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[alexseanchai]

Hi, I'm Ellie, and I'm trying to get into the habit of daily exercise because my choices are hurt because I didn't exercise and hurt because I did, and the latter seems somehow healthier. Also I can't walk a mile and a half without getting exhausted, and I don't like that. So what I want to be doing is cardio, flexibility, and strength. I've been doing half-mile or mile walks and some yoga and Pilates. See also, hot; see also, ow; see also, lazy.

Earlier this summer I did speak to someone on staff at the local gym about an exercise program, specifically resistance training to increase my upper body strength, and a very irregular exercise schedule has nonetheless produced a noticeable improvement. (Now I can start the damn lawnmower without asking for help!) You'd think that'd constitute incentive. So today's exercise, which the mere existence of this comm guilted me into, was a round of that. Ten reps of an assortment of exercises with a light resistance band, except for a medium band on the exercise that works my shoulders, plus a few pushups and squats. Ow.

Comments

[green]

I feel your ow but I agree that it's better to hurt because you exercised than hurt because you didn't. Go you! *\o/*

[alexseanchai]

:)

[wyldbutterflies]

Squats are the bane of my existence. I need to do them, but...those were my knees. And let's not even talk about jump squats. Ow.

[alexseanchai]

I don't even want to think about jump squats.

[just_ann_now]

my choices are hurt because I didn't exercise and hurt because I did, and the latter seems somehow healthier.

Hee! My reasoning exactly!

I hate pushups, but boy oh boy do they work (even the sissy ones I do, up from my knees. YAES.)

[alexseanchai]

My pushups involve me balancing the back half of my body on an exercise ball. (Well, exercise egg, but same principle.) But I've gone from having the ball at my chest to having the ball below my waist, that's good, right?

[just_ann_now]

That's good, indeed! Go you!

[rydra_wong]

That's very good! And once the ball starts being under your legs, that's actually harder than a regular push-up.

[alexseanchai]

...Well. *experiments* Ow. You sure about that? (Is it relevant that it's an ovoid thing instead of a spherical thing?)

[rydra_wong]

A push-up with your feet elevated (on a ball or a bench or, presumably, an ovoid) is definitely harder than a regular push-up.

Thinking about it: when the ball/ovoid is somewhere along your thighs, I suspect there's a trade-off between the fact that it's supporting some of your bodyweight and the fact that it's changing the angle of your body.

So I think you're right, that may be kind of intermediate.

But by the time the ball reaches your shins, it's definitely harder.

*checks*

*falls off ball*