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Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula
HOpefully your dad did not join me in the potty floppin' club today. I'm sore.
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Actually it turns out that I did a perfect job with him. This morning he woke up and said he could feel his pecs but they were not uncomfortable. Nothing else was sore. I can't believe it. Exactly as I had hoped to do as a result. Beginner's luck? I don't know....
Today we went to the gym again. This time I wanted to incorporate some fitness work, some balance work and hit the legs and abs. The workout looked like this
Warmup
Walking Lunges
3x30 steps
Fitness Superset (3x15) rest as needed
Burpees
Jumping jack
Legs 3x10
1 leg db Romanian dl (5 each leg)
db push press
Abs superset 3x10
hanging leg raises
swiss ball crunches
Legs 3x10 (here we worked mostly on form)
bb deads (20lb)
bb squats (20lb)
Cardio = spinning for 20 minutes
Today he said he felt as if he worked out much harder. Part of that was the fitness super set I started with and part of that was him actually being more willing to push himself today. He said he could feel his quads and abs during the exercises which is what I would expect given they are fast twitch muscles. Tomorrow I hope to hear that he is just mildly sore again and ready to go one more time while I am here.
He also was surprised to learn how much balance he had lost in his older age (this is the same realization I came to last year in my Physical Therapy sessions). I gave him the same work my therapist gave me to help strengthen the leg balance muscles so that he can do the 1 leg deads a little more smoothly.
I worked next to him today and worked up a sweat but did not set any PRs. It is hard to work out and train someone so I am not really getting in the best workout.
Today was his retirement party (the reason I am back here) and I overheard him telling everyone about this new venture. Perhaps he will actually stick with this?
I have to say again how impressed I am with the women in this small town. They are all over the free weight area of this Gold's and they are throwing around the iron. It is very cool.