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September 25, 2005
Shorts Length
My hand is completely fine. It was a false alarm as far as injuries go. I actually just got back from the gym where I lifted and I had no problems. I have kind of alluded to it before-but to recap-I am freakishly weak. I have never in my life done a single pull-up, even after months of lifting 2-3 times a week. It is just not in the cards for me. And now, since I haven’t lifted in a month and a half, I am back to my baseline level of weakness. Today I was benching 50 lbs. (15 pounds less than my summer maximum, which is my maximum ever) and I was lifting two to ten pounds less for each of my other exercises. In a way, it’s satisfying to see how much stronger I was able to get from lifting before and the changes you can make to your body. On the flip side, I don’t really care how strong I am. I am lifting just b/c I think it’s healthy to do something for my upper body. It wasn’t really my workout priority before either. I just did it more often b/c it was the only exercise I could do given my injuries. Now I am doing it for similar reasons-to be healthy upper body-wise and/or if I want to workout and should be resting my legs or such.
I was also wearing really long shorts. I originally bought these shorts for my mom to workout in. A year later she gave them back to me b/c she thought they were too short. (And it’s not that I wear scandalous clothes to workout in. I usually wear conservative clothes to the gym. I don’t even like wearing running shorts to lift in.) I think there is definitely a generational gap on this issue concerning the appropriate shorts length.
Also, the scale at the gym is now in kilograms. That’s really weird, right?
This morning I did my knee exercises and my core stuff. And that's all she wrote.
Posted by Audrey at September 25, 2005 04:35 PM
Comments
If you're freakishly weak, then what am I? A good day involves bench pressing two ten pound dumbbells...and that is hard!
I think that lifting is great for injury prevention. It makes you stronger all over so that you can maintain your form and therefore possibly not get injured. I don't know, but that is my theory. I also think that, in general, it is good for women to lift weights so that we have strong bones when we get older.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at September 25, 2005 07:18 PM
Kilograms? Do they have a conversion table?
Don't worry. I'm also freakishly weak. I've never done a pull-up OR a push-up.
Posted by: Caitlin at September 25, 2005 07:36 PM
I'm glad your wrist/hand turned out to be fine. I agree with Blondie that lifting is helpful for injury prevention. I've read in several articles as well that it can keep your running form in check in the latter miles of long distances, thus improving your economy.
Hope you had a great weekend. :)
Posted by: Leilani at September 26, 2005 07:53 AM
There is no conversion table. I had to figure out what exactly was going on-and then I had to come home and use the internet to convert from kg for the number to mean anything to me. It was educational though. Now I know the conversion number for kg to lbs.
Posted by: Audrey at September 26, 2005 09:04 AM
Are you still wearing those pink leotards, purple thong and white leg warmers to the gym? Scandalous!
BTW, don't convert just learn to think in Kgs. It is similar to learning Kilometers. You can learn how on Sesame Street...
Posted by: Rob at September 26, 2005 11:03 AM
Believe it or not, after several years of being a clinical dietitian, I actually think in kilos vs pounds. What I do not think in, however, is meters vs inches and feet for height. Why the one and not the other? Either way - I find it interesting that your scale was in kilos?
I'm okay at thinking in kilometers, but if my speedometer was in kph vs mph I'd be utterly confused. Funny that metric system... :)
Posted by: Beth at September 26, 2005 06:28 PM