I love that the hill to get to this house is so hard to ride 'cause by the time we get into the driveway, my quads are shot and that means I will stretch for sure. Which I did, for about 7 minutes. It always feels so good to stretch out spent muscles.
A bit later I faced the fact that I have comitted to doing an upper body workout with my 8 lb dumbbells, and some hip and core work, 3 X per week, this month. I decided I might just as well get at it before I showered and changed clothes.
I did 2 sets of:
- 10 reps each:
- bicep curls
- tricep kickbacks
- lat raises
- delt raises
- overhead presses
- upright rows
- pushups
- lying quad raises, 10 per leg
- lying hip abduction, 10 each of toes up, down, and level - both legs
- lying hip adduction, 10 per leg
- 25 bicyle crunches
- 25 reverse crunches
- side planks, 15 seconds per side
- full plank 30 seconds
Afterward I stretched my shoulders for
There is going to be a run in my day tomorrow... I just found another virtual 5km race on Running After Bugs and Bees....
Great workout!! Hard bike ride and strength training! Be careful if you get dizzy. Maybe take a little more time to get up from the floor. It might be a blood pressure thing.
ReplyDeletesounds like an awesome workout! love that you are posting your strength training...I am always looking for new ideas! I ran lots of hills today and practiced keeping my heel down...I felt SO much stronger...thanks so much for posting the tips the other day :)
ReplyDeleteJulia, I am so glad to have posted something you find helpful because you have given me lots and lots of great information and advice since I started blogging a few months ago.
ReplyDeleteLisa, that is a good idea... get up more slowly. Thanks.