is there an exercise you wish you could do?

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  • kjtstarr
    kjtstarr Posts: 6
    I wish I could run but I just can't. I have asthma as well as just not having the stamina
  • PennyNickel14
    PennyNickel14 Posts: 749 Member
    1. Pull up. No footie on the chair helping LOL. Right now (after a round of P90x) - I hang there like a dead fish. But NOT THIS YEAR PEOPLE. I will be doing a pull up by summers end and you will see a NSV success story thread with my awesomeness. (yes, i am trying to pump myself up :) )
    2. handstand in yoga. My core is not strong enough yet to hold. But just need more practice Woot
  • 27Sunrises
    27Sunrises Posts: 4
    Pull ups!!! My upper body is not strong enough but working on it now! I planned to do at least 5 by the end of the summer. Wish me luck!:)
  • 38Gigi38
    38Gigi38 Posts: 115 Member
    There are plenty of things I'd love to be able to do. I've been so out of shape for so long that I am having to start from the ground up and rebuild everything. I have asthma as well so that makes doing hard core exercising difficult but I'm really trying to work my way up. I'm hoping to get there eventually. What I want to do most is just take off running with my mp3 player blaring and just be free... me and my tunes and the pavement. That is one goal I am really really looking forward to achieving.
  • melzteach
    melzteach Posts: 550 Member
    It's a tie between pull-ups, REAL push-ups, and the yoga pose "Crane".
  • stevwil41
    stevwil41 Posts: 608 Member
    I can do my two big ones but not properly.

    1. Jump rope - I'm a little on the uncooridinated side and after about the 10th or so time getting tripped up I give up
    2. Swim laps - I can swim well enough to not drown but I'd like to have the technical skills to swim laps properly (I may take a few classes and see if I can rectify that one)
  • MizzDoc
    MizzDoc Posts: 493 Member
    Planks and burpees!
  • yippeeskippee
    yippeeskippee Posts: 32
    Long distance swimming, running, and pull ups.
  • JayPeazy
    JayPeazy Posts: 89 Member
    Just saw what a "burpee" is. My body just doesn't do that yet. lol
  • OneTooManyTacos
    OneTooManyTacos Posts: 38
    jogging... I never was much of a runner but I've heard it's something that can be very helpful in building stamina which is something that I really, really wish I had!
  • persephone87
    persephone87 Posts: 220 Member
    Anything that involved hands, press ups, weights etc. would be lovely :o( I miss not having proper working hands, I used to love tennis and things but now I just have to look at a press up and my arms feel in a vice!
  • rachaelh84
    rachaelh84 Posts: 45 Member
    I would love to run too. It is my goal for this year. I just had a breast reduction earlier this year so am looking forward to working my way up to it!

    I had one 7 years ago (I was 20) and it was the best decision of my life!
  • nmoore226
    nmoore226 Posts: 9 Member
    man push ups!
  • dujennifer
    dujennifer Posts: 162 Member
    I have a few:

    Running - my husband is a marathoner and I HATE it. I can't run one.

    Pull ups - I am with everyone here. I can lift well, do push ups, etc but can only dangle on a pull up bar.

    Ski - I moved to Colorado 20 years ago and it still terrifies me. I feel out of control!
  • tjones7
    tjones7 Posts: 306
    Several yoga poses. HA!

    I'm with you. I also wish i could do squat thrust (there are several names for them) but it's when you squat kick your legs back into a plank position and back up very fast. Real push ups and pull ups would be great. I can't do those because I don't have the strength yet. I woudl like to build stamina to run too.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    I wish I could swim but I can't. :(
  • it_be_asin
    it_be_asin Posts: 562 Member
    I wish I could do pullups unassisted, and swim decently. I also wish I could do the standing splits, the wheel and seated forward bends in yoga (instead of my usual seated move my torso forward 5cm cause that's as far as my body can go).
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Was doing Yoga for P90X.... clearly I'm not as flexible as I thought. There're several moves in there that leaves me stumbling all over the place. Wish I could get those right.
  • trkinsky
    trkinsky Posts: 63 Member
    I am determined to do pull-ups. That is my goal for 2012,complete 2 sets of 5 pull-ups. I need to be able to look down and see my toes first!
  • tecallahan
    tecallahan Posts: 732 Member
    I want to run! Don't know why I can't, but I get bad shin cramps after just a few minutes. I'm going to try C25K and see if it helps.
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    Dragon Flag. OMG it's leet core badassery.
  • coll18
    coll18 Posts: 13
    My goal is to to pull-ups. Always been something I've wanted to be able to do.
  • Puffins1958
    Puffins1958 Posts: 614 Member
    There is this one exercise at the gym that I go to. It's a bar that you pull down on, at a sitting position. It's suppose to help develop your upper arms, I think. All I know is that I tried it once with the PT, and that was the only time. I have NO core muscles to be able to get UP from a seated position. With the weight in place, I have to let go of the bar, and not ease up into a standing position. Does that make any sense to ANYONE???

    I want CORE strength....I clearly don't have ANY!!!!! AHHHHHHH.... :laugh:
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    yes. many.
    I'd really like to be able to peacock. :smile:
    http://youtu.be/Zs3hlgle6EU
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Despite the fact that I take 6 to 8 gym classes a week, i really don't do anything well.
  • Janworkingitout
    Janworkingitout Posts: 434 Member
    Pushups are my achilles heel...and to think they were so easy to do 30 years ago! :laugh:
  • chyloet
    chyloet Posts: 196 Member
    Regular (big girl) pushups ... just don't know why I can't do more than a couple :( my wrists feel like they're going to snap.
  • rmwinters
    rmwinters Posts: 288 Member
    There is a TRX "thing" at the gym that you do atomic push ups in. I tried one and laughed at myself.
  • MrsLawsonNavyBrat2B
    MrsLawsonNavyBrat2B Posts: 170
    push ups and pull ups!! I need to learn how to do them for the NAVY but I just do not have the upper body strength =((
  • JBennis1013
    JBennis1013 Posts: 377 Member
    Would love to be able to run for longer than 10 minutes every once in a while...
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