a stability ball while tossing a small medicine ball up with one hand and catching it with the other. 30 tosses later, I could move on to the next exercise. 2) Hands-to-forearms planks performing 8 on each side. 3) Lunges with a punch movement attached using the cable machine - 8 per side again. 4) Squats with a one handed cable row performed on the up stroke so the legs would help generate power - again 8 per side.
The second superset also consisted of 4 exercises which we did again for 3 sets. This one started out with 15 Supermans, then 8 Scorpions per side, then 8 side-crunches per side, and finally 30 alternating toe reaches. For that last one imagine doing a crunch while lifting one leg straight up and trying to touch the opposite hand to the raised foot.
I have to say that the last superset was the most painful. Everything was screaming at me by the end. The first superset was no picnic either as there was a lot of leg work included and they weren't happy, as I previously mentioned.
On another note, for the next 2 weeks I get to repeat the last 4 sessions on my own. My trainer, Karissa, is off on vacation (not sure who approves these) so she won't be there to push me. Somehow I am going to have to motivate myself to complete everything - and she wants me to up the weight that I am using while performing these exercises on my own. She is off to the eastern parts of Canada and the US for the next 2 weeks. I'll probably text her at odd hours just to drive her nuts while she is gone just to give her some grief. But, when she gets back I am taking her out onto the ice so she can experience curling and try to figure out some exercises that will mimic some of my movements. I am going to try and make her pay!
That's it for this week. Tomorrow I am off to Capital EX so I won't be back at the gym until Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend.
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