Lunchtime strength workout
Last night I took a little time to try some new exercises. Here is what I did:
- Hindu squats. I did 3 sets of about 30. Still getting the hang of it and the balance, but they weren't as hard as I'd thought they'd be. This should be a good exercise to help my alpine snowboarding.
- Hindu pushups. I did 2 sets of about 10. Great overall strengthening exercise.
- Bohemian split squats. I did 3 sets of about 10 per side with just body weight. I found the balancing difficult, so this should be an excellent exercise for snowboarding. Also a good stretch for the quads, hip flexors, and psoas.
- Wall squats with an exercise ball. 3 sets of 15-20. Again to build leg strength and endurance for snowboarding.
- Scapular pushups. 2 sets of about 15. Harder than I expected.
- Pullups. 3 sets of about 5. I remember when I used to do 20+. Shows how weak I've become. I did some additional ones assisted by jumping up to the up position and then slowly lowering down.
Today I did a strength workout during lunch.
- 2 times through a Keiser circuit, including leg extensions, hamstring curls, leg press, back extension, hip abductors, hip adductors, military press, inclined press, straight press, pull-down, seated row, bicep curl, tricep extension, and deltoid raise. Each set had 8-12 reps.
- An extra leg extension and seated row to improve posture and strengthen knees.
- 1 time through a short Cybex circuit -- pull-down, seated row, military press, tricep, and bicep.
- 2 sets of inclined situps, including twisting elbow-to-knee.
- Back extensions
- Pushups
- Whole-body stretching routine
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