January 3, 2007
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Well, not much response on the last post, but I hope that the words were useful for someone. I’m on the tail end of my winter vacation, which has been nice to get things in order, but I hate that it’s over. I’m just not looking forward to going back to work. In any case, my big ideas in the new year are to devote more time to the things that I have already begun a path on: Free Masonry, martial arts, reading, exercising, and such.
I’ve been out of the gym for over a month and a half, due to various reasons, so that’s the number one thing to restart. On that note, I am going to get back to Workout Wednesdays, starting today. My biggest issue is that there are many easy exercises for the legs, chest, abs, and triceps, but not much for the back and biceps. More work on that later.
The first thing to go over today is the behind the back dip. This can be done with the aid of a chair, couch, trunk, etc. First turn your back to the chair and place your hands on the edge. The heels of your feet will rest on the floor. From there, lower yourself until your upper arms are parallel to the floor.
If you can easily perform sets of 15, I suggest increasing the stress of the exercise by elevating your feet, and then by adding weights, such as books (you can’t do the weight part before you start elevating, trust me).
I don;t care how you get into the position on your own, but getting out of it without stuff hitting the floor is just as hard. Maybe place the books in a box.The second item is actually a stretch for the gluteus maximus, a muscle that is probably under-stretched (I can hear the laughter). Anyway, you lie on your back and cross one leg over, as though you were going to do diagonal crunches:
Then, reach one hand through that triangle that your legs form, and the other to the outside of the leg with the grounded foot and clasp your hands on your shin, just below the knee:
Now, pull that knee toward the same shoulder (e.g. left knee toward left shoulder).
Hopefully, this time around, I’ll keep this going regularly.
Black 6, out.
Comments (4)
more exercises for my roommate to look at me confused, thanks
ahh…great instructions.
maybe i just use “staying fit”
for my new year’s resolution (since I don’t have one yet)
haha not that it matters or anything,
but would exercising your *ahem* glutues masimus
make it bigger?
lol i was only making fun ; )
I think of it at times, but folks don’t usually have guides here (so they get lost and die after underestimating the mountains
). I don’t know how I’d go about it other than by word-of-mouth.
BTW, I’m sure you have heard of it, but ever look at crossfit? http://www.crossfit.com/