I saw this today and laughed really hard. I hope you all get a kick out of it!

symba1130 wrote: »

Just wanted to check in and say HI! Remember that awesome back injury from February?!? Well...I am still nursing it. I cant put a barbell on my back at the moment so I am doing other stuff to keep me moving. These last few weeks have been at home DVD's with light dumbells, Barre classes, LONG walks and Spin classes. Still working on strengthening that core so someday I can be back in this group with all you amazing ladies!

i was thinking about you the day before you posted and wondering if you'd get in touch. how's it going? i'm not sure from your post if you're still recovering from the injury itself, or if that has mostly cleared up and you're now trying to work around the underlying conditions that set you up for getting it.

Jackie0Marie wrote: »

I saw this today and laughed really hard. I hope you all get a kick out of it!

lol . . . yeah, i was actually crafting a post a few days ago that went, basically, 'i get the pec doms of doom every time that i bench - and yes, i KNOW it's not boobs.'

Had an interesting session with a trainer at my gym this morning. We set up the appointment on Thursday as I'd asked for a body fat assessment, she did the calipers unlike the others who just did the hand held device, and she'd wanted to meet up again to talk about my goals and such. Plus the body fat check had been right after I'd done my lifting session, so it was good to get it done under different conditions than that.

Spent time discussing goals, which are the priority and some of the reasons behind them. She's into both running and lifting, even mentioned adding some mass might help with the extra skin on arms issue, so not afraid of bulking or anything either. She was nice and encouraging. Did the body fat test with the calipers (which came out .3 less than thursday's) and then had looked at some mobility issues. Couple things came up.

1. Quads are tight. I can feel it so not surprised as I've been bad about the foam rolling, as in I do it maybe once every three weeks. I need to work on that with all the stuff I do.

2. Back and core need strengthened. While I know my lower back is a minor issue due to the arthritis, I guess I didn't think it was a big issue since I haven't had much pain at all or felt like it was hindering. However, the assessment was I go a little too forward in squats and my body tries to compensate instead of activating the lower back muscles. I did kind of skip out on some of the core work in NROLFW cause the crunches were blah. She also mentioned rounding at the bottom of the squat along with my knees tracking over my toes. I need to try filming some time and get a squat assessment online cause part of that varies on what type of squat I'm doing as I know I lean a little more for low bar than high bar. The trainers at this one do often comment on the knees tracking over the toes being a problem, yet it doesn't feel like I'm going that far over so seeing it myself would probably help.

3. Upper back/shoulders. This needs a little bit as the hunching over when using computers and such has caused some minor issues. I know I don't feel the lift in the upper back for any of the rows.

Obviously, since it's their job, she discussed training plans and how much it would cost to set up a set of 5. I still can't afford it but not unexpected that it'd come up at the end. She did show me a few things on the ground to work on the lower back along with some TRX work. I will probably incorporate them into every session and find a few others as well. I know the compound lifts work the core and such but guess I need to dedicate a little more time to just core and back to work on the imbalances.

symba1130 wrote: »

Here I am part of a "heavy lifting" group and this morning I took a barre class and held onto little 1lb weights. After 60sec of the same motion (up an inch, down an inch) my shoulders were on fire!

i'll tell you. dancers are STRONG. on all the rest of it . . .

DawnEmbers wrote: »

Indeed. In SL, when my back bothered me a little I did a de-load to give it a little break and worked slowly back up. It was good to get the assessment, just have to figure out how to work on those issues on my own now.

Someone on my FL suggested the U.S. Navy Seals webpage for a program to increase my running pace. It also has exercises targeted for typical weak areas. It is basically a program for folks who are interested in training to get into he SEALS program. Pretty cool...

DawnEmbers wrote: »

So that it's a cupcake, cookie and "cheesecake" all in one.

man, you spoil those people.

i have been emailing back and forth with the trainer dude, now i've adjusted myself to his turnaround times. an opening came up in one of his 'training groups' and i start tomorrow - co-ed.

i'm scared witless, very excited, scared witless, excited etc. i was going ahead anyway just from the various text-based info i'd found, but today i also entered the gym's name into youtube as well. i'm not going to post the links here because i like being completely anonymous and feeling able to say whatever i want without anyone i run into irl life ever knowing for sure that it was/might have been me.

tldr form of it though: i think i might have found a really good slot. everything from the gym website to the guy's emails to the you-tube clips hangs together and give the same consistent vibe . . . and the vibe is elliott hulse's strength camp. except maybe in mild-mannered canada form.