On the up side...
Nov. 1st, 2007 07:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silverthorneI'm liking my trampoline. It's easy to sit there and bounce while watching TV (although I'm not talented enough to bounce and do something else at the same time). I've started alternating bouncing with running in place and doing 'twists'--turning my hips to one side, then center, then to the other, and back again to center, when I bounce. If nothing else, it'll help slim down the waist and maybe hips a little. I can keep it up, too, for quite a while, so like the swimming, it's more an issue of when I get bored as opposed to when I get tired as to when I quit.
I also 'discovered' a magazine called 'Shape', and liked it. So went ahead and applied for a year subscription. At 15 bucks for the year, I figured that was worth the cost. Lots of stuff about diet, exercise, healthy living, even 'green' solutions. Heh, the exercises...oh lord, did those ever let me know how badly out of shape I still am.
So I did add one new thing last night, that I got from the magazine, which was an exercise routine based on the military exercise routines (Steam engines, push ups, scissor kicks, sprint/fast runs, etc).
At the moment, I suck at them, yeah and verily, and I can barely do the 'mountain climber' and 'squat jumps' due to, well, legs that are nowhere near as flexible and stretched out as they used to be. It also leaves me out of breath easily--I could only manage a 20 minute work-out when it's meant as a full hour one if you do all the reps. So, lots of work to go, but...yeah. :) It works everything and gets the heart pumping, so I'll keep doing it until it's nice and comfy and I can do the whole hour and do everything right. That's how I got the swimming going, anyway. :)
I also 'discovered' a magazine called 'Shape', and liked it. So went ahead and applied for a year subscription. At 15 bucks for the year, I figured that was worth the cost. Lots of stuff about diet, exercise, healthy living, even 'green' solutions. Heh, the exercises...oh lord, did those ever let me know how badly out of shape I still am.
So I did add one new thing last night, that I got from the magazine, which was an exercise routine based on the military exercise routines (Steam engines, push ups, scissor kicks, sprint/fast runs, etc).
At the moment, I suck at them, yeah and verily, and I can barely do the 'mountain climber' and 'squat jumps' due to, well, legs that are nowhere near as flexible and stretched out as they used to be. It also leaves me out of breath easily--I could only manage a 20 minute work-out when it's meant as a full hour one if you do all the reps. So, lots of work to go, but...yeah. :) It works everything and gets the heart pumping, so I'll keep doing it until it's nice and comfy and I can do the whole hour and do everything right. That's how I got the swimming going, anyway. :)
